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Bennett the Sage is the on-screen persona of Bennett White, an Internet video producer formerly on Channel Awesome, whose matter-of-fact style contrasted with the more theatrical reviewers on the site. He can now be found here and on his own site. He also voices a hapless announcer on Zone Archive's YouTube series.

Bennett's primary content:

  • Anime Abandon, where Sage, his hapless assistant Gabe, and other characters examine vintage anime primarily from the '80s and the '90s, some classics, and some terrible ones. This series started out as an entertainment-focused sketch review show in a similar vein to other Channel Awesome series, but it went through a number of changes in format and eventually purged almost all traces of its CA roots. It also has two related series:
    • Nuts and Bolts, where Bennett and his friend Marc Swintnote  go over the making of certain episodes in invoked a commentary track format.
    • Anime Abandon Plus, announced as an AA variant where Sage would revisit titles that his opinion had shifted on or where the original review, especially from the early years, either didn't age well or had to be taken down due to stricter Content ID restrictions. However, only one episode aired.
  • Oldtaku, New Tricks, where Sage gives his thoughts on newer anime. This is more of a discussion of likes and dislikes rather than the scripted review style of AA.
  • Dumpster Dive, where he collects takes and opinions left on his Twitter page for that particular topic title and gives his thoughts on the ones that most catch his attention.

He previously hosted:

  • Sage Reviews, in which he covered recent video games in a traditional analytical review style (ie, to help viewers decide whether or not to purchase them) rather than purely for entertainment. He announced its formal retirement in November 2013, citing waning interest in covering video games (likely not helped with the collapse of Blistered Thumbs) with his final review being The Last of Us.
  • Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre, in which he performed Dramatic Readings of the worst of the worst of Fan Fiction out there. Retired in January 2011.
  • Super Toolshed, a podcast he did with Marc in which they talked about pretty much whatever they felt like. Marc confirmed on Twitter that they weren't doing it anymore.
  • Sage Vs., a vlog series where he reviewed new movies released on a weekly basis with one or more of his friends.
  • Taggin' In, a YouTube-exclusive vlog series dedicated to discussing WWE pay-per-view events.
    • No formal announcement of their endings was made, but the last two episodes of the latter series came out in August and June of 2017, respectively.

On occasions, Bennett also made regular cameos in other TGWTG personalities' videos, where he portrayed the Sage character with a sadistic persona, thanks to an early crossover with Ask That Guy with the Glasses. From 2009 until 2012, he did an annual anime review crossover with the Spoony One (which led to the creation of Anime Abandon), and he also made frequent appearances on The JesuOtaku Anime Review, where he subjected them to truly horrendous softcore garbage.

On Nov. 15, 2024, Bennett announced that due to family obligations and a changing career path, he would be ending Anime Abandon, with a final episode to be released when he would be able to produce it. Oldtaku, New Tricks and Dumpster Dive had been placed on hiatus for various reasons prior to this announcement.

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    Titles reviewed on Anime Abandon 
These are listed in release order except for the parenthetical cases.

    Titles reviewed on Oldtaku, New Tricks 

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