Does the golden age of Adult Swim still hold up or are they just products of their time?
>>220834188>Sealab 2021 now takes place in the past.
>>220834188Some are much better than others, but as an overall package I think they hold up well for what they are. Creativity and solid vocal talent made up for the extremely low budgets, and the short runtimes kept everything nice and snappy. Also for me personally, I appreciate them being cartoons with edge, but not going all-in on the nihilistic deconstructive violent shock humor that is our current norm.
>>220834188They're all stupid low effort dubbed over weed lmao shows for slackers.
>>220834188hold this up, jerkface
>>220835959
>>220834188Adult Swim was always bad. Still is.
>I look like a beaver!>a SEXY little beaver!
We're not gonna honor any of those bogus treaties
>>220834188>BIZARRO>BIZARRO>BIZARRO
>>220834188>Well see, sir, if I take your swords then I have to take everyone's swords.
home movies never did a crossover with metalocalypse :(
>>220834188Huge fan of how this thread was probably made because of the Adrienne Barbeau thread.
Tfw you’ll never post on the Adult Swim message boards again
>>220834188Its the only good shit AS ever did
>>220836548Zamn I just remembered those existed
>>220834188The shows that were based are still based.The shows that sucked and were cringe sucked and were cringe.Ask me away I watched just about everything adult swim had to offer as it grew in time slot, days and dominance. I stopped watching it around 2012 religiously and havent really at all minus a show or event.I will tell you if the show was based or not
>>220836615Saul of the molemen
>>220836629That shit was based but by a very small margin. Disappointed that I did not get to continue. Can easily see some people finding it cringe but I appreciate it.
>>220836615Eagleheart (just kidding I already know it's based12oz Mouse
>>22083668312 oz mouse is not based. It has its moments of being funny but overall I could never fuck with it because of how absolutely cheap it is to make so I will give you this I could be wrongly filtered but I remember trying to like this show, then not liking it and just being astonished by its continued existence.Eagleheart was good but I didn't get to finish it.
>>220836718The very first episode I found hilarious and then it never topped that peak, not even close.
>>220836649damn I'm surprised you remembered that oneok now drinky crow
>>220836750Squidbillies to me is the show 12 oz mouse wishes it could've been which is a based show, not based how they did unknown hinson dirty but the show is still amazing. Which it was one of those shows that I initially wrote off as stupid. How wrong I was I would describe squidbillies as brilliant.
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law gets better as you age. Sadly the spinoff Birdgirl was trash.
>>220836762Mid, but I dont think its necessarily its fault it had potential they just didnt push forward with it. My memory is that both this show and lucy daughter of the devil piloted at the same time. I found drinky crow better and I just could never get in Lucy so its not based to me but it very well could be decent. I wish I live in a timeline where drinky crow got the opportunities that lucy got.
Murphy's VA dying after like two seasons was such a tragedy that it's crazy how remembered he is just from that. I tried to watch Archer but I wasn't interested.
>>220836835>I wish I live in a timeline where drinky crow got the opportunities that lucy got.They both have the same amount of episodes...
>>220836823Unironically one of my>>220836615Favorite shows and is so incredibly based. It should not have ended when it did and waiting for new episodes and new seasons was always a drag but the episodes always delivered. Sure the last season is a zany mess but I love it.The trump movie was cringe and concept but I only watched it once and I dont recall it being terrible but not memorable.The finale of birdman is perfect. Birdman should have more than likely remained untouched after it initially ended.Havent watched birdgirl have never encountered one positive word about it though
>>220836867Oh my brains fried man I thought lucy got two more seasons.Huh.Ok well I standby my initial fuck lucy stance.Mission Hill was based it needed more episodes and I wanted to eat that guy's couch.On the topic of show that was cut too short around that time Oblongs was based and deserved more time.
>>220836395>tfw my cat died the day hamburgertime debuted
I want candy, bubble gum, and taffySkip to the sweet shop with my sweetheart SandyGot my pennies saved so I'm her sugar daddyI'm her Hume Cronyn and she's my Jessica Tandy, I want candy!put it in a pile, split it with my bitty 50/50 down the lineKinda like close encounters of the cavity kindI'm talkin liquorice kisses, talkin chocodile smilesI want candy, I got a sugar toothPut on your shin gaurds, Sandy, 'cause I wanna knock bootsLick my peppermint stick til' the lollipop droopsGumdrop that don't stop til' its licked knot looseCandy... candy...I need candy bubble gum, and taffyGet in my way punk, you're gonna get ya ass beat, nastyDo it till your dad sees, embarrass your whole familyJust 'cause you came between a kid and his candyI need candy, any kind'll doDon't care if it's nutritious or "FDA approved"It's gonna make me spaz like bobcats on boozeA hyperactive juice that only I can produceAnd fuel a giant drill, bore straight into HellReleasing ancient demons from their sleep forever spellSo they can walk upon the earth, and get resituatedAnd Hock the diet pills that MC Pee Pants has createdI need candy, want some candy, eat candy til' I'm deadI'll kill you for some candy, give me candy, candy head!Where you keepin' all the candy?!Who made you candy king?!If you don't give me some candy, I will make the ladies sing!Candy, in tha morning, candy on the way to schoolCandy, at school, at lunch in the afternoonCandy, its good, on your way home from schoolCandy, at diner, at dinner, in bed!Mess up the mix, mix up the messCome on down yo, here's the addressAt 6-1-2 Wharf Avenue,Right next to, gentlemen's club.
For me, it's Stroker and Hoop. they deserved their season finale. maybe someday a script for it will be released
>>220836926Oblongs and Mission Hill were both shows from another network what never made it past their first season. Adult Swim was able to buy the rights cheap, along with family guy and futurama. They used that to pad out their couple of super cheap to produce original shows.
>>220834188>I'm Bizarro Stormy
>>220834188ATHF, Sealab 2021, Home Movies and Harvey Birdman are all goated
>>220836948babyfigs don't know about MC chris https://youtu.be/YuDdfB_WpYA?si=sZhTiUbwjEblBmJw
>>220836973I'm regular Stormy
>>220836959I am aware of that same with home movies>>220836973Bizarro I love you
>>220837021marduk rules
>>220836926Nah Drinky Crow is just bad.
>>220836973>>220837016https://youtu.be/L9DLoepKtscHe still speaks the exact same
>>220837021ALL HAIL THE OVERLORD
Don't time fly when you drunk as hell!
aren'joo forgetting someone?
>>220837086That show sucked
>>220837021Home Movies became kino once it dropped the ad-lib bullshit halfway through season 1 or so.
>>220834188Venture Bros, Sealab 2021, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Mike Tyson Mysteries are all legit. ATHF and Squibillies had their moments, but I've never had the desire to watch them again. Everything else was slop.
i downloaded a few thousand "bumps" from over the years, threw them on a playlist for my second monitor
Frisky Dingo is still a masterwork
>>220837125really, you didn't like ATHF that much?
Used to go to sleep with a playlist of ATHF, Sealab, Harvey Birdman and Morel Orel on shuffleGood times. Also i think I'm the only person that liked Titan Maximum
>>220836242Spaghetti time
I'd probably give a chuckle or scoff but that's about the real longevity of any of it after all
>>220836395I really liked Home Movies as a kid but hated Metalocalypse after a few episodes.>>220836867Mission Hill was great
>>220837125Space Ghost Coast to Coast was absolute kino.>>220837178nta, but I thought ATHF and Squidbillies were kinda gay too, I'd switch over to something else when they came on
>>220837138I miss these, the cartoon network city, and the cartoon cartoon fridays videos.Im 36. I wish I was born 20 30 years ago I would be a king rich and famous. The only thing that makes me truly happy with my life other than my woman is that I think I had the best childhood entertainment.>>220837146This more than any other show in the entire world needs its third season I was fucking gutted after the hilarious 2 episode pilot debut of the Xtacled only for Adult Swim to announce the termination of the entirety of 70/30 Productions.The only good that came of it was Archer. And peak archer is based but still couldn't hold a candle to what I believe is the funniest 4 hours of television adult swim has produced
>>220836867i bought the dvd set for the audio commentaries. way back when, there was some promotion anons found where you could get a free coffee mug with a picture on it, I got the Silly Rabbit logo on mine. also the free custom mousepad, I got a backdrop of mission hill at night time with all the blacks and magentas
Here are some deeper cuts:>Fat Guy Stuck in InternetYou guys would love this, full of /tv/ references>Saul of the MolemenAlthough I'm not sure if /tv/ can handle the reveal of the Mother Rack>A Young Person's Guide to History2 episodes/specials/shitposts
>>220834188As much as I like early pool era Adult Swim, 2004 to 2007 has got to be true golden age. That was around the time they finally started getting a big enough budget to really take more risks and most of them were successes. Venture Brothers, Moral Orel, Boondocks, Frisky Dingo, Metalocalypse and Superjail! all started airing around that time and these bumpers were everywherehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUtXMRuhQcM&list=RDSUtXMRuhQcM
>>220837125>Everything else was slopYou omitted too much.
>>220835959Yeah, and they hold up as precisely that. If you aren’t into it, that’s fine. But I have accomplished nothing with my life, so they make me feel really jazzed.
>>220837146THIS IS FOR CODY!
>>220837178I would have enjoyed it more if Carl had been the focus of the show. I don't really like the other characters.
>>220837250I AM THE BOLOGNATOR1 HALF MAN 1 HALF BALOGNA SANDWICHYOU SHALL NOTPASSSSSSSSSSSSS
>>220837276In all ways but physical I am master shake
>>220835959This. The writing Is funny though. Just not an animation enjoyers cartoon
>>220837276Have you seen Carls hair transplant episode? Its one of his best.
>all kids outta the pool>no teaparties>is that pimento loaf?>one two three four five six seven eight. one two three four straight legs seven eight
>>220837115It was all good regardless of the improv
>>220837183>Also i think I'm the only person that liked Titan MaximumNah I like this.
>>220837178He's a retard
>>220837298You wish. You are the fat plutonian
>>220835959A cool kid with an Aqua Teen shirt called you a fag in high school, and you're still seething. That's pathetic, man. Just because kids didn't want to smoke weed with you back then, probably because you're an asshole, doesn't mean that these shows, most of which you've probably never watched before passing judgment, because, again, you're an asshole, suck, which they don't. You fucking faggot.
>>220837146GET ON THE BUS
>>220837183I remember jerking it to the brunette flashing her tits back in middle school. The show was alright too I guess.
MECHA-SHIVAMECHA-SHIVAMECHA-SHIVAMECHA-SHIVAMECHA-SHIVA
>>220835959This is the group that would go on to praise Rick and Morty btw. They didn't understand Adult Swim's programming and laughed it off as "stoner humor" until someone made a reddit-tier sci-fi cartoon by Dan Harmon.
>>220837371All of what that anon said
>>220837375Gross
>>220837146Its insane how criminally underrated Frisky Dingo is. If Archer could get 15 seasons I don't know why this show ended after only 2
>>220836683>12oz MouseThe best first episode of any show, ever. The first episode is endlessly (?!) quotable. It is also the only episode of the show I've ever watched, but I've probably watched it 10,000 times. It's a little over 20 years old, and I've seen it at least 3 times a day, every day. Certainly over 10,000 but more realistically over 20,000 times. I'm watching it right now. Are you drunk? Not. Drunk. Enough. I've lost friends and family members because of this show, fuck them.
>>220837421Xavier is great too but it's pretty much the perfect length. It's a shame it was made in like 360p.
"I was a champion crack-up-derby driver in my day. You talk about a creative peak. I was like a fine artist. My car was my paintbrush. Save-mart parkin’ lot was my canvas. And my car was my paintbrush. Thirteen was my age. My car, it was my paintbrush. Industrial lead-based cleanin’ solvent -- That there was my beverage."
>>220836959Hope they fully retired each, despite each being good. The same 13 episodes for 20+ fucking years. Jesus Christ, man.
I'M DOCTOR SANCHEZYou're a woman
>>220837472Still fucking pisses me off how the creators fucked over Early's VA in the end.
>>220837472Y'all sell party liquor on Sundays?
>We live in a world where Robot Chicken gets 37 seasons, but the suits at AS won't give Hammer and Publick pocket change to make anymore uberkino Venture Bros.
>Matt Maiellaro of Aqua Teen made this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39_El4buZ1I&t
>>220837420Middle school me had good taste.
>>220837521Venture Bros ran its course. It still got like 8 seasons and the last two were pretty weak
>>220837536Also 3 movies
>>220837497>Still fucking pisses me off how Early's VA fucked over Early's VA in the end.And I was a fan of Unknown Hinson.
>>220837536Anon will still pretend it got spited cause another show he doesn't like has more episodes.
"So, under experience, you've listed here on your hat-shaped resume that you can skin a buck, run a trout line and that all your rowdy friends...""...are comin' over tonight, y'sir.""Early, you're the most impressive squid I've interviewed for this position. Let's talk briefly about your work ethic.""Well, I don't think ethnics do no work. I mean, that's they problem, really. If you ain't like me, go hang from a damn tree.""Overt racial prejudice... impressive, Early.""I thank you, kindly."
why are old adult swim shows so comfy? also should i watch venture bros?
>>220834188Sealab and robot chicken were always gay and lame. ATHF is perfect though.
>>220835938>I appreciate them being cartoons with edge
>>220837536I liked how it took like 5 years to make a season. That way it never overstayed its welcome and it gave me something to look forward to. There are no shows worth looking forward to anymore.
>>220837581Yeah, it's one of the best cartoons ever created.
>>220837581Yes, it's amazing. The show has continuity, so make sure you watch it in order.
>>220836823i liked the original birdman who talked like Artie Lange: https://youtu.be/v7DMCLL6cys
>>220837497I watched the first episode of the final season and never bothered watching the rest. Early without Unknown Hinson's voice is just plain wrong.
>>220836823Someone hit me with a "did you... get that thing.. that I sent you?" earlier this year.
>>220837645
It was upsetting to find out that so many of the Adult Swim voice actors are dead and that they died alone and penniless.
harvey birdman got ruined after it turned out colbert was involved
>>220837688They did C. Martin Croker so dirty despite him being the core animator for Space Ghost and ATHF. Dude died in his own house from sepsis from an tooth infection because he didn't even have the money for dental coverage. Then you've got guys like Frylock's VA being homeless. Adult Swim did not pay well at all.
The Dark Side of Adult Swim
>>220834188>you will never be in high school again watching this on a crisp autumn night while your 47yo English teacher who stayed decently in shape with her blonde pixie cut has her saggy tits out and is blowing you
>>220837575I gotta warn you: fire and ice.
>>220837806Go on...
>>220837806>ywn be in high school again watching this on your hologram projector watch while your robot maid drives you in your hover-lamborghini at 30,000mph over the rings over saturn while the dna of all the supermodels in the world coallesce in your back seat to form the perfect being, aka lilu
>>220837688Andy Merrill became an Amazon driver. Not sure if he still is, but he also sells Cameo videos.
>>220834188>Venture Bros is a classic>Harvey Birdman is a classic>Sealab 2021, I never watched as a kid, but started watching recently and it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen>ATHF, I never watched as a kid, but started watching recently and it's amusing, but not hilarious>Space Ghost Coast To Coast, I've still never seen
>>220837483I haven't watched adult swim in honestly a decade at this point, but even then they were mostly retired. They might trot one out once in a while but eventually they had enough of their own programming. Also if you remember adult swim early on just aired twice a week, Sunday and Thursday, and the thursday run was just a copy of sunday, so they got some decent mileage out of it.
>>220838004i could never get into space ghost or cartoon planet
>be me as a kid in the late 90s>have regular insomnia >wake up at 3am and Space Ghost Coast to Coast is onFuck yeah, so comfy.
>>220837338Your dong is small and useless.
>>220838068I've seen clips and looks really funny. The only episode I've seen is the full uncut fireant episode.
>>220838140>full uncut fireant episode.I watched that the first time it aired and it was incredible because there was no telling when it would end.
>>220838068You have to have a very high IQ to appreciate Space Ghost.
>>220837865I lived in League City. Shithole but the teachers were all milfs.
>>220837472>Yeah, you can't see it but you'll buy it. YEAH, YOU'LL BUY ANYTHING!>Let's go ahead and cut that last line
I went back and watched Robot Chicken again and realized it's like 20:80 on hits and misses.
>>220836548I was an Order of the Owl and got banned for like "using science to justify racism" lol
>>220838612Robot Chicken is if you took Family Guy and remove all the context in the cutaway gags so they're just random skits with pop culture references.
imagine having cable as a kid
>>220836835Lucy had a few great episodes, Satan's School for Girls and the Vampire Altar Boys episodes were great.
>>220838612but then they put out gold like, "Fumbles. It was always Fumbles" so I can deal with the le wacky randumb "gummi bear caught in a bear trap"i don't care for any of the art or craft of how the show is made, i just want funny lines
i was never able to get into any of these or any adult animation besides dr katz and the critic and i tired of those as well
>>220837099>That show suckedYOU fucking suck.
>>220838822>dr katzlet's get you to bed grandpa
>>220838258my brother
>>220835365>they were just quarantining under the ocean due to Covidcrazy how being in the future gives you new prospective and context to the events that took place
>>220838817I just want a supercut that has all the best skits in one.
>>220838612Like most sketch comedies. I do love the DC, Star Wars and Walking Dead specials though
>>220838877Oh yeah... And Bitch Puddin
>>220838870thatd be highly subjective and you should just make one catered to your tastes in a rewatch of the series.Remove the sketches you dont like, keep the ones you do.
>>220835983>>220836036I didn't even hate Shanks but Harry Goz really did make that show.
>>220837204Metalocalypse as a satire of metal culture was reasonably funny. Metalocalypse as an actual loreshit show was terrible and unfortunately it quickly became more of the latter than the former. Same reason I don't like Venture Bros.
>>220839034Unquestionably. Nothing is worth watching after Feast of Alvis.
athf remains one of the funniest shows ever made. it easily beats simpsons and family guy at their best.>all i know is this cord was plugged into my house, and your house was glowing like the friggin sun. so i put two and two together and decided you're pissing me off
>>220839119lol okay sport
>>220839119>I am so sorry...that I can't press charges
>>220839141>if you need someone, anything..you know who to call>someone else>this is a construction site isn't it?
>>220839064>Metalocalypse as an actual loreshit show was terrible and unfortunately it quickly became more of the latter than the former. Same reason I don't like Venture Bros.This so much. Venture Bros is so up it's own ass with it's own lore that it's damn near impossible to watch a random episode and understand what's going on due to all the constant callbacks and references to past events. Metalocalypse isn't as bad with it but I get what you mean.
>>220836615Inuyasha
>I want sex
You'll be black debbie
>>220836615Reign.
>>220835959Alvus smite this heathen
>>220837146Lily mo sheen is in the slideshow!
>>220839119at the best, I can't see a comparison. they're kings of different types of humor, their comparison is it's written by dads. ATHF has carl's delivery, Simpsons has careful family absurdity, family guy has a rotating staff of trying anything offensive and edgy (usually missing althoughbeit)athf was also fun because they were pure 11 minutes
>>220839141>I am sorry....that you had to pay the ultimate price for not looking both ways>I didn't wave you on, I WAS FLIPPING YO OFF!!!
>>220838713It wasnt till I was a teen that I got cable. It was network tv for most of my childhood and it was off and on. Final fantasy 8 and 9 with some playstation classics kept me going.
>you guys got a wheelbarrel, or a cart or something?>call the neighbors, i want them to see this
It's like my pools tearin' ass around the back yard.But it's standin' still.Still waters run deep.
>>220839284
>>220839228cringe.I kinda liked it, doesnt mean it doesnt suck.
>>220839228That was so long ago, but I think I remember it caused a huge uproar since everyone hated it, and AS basically said "lol fuck you" in their little commercial break card thing
>>220839284>oh look it's raining batteries>Yeah there's an alkaline front rolling through
>>220839141But hey, screw it. They're dead and you're not.
Unedited footage of a bear and that song playing is fucking awesome!
>>220839119>So it's either you definitely should not play with matches, or you definitely should>yeah... its definitely one OR the other
>>220839249which makes you laugh the most? athf is perfect and kills me even after the 1000th time i've seen it. i agree the short format helps because its gets to the point quicker. its the delivery of the lines by the va's that makes it so damn funny
>>220839119>yeah yeah I remember eating carpet>not so much the robots and the lasers though
OK, I'm back, and we're safe, ladies and gentlemen. They won't be bothering us any more. I chased them off with my nudity. Does that arouse anyone?
i always think "next door, jackass" whenever i get a knock at the door or "is that all you came to say, are we done here?"
>>220839405can't decide, they're all different types of laughs. family guy has the hardest punchlines, but I didn't see after probably season 6 of ATHF or season 11 of Simpsons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75j46YtlvyI
>>220837183> I'm the only person that liked Titan MaximumI liked it too anon, even if one half was just dumb Robot Chicken jokes, the other half was good enough to make up for it.
>>220839479athf, like all shows, has a dropoff point. but unlike most shows, it has some real golden eps after the dropoff. you need to see storage zeebles, and the ep where carl gets metal hair and sees his other-universe-self but convinces him to commit suicide, and the ep where he gets a dui. theres quite a few great ones
put on Andrew WK at work for about 45 minutes, got bored. MC Chris is too eloquent to focus on when I'm at work, 'cuz I actually work. what next?
>>220837806Neither will you Guy Who Makes Up Stories.
>>220839196Venture Bros went from a parody of Jonny Quest and pulp stories to two guys using the show as a therapy session for their daddy issues and barely concealed homosexuality.
Only good live action show coming through. THE ONLY ONE
>i was polite>i was like please sir, get off my ass, sir>i havent had a dui in 4 months you gotta respect that!
>>220839554This
>>220839618TRVTH NVKE
>>220839618I still quote Delocated, never finishing an episode. Bone Zone is too good
>>220839653me kirkhe spockhe mccoybeen b-boy since you jerks first squeeze-toy https://youtu.be/CeHCNsDFukg?si=p3dDoh7GB_JikNGs
>and youre going to plug him in?>you're right. damn what the hell was i thinking?>fudge>thats not an f-bomb>fudge you
>>220839694Sometimes I forget how many live action shows they had. What about Neon Joe?>heeyow
The highlander was a DOCUMENTARY filmed in REAL TIME...
>>220839653I never watched adult swim (I don't know why) but I used to listen to this all the time when it came out. I mean I still do, I still have the vinyl. Always liked the skits in it.>black debbieBut yeah, DangerDoom is everything I know about adult swim.
>>220839801we grillin tonight
>>220839801but Frylock delivered it calmly for actual
>>220839798Never heard of it but did like this guy in the relocated tv show along with his conan sketches. That Paul Rudd cameo was solid gold.
Assy McGee was criminally underrated
>>220839887Paul Rudd is literally in the first 2 minutes of Neon Joe S1E1.
>>220839554https://youtu.be/HeSxngjbxq8?si=GTuByJh28YpnmMl5&t=776Chrome Children was pretty dope. J Dilla, Madlib, and MF DOOM. https://youtu.be/nzUY6Iiur6E?si=2AQ_44ImY8x-Ezia
>>220837388ha ha, cookies on dowels xD le random
>>220839653TUUURN THE BEAT AROOOUNDLOVE TO HEARPERCAUSHUNSTUUURN IN UPSIDE DOOOWN
>>220839904Never saw one promo, not one.
>>220839934t. crumb-bum
>>220834188You just reminded me to listen to the robot chicken opening.
>>220840054Yeah, I dunno how I found it. But if you like Paul Rudd, and you also enjoy seeming him brutally murdered, check it out.
>>220839212HESH WANTS SEX!