Adult Swim. It’s 22 years old now and theres history even before the name or block that dates back to the nineties so I guess it’s time to discuss them on my nostalgia blog. So Cartoon Network pretty much started in 1992 when Ted Turner pretty much bought Hanna Barbera and then the licensing to Looney Tunes and Popeye and just about everything that was a cartoon and made before 1970 (that wasn’t Disney). At least I believe most of this stuff showed up there because I never had Cartoon Network but I definitely would have loved it.
Anyway some fancy hot shot working there was all like NO I WANT TO DO MORE THAN FIND A PLACE ON THE SCHEDULE FOR Partridge Family 2200 AD and well that fancy hot shot went on to make a very low budget program called Space Ghost Coast to Coast. It did well enough for them to create The Brak Show and on and on until they had enough money and clout to start up an entire block of shows that aired after midnight for the delight of manchildren, insomniacs and the perpetually stoned!
I’m doing this for two reasons. I’ve always been intrigued by Adult Swim but never watching a good amount of their programming. The second reason is there’s a big goober named portnoyd that I think has terrible and dumb opinions that suck so I’m going to at least get to poop on some of these shows that he likes. It will be glorious and a lot of fun! I cannot wait for his angry comments when I piss all over some dumb show he vigorously masturbates too all the time like a lunatic.
Anyway I plan to discuss four shows at a time because I dunno that makes the most sense to me. I will pick just any old random shows and probably start with the stuff I haven’t seen before. I’ll watch an episode or two and tell you if I think it’s good and I plan to view more or the show is asshole soup that portnoyd probably loves. Let’s start with this!
1.) Assy McGee
I think I went with this show first because I’ve heard about it so much. It felt like it was something that could have either been weirdly hilarious or kind of amazingly bad. Sadly it was neither. Some of my favorite comedy is just people taking the goofiest shit so dead pan seriously. Like Leslie Neilsen, however his movies usually had more than one joke. AND he could play wacky if need be. This show seems to have one joke and thats LOL THE POLICE OFFICER IS A PAIR OF ASS CHEEKS LOL I PEED MY PANTS SO FUNNY! and they repeat that joke over and over and don’t even do anything very good with their one joke. It’s pretty sad. However I did laugh at the scene in the episode I watched (episode 2 the Flirty Black Man which was a painting and not an actual Flirty Black Man which made me feel like I was being duped! I wanted an actual Flirty Black Man damnit!) where Assy has a five a clock shadow of a beard on his ass. I don’t know why but that tickled my funny bone. However nothing else did so I did not bother watching another episode. I also did not like the animation style at all. Sorry, Assy!
2. 12 Oz Mouse
I didn’t expect to like this at all and uh I kinda did. I don’t know what to think of it fully except for complete absurdist nonsense but I did laugh several times watching this mouse commit crimes and force rectangles to make pornographic films with dolls. It’s very random and hyper and I can see why people don’t like it but I cannot deny that I was amused and really have very little else to say about it except that I was actually entertained. It was created by one of the two Aqua Teen Hunger Force guys and is not as entertaining as that show but it was a mostly fun eleven minutes of weird shit.
3. Xavier: Renegade Angel
Man I wanted to dislike this show so I could trash it and make portnoyd mad. This show really sounds like it could come on after Xena Warrior Princess in the 1990s. I could see it as a cheesy live action syndicated show. It however like 98% of Adult Swim shows is weird as fucking shit comedy made by people off their meds. However it’s pretty good weird as fucking shit comedy made by people off their meds. This is a bizarre show. Xavier is some kind of freaking creature on a spirit quest who gets into weird fucking adventures. All I know is that I’m willing to watch the next nineteen episodes and actually probably be really sad that they only made twenty of them. So long Chompsky Honks!
4. Lucy – Daughter of the Devil
I was quite disappointed by this show. I really like Loren Bourchard’s work in other shows like Bob’s Burgers and Home Movies but this just didn’t quite get me wanting to see any more episodes. I really liked the concept too and more H. Jon Benjamin is always a good thing but I just didn’t think it was very funny. Probably not fair to completely judge it on one episode and I’m willing to go for more episodes. The fact a lot of the characters look like weird Fisher-Price knock offs does not help the show. Anyway I guess I’ll put this in the “I’ll watch more when I’ve done watching all of the really good shows” and it will rate above Assy McGee.
That’s it for now. If I were to rate the shows from best to worst I would go Xavier Renegade Angel, 12 Oz. Mouse, Lucy, Daughter of the Devil and at the bottom Assy McGee because that show was assy LOL GET MY GREAT COMEDY HO HO!
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