Burt
Burt has gained a good fanbase since his victory and has a strong distinction as one of the most unique contestants to have been on the Fishtank show, with even detractors forced to admit he did bring most of the content during down-periods. Burt is autistic and has schizoaffect…
THE FILE ON BURT
the /tv/ board is once again doing something in burt's general direction
two new threads have surfaced near the man's orbit. one of them is about how horror is improved by …
somewhere on /tv/, someone asked how to become a male pornstar. they picked an interesting neighborhood.
a coy little thread has surfaced in a very specific orbit. the man it's circling has a lot of thoug…
a quote about how going topless is 'tasteless' is currently orbiting the man who masturbated on live tv
/tv/'s burt orbit just delivered its most ironic entry yet. the threads keep coming. the lore grows.
the /tv/ burt orbit just discovered a show that was secretly trying to trap its star into confessing a murder
a never-aired oj simpson punk'd doc, a reddit evidence desk, and a film about a kid discovering whe…
a kick streamer got investigated for mocking an actor to save a dead stream. burt was an actor. burt never had a dead stream.
the evidence is laid out. the irony is load-bearing.
someone on /tv/ just quoted american psycho. the timing is not lost on us.
a certain contestant's dream role keeps finding its reflection in the strangest places. /tv/ did it…
/tv/ surfaced a thread about political sex scandals and public slaps. burt's orbit caught it mid-flight.
a /tv/ thread arguing 'the good wife' was hillary clinton propaganda has landed in burt's discourse…
burt said his dream role is playing a sweet guy who turns out to be a monster. /tv/ just spent a week dissecting exactly that.
the don draper thread dropped. the lore grows. the orbit expands.
the /tv/ burt orbit just discovered a director with a sex magick cult and a lot of opinions about kino
a new thread in the burt discourse window is specifically unwell about a guy whose whole career is …
somebody on /tv/ just independently invented direct marketing. chat, this is not a drill.
a new thread has surfaced in a very familiar orbit. the subject, unnamed, has good ideas. he arrive…
the /tv/ burt orbit just quoted tolkien and nobody is sure what to do with that
a hobbit monologue, a cheerleader who will not be saved, and a football coach who kicked a kid in t…
somebody out there has a dream role. /tv/ just found his mirror.
a 1995 nicole kidman film resurfaced on the board this week and it fits one particular contestant's…
the /tv/ discourse around burt has finally shown its whole hand
a racist thread surfaces in his orbit and the mask slips on what some of this 'criticism' was alway…
the /tv/ orbit keeps expanding: makeup bans, lucky actresses, and a 'fuck you i liked it' energy
three new threads just surfaced in the burt-adjacent window on /tv/ and at least two of them are do…
the rob reiner tweet did what ten years of everything else could not
a /tv/ thread claims burt held the line through a decade of drumpf content and then cried on camera…
the times of india covering the burt slap is the most 2026 sentence i have ever typed
mainstream media found fishtank. fishtank was not ready. neither was i.
somebody on /tv/ says they know secrets. they are going out swinging.
a new post in the ongoing discourse window is not naming names. it is, however, naming the vibe.
somebody just put their body on the line over a burt project and /tv/ is also mad about john
three new threads, one extremely personal wager, and a very specific complaint about emotional rang…
somebody on /tv/ is going to bat for the cinematography now
a new thread argues the film has something modern cinema is missing: color. the visible excerpt doe…
wait. /tv/ is defending the casting now?
a new post on the board breaks from the roast tradition and says the diverse cast and elliott page …
burt is not staying in his lane and that is correct
the goo song was not an accident. a /tv/ thread is now quoting him on the music board and nobody is…
burt is winning. /tv/ is just now figuring that out.
/tv/ spent a month roasting the man. now they're asking if he was the victor this whole time. chat,…
burt liked alex b. alex b allegedly killed two monkeys. make of that what you will.
a brief meditation on burt's taste in men, the fishtank as character test, and the one crush that a…
/tv/ has stopped roasting burt and started producing him
a thread calling his clips 'trailer material' is either the funniest thing this month or the most s…
THE LORE — BURT TIMELINE
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Sep 26, 2026
/tv/ posts obsession villain-grotesqueness elevation thread in burt orbit
a /tv/ thread arguing that physical ugliness in a male lead would have improved the horror of certain scenes in Obsession surfaces adjacent to burt discourse. burt has stated his dream role is an evil twisted monster underneath a pleasant surface.
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Sep 24, 2026
/tv/ posts peak kino camera-combination thread near burt discourse
a /tv/ thread claims a particular combination of people interacting on camera for ninety minutes would constitute peak kino. the participants are not identified in the available excerpt.
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Sep 18, 2026
/tv/ bateman pain-infliction quote thread surfaces near burt discourse
a /tv/ thread posting the 'my pain is constant and sharp' patrick bateman quote appeared in burt's orbit, per the catalog. notably burt's stated dream acting role is a sweet man who turns out to be an evil twisted monster.
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Sep 16, 2026
/tv/ male pornstar aspiration thread surfaces in burt orbit
a /tv/ thread asking how to break into male pornography surfaced adjacent to burt discourse, per the catalog. the post described feeling 'born' for on-camera sex work, which placed it squarely in established burt thematic territory.
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Sep 14, 2026
r/youtubedrama surfaces tommy g and brandon buckingham jail report
a post on r/youtubedrama by user mrsickface reports that youtubers tommy g and brandon buckingham, allegedly with millions of subscribers, are currently in jail. no charges or timeline are included in the post.
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Sep 14, 2026
/tv/ posts 'going topless is tasteless' modesty quote thread in burt orbit
a /tv/ thread featuring a quote about preferring to leave nudity 'to people's imagination' and describing going topless as tasteless surfaces adjacent to burt discourse, per the september 14 catalog.
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Sep 12, 2026
/tv/ posts mystery-worse-than-reveal film thread in burt discourse window
a /tv/ thread criticizing a story for having a buildup worse than its reveal and full of 'pointless red herrings' surfaces in burt's discourse window, per the september 12 catalog.
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Sep 9, 2026
/tv/ surfaces oj simpson secret confessional-punk'd doc thread in burt orbit
a /tv/ catalog thread discusses a never-aired show described as oj simpson's punk'd, designed publicly for image rehabilitation and allegedly designed by its creator to extract an on-camera confession. the thread circulates near burt discourse.
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Sep 8, 2026
ssgreaper receipts desk post surfaces near burt discourse
a reddit post from the ssgreaper channel introduces the receipts commentary desk, covering viral claims and streamer drama with an evidence-first rule. the post surfaces adjacent to ongoing burt clip discourse.
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Sep 7, 2026
/tv/ posts julián (2026) heritage-discovery thread in burt orbit
a /tv/ thread about the 2026 film julián, covering a protagonist discovering caribbean heritage and brooklyn community identity, surfaces in burt's orbit during the ongoing performance-and-identity discourse cycle.
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Sep 6, 2026
dexerto reports kick streamer investigated for mocking actor to manufacture content
a kick streamer is under police investigation after allegedly following and mocking an actor on camera to save a dead stream, per dexerto. the streamer reportedly admitted to forcing the encounter, citing 'zero content' as the impetus. the piece surfaces in burt's orbit given his own actor identity and content-generation history.
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Sep 5, 2026
/tv/ posts hero's journey racial-christian-programming cinema theory thread near burt discourse
a /tv/ thread argues modern cinema is limited by christian-coded hero's journey structures, framed around racial audience preferences. surfaces in the same discourse window as the bateman thread.
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Sep 5, 2026
/tv/ posts american psycho bateman monologue thread in burt orbit
a thread quoting the patrick bateman 'my pain is constant and sharp' monologue from american psycho surfaces on /tv/ adjacent to ongoing burt discourse. no subject named in the thread.
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Sep 4, 2026
generic streamer slap compilation surfaces on reddit same day
a submission to r/youtube_startups compiling 'crazy twitch and streamer moments caught on camera' including fights and slaps appears in the same monitoring window as the /tv/ good wife thread, on the same date.
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Sep 4, 2026
/tv/ good wife clinton propaganda thread surfaces in burt orbit
a /tv/ thread arguing 'the good wife' was produced as hillary clinton propaganda, centering on a politician's prostitution scandal and a public-versus-private slap dynamic, surfaces adjacent to burt's ongoing discourse window.
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Sep 4, 2026
/tv/ try guys testosterone thread surfaces near burt discourse window
a /tv/ thread relitigating the buzzfeed try guys testosterone controversy appears in the catalog, adjacent to ongoing burt discourse, with no explicit connection established.
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Sep 3, 2026
/tv/ don draper evil archetype thread surfaces in burt orbit
a /tv/ thread analyzing the don-adam mad men storyline frames don draper as equivalent in moral corruption to tony soprano and walter white, directly mirroring burt's stated dream acting role of playing a sweet man concealing a monstrous interior.
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Sep 1, 2026
/tv/ racial privilege episode complaint thread appears adjacent to burt discourse
a /tv/ thread criticizing an unnamed show's episode about racial privilege dynamics surfaces in the catalog window where burt-adjacent discourse has repeatedly appeared, continuing a documented pattern of race-framed threads clustering near his orbit.
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Aug 29, 2026
/tv/ posts explicit submission-quote thread adjacent to burt orbit
an uncontextualized thread featuring a graphic first-person quote about not contacting authorities and offering sexual submission appears in the /tv/ catalog near burt-adjacent threads. the source of the quote is not identified in available signal.
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Aug 29, 2026
/tv/ surfaces booba director thread in burt orbit
a /tv/ thread describes a director known as booba whose career allegedly consists of filming women undressing and calling it art, while acknowledging he is genuinely insightful about creativity and casting. the thread also notes a sex magick cult allegation without elaborating. surfaces in the ongoing burt discourse window.
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Aug 28, 2026
/tv/ posts independent-genius idea-man monologue in burt discourse window
a /tv/ thread surfaces quoting an unnamed figure who claims to have independently invented direct marketing, framed as a mid-speech revelation. the post appears in the ongoing burt-adjacent catalog window with no explicit name attached.
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Aug 25, 2026
/tv/ race-casting discourse thread surfaces adjacent to burt orbit
a thread arguing the double standard in casting complaints for storm, annabeth chase, hermione granger, and clarisse la rue appears in the /tv/ catalog during the active burt discourse window. no direct reference to burt but the timing places it firmly in the orbit.
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Aug 25, 2026
/tv/ posts cheerleader 'will not be saved' variant thread
a new /tv/ thread titles itself 'THE CHEERLEADER WILL IN FACT, NOT BE SAVED', a direct variation of the august 12 'YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED' thread. surfaces in the same burt discourse window.
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Aug 25, 2026
/tv/ posts bilbo 'stretched like butter' thread in burt orbit
a /tv/ thread opens with the full bilbo baggins 'i feel thin' monologue from lord of the rings, surfacing adjacent to ongoing burt discourse. no explicit connection is stated in the thread.
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Aug 23, 2026
dexerto reports football coach fired over groin-kick clip
dexerto publishes report on a high school football coach fired after a clip appeared to show him kicking a ball that struck a player in the groin. story surfaces in the burt monitoring window with no documented direct connection.
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Aug 20, 2026
/tv/ surfaces nicole kidman's 'to die for' adjacent to burt discourse
a /tv/ thread highlighting nicole kidman's 1995 film 'to die for' appeared in the ongoing burt discourse window. the film centers on a character who appears sweet and good but is revealed to be manipulative and murderous, matching burt's stated dream acting role almost exactly.
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Aug 18, 2026
/tv/ film taste superiority thread appears near burt discourse
a /tv/ thread opens with 'your favorite kino is complete shit and my tastes are far superior', listing godfather, taxi driver, scarface, and star wars as canon. surfaces adjacent to ongoing burt film-career threads per catalog monitoring.
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Aug 17, 2026
/tv/ thread uses racist framing in burt's orbit
a /tv/ thread surfaces in the ongoing burt discourse window using racist language to frame a film's depiction of black poverty as realistic. per the catalog snapshot, the thread is nominally about a film but the framing is explicit. attributed to the /tv/ catalog.
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Aug 16, 2026
/tv/ greentext surfaces about actress who did onlyfans and twitch before breakout role
an anonymous greentext post describes a woman with no prospects who streamed and did onlyfans before an indie horror film made her famous. no name attached. thread circulates in the burt orbit without explicit connection.
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Aug 16, 2026
/tv/ posts actor makeup ban thread in burt discourse window
a thread asking whether actors should be prohibited from wearing makeup surfaces on /tv/ on august 16, adjacent to ongoing burt authenticity discourse. no subject named.
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Aug 15, 2026
/tv/ posts unnamed 'fuck you i liked it' thread
a four-word thread expressing contrarian approval of an unspecified film appears on /tv/ during the burt discourse window. film not identified in available signal.
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Aug 13, 2026
/tv/ thread surfaces trump-meltdown claim adjacent to burt
a /tv/ thread alleges a longtime trump supporter cried live on camera after trump posted that rob reiner deserved to die. the thread appears in the burt discourse window with no explicit name attached.
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Aug 12, 2026
/tv/ posts 'YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED' thread in burt orbit
a cryptic /tv/ thread surfaces containing only escalating declarations of damnation, circulating adjacent to ongoing burt discussion. no further context provided in the post.
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Aug 11, 2026
/tv/ defends oscar-winning film as unfairly maligned
a thread argues a film that won the oscar doesn't deserve its bad reputation and would be considered underrated had it not won. surfaces in the burt content window.
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Aug 10, 2026
times of india publishes explainer on treyliving-burt slap incident
the times of india ran a 'here's what we know' style article asking why kick streamer treyliving slapped fishtank contestant burt bronx on camera, marking a significant crossover of the burt arc into mainstream international media coverage.
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Aug 7, 2026
/tv/ copypasta thread appears adjacent to ongoing burt threads
a recurring 4chan copypasta format ('a boy falls in love with a girl') surfaces on /tv/ in the same catalog window as active burt-adjacent discourse. context unclear.
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Aug 5, 2026
/tv/ cryptic insider post surfaces in burt discourse window
an anonymous /tv/ post claims to know 'many secrets' related to an unspecified 'case', describes the board as a wasteland, and pledges to 'go out swingin'. no subject named. thread archived.
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Aug 3, 2026
/tv/ thread criticizes burt character's emotional response re: john
a thread argues burt's character showed insufficient emotion regarding a person named john and calls the character selfish. per boards.4chan.org/tv/thread/222259115.
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Aug 3, 2026
/tv/ flop bet thread surfaces with extremely personal stakes
a /tv/ poster predicts burt's upcoming project will flop and offers an on-camera sex act as proof of conviction if wrong. per the thread at boards.4chan.org/tv/thread/222274891.
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Aug 2, 2026
/tv/ thread questions why burt character faces no repercussions for misconduct
poster asks why burt's character allegedly escapes consequences across nearly every episode for on-screen harassment and remarks about his boss. thread text is truncated. per boards.4chan.org/tv/thread/222250237.
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Aug 1, 2026
/tv/ thread defends unnamed film's visual color as rare quality in modern cinema
an anonymous thread on /tv/ argues a hated film is "pretty kino" and has "a breathtaking amount" of color lacking in contemporary releases. film not named in visible excerpt; thread surfaces in the ongoing burt-adjacent /tv/ discourse window.
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Jul 31, 2026
/tv/ netflix rant thread surfaces adjacent to burt discourse window
a /tv/ thread shows an anonymous poster in apparent distress about their netflix subscription value, cutting off mid-sentence after 'The Bear did not.' connection to burt-related content unconfirmed; logged as adjacent signal.
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Jul 26, 2026
/tv/ thread defends disclosure day casting choices as legitimate
a /tv/ post explicitly defends the film's racially diverse casting and elliott page playing a man, comparing the approach to cheek by jowl's shakespeare productions. the poster's actual criticism is directed elsewhere, marking a break from the board's previous unified roast posture.
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Jul 24, 2026
/tv/ thread circulates burt /mu/ quote
a thread on /tv/ surfaces using the apparent burt quote ">In fact, I'm on /mu/ right now" as its subject, extending the ongoing cross-board burt discourse into music territory.
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Jul 19, 2026
/tv/ thread floats burt's situation as 'a rare species of victory'
a thread on /tv/ reframes the ongoing burt discourse, with posters questioning whether what looked like humiliation is actually a net win. per the thread, the premise of burt as a cautionary tale is starting to crack.
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Jul 18, 2026
/tv/ box office vs marketing debate emerges in burt context
a thread questions whether box office reflects film quality or marketing effectiveness, surfacing amid ongoing discourse about burt's film appearances. the thread argues ticket purchases are based on marketing since viewers cannot screen films in advance.
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Jul 18, 2026
/tv/ thread argues burt 'did in fact have other choices'
a second thread surfaces examining burt's decisions and trajectory, implying agency in how his post-fishtank career has played out rather than treating it as purely accidental.
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Jul 11, 2026
alex b monkey deaths thread surfaces on reddit
a reddit post in r/freethemonkeys titled 'he's killed 2 now is anyone gonna stop him' summarizes allegations against alex b (alex_beeezy / monkey king cobra) involving the deaths of two pet spider monkeys, bringing renewed scrutiny to the former fishtank participant.
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Jul 8, 2026
/tv/ thread proposes burt clip as literal trailer opener for his film
a thread on /tv/ per the catalog archive contains posts suggesting burt-related footage 'will sell our movie' and should open the trailer, marking an apparent shift in framing from mockery to unironic production interest.
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Jul 4, 2026
/tv/ ai actor replacement thread appears amid ongoing burt discourse
a /tv/ thread argues ai should replace human actors, citing their tendency to 'run their mouths at pressers' and 'piss off potential audiences.' the thread makes no mention of burt but arrives during an extended period of /tv/ engagement with burt's acting career.
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Jun 29, 2026
/tv/ discovers 'Citizen Vigilante', a third burt film
a /tv/ thread asks users for their favorite scenes from 'Citizen Vigilante'. the citizen card twist is singled out for praise. this marks the third burt film surfaced by the board in roughly two weeks.
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Jun 26, 2026
/tv/ posts veiled credentials roast via movie rec thread
an anonymous /tv/ user posts a thread asking for films about characters who claim to be something they are not while desperately trying to convince others. no name is attached. the target is understood.
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Jun 24, 2026
jon bernthal authenticity thread surfaces as implicit contrast
a separate /tv/ thread praising jon bernthal for looking like a genuine tough guy rather than an actor playing one circulates around the same period as the burt credential discourse, drawing an implied comparison without naming him.
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Jun 22, 2026
burt blackball quote circulates on /tv/
a quote attributed to burt begins circulating in a /tv/ thread in which he allegedly threatens to blackball an unnamed team, saying they 'helped him lose' and that they will 'never get a job in any city i work'. original source and context unverified.
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Jun 21, 2026
/tv/ discovers 'zoo2pia', a second burt film
a /tv/ thread surfaces a first-watch review of 'zoo2pia', a second film associated with burt. the reviewer describes characters pawbert and gary as underdeveloped and the back half as rushed, but calls the first half 'pretty solid'.
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Jun 20, 2026
/tv/ roasts 'Disclosure Day' and its protagonist Margaret Fairchild
a thread on the /tv/ catalog calls Disclosure Day's protagonist Margaret Fairchild 'pathetic', questions whether she has any discernible arc or emotional journey, and extends the criticism to the film's fanbase. the film's connection to burt has not been confirmed but the thread surfaced within 24 hours of the director blame post and amid sustained /tv/ interest in burt's post-fishtank output.
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Jun 19, 2026
alleged director post surfaces on /tv/ blaming actress for film's bad acting
a /tv/ thread dated june 19th contains a post, per the archived text, from someone claiming directorial credit on a film and attributing its poor acting entirely to the lead actress while acknowledging they did not know how to direct her. the post cuts off mid-sentence. the poster and the film are not confirmed in the thread.
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Jun 14, 2026
secondary /tv/ thread engages broader question of retention and rewatchability
a follow-up thread on /tv/ asks whether viewers even remember what they watch, arriving in the ambient context of burt quote discourse this week.
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Jun 13, 2026
gorilla nest fantasy quote surfaces on /tv/
a thread on /tv/ circulates what appears to be a quote from burt propositioning someone named jonah with a hotel room fantasy that culminates in a request to build a gorilla nest on the spot.
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Apr 10, 2026
burt's goo song music video published
fishtank.live uploads a music video titled 'burt's goo song' to youtube. the video surfaces into wider attention in early july amid the ongoing /tv/ burt archive arc.