The Onion has a great list of 10 directors that you hate… even if you don’t recognize their names. Sure, most people know the big popular directors—those with marquee names—but most don’t realize that the same 10 little-known assholes are responsible for 99 percent of the horrible “comedies” and tear-jerking dramas pushed into theaters each year, from Vin Diesel’s The Pacifier to Night at the Museum. The list kicks off with Tom Shadyac, who everyone hates, even though no one knows who he is.

The inspiration for this piece, due to his recent work on Evan Almighty, a $175 million turd of Biblical proportions, Tom Shadyac epitomizes the qualities that unite most of the filmmakers on this list: The anonymity that comes with a total lack of distinguishable style or creative inspiration, a sensibility that appeals exclusively to the lowest common denominator, and commercial instincts so unfailingly shameless that he’ll never be wont for employment. Frequently collaborating with Steve Oedekerk (see below), Shadyac was the man responsible for leading Jim Carrey from In Living Color scene-stealer to the manic, rubber-faced fartsmith that made him an unstoppable force for evil in film comedy. Shadyac’s irredeemably ugly and inept Ace Ventura: Pet Detective put Carrey on the map, but before long, the director added cloying sentimentality to his repertoire as a sickly balance to kid-friendly slapstick. Carrey vehicles like Liar, Liar and Bruce Almighty were big offenders, but they had nothing on the tear-jerker Patch Adams, which starred Robin Williams as an unlicensed doctor who yukked his way into patients’ hearts while thumbing his nose at the medical establishment. (To quote Roger Ebert’s famously damning review: “If this guy broke into my hospital room and started tap-dancing with bedpans on his feet, I’d call the cops.”)

The rest of the list—featuring the brilliant (and prolific) minds behind such classics as Cheaper By The Dozen 2 and Wild Hogs—can be found here. Happy hating.