The Story of a Blacklisted Bootlegger

- Season 1

(2018)

Kevin talks about his childhood friendships, his filmmaker and video store influences, his first job at Target, his first experience at Alamo Drafthouse, and meeting his first girlfriend.

Kevin talks about his time at Fry's Electronics, his shotgun marriage to Angela as she prepares for army basic training, the news of his first child, and his time at Family Dollar and Sam's Club.

Kevin talks about his first long stretch of unemployment, saving his brother-in-law from a prison sentence, his time as director Josh Becker's webmaster, and the Netflix scam he ran called The History of Cinema Project.

Kevin talks about his second run of employment with Target, working a Pizza Hut food counter, and staying up all night in the children's hospital reading Harlan Ellison's Angry Candy.

Kevin talks about his beginnings as a dishwasher at Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek, his attempt to program Cult Thursdays backfiring on him, and some unsavory behind the scenes stories that Tim League wishes he could forget.

Kevin talks about how he survived nearly a decade of blacklisted unemployment by focusing on his mixtape editing projects, and learning how to bootleg edit copies of Alamo Drafthouse preshows, walking away with over 400 of their shows.

Kevin talks about a fateful meeting at a screening of Last Girl Standing that leads to him taking an internship on Public Access for Zombie Life TV. He also explains the allegory of Bad Goddess: The Fan Fiction Series.

Kevin talks about what it was like to intern for Zombie Life TV on Austin Public Access and gives behind the scenes stories as we are introduced to the rest of the cast and performance acts.

Kevin talks about how he was drafted to edit a Pittsburgh Penguins Ice Hockey mixtape only to discover that the directors worked with Stephen Geoffreys. Kevin thinks it's a sign from god.

Kevin talks about the time Eddie Rotten wanted to make a horror movie. The only problem is nobody can seem to find the time to commit their input to the project, leaving Kevin grasping at straws as to what to write.

Kevin talks about the suicide of his nephew Dylan Gutierrez and how it directly influenced him during the making of Bad Goddess The Keys of Marinus. Kevin himself survived a suicide attempt and tries to console his daughter.

Kevin talks about the phone conversation scandal that got him kicked off of Public Access, and how the relationship abuse of a co-star insurrected and divided the cast, ultimately resulting in the cancellation of Zombie Life TV.

Kevin talks about making the best of his situation, and finding redemption in learning how to make feature length documentaries using his iPhone. His first directing credit is Brenda Dickerson's birthday concert at Kick Butt Coffee.

Kevin talks about the beginnings of his film collaboration with Saul Ravencraft and Brenda Dickerson, which results in him taking the initiative to shoot a documentary about a John Carpenter Art Exhibit, while waiting in the freezing rain.

Kevin talks about the origins of Marller Gets a Spinoff, starting with a detailed explanation of The Hellsing Peccadillo.

Kevin talks about filming a ZLTV reunion in a bar screening of Black Christmas. The cast improvs a commentary firing on all four cylinders and newcomer Danny Nixdorff steals the show. Alas, its too R Rated for YouTube Advertising.

Kevin gives detailed accounts of to be completed story ideas for Marller Gets a Spinoff such as Like Clockwork, eX-Driver Will Follow, and the Kronos High School Blues.

Kevin talks about 50 year old Kosuke Fujishima's shotgun wedding to a 20 year old cosplayer that shocked his fanbase, explaining why it inspired him to change the relationship dynamic between Belldandy, Keiichi, and Peorth.

Kevin talks about attending the funeral of ZLTV member Ebony Michelle Shepard, who was murdered in a failed robbery attempt, and how her death created a rift between some of the remaining ZLTV members.

Kevin discusses the making of The Dragon Eye Serial, which he believed would never get done due to him having to rely on stock animation to visualize a medieval setting. The cartoon ends up serving as a memorial for Ebony Strange.

Kevin talks about the sexual assault incident that inspired The Moral Dilemma and a secret season of You're Under Arrest, and how it led to him shooting a drag burlesque show at Elysium as a sort of stakeout film.

Kevin talks about the time he got away with shooting a Jazz/Burlesque movie at the Highball even though Alamo Drafthouse refused to respond to his emails. As it turns out, he wanted to make a film about The Copa Kings since the beginning.

Kevin talks about the gig at the Dirty Dog Bar where he learned how to manage his shooting times. If Kevin fails to make the film to the bands liking, he can't release it, but he goes through with it anyways just for the experience.

Kevin reveals the supernatural incidents where his life began to fall apart and his suspicions that the real Verdandi, Urdr, and Skolde may have been partially responsible as revenge for satirically destroying their anime show.

Kevin talks about the incident where he tried to shoot a High School Reunion documentary with Robert Chaney and how it fell apart due to creative differences and failure to maintain proper release forms.

Kevin talks about the making of the Marller Gets a Spinoff Season Two episodes, Marller Finds Jesus, Beware the Self Righteous, and Let's Troll Angel Tales.

Kevin talks about the time Brenda Dickerson got him into a Christeene concert held at a secret location. Kevin has permission to film the band Toxic Water, but takes the risk of filming the whole concert without advanced permission.

Kevin talks about the making of his last documentary to wear the Zombie Life TV label. Mitch Rafter kindly allowed Kevin to film one of his Gore Noir parties and it legitimizes him as a director. His only film to sit on a video store shelf.

Kevin talks about the origins and ideas that went into developing A Certain Magical Pimpdex as a tie in to the release of A Certain Magical Index III. Doctor What is regenerated as Spike Lee and Eddie Griffin plays a Mad Scientist.

Kevin reveals in horror how his playing around with witchcraft may have accidentally brought him the bad kind of good fortune known as The Monkey's Paw when his father dies, willing him the money to advertise Bad Goddess.

Kevin talks about filming his own father's funeral, and his horror only grows as he begins to realize that his father was going to blow the whistle on the TCEQ before he died, raising the question of whether he was murdered.

Kevin talks about his attempts to recreate the Good Fortune spell for a Mara Marller cartoon. But the voice that inspired his dialogue was not Alyssa Brodsky. Was Kevin telepathically influenced by a real demon when he made the cartoon?

Kevin meets up with Saul Ravencraft late one night to try and invoke the spirit of his dead father to reveal where his work files are hidden on a video layout of his office, using a pendulum. They discuss his problems over dinner.

Kevin buys a Ouija Board from The Glass Coffin and try to control the witchcraft of his cartoons to invoke the Real Verdandi, Urdr, and Skolde. Shockingly he succeeds, but it is not a happy anime encounter. It's a dark and scary one.

Kevin talks about filming his last event documentary at Texas Mist. Why he decided to call it quits on making Zombie Life TV. And he ends with a reading of the Doctor What speech from Bad Goddess The Girl Meets World Sequel.