{"id":8931,"date":"2011-09-02T21:57:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T02:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smaggi.us-east-1.derr.space\/?p=8931"},"modified":"2021-09-04T12:08:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T17:08:43","slug":"adult-swim-turns-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maggipicayune.derr.io\/wp\/2011\/09\/02\/adult-swim-turns-10\/","title":{"rendered":"[adult swim] turns 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Events leading to the Cartoon Network’s programming block were the culmination of a few things.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Multiple attempts by other networks over the last 10-plus years. Some successful: The Simpsons, King of the Hill <\/em>and South Park<\/em>; many weren’t but they were good: The Oblongs, Mission Hill <\/em>and The Critic<\/em>; and there some which fell in between: Futurama, Ren & Stimpy<\/em> and Duckman<\/em>. The crappy list is terribly long.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Cheaper technology, namely Flash, to create material quickly with an emphasis on dialog, not animation. It’s what made Hanna Barbera successful when they started doing their eight-minute shorts for this new fangled medium called TV.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. An experiment CN started in 1995 with Space Ghost had proven popular on Friday nights. Plus they had done other jokes and experiments: the “Whassup!” parody using the Superfriends<\/em> and an episode of Sealab 2021<\/em> in the wee hours, maybe to see who was paying attention or awake.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Lastly, the line was blurry between cross-generational shows such as Spongebob Squarepants <\/em>and The Powerpuff Girls<\/em>, maybe it was time to gamble on a more adult crowd, give Comedy Central a run for the money.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And so, on a Sunday evening, [adult swim] made its debut. Somara and I sat down to watch it with anxious anticipation. We were also full of anxiety over my new house we’d be closing on in two days.<\/span><\/p>\n

    First out, Home Movies<\/em> which made an initially bad impression. The show was the latest creation from the people behind Dr. Katz<\/em> and Science Court<\/em>, ergo it used the headache-inducing Squigglevision. Being a canceled UPN (the weakest of the broadcasting networks) show didn’t help neither. Since the programming block always lead with Home<\/em>, it grew on us and unlike all the failures<\/em> [as] took in, the program was resurrected and had three more seasons. Somehow Netflix streaming has it now. I got through the first season recently and it’s still funny.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Then I don’t remember the order of the remaining 11-to-13 minute shows yet they were funnier.<\/span><\/p>\n