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'''TV Heaven''', previously known as ''DVD-R Hell'', features Creator/BradJones riffing certain shows (usually that haven't been given an official video release in years, if ever) as himself. The show was renamed in 2020, with Brad noting he [[ArtifactTitle hasn't actually watched things on [=DVD-R=]]] "in, like, 10 years."

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[[folder:DVD-R Hell/Heaven (2011-2020)]]
* ''Welcome To Pooh Corner: TooSmartForStrangers''
* ''Series/HeilHoneyImHome'' (episode: "Peace in Our Time")
* ''Film/RockItsYourDecision''
* ''Series/{{Poochinski}}''
* ''How Can I Tell If I'm Really In Love?''
* ''Intergalactic Thanksgiving''
* ''Creator/MrT's Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool''
* ''Bibleman'' (episode: "Big Big Book")
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}''
* ''Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet''
* ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer''
* ''Deception Of A Generation'' ([[MultiPartEpisode in two parts]])
* ''Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake''
* ''Return of the Ewok'' (short filmed during production of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'')
* ''{{Series/Cavemen}}'' (episode: "Pilot")
* ''Pagan Invasion: Halloween, Trick or Treat?'' ([[MultiPartEpisode in two parts]])
* ''ComicStrip/{{BC}}: The First Thanksgiving''
* ''[=HowardCantour.com=]''[[note]]joke episode; as a reference to the accusations of plagiarism against the film, all of Brad's commentary is lifted from other reviews[[/note]]
* ''Casper and the Angels'' (two of the episodes)
* ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' (April Fool's episode: it's actually ''[[WebVideo/BradJonesDemoReel Demo Reel: E.T. The Porno]]'')
* ''Am I Normal? A Film About Male Puberty''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/PacMan Christmas Comes To Pacland]]''
* ''Tequila and Bonetti'' (as of 2020, the first 10 episodes have been reviewed)
* ''Doorways to Danger''
* ''Hell's Bells'' (in five parts)
* ''Colby the Christian Robot''
* ''[[Music/KidsPraise Psalty the Singing Songbook]]''
* ''Colby Meets Psalty''
* ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' (episode: "Accidents Happen")
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bubsy}}'' (episode: "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?")
* ''WesternAnimation/YogisGang'' (episode: "Dr. Bigot")
* ''Series/GrowingPains'' (episode: "Second Chance")
* ''The Myth of Safe Sex''
* ''Finding Love in Quarantine''
* ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr'' (episode: "The Beginning")
* ''[[Literature/WheresWally Where's Waldo?]]'' (1991 series; episode: "My Left Fang")[[note]]reviews the British ''[[MarketBasedTitle Where's Wally]]'' edition[[/note]]
* Crystal Pepsi employee training video
* ''WesternAnimation/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures'' (animated series; episode: "One Sweet and Sour Chinese Adventure to Go")
* ''Series/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures'' (live-action series; episode: unaired pilot)
* "No Monsters" (Carman music video)
* ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's Howl-oween Special''
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[[folder:TV Heaven (2020-present)]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownThanksgiving''
* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears Meet Bigpaw''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade Q*bert Thanksgiving for the Memories]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's Looney Christmas Tales''
* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears' Christmas Tree''
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!!DVD-R Hell Provides Examples Of:
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation[[invoked]]: ''Film/RockItsYourDecision'' is presented as if it's the brave story of a young man who, in spite of overwhelming peer-pressure, rejects a powerful tool of Satan to glory in the grace of God. Brad points out that it pretty much looked to him as the story of a young man who is systematically brainwashed and mentally dismantled by his parents and church because he dares to like a genre of music they don't.
* AprilFoolsDay: The DVD-R Hell episode on the unreleased Creator/JerryLewis movie ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' [[spoiler:[[WebVideo/BradJonesDemoReel is the Snob team take on]] Creator/DougWalker's ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', trying to remake the infamous ''E.T. The Porno''.]]
* ArtifactTitle: Discussed in the review of ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownThanksgiving'', when Brad admits that he hasn't directly watched anything on DVD-R in a while. This is what results in the title change.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Brad references some of the less family-friendly sections of the Bible numerous times throughout his ''Bibleman'' review, though only once does he play the trope straight.
--> '''Child:''' ''[Singing]'' You can take a trip to lands unexplored/And meet up with heroes who fight with the sword...
--> '''Brad:''' Damn right, they're fighting with a sword! [[AsTheGoodBookSays For as it says,]] [[MoralDissonance "Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before The Lord against the sun!"]] Severed heads, children! It's in Numbers; look it up. [[note]]Numbers 25:4, to be exact. Kind of funny in that "heads" actually means "chiefs" (This was the part where - after the people of Israel escape Egypt - they begin to worship Baal, which makes God command that Moses kill the leaders that authorized this), but the threat of violence is just as valid.[[/note]]
** He also brings up the more violent sections of the bible in his reviews of ''Deception of a Generation'' and ''Pagan Invasion: Halloween, Trick or Treat?'' to counter the hosts' biblical quotes.
* BerserkButton: Brad's review of ''Rock: It's Your Decision'' turns serious once protagonist Jeff [[MoralEventHorizon starts criticizing rock stars for being "homosexuals"]]. He proceeds to give a very detailed, straightfaced explanation of everything that's wrong with the movie and theorizes that ten years afterwards [[CrossesTheLineTwice Jeff hanged himself]].
** Similar happens when the two hosts of ''Deception Of A Generation'' state that the [[TheSmurfs Smurfs]] were basically [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot gay zombies]]. Brad doesn't end the review but he does chew them out on their anti-LGBTA bigotry.
* CallBack: In one episode, Brad takes a look at the short-lived series ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', about a black butler in the White House during the Lincoln administration. When Dave does the ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'' review of ''The Peeples'', he mentions a trailer for a movie called ''The Butler'', an OscarBait feature...about a black butler at the White House. Obvious "[[WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries Totally classic Pfeiffer!]]" references are made.
* DanBrowned: ''Rock: It's Your Decision'' did some terrible [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch research]] on the songs it vilified. Brad quickly called the movie out for this, debunking ''each and every one'' of the movie's arguments. [[EpicFail A particularly bad example on the movie's part]]:
-->'''Jeff''': ''(providing "[[{{Demonization}} examples]]" of [[EveryoneIsSatanInHell Satanic songs]])'' "Evil Ways" and "Soul Sacrifice" by Music/{{Santana}}.
-->'''Brad''': Yes, [[SarcasmMode I can see how you would have misinterpreted the line]], '''"[[CriticalResearchFailure You've got to change your evil ways]]."'''
* [[invoked]] DesignatedHero / DesignatedVillain: [[InUniverse Within his review]] of ''Rock: It's Your Decision'', he feels that Jeff himself is actually the villain for how he becomes a judgmental {{Jerkass}} so quickly, and with it to him takes up the mantle of villain, despite being present as the hero of the film. He also feels his friends Marty and Melissa are in fact the heroes of the film, [[StrawmanHasAPoint with Marty saying everybody has a right to their own taste in music, and asking Jeff why he's going off the deep end with how he's acting.]] He himself actually says of Marty that the film finally has a hero when Marty asks why Jeff is going off the deep end, but comments that the film will treat him as a villain.
* EveryoneHasStandards: In ''Bibleman'', Brad realizes he's picking on little kids singing about the Bible. "Do I make any more jokes? How many more jokes can I make before I just sound like a prick?"
* [[invoked]]EveryoneIsSatanInHell [=/=] TheNewRockAndRoll: ''Rock: It's Your Decision'', ''Deception of a Generation'', ''Pagan Invasion: Halloween, Trick or Treat?'', and ''Hell's Bells'' are all about this. Brad repeatedly calls them out for the "QuoteMine something the villain said or did, claim the show/song endorses it" technique.
* FanBoy: Brad pointing out ''everything'' Gary and Phil got wrong about the cartoons they were complaining about on the ''Deception of a Generation'' episodes.
* [[invoked]] FridgeLogic:
** At one point in ''Rock: It's Your Decision'', Jeff, the main character complains about how an instrumental rock song is being played, but has so far only had an issue with the lyrics of rock songs. Brad [[InUniverse directly asks]] why he'd have such an issue with an instrumental song, which seems quite the leap of faith for Jeff.
** In the Too Smart for Strangers special starring Winnie the Pooh characters, Tigger tells Roo that unsafe places are places where there are no other people around. Brad again [[InUniverse directly asks and points out]] that if there's no other people around, there's also no strangers, and gives a puzzled look in reply.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At the end of the ''Rock: It's Your Decision'' review, Brad describes just how messed up the movie was & how it pretty much detailed the utter ruination of the main character as he is brainwashed. As he states that he is sure that, ten years later, the main character would hang himself, Lloyd picked that '''EXACT''' moment to jump up onto the couch as Brad smiles.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Implies the protagonist of ''Rock: It's Your Decision'' might be this, as his family and pastor attempt to get him to realize how sinful rock music is, only for him to change into an outright zealot who even lashes out against his mother for her love of soap operas.
* HaHaHaNo: During the ''Series/HeilHoneyImHome'' episode:
--->'''Hitler''': I've been a very very bad Hitler! ''[slaps his wrist]''\\
'''Brad''': Ha ha ha ha...because he killed millions of people!
* HaveAGayOldTime: Brad's a big enough ''Looney Tunes'' nerd to pick up on overdubbing, such as when Taz tosses salad. "For over twenty years, those have been the noises ''I'' make whenever [[AccidentalInnuendo I toss a mean salad!]]" He instantly recognizes his error and flips the bird to the audience.
* HitlerAteSugar: When the [[DesignatedHero "hero"]] of ''Rock: It's Your Decision'' starts railing against "Satanic music", Brad realizes he's just ''got'' to get in on this.
--->"You Belong to the City." Like how '''Sodom and Gomorrah''' was a city?"
* {{Hypocrite}}: The ''Deception of a Generation'' review has Brad calling out the hosts for being this. After those guys complained about "occult imagery" in 80s cartoons, Brad points out similar things in ''Literature/TheBible'' and ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' that they have no problem with.
* InsultToRocks: His review of ''Rock: It's Your Decision''.
-->"Aww!! The Music/CaptainAndTennille is a sin now, too?! Calling the Captain & Tennille a "sin" is a '''sin''' against the word '''sin'''!"
* JerkassWoobie:[[invoked]] Brad's interpretation of the main character in ''Rock: It's Your Decision''.
* LocalReference: "[''Doorways to Danger''] was also the only video credited to Sunrise Video Productions, maybe because they realized they were [[https://www.yelp.com/menu/sunrise-cafe-springfield/item/hamburger much better at making breakfast]]."
* MemeticMolester:[[invoked]] In ''Deception of a Generation'', Phil Phillips ("...a living, breathing ComicBook/RichieRich...") is implied to be this, as well as a MommasBoy who poops his pants and must fight the urge to [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate]] to [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]. It only gets worse when Brad shows what Phil looks like nowadays.
* MoodWhiplash: The reason Brad loves ''Tequila and Bonetti'' so much is that it's a gritty cop show that deals with violent crimes, but the cop's sidekick is a ''[[TalkingAnimal talking dog.]]''
-->'''Snob:''' ''[Bored]'' Alright, there's gotta be something to watch on TV.
-->''[The cops are discussing a murder, with the victim's body still hanging from the ceiling]''
-->'''Snob:''' Cop show...I guess I could get into this for a bit.
-->'''Tequila:''' ''[Sniffing around]'' What's this? Bay rum, and...''a poodle!'' And comin' into heat soon! Oh, ''wow''...
-->'''Snob:''' '''''What the FUCK?!'''''
* NoInfantileAmnesia: One of the hosts of ''Deception of a Generation'' relates an anecdote from when he was ''two years old'' in a way that suggests he isn't aware this would be unusual. Brad is somewhat skeptical of this claim.
* NonIndicativeName: Brad thinks DVD-R Hell is too harsh for something he likes such as ''Tequila and Bonetti'', and starts calling the episodes on that show DVD-R Heaven.
* NostalgiaFilter: In ''Deception of a Generation'', Gary, having grew up with ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', tries passing it off as harmless with no occultist imagery whatsoever. Brad is quick to point out how wrong that is.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
** From the ''Poochinski'' review:
--->'''Brad''': Wow. A shame this was only a pilot. There are ''so'' many unanswered questions. ([[InUniverse beat]]) No, seriously, ''[[FridgeLogic there are]]''.
* OhCrap: Brad when Winnie the Pooh was about to talk about molestation.
* {{Pirate}}: Brad started out the first video dressed and talking as one, since he would be watching from a pirated disc. Then he decided not to make yet another character and just do these reviews as himself.
* QuizzicalTilt: This is Lloyd's reaction to the "don't molest me" song from "Too Smart For Strangers".
* RealMenWearPink: "Okay, I like Patch and Kayla, too. ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' was awesome in the eighties! That's when they had Nick the Pimp!"
* ReCut: In 2019, Brad released remade versions of the ''Too Smart for Strangers'' and ''Heil Honey, I'm Home!'' episodes, with some edits to the commentary and a ColdOpen.
* RunningGag: The ''Series/{{Cavemen}}'' episode has Brad increasingly getting annoyed when the cavemen refer to themselves as such, saying "No, you're not! You live in an apartment!"
* ScienceIsBad: The children in the episode of ''Bibleman'' he reviews sing about science as if it's some kind of disease you can catch, and if exposed to it, you need to 'go and grab my Bible just in time' for fear of, I dunno, Science-cooties or something.
* SelfDeprecation: Occurs in part 5 of ''Hell's Bells'':
-->'''Eric''': He's the [[TotallyRadical horn-headed dude]] in the red pajamas.
-->'''Brad''': Don't say "dude". You're not cool. And I say that as a 37-year-old man with a backwards hat.
* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish: Subverted. In ''The Pagan Invasion: Halloween, Trick or Treat?'', Brad has a hard time ripping the posh-sounding British female host's paranoid, [[TheFundamentalist holy-roller]] [[MoralGuardians stupidity]] due to this trope. It's easier to pick on the American "bald old guy with glasses" male host....
-->'''Brad:''' "At least ''he'' looks like an ill-informed dick..."
* SpecialEditionTitle: The episodes reviewing each ''Tequilla and Bonetti'' episode (all 12 of them) rename the show ''DVD-R Heaven'', as Brad absolutely loves the show.
* SpoofAesop:
** ''Creator/MrT: Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool'' has such gems as, "If you have a gold allergy, best go home because you can't be anybody, much less ''some''body", "When you forget your pants, just take off ''more'' clothes!", and "Maybe I, too, can one day star in my own tampon commercial".
** If you're ever in danger, do ''nothing'', and God will smite [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Dr. Insano]] for you. (''Series/{{Bibleman}}'')
** ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's Thanksgiving Diet''
--->"Y'see boys, if you have a girl who's crushing on you who you're not really into, the obvious answer is to make sure they get as fat at possible. That way, they'll be too distracted by food, and too slow to chase you down! ''(incredulous laughter)'' Thanks, seventies!"
** Remember what Gary Coleman says, kids: When in doubt, head for the library! (''Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake'')
--->"The homeless ''and'' the sex offenders will help you for sure!"
* StunnedSilence: Brad does this when Franchise/WinnieThePooh starts talking about child molestation with Piglet in the TooSmartForStrangers special. Jillian doubles it with a JawDrop.
* TakeThat:
** ''Film/RockItsYourDecision'' has ones to Music/{{Nickelback}}, Amy Grant, and Bobbie Gentry, among others.
** The only thing ''Deception of a Generation'' proves is that ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' was never funny.
** Brad lets it fly toward NBC's coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London during WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}
** When one boy in the dorky, [[TheFifties 50s]]-style musical number in Series/{{Bibleman}} sings about going to the Bible to learn about politics & science, Brad identifies the kid as a young RickSantorum.
** "You know how I know you're full of shit? Because you just referred to ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild Nightmare on Elm Street 5]]'' as a well-crafted, elaborate horror production."
** He finds the theme to ''James Bond Jr.'' to be better than the song Music/SamSmith did for ''Film/{{SPECTRE}}''.
* TakeThatAudience: Referring to ''Animalympics'' as the Furrylympics.
-->'''[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Douchey McNitpick]]''': ''Dear Cinema Snob, I was deeply offended by your recent--!''\\
'''Brad:''' IT WAS A FUCKING JOKE.
* TalkLikeAPirate: Brad starts off the series this way, then decides he's not going to host the series as a character, but as himself, and takes off the eyepatch.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]], in the ''Poochinski'' episode of "DVD-R Hell", where he says that the concept the film initially appears to be setting up -- a gritty police detective show starring Peter Boyle as a cop whose only friend is a stray dog that he adopts -- could potentially have made for a very good TV series. Unfortunately, what ''actually'' happened was that Boyle's character [[DeadStarWalking died half an hour in]] and his soul possessed the dog; the resulting series would have followed the adventures of Poochinski as a talking dog who teamed up with his former partner to solve crimes. Needless to say, Brad was distinctly less enthused by this concept.
** Then Brad finds ''Tequila and Bonetti'', which is essentially this ''exact'' plot done better, and declares it the best thing ever.
-->Is ''Tequila and Bonetti'' the best in [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the trilogy of talking-dog cop shows]]? Um, ''Tequila and Bonetti'' is the best in the trilogy of ''anything.''
* TranquilFury: Brad occasionally delves into this, seeing how the reviews aren't in character. Prominent instances are in ''Rock: It's Your Decision'' and ''Deception of a Generation'' - throughout the latter he is particularly livid despite never raising his voice.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic[=/=]UnintentionallySympathetic: InUniverse: He feels the main character in ''Rock: It's Your Decision'' falls under both. He's a "normal" teen who enjoys rock before learning the evils of it, and preaching them to his friends. He's supposed to have seen the light and is speaking out agains sin, but the Brad thinks he's become a close-minded bigoted {{Jerkass}} constantly harassing his friends about their hobbies, and then turning on his mother for her love of Soap Operas. He also feels that while the movie is trying to frame him as morally just, the Brad feels sorry for him and feels he's the product of a controlling family who've dismissed his interests and tried to mold him into their mouthpiece.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WheresWaldo'' (episode: "My Left Fang")[[note]]reviews the British ''[[MarketBasedTitle Where's Wally]]'' edition[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures'' (animated) (episode: "One Sweet and Sour Chinese Adventure to Go")
* ''Series/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures'' (live-action) (episode: unaired pilot)

* ''HowardCantour.com''

* ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' (April Fool's episode: it's actually ''[[WebOriginal/BradJonesDemoReel Demo Reel: E.T. The Porno]]'')

* ''Series/HeilHoneyImHome''

* ''Bibleman''

* ''{{Series/Cavemen}}''

* ''Film/TheDayTheClownCried'' (April Fool's episode: it's actually ''Demo Reel: E.T. The Porno'')

* ''Tequila and Bonetti'' (intends to do a review for each episode)

* ''Psalty the Singing Songbook''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bubsy}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr''
* ''WesternAnimation/WheresWaldo''
* ''WesternAnimation/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures'' (animated)
* ''Series/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures'' (live-action)

Creator/BradJones riffs certain shows (usually that haven't been given an official video release in years, if ever) as himself.

The following have been reviewed for DVD-R Hell:

[[folder:DVD-R Hell]]

As of 2020, the series has been renamed to "TV Hell[=/=]Heaven." Brad stated this is because he hasn't actually watched things on [=DVD-R=] "in, like, 10 years."

As of 2020, the series has been renamed to "TV Hell[=/=]Heaven."

* ''Poochinski''

* ''The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer''