At 4/9/09 10:14 PM, sumidiotdude wrote:
They really need to bring Brak back, even though Adult Swim says in their promos that they never will. Brak and Space Ghost are just classic humor, I watched Space Ghost when I was like four years old. Have you guys seen the Brak episode with the vacuum cleaner?
I just found the clip for the funniest part of the vacuum cleaner episode. I never got why Brak's mom was three times as tall as his dad, but god, is that show hilarious.
Get out, I know Adult Swim likes to spoof their own shows in other shows, but Thundercleese in ATHF? That is epic. Brak was truly the first Adult Swim show in my opinion that focused on random humor that somehow made sense in the conclusion of the episode. That was a great show.
So sad its gone :(
Besides, Adult Swim has some shows that are somewhat dirty, and their own television channel could provoke "inappropriate behavior", but hey, it's not Adult Swim's fault. Their own channel would be pretty sweet, bringing back all their old shows and such.
Also, a channel would make room for movies, something they should really start again. I can see Akira, Princess Mononoke, Clerks, stuff like that totally fitting in. And if AS would actually check out their own sites forums, people have great suggestions for new movies and shows that could help. A new channel would also give way for some more variety of comedy. They're obviously experimented with different types of humor with stuff like Delocated, KOTH, and the trio of British shows, and this gives them more space for experimentation, to see how that goes over, and still enough time to show the shows that are proven to be popular (Metalocalypse, Venture Brothers.) They could try out slightly less adult cartoons like Invader Zim and such. I apologize if none of this makes sense, it is really late (not an excuse for shit posting).
I'm suprised you know of Wonder Showzen, I thought that show just flew under the radar and was cancelled. I personally love it, it is so vulgar and trashy, but it is the funniest writing I have seen in a long time. I love how it completely rips Sesame Street, especially when the one puppet asks people questions on the street.
Yeah, it's really funny. Bad news though, I just did some research and Wonder Showzen was broadcast on MTV which is owned by Viacom, and apparently anything Viacom can not be broadcast on AS. Dilbert is kind of confusing. It was broadcast 1999-2001 on UPN which during that time was owned by Viacom, disqualifying it. However, in '05, UPN merged with the WB and became the CW, which from then on was owned by Warner Bros., which also owns Adult Swim.
In short, Wonder Showzen cannot be shown unless Viacom agrees (highly unlikely, never happened before,) and Dilbert cannot be shown if Viacom has the rights, but can if Warner Bros. has the rights (which is less likely). No wonder Showzen is sad, but there are still plenty of other options. I think. Also, I never saw Korgoth of Barbaria (it was only a pilot I believe,) but heard it was good.
I don't know if this is only me, but I don't get Boomerang with my cable. I wouldn't want to pay to get Adult Swim if it did team up Boomerang. Noble idea, but I don't think it would last.
It's on demand I think. It was a cool idea, original. Not really a great one though, I'll agree with you there. And I've only seen the original shows, never the channel, but I think I saw it on Demand when I was messing with my TV.
