Clownfish TV Podcasts

RIP your Disney career. A Disney exec seemingly confirmed that major layoffs are planned, and that the company will have to make some very "hard choices" as it tries to "streamline" and other executive jargon. So just how bad are these layoffs going to be? Is this why they suddenly jacked the price of Disney Plus and Hulu this week? It sounds like the other big yellow shoe coul...

Supergirl is on HBO Max, and despite being their top movie it's massively underperforming other DC flops like The Flash, Blue Beetle and Black Adam. So no, this one isn't going to get a second wind like Masters of the Universe. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Ent...

Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek is out for BLOOD! His new tell-all book makes Bob Iger look like an egomaniacal douchebag, but we all knew he totally was. Apparently Iger even thought he was Walt Disney's true heir. As if... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertain...

Halo Studios had one job. Just the one. The layoffs at Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) have been brutal. The word is that only 20 staffers remain to tie up their games before the Activision relaunch. Throw another high profile AAA gaming industry failure on the fire. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opiniona...

Sony is sending out surveys to devs and to gamers, asking for their opinions on digital games. That's pretty weird, given how hard they doubled down on it a few weeks ago... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer’s point of view. W...

She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany is calling apolitical celebrities like Tom Selleck and Michael Jordan "cowards" for not taking a stand. Or, you know, they might want to stay out of politics because people don't care what Hollywood celebrities think of world events? Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionat...

Whoever will be making Doctor Who needs at least 25% diverse and underrepresented people behind and in front of the camera, according to the BBC's tender offer. Yes, the BBC is outsourcing Doctor Who but the demands are a 180 from the big Hollywood studios who are dropping DEI mandates. So good luck, BBC... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNF...

A federal judge -- at the urging of Cory Booker -- has blocked the Paramount and Warner Bros merger... for now. Talks resume next week. At this point, it seems like it's more about posturing and costing David Ellison as much money as possible than it is actually stopping the inevitable. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independ...

McDonald's is investing billions into fixing McDonald's. But the solutions -- brought to you by the CEO who seems to hate McDonald's food -- don't seem all that great. Instead of rolling back the Golden Arches to their glory days, this guy wants to add more AI and outside advertising to the menu boards. WHAT?! Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLO...

Download the Kalshi app and use code CLOWNFISH to get $25 when you trade $25! LINK - http://kalshi.com/r/CLOWNFISH Double Fine CEO Tim Schafer said he doesn't understand all the video game industry layoffs when people are playing games and the parent companies seem to be making money. Did he flunk of out gen ed math class or what? Game CEOs are saying a CRASH is here and it's mostly because the CO...

Xbox is looking at inserting ads into video games after major events like a boss fight, and PlayStation wants to add the ability to tap to pay on your controller to make in-game purchases easier than ever. Yeah, the future of AAA console gaming sounds like a mobile app hellscape. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, op...

Disney dropped a Disney Plus price hike on subscribers today... the same day Toy Story 5 starts streaming. To say people are angry is an understatement. And when you dig into, Disney has DOUBLED its prices in a little over three years. Are they THAT hard up for cash or what?! Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinio...

Sunny Hostin shocked her cohosts on The View by admitting she's the reason the Butcher of Tompkins Square Park didn't get the death penalty. Instead, he wound up in a mental institution. This is a MUCH bigger deal than Whoopi's cupcakes, and Disney legal will likely be going into overdrive to do damage control... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify....

Elon Musk could do the funniest thing ever and buy into Paramount and Warner Bros. Yes, there's a rumor that the Ellisons are fishing for more investors, and Musk might be one of them. Can you imagine if Musk gets ahold of HBO? CNN? Cartoon Network? Oh man, it'll be a WILD ride... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, o...

Download the Kalshi app and use code CLOWNFISH to get $25 when you trade $25! LINK - http://kalshi.com/r/CLOWNFISH Double Fine CEO Tim Schafer said he doesn't understand all the video game industry layoffs when people are playing games and the parent companies seem to be making money. Did he flunk of out gen ed math class or what? Game CEOs are saying a CRASH is here and it's mostly because the CO...

Toys "R" Us is coming back... but they want you to grow up. And get a job. And buy adult collectibles for adults who have money. Yes, kids aren't into toys so the new TRU will focus on middle-aged pay pigs. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment...

Paramount is allowed to buy Warner Bros., and Hollywood celebrities like Mark Ruffalo and Jane Fonda are melting down. Also melting down? Activists. Mostly on BlueSky. They're calling Newsom and Bonta "fascists" and I'm sure it'll get worse once the ink is dry. Boy oh boy... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independen...

Disney is rebooting Darkwing Duck for Disney Plus... without the original voice actors. Yes, they've replaced Jim Cummings and Terry McGovern with Mark Hamill and Seth Rogen for Darkwing and Launchpad. So this is what Cummings meant when they were going in a different direction... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, o...

Nike stepped in it again. A Korean Converse ad featuring a Kpop star was called "racist" by some terminally online, perpetually offended people and they pulled the ad and GROVELED for forgiveness... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech...

Halo Studios is effectively DONE. Microsoft has announced that Activision will develop the next Halo game, and that 343/Halo Studios will basically wind down support on existing titles. This came in another wave of massive layoffs for the gaming industry. Will this save Halo or could Halo get even WORSE? Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH...

Download the Kalshi app and use code CLOWNFISH to get $25 when you trade $25! LINK - http://kalshi.com/r/CLOWNFISH Bungie is literally BEGGING for gamers' forgiveness and they want you back. It's actually kind of hard to the groveling. They're doubling down on Destiny and want to make Marathon GOOD or something. I mean, if only they still had Halo... Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all m...

Bricks & Minifigs has apparently shut down Reckless Ben's Reckless Bricks store in Arizona. And they're threatening more litigation. That's okay -- he opened another LEGO store in Florida almost immediately afterward. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertain...

Greta Gerwig cast Meryl Streep as Aslan in her glam rock Narnia reboot for Netflix, and Christians are mad. Yet another "ridiculous" rumor that turned out to be true. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer’s point of view...

Remember the Sad Oompa Loompa at the disastrous Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow? Well, Netflix has hired her to work on the Wonka game show. So she kinda sorta got her Golden Ticket? Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer’s point...

Things aren't fine at Double Fine. Double Fine in on its own after Microsoft cut them loose. They're doing a Kickstarter for a new game project, and controversial voice actor Erika Iishi -- a self-described activist -- is a stretch goal. Now backers want out and it's gotten so bad on social media that DoubleFine has shut down the comments. This is after they said things were bad and they needed to...