Nickelodeon - Dan Schneider and Brian Peck - Part 2: Drake Bell vs Brian Peck

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We never thought podcasting would be simple but, we're back with a new episode of Everything's Canceled podcast! This time your hosts Herman and Lorena continue the discussion around Nickelodeon raised by the Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV documentary series focusing on the career of former dialogue coach, actor, and convicted child sexual abuser Brian Peck and his victim, former child star, actor and musician Drake Bell of Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh (2004-2007). We discuss Brian's rise to prominence in Hollywood as an actor and then as a dialogue coach to numerous child stars, the role he played on Nickelodeon's All That (1994-2005) as "Pickle Boy" and how he gained access to Drake Bell while working on The Amanda Show (1999-2002). We discuss the suspicions raised by Drake's manager and father Joe Bell about Peck's relationship with his son and how they were dismissed as possible homophobia against the openly gay Peck.  We discuss Brian's manipulation, escalation and ongoing abuse of his victim, the circumstances that lead to his eventual exposure as a predator and how the situation was treated by management at Nickelodeon.  We describe how this leads to an investigation, criminal trial and attempt at justice by Drake, but despite the severity of the charges, Peck receives a light sentence in a plea deal, partially thanks to the support of numerous famous and powerful friends and former Hollywood colleagues who even allow Peck to continue working with children on the set of the Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zach & Cody (2005-2008), despite being a convicted and registered sex offender. We also describe a culture behind the scenes at Nickelodeon that allowed several other child sexual abusers to gain access to children while working on set, including one act of abuse that took place on the Nickelodeon lot by an offender who had been previously convicted of child sexual assault before being hired at Nickelodeon. We finish with our opinions and some questions raised by the Brian Peck situation: Did Brian Peck have more victims? How many child stars make it to adulthood succesfully? Why are there so many abusers in Hollywood and how does the cycle of abuse repeat generation after generation? What does "disillusionment" and cancel culture tell us about our relationship to the entertainment industry and entertainers we used to love? Featuring appearances by: Brian Peck aka "Pickle Boy", Drake Bell, Joe Bell, Dan Schneider, the cast of All That, Corey Feldman, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Wayne Gacy, Amanda Bynes, Drake's Girlfriend, Drake's Girlfriend's Mom, Josh Peck, and Brian Peck letters of support writers: former Boy Meets World (1993-2000) actors and Pod Meets World podcasters Rider Strong, Will Friedle, and Danielle Fishel, James Marsden, Taran Killam, Alan Thicke, Thomas Desanto, Ron Melendez, Joanna Kerns, Kimmy Robertson, and Rich and Beth Correll.  Please follow and rate our podcast wherever you listen! The best way to support us is to check out the all new podcast merch available in our web store at everythingscanceled.myshopify.com! Stay tuned for our next episode where your hosts talk about the rest of Drake Bell's career, his eventual "cancelation" over his guilty plea to charges of child endangerment in 2021 and much more! 

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