Wisecrack (company)

Wisecrack, Inc.

Company type	Private company (INC)
Industry	Web series
Founded	2014;11 years ago (2014)
Defunct	April 16, 2025;4 months ago (2025-04-16)
Headquarters	Los Angeles , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jacob Salamon (CEO), Drew Levin (Channel Manager), Todd Mendeloff (Chief Operating Officer)
Products	Comedy Film analysis Web series
Website	Wisecrack.com

Wisecrack, Inc. was an American production company operated by Jacob Salamon, Jared Bauer, Greg Edwards, Drew Levin, and Todd Mendeloff. The company was founded in 2014 and produced various web series and podcasts such as Thug Notes , Earthling Cinema, and 8-Bit Philosophy. The group focused on an analysis of anime, film, literature, and video games drawing out philosophy, sociology, psychology and other meanings that can be interpreted from media. ^{[1] [2]} Wisecrack was purchased by Blue Ant Media in August 2019. ^[3] On April 16, 2025, Wisecrack announced that it was shutting down and no new videos would be produced. ^[4]

Web series

• Earthling Cinema stars actor-comedian Mark Schroeder as Garyx Wormuloid, ^[5] an extraterrestrial historian with huge eyebrows from the distant future wherein the human species has long since gone extinct, who examines common films as the last remnants of human civilization, while comedically demonstrating lack of certain knowledge that almost no one in that civilization would lack, but simultaneously having a depth of understanding that if only those poor sad humans had had, they might have been able to save themselves.
• Thug Notes stars actor-comedian Greg Edwards as Sparky Sweets, Ph.D., a stereotypical gangster who presents literary analysis of classic and popular literature such as The Great Gatsby , Dracula and Beloved .
• 8-bit Philosophy, produced and animated by MB X McClain, explores philosophical questions with narration by Nathan Lowe. Usually each episode is set in the style of a classic game from the 80s or 90s, and the series had some reoccurring gags. Music was provided by David Krystal. The series concluded in 2016.
• Boss Bitches of History, written and hosted by pornographic actors Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre, explores the lives of strong women throughout history such as Cleopatra and Marie-Joseph Angélique. ^[6]
• Wisecrack Edition
• Pop Psych

Podcasts

• The Squanch a Rick and Morty analysis podcast. ^[7]
• Show Me the Meaning! a podcast that analyzes an eclectic mix of movies. ^[8]
• The Maze a Westworld podcast. ^[9]
• Respect Our Authoritah! a South Park podcast. ^[10]
• Thug Notes: Get Lit! a podcast companion to the popular web series. ^[11] While the web series covers individual literary works, each entry in this podcast covers a literary theme and not a specific literary work.
• Culture Binge a current pop culture discussion/analysis podcast. ^[12]

References

1. Gutelle, Sam (26 January 2017). "YouTube Millionaires: Wisecrack Finds Niche By "Breaking The Mold Of How Academic Topics Are Explored"". Tubefilter. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. Ellingson, Annlee. "L.A. startup raises $1 million to crack wise about philosophy, literature, politics". bizjournals.com. The Business Journals.
3. Roettgers, Janko (2019-08-05). "Omnia Media Acquires Comedy Video and Podcast Startup Wisecrack (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
4. "Wisecrack is Dead". YouTube. Wisecrack. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
5. Wisecrack (2017-06-27), Hidden Meaning in LOGAN – Earthling Cinema , retrieved 2018-02-23
6. Gutelle, Sam (2015-07-01). "Porn Stars Celebrate 'Boss Bitches Of History' In New Web Series". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
7. "Wisecrack's THE SQUANCH: A Rick & Morty Podcast by Wisecrack on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
8. "Show Me The Meaning! – Wisecrack's Movie Podcast". www.wisecrack.co. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
9. "The Maze – Wisecrack's Westworld Podcast". www.wisecrack.co. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
10. "Respect Our Authoritah! – Wisecrack's South Park Podcast". www.wisecrack.co. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
11. "Thug Notes: Get Lit Podcast". www.wisecrack.co. Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
12. CULTURE BINGE by Wisecrack , retrieved 2019-07-12

External links

• Official website