Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

The Happytime Murders Is the Rancid Sesame Street Spoof We Never Knew We Never Needed

This was a bad idea.

Best of 2023: Dear Evan Hansen Is Yet Another Illustration That What Works Onstage Can Die An Agonizing Death on Film

I take a mortified look at the notorious flop musical adaptation Dear Evan Hansen, where an old man plays the world’s least likable teenager in the least plausible movie ever made.

I was not a fan.

My World Of FlopsNathan RabinJanuary 2, 2024Julianne Moore, Ben Platt, musical, Broadway adaptation

Best of 2023: The Flash Is a Bloated, Unholy Mess That Goes Downhill Fast

The Flash didn’t do as poorly as the studio feared; it actually did MUCH worse.

Best of 2023: No Sequel Has Been More Deliriously Off-Brand than the Pro-War, Pro-Soldier Sequel to Easy Rider, Easy Rider: The Ride Back

An Ohio lawyer sued to get the rights to co-write and starred in a “sequel” to Easy Rider. Tragically and hilariously, he succeeded.

Best of 2023: Charles Schulz Scored His Biggest Flop With It’s the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown, a Disastrous Live-Action/Animation Hybrid Starring Snoopy's Loner Brother and His Own Daughter

Charles Schulz spent four years making It’s the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown, a live-action/animation hybrid starring his own daughter Jill and Snoopy’s unpopular brother Spike. It did not go well.

My World Of FlopsNathan RabinDecember 29, 2023Snoopy, Charles Schulz, Spike, animation, live-action/animation, flops, television special, TV, Television

Best of 2023: I Finally Got Around to Seeing Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker and Holy Crap, It is TERRIBLE!

I finally got around to seeing 2019’s Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker and it’s so bad that it’s making me re-think my decision to devote my life to Star Wars fandom.

Best of 2023: Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis' Notorious Instagram Video About Their Support of Danny Masterson Is a Masterclass in How NOT to Apologize

In the latest in a series on disastrous public apologies I explore Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ wildly unsuccessful attempt to justify/explain their support for convicted rapist Danny Masterson.

My World Of FlopsNathan RabinDecember 28, 2023Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, MeToo, Apologies

Best Of 2023: Youtube Superstar Colleen Ballinger's Ukulele-Based Non-Apology Apology Video is a Morbidly Fascinating Train Wreck

We hop onboard the toxic gossip train for a VERY deep dive into the ten-minute long Youtube video Miranda Sings Youtube superstar Colleen Ballinger made as a response to accusations of grooming, manipulating and emotionally abusing underage fans.

My World Of FlopsNathan RabinDecember 28, 2023Youtube, controversy, Miranda Sings, Colleen Ballinger

Best of 2023: In 2022's Surreally Misconceived Halloween Ends Michael Myers Makes a New Halloween Friend in Corey, the Worst Character in the History of Film

It’s all about Corey, baby, in the spectacularly misconceived 2022 stinker Halloween Ends.

My World Of Flops, Great Catch UpNathan RabinDecember 27, 2023Jamie Lee Curtis, Corey, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, horror, sequel

Best of 2023: The Beach Boys 1992 Flop Summer in Paradise Was All About Mike Love, Drum Machines and a Horrifying Foray into Hip Hop

The Beach Boys least successful album sold less than one thousand copies and had zero contributions from Brian Wilson. It was, however, perversely drum machine heavy and featured Mike Love rapping.

Yes, rapping.

It is not good.

My World Of FlopsNathan RabinDecember 26, 2023Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, flop, surf rock, summer