![]() ![]() ![]() Walker has informed viewers of Rolfe's projects, and Rolfe has contributed to some of the Critic's subsequent videos, such as the Voice in Suburban Knights, an attacker in his review of Ponyo for the 200th episode of the Nostalgia Critic, and a masked alien in To Boldly Flee. The two characters, and real-life comedians, are now the best of friends. The feud took place over many videos in 2008–09. This began with the Critic launching a satirical attack in an early video. The series and character gained increased fame from a fictional feud between the Critic and fellow web reviewer character The Angry Video Game Nerd (played by James Rolfe). This income allowed Walker to quit his previous job as an illustrator and to create web television professionally. ![]() In the third quarter of the 2009 fiscal year alone, the series generated $54,000 in income from its advertising. The show averages 100,000 to 200,000 viewers per week. The Nostalgia Critic has received high praise from critics and audiences. When Walker first started making videos, he garnered a giant fanbase for both 5 second videos and Nostalgia Critic. As of June 2008, all of Walker's videos were taken off YouTube. In April 2008, Walker created his own site named That Guy With The Glasses, as a means to escape YouTube deleting the videos. Despite Walker explaining his videos were satirical, and thus protected by the United States First Amendment, YouTube took the videos down anyway. However, shortly after, his videos garnered complaints from companies such as 20th Century Fox and Lions Gate over copyright Infringement. Doug Walker first gained notoriety on YouTube, where he started The Nostalgia Critic and 5 Second Movies. ![]()
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