Chapter 16 | Page 12a: Going to the mat

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Brad Guigar

Transcript

Evil Inc comic – April 14, 2025

Panel 1: Cassie is at a coffee shop when her assistant, Jeremy texts her.
Jeremy (text): We need to talk about your office redesign.
Cassie (text): What redesign?

Panel 2:
Jeremy (text): …specifically, the carpet
Cassie (text): WHAT carpet??

Panel 3:
Jeremy (text): When you get back to the office, you’ll see…
Cassie (text): On my way.

Panel 4: Cassie stands in shock at the entrance to her office. All of her furniture has sunk several feet into the carpet. Jeremy is in the middle of the room, sunk to his neck.
Cassie: What the hell?!?
Jeremy: Please hurry… Getting shagged to death is less fun than it sounds.

Bring Back Melanie!

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Brad Guigar
Bring Back Melanie!Melanie Martinez, a favorite in the Guigar household, has been fired by PBS for some videos she appreaded in seven years ago. Melanie is the nighttime host for PBS KIDS Sprout, a cable channel that plays kids shows. My son is enamored with her and, well, I think she’s cute as a darned button. Her delivery is engaging — she’s impossible not to watch. I look forward to her segments when my son is watching his before-bedtime-kids-show.

Martinez was fired when PBS learned of a couple 30-second videos — this one and this one — that she did for TechnicalVirgin.com, a safe-sex-spoof-site, several years earlier.

According for her Wikipedia entry, the poor girl has even been removed from her alma mater’s list of distinguished alumni.

This is very sad news indeed. I understand that PBS has every right to protect their property, but I have such a hard time believing that these seven-year-old, 30-second spoofs seriously damage her ability to host a kids show. I think it was a bad move — and I’m not alone.

If you, too are the parent of a Sprout fan (and if you feel the same), tell them how disgusted you are. E-mail info@sproutletsgrow.com and tell them BRING BACK MELANIE!