Extraordinarily Excellent Achievement

New LGBTQ+ academic award named for alumni leaders and awarded to accomplished graduating senior and digital animator Griffin Weber.

By Deborah Alvarez O’Neil |

PHOTO BY MATT WRIGHT ’10

IN THE MAKE-BELIEVE WORLD OF YOUTUBE SHOW Excellent Entities, the endearing little characters undertake some outrageous hijinks and more than a bit of troublemaking as they vie for 1 BAJILLION DOLLARS! There’s the time Moonstone confuses hydrofluoric acid for milk. Oops. And Broomer and TOL break into their friend Chalky’s house to unapologetically drink all his soda. Once during a paintball match, Feather rigs a scary contraption to hurl fellow competitors into space.

One thing that is not allowed: homophobia. In episode 7 of season 2 (dubbed Extraordinarily Excellent Entities), Chocolate Bar learns this the hard way when he makes a shocking declaration to the competitors: “You are all eliminated because you are gay!”

The characters appear crestfallen. Latte’s mouth falls open. Clay winces in pain. Chalky scratches his head, puzzled.

Then Chocolate Bar’s phone rings. The caller announces that Chocolate Bar is under arrest for discrimination and suspended from the show. Gummy Bear will be taking his place. And that’s that.