Beckles recognized the appeal of poor programming in 1994 when he began releasing VHS mashups of
spray-on hair infomercials, squirrel cooking shows, and public access freaks performing like no one’s watching. These compilations led to the creation of TV Carnage, a bootleg home-video series in which Beckles distills all the strangest clips from late-night infomercials, local-access programs and found videos, into hour-long DVDs. While Beckles had been editing together
Tex Avery cartoons with
The Stooges songs to entertain his friends while in high school, the
TV Carnage format didn't evolve into its current form until 1996. While bedridden and doped up on painkillers, Beckles began to assemble mashups with themes. In these mashups, Beckles treats well-known and unknown footage alike, sewing the scenes and moments together to create an absurd alternate entertainment universe. A self-described, "slutty distributor of heavenly crap", Beckles calls the creation of
TV Carnage his "way of screaming at the world". Though the compilations' original format was VHS, Beckles soon began producing DVDs. The format allowed for a wider audience and soon
TV Carnage began to gain a cult following.
Michael Cera has claimed, "
TV Carnage is some of the most brilliant stuff out there right now."
TV Carnage DVDs include: • Ouch Television My Brain Hurts • A Rich Tradition of Magic • When Television Attacks • Casual Fridays • A Sore For Sighted Eyes • Let's Work It Out! Beckles hosted many of the premieres for the
TV Carnage DVDs at porn theatres in Toronto. ==Vice TV==