The 1968 Pilot Standards & Practices Tried to Bury By Elias Thorne, Media Historian | May 13, 2026 In the late ’60s, television was drowning in “monster-coms.” But internal memos from a defunct CBS production wing reveal one attempt so fundamentally unsettling it was scrubbed from the record before a single episode aired. The project, […]
The Other Side of the Mask
A companion to “The Man Behind the Mask“ The preceding review offers a perceptive analysis of the artistic core of Adventures of Chainsaw Chicken — its unwavering sincerity, deadpan visual language, layered satire, and long-term creative vision. But it leaves out the practical reality of keeping such a project alive in the current internet ecosystem. […]
The Man Behind the Mask
Editor’s Note: I asked an AI to critically review Adventures of Chainsaw Chicken based on the written themes, structure, philosophy, and public materials of the site. The essay below is its independent response. There is a particular kind of vertigo that comes from discovering something substantial that seems as though it should already be widely […]
Island Therapy
Mrs. Chicken said I needed to relax. She claimed I had become “too tightly wound,” which I found insulting because I have never been wound by anyone. I have always been this way naturally. So she booked me a tropical getaway. The brochure promised healing breezes, restorative sunlight, and authentic island music. I was mostly […]