BadBoy's ChillLounge

BadBoy's ChillLounge was a public space made available by MuchMusic to promote the show BadBoy's Choice. The ChillLounge eventually garnered a reputation as a sort of hangout for drug users in the downtown Toronto area, with one resident quoted as saying "Man this place is cool, you can just walk around on acid and nobody cares." Joey Selfridge had originally envisioned a chill-out zone where the public could come and relax whenever they wanted, meant to bring a more relaxed perspective to the character BadBoy and the show. Sofas of all shapes and designs were strewn throughout the space in order to maximize comfort. Along the sides were kiosks in which anyone could come and play the latest N64 games. The ChillLounge would host DJs daily, with a focus on more ambient electronic music as opposed to the more popular high energy genres featured on BadBoy's Choice. The space would host a weekly event known as "Chill Wednesdays" where at random times of the day the character ChillDude would make an appearance on one of the many couches. Visitors could then ask him questions and he would reply in his signature non-committal way. The space eventually had to be closed due to an incident in May 2001 where a man high on LSD accosted a MuchMusic intern, calling him a beetle man and stripping off all his clothes to roll around in duck poop.