Gus and the TV Special

Gus and the TV Special is a 2022 film directed by Gus Dieker.

Plot
Gus and the TV attempt to broadcast a special of their music. However, they are continually interrupted by tar eating rats, S.A.N.T.A. agents, the angel of death, and possibly the fate of the entire multiverse.

Cast

 * Gus Dieker as Gus
 * TV as The TV
 * Jamie Watson as Azrael
 * Our Ancestors as Vent Elves
 * Django Grootmyers as Harold Beaver
 * Ben Hickey as S.A.N.T.A. Agent
 * Colman Hickey as S.A.N.T.A. Agent
 * Barack Hussein Obama II as Systems Manager
 * Sug as Rat
 * Mitchell Rogers as Mythbuster
 * Jade Kearley as Mythbuster's Girlfriend
 * Emily Kerstetter as Mythbuster's Girlfriend
 * Annie Kuhn as Mythbuster's Girlfriend
 * Stan "The Man" Lee as Sha-Man
 * Pepe the Frog as Dada

Release
The film was screened at Studio 35's Small Theater in Columbus, Ohio on April 1-2. Following this, the film was released on YouTube on May 20.

Soundtrack
Main article: music from gus and the tv special

Following the film's streaming release, a soundtrack album was released to YouTube and Bandcamp.

DCU theory
It has been theorized that this film opens up a larger Dieker Cinematic Universe. The film marks Azrael's second appearance in a Dieker film, following Layer of Dust (2009), which is directly referenced as being one of the "myths" contained on Sha-Man's bookshelf. Sha-Man states that all these "myths" are derived from information from "the source", and that his job is to "put into words that which is beyond words", implying that he somehow creates the tangible versions of these "myths". The appearance of Azrael in ordinary space implies that characters from these "myths" are capable of transcending their mythological trappings. Also on the bookshelf, amongst various other items, is a case marked "Bundeloafe II". It has been suggested that the metaspace therefore acts as a sort of multiverse hub between different parts of the Dieker Cinematic Universe, potentially making all of Dieker's work canonical with each other. When these findings were posted publicly, Dieker liked the posts, implying at least some level of official endorsement.