After the war crime of Million Dollar Extreme’s cancellation by Adult Swim, the career prospects of its ringmaster, Sam Hyde, appeared unlikely at best and impossible at worst. Not only was his name tarnished by media attack dogs, it was also blacklisted from any executive mildly sympathetic to his Andy Kaufman-esque style. “It’s a big club and you ain’t in it,” said the generation of comedians who successfully blackballed Andrew Dice Clay out of the spotlight the same year he peaked.
The Vindication of Sam Hyde
Good stuff, Ace!