Author Topic: Adult Swim: weird for weirds sake?  (Read 7037 times)

senorcorazon

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Re: Adult Swim: weird for weirds sake?
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2008, 05:26:57 PM »
I'm interested in seeing it!

Adult swim IS just plain weird, but I think that's wonderful. God bless Comedy Central for giving shows a shot and letting them have (what appears to be) creative control over their stuff. I don't like most of the stuff but I think everyone can find one show that they absolutely adore without being able to explain. For me, Tom Goes To The Mayor is great, and ATHF, but Perfect Hair Forever is the best.

Gentleman Jim

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Re: Adult Swim: weird for weirds sake?
« Reply #31 on: December 19, 2008, 05:52:40 PM »
Really?  I'm the only one backing Frisky Dingo/X-Tacles as mandatory?  That's just bizarre.

I also love Venture Bros. and record it every time it's on.  I wish my son was just a few years older so I could watch it with him.  He's 8 and I think some of the stuff is just too... Adult.

Here's a fun little bit of trivia about yours truly:  When I was in high school I was a lousy student. Terrible. How bad? So bad that for 4 years of high school I went to 4 years of summer school.  Yep, even after senior year.  Made my mom soooo proud.

Anyhow, in the summer of 1984, between 9th and 10th grades, I was (rightfully) grounded for managing to fail 2 classes that I had no business failing at all.  So I had no social life until I passed the two courses in summer school, around the middle of August.

The only social outlet my parents allowed me, (I'm not making this up. I swear to you.), was to be in a community theater production of 1776, the Revolutionary War-themed musical.  It was staged in the auditorium/gymnasium behind The Church of the Precious Blood in the tiny town where I grew up, Monmouth Beach, NJ.

I only remember who two of the characters were played by, and I don't even really remember their names.  I think I had about 3 lines in the whole thing.  But, one of the actors, playing I don't remember whom, was James Ubaniak, the voice of Dr. Venture, as well as many other characters of the screens both silver and small.

Choke on that, internet weenies.

jbissell

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Re: Adult Swim: weird for weirds sake?
« Reply #32 on: December 19, 2008, 11:26:25 PM »
I also love Venture Bros. and record it every time it's on.

Venture Bros. is easily the greatest thing Adult Swim has produced, although the most recent season wasn't quite as great.  I haven't seen many of the newer Aqua Teen episodes but the first couple seasons are really great.  Other than those two, Tim and Eric is the only program I watch on a regular basis; Metalocalypse has been pretty funny the few episodes I've seen but I haven't gotten into any of the new shows.