Comments on: Five Cartoons You Should Look Into

By: themonkey

themonkey — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:09:21 +0000

i loved Saul of the Mole Men. it was only on for one measly season and i’d love to see another show in that same vein.

By: rafael van gerrisheim

rafael van gerrisheim — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:52:15 +0000

I’m looking for adam reed, this is dj ruff from barcelona, I live in LA now.
email me at ruff@djruff.com,

Thanks

By: Logan

Logan — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:21:28 +0000

I LOVE Family Guy, I will watch Metalocalypse if its on and im not watching something else. I cant believe anyone likes Home Movies or fuckin Tom Goes to the Mayor. Those are the STUPIDEST shows EVER. My dad watched Space Ghost with me when I was littler, I dont know if it was funny or not,.
Sealab 2021.. LOVEEDDD that show, I used to know the commercial song for the new season. Man, my sister loved that show too. Dr. Quinn was HILARIOUS. “I have 8 P.h.D’s Dammit, where’s fatass at?”

By: PCCybertek

PCCybertek — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:00:41 +0000

Venture Bros should replace Frisky Dingo

imho

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:46:05 +0000

Sick list! Harvey Birdman should be number 1 forever! Whenever I make a cartoon of you, I try to make him look like HB!

By: Ogre

Ogre — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:41:05 +0000

Well, I was hoping to find something interesting here, but instead got an advertisement for Adult Swim… very, very disappointing.

By: ffresh

ffresh — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:40:34 +0000

home movies… anyone?

home movies is better than anything.

tom goes to the mayor is a close second, maybe

By: Weakly

Weakly — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:05:58 +0000

Why are we hearing about these shows now? Is it 2003 again?

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:59:03 +0000

1. Venture Brothers
“That whore stole my Stanza!”
2. Home Movies
“Its called gingivitis.
Oh, like on TV!
Right. Or in the movies.
Right….”
3. Tom Goes to the Mayor

I just can’t find the appeal of Squidbillies……

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:26:46 +0000

Squidbillies… UH is the Kang, ’nuff said. Also love Sealab 2021 (own four seasons), Brak Show (three), Harvey (three). Flintstone as the Dabba Don was over-the-top.

By: Jae

Jae — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:48:41 +0000

What, no Xavier: Renegade Angel?

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:09:01 +0000

Space Ghost is probably the greatest show in the history of television; I never knew each week how psycho it would be!

By: J of The sandhills

J of The sandhills — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:44:23 +0000

1. Boondocks
2. Frisky Dingo
3. and dang it, Squidbillies

By: kate

kate — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:55:50 +0000

Venture Brothers

Futurama

O’Grady

By: Deville

Deville — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:04:47 +0000

I need to say, sebben and sebben is not a play on a drink.

It’s a play on the lawfirm Seiben & Seiben.

By: ted

ted — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:21:17 +0000

Some cartoons have their moments, but you have to sift through a lot of crap to find them.

By: Tony LaRocca

Tony LaRocca — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:18:47 +0000

How could “The Venture Bros.” not be on the list?

I’m a major fan of Adult Swim, but did you really need to post a commercial for them?

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:24:16 +0000

Erik wins!

“My top three (not just Adult Swim!)

1. Venture Bros.
2. Lucy, Daughter of the Devil
3. Invader Zim”

My list exactly!

Plus, when we lived in Atlanta good fortune + blogging acquaintances =ed a phone call from Killface to my wife for her birthday.

We have much love for the Frisky Dingo boys in this house.

By: Carruthers

Carruthers — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:06:53 +0000

I think all the animated shows on Adult Swim that are supposed to be funny are just cynical and unfunny. There’s never any actual “cartoon” funniness – as in, say classic Warner Bros. Looney Toons. All of the “humor” is in the dialog – and the vast majority of it is cynical parody. Some of the characterizations of celebrities in Robot Chicken can be quite well observed, and the low-budget, low-skill ethic of the animation probably involves more artistry than it appears. But the relentless cynicism in that show, as in most of the others just becomes monotonous.

By: clairmonde

clairmonde — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:18:16 +0000

Home Movies is the best. Not an Adult Swim creation, but a convert after UPN canceled it. Brendon Small co-created Home Movies and also created Metalocalypse. I also adore O’Grady which if you love Home Movies you’ll recognize Melissa & Jason.

Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law sucked without Stephen Colbert. Sucked!!!! weep Season 1&2 are the only ones worth watching.

By: Ghost Pirate!

Ghost Pirate! — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:54:17 +0000

Go Team Venture! And please, please, please, please, please, please Adult Swim enough with the anime!

By: stef

stef — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:14:53 +0000

Space Ghost is probably the best show they’ve ever had on there! But a lot of the others are great also. Sealab has a special place in my heart because my grandaddy, George Dowling, was a part of SEALAB II. Go to https://www.keyportmuseum.cnrnw.navy.mil/html/sealab_ii.htm
and he’s in the second to last photo on the page.

By: Shrike

Shrike — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:12:46 +0000

You are missing one of the most underrated cartoons ever on Adult Swim: Perfect Hair Forever. A surrealist spoof on traditional anime stereotypes, it’s not to be missed., though I don’t think it’s on anymore.

By: a_mama

a_mama — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:59:33 +0000

“Barnaby Jones!” I nearly peed myself during that episode. I love Frisky Dingo.

And the Venture Brothers that showed the boys getting killed over and over was priceless.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:43:55 +0000

1) Boondocks kicks ass, sorry you don’t get it.
2) Frisky Dingo isn’t funny. It just isn’t. I’ve watched all of it, and the characters suck, the plot is nothing special, and through all of it, I never laughed once.
3) Go Team Venture!
4) The Critic. Just saying.

By: Alannah

Alannah — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:45:56 +0000

Throw my two cents in — Venture Brothers all they way. GO TEAM VENTURE!

Also, I still love Pinky and the Brain.

By: Fustercluck

Fustercluck — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:51:42 +0000

Boosh! and/or Kakow!

By: Oomi

Oomi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:22:41 +0000

Why do people like Tom Goes To The Mayor? For that matter, why do people like Time & Eric’s Awesome Show as well? I don’t get it.

12 ounce mouse made my eyes & ears bleed.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:48:14 +0000

Johnny Quest is still on TV?

By: Ariel

Ariel — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:44:42 +0000

Home Movies is probably the funniest TV show I’ve ever seen or am likely to see. Venture Brothers is awesome as well. Futurama is funny too, in a more traditional way. As I grew up my tastes shifted from the wacky, random humor of Williams Street to more witty, character driven humor of the shows I mentioned.

By: StacyBee

StacyBee — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:56:29 +0000

I will admit I was sticking to an Adult Swim palate… maybe I’ll do a follow-up on non-Adult Swim adult cartoons.

And, wow, I’m floored by everyone’s deep love for Venture Brothers! I’ll DVR it and check it out.

By: John

John — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:54:11 +0000

I never got into Space Ghost, but Harvey Birdman and Sealab were great!

By: chriscyrek

chriscyrek — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:09:04 +0000

Home Movies is also genuinely good (that is, you don’t have to be smashed out of your gourd to find it affecting).

So I’m going with Futurama, Home Movies and the Venture Bros. and I am pretty sure these are the best of the best, quality wise.

By: Patrick H.

Patrick H. — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:00:44 +0000

People on here were asking for more mature tv shows. I know these have probably been discussed to death, and are no longer in circulation, but you can get them on DVD.

1.) I have to Start with Gargoyles, from Disney. The cartoon ran as a kids show back in 1995-1997, as a three season series. The story involves gargoyles who were betrayed to a viking clan and put under a spell for a thousand years. They wake up in 1995 Manhattan, befriend a detective on the police force, live with a genius IQ millionaire with evil intentions, and generally try to cope with the new world they arrive in. While it sounds like a crappy typical saturday morning pitch, the show deals with some major and even heartbreaking issues. The first season has the detective being shot, and shows her in crutches for the next few episodes. Evil characters become good, while good characters turn evil. The gargoyles relive moments and enemies from their 900 A.D. Scottish past. Magic, merlin, Shakespeare, mythology, and time travel are all excellently blended in. All of it can be traced back to one point in time when one character in the series made one mistake and changed the history of the gargoyles forever. Currently, the series is attempting a comeback. You can still purchase the DVD’s for it on amazon.com, and the original creator of the series is making canon comic books out from slave labor graphics now. If you like Star Trek tng, most of the actors have a role in this series as well. Definitely worth a peek at at least season 1.

2.) Batman – The Animated Series. A gorgeous cartoon that is considered by many to be the definitive Batman experience. Kevin Conroy plays a perfect Batman/Bruce Wayne, while Mark Hammil (Yes, Luke) supplies a brilliantly insane and sadistic Joker as his rival. This show is famous for creating the Joker’s Sidekick Harley Quinn, as well as its beautiful and dark Gotham city. This one is done more as a saturday cartoon, i.e. most episodes are viewed as independant stories. Some villains (notably harvey dent and poison ivy) do have continuing story arcs throughout the series. The Episode arc invovling Robin won an emmy.

3.) Justice League Unlimited, Volume 1. The Justice League has developed many new enemies and everyone has teamed up together to outdo the other. This is the sequel series to Batman The animated series above, and Also Superman The Animated Series released around the same time. The same actors reprise their roles here. The most notable bit about this season is the “Cadmus” story arc, in which the government views the super Heroes as threats to national security. Great stories, amazing arcs, tons of fan service with DC comic characters, and still fun for people not familiar with them. You learn alot about Green Arrow and Black Canary, as well as Supergirl and Batman. I loved this series almost as much as I loved Gargoyles, and I knew almost nothing about them.

There’s three mature, well thought out series for adults. It was intended for kids, but the evolved story lines and characters really resonate with adults. The most powerful of all tv scenes I’ve seen is in Gargoyles. Season 2, City of Stone, Part 4. The three weird sisters of Shakespeare attempt to thwart the plans of an evil gargoyle. 4:15 min into this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i9O88LSw-4&NR=1. It speaks to the exact core of this show, the meaning and what they try to show. It lacks a bit of the punch if you don’t know the characters history, but if you just watch this you can get a good idea of what Disney tried to do when they made it. If you must see just one clip of gargoyles, make it that one!

By: atanguay

atanguay — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:33:04 +0000

Talk about missing the mark…Venture Brothers front and center. I don’t know anyone who’s been introduced to Team Venture that hasn’t gotten sucked in completely.

Favorite Episode : Tag Sale You’re It

“But he was in Depeche Mode!”

By: OminousRed

OminousRed — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:50:51 +0000

1. ATHF
But you have to watch them from the beginning. If you watch the first Mooninites episode and don’t like it, they show isn’t for you.

2. Venture Bros
Again, watch from the beginning and every episode gets better.

3. Dr. Catz
Also very very funny.

4. Sealab
Hilarious for all the wrong reasons.

5. Space Ghost / Brak
They are the same thing to me. Brak’s episode about spies and Space Ghost with Radiohead were classic.

By: Justin Lynes

Justin Lynes — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:41:24 +0000

GO TEAM VENTURE! I even call my staff at work “Minions!”

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:08:03 +0000

No ATHF?!?! Plus for any fans, Home movies is filmed where the recorders can change scripts in the middle of recording!

By: kristi

kristi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:16:47 +0000

Squidbillies is outstandiner than hayell. Main character Early Cuyler is voiced by Unknown Hinson, vampabilly guitarist and world class songwriter. Billy Joe Shaver sings the title song. It is hilarious and irreverent and takes a lot of intelligence to understand and appreciate it. Also Adult Swim.

By: RL

RL — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:10:10 +0000

VENTURE BROTHERS!

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:55:36 +0000

Yes Persephone there is, Afro Samurai

By: Jsahko

Jsahko — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:51:15 +0000

Samuel L. Jackson is definitely a cartoon. He doesn’t need to voice anything to prove that.

By: BMnkyStar

BMnkyStar — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:39:12 +0000

I am a huge fan of all of these shows, especially Venture Bros.

BTW all of these shows have the most amazing theme songs. In order of my favorites:

1. Harvey Birdman
2. ATHF
3. Sealab 2021
4. Metalocalypse

By: Dean Venture

Dean Venture — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:37:38 +0000

Where’s Venture Brothers?!?! 3rd season long time coming this June.

By: Persephone

Persephone — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:21:20 +0000

Boondocks is most definitely not barf. Any other cartoons with Samuel L. Jackson voicing a character? Didn’t think so.

For non-adult swim: Rocko’s Modern Life.

By: jessleigh

jessleigh — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:19:01 +0000

Space Ghost is the best cartoon in HISTORY. I laugh out loud every time I watch it!

By: Gerry

Gerry — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:18:03 +0000

Definitely a fan of Harvey Birdman and Venture Brothers.

Nice to see some real satire being produced….

By: Lemons

Lemons — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:50:25 +0000

Every time I see a picture of Metalocalypse, I can’t help but think of Apocalyptica instead. Heavy metal cellos rock.

Shocking as this may be for a college student, I’ve actually never followed Adult Swim, because I’m so used to not having cable channels by now. I keep meaning to catch some of the ‘retooled’ cartoons because I loved Space Ghost and Jonny Quest…I don’t need my cartoons to be grown-up. I’m fine with childish.

By: chriscyrek

chriscyrek — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:45:37 +0000

Bite my SHINY METAL ASS

By: bean

bean — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:44:56 +0000

Harvey Birdman and Venture Brothers are two of the best shows on television, including live action shows and dramas. I’m still pissed that Birdman ended after like three seasons, but at least Venture Brothers is still going strong, and Frisky Dingo is getting better. I just wish adultswim would get rid of all that crappy japanimation and the live action ego stroking junk. adultswim is supposed to be about adult-themed parodies of old Hanna-Barbera characters.