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Gatowag's original TPIA design

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Gatowag (aka Brandt Hughes) is the hero chat realm usually deserves, but just not the one it really ever needed. He is oft present during the live shows, although he generally lurks in the rafters. He is a content producer residing in San Marcos, Texas.

On December 4, 2012, it was announced during NSFW that he would be Brian Brushwood's new road manager.

Early BBverse

Brandt was first inducted as a viewer and member of the chatrealm around BBLiveShow Episode 10. He did not become a contributing and known member of chatrealm until the end of BBLiveShow's run. During his rise to prominence, he worked with Kuhan to create and distribute NSFW and BBLiveShow related apparel through Cafepress. The Cafepress shop was then abandoned in favor of Spreadshirt.

Brandt's first notable BBVerse contribution was the overwhelmingly loved TPIA shirt design. He then surfaced in the after show of NSFW Episode 30 with the acclaimed Night Attack adobeshop (foreshadowing his work on the similarly named comedy album). He really won over the chatrealm in the highly controversial Second 10 Second Film Festival with his short films If All Went Well and A SHORT Film. Although to the dismay of the Internet our guest host, Jason Howell, was speculated to be involved in some mischievous and morally questionable shenanigans wherein he submitted his own video and declared it the ultimate winner. The case went cold.

On The Assist

After graduating college, Brandt struck a dialogue with Brian over the assistant position. After confirming in person in late 2012, it was publicly announced live on NSFW 156 So I Hired an Axe Murderer.

He has since taken over tour manager duties, fulfilling his spiritual obligations as inherited from Brian's assistant ancestry. In addition to this, Brandt acts as lead designer and editor for many of Brian's projects. Most notably: editor of Night Attack 2, editor of Behind The Scam, camera operator and editor of Extra Credit, product designer for many products on Scam Stuff, as well as creating promotional material for these products.

In December of 2012, Scam School switched from an Austin-based production company to in-house production. Brandt's role then switched heavily into content production, spending much of his time shooting and editing Scam School.

Contributions

Main article: Gatowag's Contributions

Podcasts

• A Very Important Meeting

We're dedicated to giving you the authentic Bizarre Magic experience.

• Behind The Scam (as editor)

Brian addresses the Scam School audience directly.

• Cinematalkraphy

Brandt and Roberto Villegas record audio commentary tracks for various movies and the occasional fresh out of theater reactions to recent films.

• Scam School (as editor)

The only show dedicated to social engineering at the bar and on the street.

Appearances

• Behind The Scam episodes:
  • Minor appearances in #1, #2, and #4
• The Executives episodes:
  • #16 - Horse Meat 2: Porn Titles
  • #16B - The Executives Bonus! 16B: Rejected Porn Titles
  • #37 - Fizzy Drink
  • #37B - Executives Bonus! 37B: Shots Shots Shots
  • #46 - We Know Sports
  • #46B - The Executives Bonus! 46B: Hardcore Jack
• Film State episode:
  • #100 - 100 Movies to See Before You Die! (at 4:10)
• My So Called 8bit Life episodes:
  • #91 - Cocinar 2 Petition
  • #115 - Cinematalkraphy
• Night Attack episodes:
  • #4 - 2014 Movie Draft
  • #20 - Cocaine Beard
  • #21 - The Watchening
• NSFW episodes:
  • #58 - The 10 More Seconds Film Festival (at 43:36 and 55:22)
  • #156 - So I Hired an Axe Murderer
  • #210 - NSANTA
  • #217 - Sneak Attack Roller Coaster
• Retro Funtime episode:
  • Season 2 Episode 1 - Earthbound Part 01
• Scam School episodes:
  • #278 - Break Matches with Just Your VOICE!
  • #312 - Two Insanely EASY Ash Pranks to Impress Everyone!
  • #318 - SO MANY NAPKIN TRICKS!
  • #335 - The Amazing MONEY Wallet!
  • #336 - EXPLODE Your Card Out Of A Balloon!
  • #337 - Look STRONGER Than Your Friends With Cellophane!
• Watch/Talk episodes:
  • #4 - 'Brick' (at 6:14)
  • #7 - 'Star Trek' (at 4:19)
  • #9 - 'The Crazies' (at 4:02)

Fun Facts

• He shot a short film for Slashfilm after a drunken rambling by director Rian Johnson and a few of the /Filmcasts regular hosts.
• He is known to be best friends with not only Ryan and Josh Connolly, Justin Robert Young, Cowgirlcurtis, and Jeff Cannata¹, but also the illustrious Donald Glover. ^{1 2}
• He attended the all day Get Set Go livestream marathon in it's entirety (12 hours) with TheLordNikon and a few others.
• He first met Brian Brushwood, Jay Brushwood, and Cali Lewis in Dallas once, they are all best friends now.
• He bogarts the credit for booking Julia Nunes on the show. ^{1 2}
• He is one of the elite protectors of BBpedia, on a pursuit for knowledge preservation and archival.

Links

• Gatowag on Twitter
• Gatowag on Facebook
• Gatowag on Tumblr
• Gatowag on YouTubes
• Brandthughes.com

Preceded by: "Jon Tilton"

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Followed by: "Zak Holder"