# Nostalgia Critic Nostalgia Critic is a long-running film review web series created by comedian Doug Walker, who plays a sarcastic reviewer tearing apart movies and TV from his childhood. Launched on YouTube in July 2007 with a rant about Michael Bay's Transformers, the show grew into a cornerstone of late-2000s YouTube culture and anchored the Channel Awesome critic network. ## Origin Doug Walker uploaded the first Nostalgia Critic episode, a review of Michael Bay's live-action Transformers, to YouTube on July 3, 2007[1]. The channel grew quickly, but in 2008 YouTube pulled several episodes for copyright infringement and suspended Walker's account[3]. He moved his back catalog to his own site, ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com, which later rebranded as Channel Awesome and expanded into a hub for other reviewers covering film, games, anime, and comics. - **Platform:** YouTube (origin) / That Guy with the Glasses (viral growth) - **Creator:** Doug Walker - **Date:** 2007 ## Overview The show is built around Doug Walker in character as the Critic, a loud, angry everyman in a shirt and tie who shreds nostalgic films, cartoons, and holiday specials from the 1980s and 1990s[1]. Episodes mix clip-based commentary with scripted skits, recurring gags, and crossover appearances with other reviewers who later joined his network[3]. The character's tagline, framing himself as the guy who remembers bad movies so viewers don't have to, became the show's signature. Formats shifted over the years, from short rapid-cut reviews in the early YouTube era to longer essay-style episodes and themed events like Nostalgia-ween and the Disneycember series[3]. The Critic's rage-driven tone and self-aware low-budget production shaped a wave of mid-2000s YouTube reviewers, often sharing an audience with contemporaries like the Angry Video Game Nerd[2]. ## How to Use Episodes typically open with the Critic introducing a film he claims to hate, then cut between movie clips and his sketched-up reactions. Fans often quote the opening tagline or lift reaction shots of Walker screaming at the screen as reaction images in forum threads about bad movies. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Nostalgia Critic? Nostalgia Critic is a film review web series starring comedian Doug Walker as an angry reviewer who tears apart movies and TV from the 1980s and 1990s[3]. ### Where did Nostalgia Critic come from? Walker uploaded the first episode, a review of Michael Bay's Transformers, to YouTube on July 3, 2007[1]. ### What does Nostalgia Critic mean? The name refers to both Walker's on-screen character and the series itself, framed around tearing apart films from the reviewer's childhood[3]. ### How do you use Nostalgia Critic? Episodes are watched on the Channel Awesome YouTube channel, where new reviews and the full back catalog have been posted since 2015[3]. ### Is Nostalgia Critic still popular? The series grew past 300 episodes with the Channel Awesome YouTube channel reaching close to 100 million total views[3]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImNCqGhTl1o]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsWtCTemkOU]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-nostalgia-critic]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/the-nostalgia-critic Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library