Derrick Beckles

Director

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Derrick Beckles is a Canadian writer, director, actor, and comedian. He is the creator and host of the Adult Swim television show Hot Package, creator of the "TV Carnage" compilations, and helped found Vice TV. He is from Scarborough, Ontario. Beckles spent the majority of his teenage years in Toronto punk bands including Black Jello, who were well known for being banned from every possible live venue in Toronto. He began experimenting with film making with two high school friends, which includ…

Filmography

6.2

Hot Package

Entertainment news set in a parallel universe and featuring clips of the dark alleyways of the television landscape.

6.0

Let's Work It Out!

TV CARNAGE is back and buffer than ever with its latest release, Let’s Work It Out. This Season Six (-pack) edition of TV CARNAGE will be a workout not just for your body but also for your mind and all of your senses. Whether you are of the girls or of the guys, this baby will tone, shape, and mutate everything from above your eyes to below your thighs. In fact, as we like to say around here: “Say goodbye to your body!” because a completely new unrecognizable you is just around the corner.

8.0

When Television Attacks

The bar is raised again with TV Carnage 2G. If you were to think in the terms of fashion, this tape rivals the Acid Wash Jump Suit phenomenon in its ability to shock and amaze. If you think in the terms of pizza slices you will not believe some of the toppings on this “Cringe lovers delight” If you think in terms of “Should I get this or not?” think, “Should.”

8.0

Casual Fridays

After experiencing CASUAL FRIDAYS, you'll hug Mondays and saucily pat Wednesday's (hump days.) It's like a 110 minute Mocha Java. (For those of you who don't know that's where Ethiopia meets Java for a wild blend.) THAT'S RIGHT! This TV Carnage DVD is dedicated to the throngs of exceptional men and women who care about and enforce the rules of CASUAL FRIDAYS. The Randy Rivers, and Suzie Shiers, the beige khakis and sensible earth tones, sensible haircuts and a 24-7/365 totally extreme attitude, suitable for shopping!

6.0

Ouch Television My Brain Hurts

1996's “Ouch Television My Brain Hurts” is the first in a series of “TV Carnage” video collages wherein a mentally ill boy painstakingly manipulates the controls of two junked VCRs, and converts hundreds of hours of terrible television into 72 minutes of comedy gold.

9.0

A Sore for Sighted Eyes

Imagine living in a world where hundreds of colorful balloons create a backdrop for a bizarre but stirring speech by a mincing health guru. Imagine a place where charlatans speak to the dead but sound like they are acting in a WWF skit. A world where a preacher turns into a jetfighter from Top Gun. A place where fire hydrants swear at children. Well stop imagining because that WHOLE world is in the palm of your hand. Introducing the 5th installment in a series of delicious TV CARNAGE MEALS.

7.0

A Rich Tradition of Magic

Don Johnson driving through bricks, old men driven to profanity over balding cures, sacrificial awards given to the gods of the Macarena, impossibly strong seniors, pathetic attempts at inspiration, a man saying “God is a blankety-blank fag”, WWF intervention starring a galaxy of stereotypes, grunge figure skaters, brainwashed teens, gay drifters, Sir Gary Coleman teaching safety in a lab coat, KISS on a kids show, religious freakouts and more.

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