It’s a shame Moral Orel’s ten weekly minutes of stop-motion hilarity was eating into so much valuable dumbshit random stoner comedy that it was canceled. My only comfort is that Dino didn’t have to worry about ratings while making this final season so he can take Orel’s odyssey into some truly freaky territory.
Confidential to Television Executives: Is there anything I like you won’t fuck up? Don’t say The Office either. All that cutesy Jim and Pam shit belongs in an airport novel, not on my comedy stories.
November 1st, 2008 at 9:56 pm
I noticed that… some of those newer ones were so harsh they were getting a little unfunny.
(However, I’m clearly the last artist who should be complaining about someone else’s satire becoming unfunny because they it seemed like they were too pissed off about the subject matter…)
November 1st, 2008 at 10:32 pm
I hear ya Abell, but I’ve found plenty of funny mixed in with the pathos. Plus, I’m sure Dino, the show’s creator, knows where he’s going with this.
Orel is on track to becoming a good, reasonable, humanist, in spite of his fundamentalism. Depending on the outcome of Tuesday, his journey could be a parable for America.
Oh! Excuse me! I had a pompous-ass rod shoved up my butt for a minute there.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:46 am
I’d give up Adult Swim if it wern’t for “Superjail”. For an Adult Swim show, it’s very well animated AND it’s not outsourced to Korea/Mexico/Czech Republic/China. Oh, and random mass-killings of prisoners.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:47 am
…AND alt-weekly cartoonist Neil Swabb (Attitude 2) is one of the cartoonists working on the show.
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:24 am
I didn’t know that. I’ll have to pick his brain on how to jump from this obscure alt-comic biz to the ever-so-slightly more respectable world of TV.
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
omg Orel, I will miss you terribly!!!
November 5th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Brian, if you’re really curious, I interviewed Neil for his work on Superjail and asked how he got into the show.
http://bakertoons.blogspot.com/2008/11/interview-with-neil-swaab.html
A shameless plug, I know.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
No reason for shame good sir! ‘Twas helpful and informative. Apparently I should be friendly and get to “know” people.