Slick Burn is a roast of the oil industry featuring the most important characters of climate change: A Dinosaur, a Bro Podcaster, a Duck Covered in Oil, and more — all filmed in front of a live audience. Part roast, part roast parody, and a full on take-down of the oil industry.
Featuring: James Adomian, Kurt Braunohler, Curtis Cook, Chad Damiani, DJ Douggpound, Steve Hernandez, Jared Logan, Anna Seregina, Eliza Skinner (Head Writer), Nick Vatterott and Mav Viola. Directed by Brendan Colthurst.
Released in 2026, this comedy special was made possible by a Carmack Collective Flow Fund Grant and was filmed in front of a live audience at The Elysian Theater in Los Angeles, CA.
| Created by | Ali Hart |
| Produced by | Ali Hart |
| Directed by | Brendan Colthurst |
| Head Writer | Eliza Skinner |
| Contributing Writer | Keith Carey |
| Director of Photography | Tony Burns |
| Executive Producer | The Carmack Collective |
| Production Manager | Rebecca Rufer |
| Production Design & Wardrobe | Nihil Declarandum |
| Art Director | Tiffany Kimmel |
| Set Designer | Ben Gojer |
| Written & Performed by | |
| Roastmaster Orson Welles | James Adomian |
| Roast DJ | DJ Douggpound |
| Poseidon | Curtis Cook |
| Podcaster JD | Chad Damiani |
| The Devil | Steve Hernandez |
| A Duck Covered in Oil | Anna Seregina |
| A Dinosaur | Nick Vatterott |
| A Southern Breeze | Mav Viola |
| Oil Executives | |
| Connor Harvardman | Kurt Braunohler |
| Ned Worth | Jared Logan |
| Linda Shill | Eliza Skinner |
| Edited By | Rob Michael Hugel |
| Sound Mixer | Veronica Kahn |
| Production Assistant | Caitlin Black |
| Fabrication | Ben Gojer |
| Eric Oxford | |
| Tiffany Kimmel | |
| Prosthetics & SFX Makeup | Ben Gojer |
| Set Dressers | Mollie McElvain |
| Eric Oxford | |
| Production Tech | Derek Scully |
| Camera | Matthew Johnson |
| Andressa Cordeiro | |
| Matty Neikrug | |
| Additional Footage by | Eric Simsik |
| Location | The Elysian Theater |
| Los Angeles, CA | |
| Made Possible by | The Carmack Collective |
| Fiscal Sponsor | Nextgen Policy |
| Special Thanks | Jessie Bluedorn |
| Food & Water Watch | |
| Miriam Fogelson | |
| Nina Ham |
A Petty Victories Production
