It's often the smaller touches of colour and references that help sell the illusion of the
MC2 as a real living and breathing world that the characters inhabit. For today's post, I'll be looking at the fictional sitcom
Everybody's Happy.
A show mentioned throughout the
MC2, '
Everybody's Happy' was a sitcom about an 'All-American Family' that starred actors
Leonard Groote and
Melissa Carsdale (
Wild Thing #2, Spider-Girl Annual '99). The show was apparently popular enough to have been watched by several of the
MC2's denizens (
A-Next #11,
Spider-Girl #13 Wild Thing #2).
Melissa and
Leonard became intimate while working together on the set of the sitcom, with
Melissa describing the two of them as '
co-workers...friends...and much, much more.' The couple had shared their ambitions with each other and apparently planned a future together (
Spider-Girl Annual '99).
Initially
Everybody's Happy was intended to star both
Groote and
Carsdale as the shows leads. However
Groote convinced the show's producer to focus on his character. In the spotlight with his character receiving the major storylines,
Leonard became a breakout star, soon dumping
Melissa and quitting the show when he was offered a lead role in the film '
Portrait Of A Young Artist' (
Spider-Girl Annual '99).
The show was cancelled and Melissa blamed Groote for ruining her career, crushing her dreams and tarnishing her self-respect after she had taught him to act and helped him mold his own career. While things were going south for Carsdale, Leonard's fame continued to rise when he starred in another film called 'The Sensitive Man' (Spider-Girl Annual '99).
Seeking revenge, Melissa attacked Leonard on the set of a new movie as it was filming in New York. Melissa assumed the guise Misery, utilized globes filled with acid, electrified gloves and smoke bombs in her attempt on Groote. Misery was unable to use her final weapon- 'The Grief Machine'- on Groote due to the interference of Spider-Girl, who was placed in the device intended for the actor. Spider-Girl soon broke free and ended Misery's new career as a criminal with a single punch (Spider-Girl Annual '99). Misery would return once more to ensure a bigger ending to her autobiography by attempting to defeat Spider-Girl but was once again thwarted (Spider-Girl #90).
There's probably a few more post's worth of stuff to explore with the character of Misery, so check back soon to see what else I've got in store for you!
Until I stop watching trashy sitcoms and start my new career in acting, I remain
frogoat
