UPDATE: April 18th, 2018>Yes, I am aware that information has been released showing that the man celebrated in this article is not worthy of that praise.  That he turned out to be a sexual predator with two known cases of “grooming” or sexual assault. This has been a huge blow to his friends and fans who followed, supported, and loved him unaware of who and what he really was. However, as further explained in this commentary, I have opted to leave this as was to showcase why he developed that fan following as evidence that being famous and popular doesn’t make you a good person. Be as weary of them as you would anyone else. My hope is that someone will be inspired by the heart and effort put into making these video the best he and his friends could and will use their celebrity for positive pursuits instead of manipulating and violating innocent women. It is both a warning and a call to be the type of people you think your heroes are, even if they do not hit the mark. If you don’t want to continue on I completely understand, but this was a tribute to his work, not the man himself and if any good can come of this is that suicide and sexual predators are both things we need to be aware of and work to prevent and protect ourselves from.

If any links are dead, they will stay that way. I never took the time to replace them after Blip went down and have no intention of doing so now under the circumstances. The rest of this article is left as I originally wrote it but remember that it is the work I’m praising, and not the man who made them.

1971-2014

This is a tough one for me. Usually, “Internet Spotlight” features the work of a video producer or webcomic that you need to check out. The hope is that more people will find out about his/her/their work and will help encourage them to make more or make a career out of doing something they love. It’s part of BW’s mission to promote things I want to see more of not in place of things I don’t like but alongside them for people like me. Sadly, that isn’t the case here. Instead, it’s a memorial. Since the Saturday Night Showcase is currently memorializing part of my childhood and writing influence, this will be a long article with a lot of video content. So I’ll put the important stuff before the jump.

On Saturday, January 25, 2014, fans of Justin Carmical, know as “JewWario” or “J-Dub” learned that he was dead, a result of a self-inflicted gunshot resulting from suicide on Thursday. To say that people were devastated is putting it mildly. Carmical had suffered with depression, according to someone I know who had seen his live streams during the week. However, as late as Monday night, where he took over for the co-host of the “What The #$@# Is Wrong With You” segment of Radio Dead Air, a live music and video broadcast produced and VJed by Nash Bozard, In fact, I was watching a recording of that segment while word was starting to trickle on Twitter that he was dead. It was surreal hearing reports of his passing while listening to his voice on the broadcast making fun of the weird and often anger-inducing news stories Nash breaks out every week, and the stories were surprisingly mild that week.

I can’t say that JewWario and I were friends. Sometimes he responded to something I tweeted and I am friends with a couple of his friends but otherwise I never met the man in person…although I really wanted to. I would hear all these stories about how awesome he was to know, how he had no bad words for anyone…in fact the opposite, he would go out of his way to make you feel like one of the most special people on Earth. His passing has brought out more stories, photographs, and phone camera videos showing even more how sweet, kind, and possibly ironically full of life he was. It’s hard to imagine what demons plagued him or to imagine him in a state of mind where he would take his own life. Between live streams, appearances in other producers’ shows, and the many shows we’ll be showcasing tonight, plus the others I don’t have room for, all you can see is that smiling, animated face full of love, glee, and fun. Tonight I’m posting some of his best, or at least my favorite, work from one of the most beloved and popular men in the reviewing community. While there won’t be more, there’s still so much he left behind and by nature of this site, it’s the best tribute I can do. I didn’t fully know the man, but I knew his work and loved every moment of it.

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