C&C - Squidbillies Unfinished Half-Doodled Pilot (4/1)

[Matthew Williams]

Yes, they're airing it...

[Timmay]

April fools.

The weird yelling sounds like something off Pink Floyd's Dogs of War song.

[Captain Harlock]

Whatever this is, it's awful.

[Beat]

I think I know why they waited till April Fool's to air this.

Squidbillies may possibly be less funny than Tom Goes to the Mayor.

[G1Ravage]

Whatever this is, it's awful.
It's only been on for four minutes.

[Captain Harlock]

It's only been on for four minutes.

Four minutes too long.

[trunkschan90]

O_o does this mean there's not going to be Fullmetal Alchemist or Ghost in the Shell tonight?

[Perfect Cell]

I hope you guys miss Sealab, once this goes for a full season in the fall. Cause its bloody terrible

[Vekou]

Woohoo

[Juu-kuchi]

This isn't making any sense, and not much in a good sense.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

I hope you guys miss Sealab, once this goes for a full season in the fall. Cause its bloody terrible

I like it :) its pretty weird and the random switch to unfinished animation/sketches is neat to.... no credit lol

I look foward to this September :)

[delariean]

Seems to me this is unfinished project....funny in sme...ehh in others

[Beat]

It could have been worse.

They could have aired Ultimate Girls.

[bluedeucedodge]

So babies don't come out the butt?

[Master Moron]

Oh, man, it's 12:09, so I guess I missed this...what's on at 12:15?

[Perfect Cell]

Wow it was Rush and Zack Wyldes song from Aqua Teen... :)

[Matthew Williams]

definitely looking like unfinished project to me too - especially since we're now totally doing sketches.

Also seems like Dave Willis on guitars...

[Wilco911]

I haven't felt this kind of pain since the DICE premier....

[Tenku]

Uh....

:eek:


Yeah...that was... different.

[Juu-kuchi]

It WAS an unfinished project.

[NickWhiz1]

They're admitting it's the incomplete pilot episode.

So much for the joke.

[MrBananagrabber]

Well, that was pretty bad. Even though it's just a "rough pilot" or whatever, the show itself is just too random and crude without really being funny. And even if it's April Fools Day, finish the show before you air it.

[The Landstander]

4 rewrites for this?

Just lose this idea already.

[Duke]

I chuckled during the robbery bit.

That's it.

[Sandoz]

...Well then. What a way to start off April Fool's Day.

I admit, the Baby Death Trap joke amused me. The rest was just perplexing.

[bluedeucedodge]

That was awesome. It had a lot of laugh out loud moments for me. I can't wait till it starts in September. "So babies don't come out the butt?"

[Perfect Cell]

Squidbillies was terrible. Simply terrible. You guys will miss Sealab in september.

But hey getting to see Space Ghost again is a plus :D

[PaQ]

Unexpected to see this.. but the unfinished parts really distracted me. The animated parts that there were, didn't look too appealing.. I don't see what made this an attractive show idea. :shrug:

[Nik Jam]

Pretty boring and all around unenjoyable, and I liked Tom

D

[AndrewSP]

so...
after all this time...
this is all they've got?

meh.:sad:

[Chrono1995]

One part I laughed hysterically at:

Hillbilly: Get off of my porch!
Earl Tyler: Oh yeah? Get out of your house!
[BOOM!]

I think it has promise; I really do. And I thought it was going to be crap.

By the way, this Special Presentation thing is pretty funny too.

EDIT: SPACE GHOST LOST HIS HAND! :D

[Happy]

Remember when Adult Swim was almost exclusively good shows? I guess this is what success brings.

[G1Ravage]

It was cool.

[Cactusjack1999]

This is teh s uck...

Plain and simple.

Please for the love of god let this be the last time we see this abomination. Finished or unfinished!

[Chrono1995]

Exploding hands and dead Zorak makes tired Chrono laugh.

[Beat]

Squidbillies is proof that the Action block must stay. At least if they want to maintain an image of quality.

Then again, if they showed Squidbillies ahead of schedule, does that mean we can see the Bebop movie at 12:30? Oh wait, this April Fool's, not Christmas...

[livingfruitvirus]

I kinda liked the background colors. Thing is I fear the intentionally bad artwork is going to turn people off from the show.

And it wasn't exactly random. If anyone paid attention, it was setting up how all 3 squids ended up back together.

Remember when Adult Swim was almost exclusively good shows? I guess this is what success brings.According to law of average, not every show they put out will be gold.

[NewLib]

Remember when Adult Swim was almost exclusively good shows? I guess this is what success brings.
When was that?

When AS started it had a horrible ATHF (when it started), Birdman (when it started), and Oblongs. Then by the time ATHF and Birdman got good, Sealab and Brak were horrible.

2002 actually had to be the WORST time for Adult Swim as ATHF and Home Movies were the only good shows getting new episodes for the ENTIRE year. That includes anime.

[Demonic Raven]

I missed this, but from the looks of things it was more or less a good thing I did.

[Mr. Pedro]

I had absolutely no reaction to this.

Seriously, I watched the whole bloody thing and this show didn't even elicit as much as a smirk from me.

Nothing remotely funny. Nothing remotely entertaining.

I've got nothing else. Just unbelievable.

[livingfruitvirus]

Squidbillies is proof that the Action block must stay. At least if they want to maintain an image of quality.Like you'd quit watching AS if that happened.

edit - hey. a post above me vanished. :crying:

[Beat]

Like you'd quit watching AS if that happened.
If they dropped Action, I'd be gone faster than the buffet at Star Jones' wedding.

Don't get me wrong, I like the comedy shows. But without action, the desire to watch Adult Swim is gone.

[NewLib]

Squidbillies is proof that the Action block must stay. At least if they want to maintain an image of quality.

Then again, if they showed Squidbillies ahead of schedule, does that mean we can see the Bebop movie at 12:30? Oh wait, this April Fool's, not Christmas...
What Image of quality?

WHR sucked, Wolf's Rain sucked, Super Milk Chan sucked, FMA is barely watchable.

One good anime since Case Closed isnt an image of quality.

[livingfruitvirus]

WHR sucked, Wolf's Rain sucked, Super Milk Chan sucked, FMA is barely watchable.

One good anime since Case Closed isnt an image of quality.You two have much to discuss in terms of what quality means. :sweat:

[William C. Maune]

I liked the part with the wolves for some reason, but overall it wasn't great. It's not like it was finished though. I'll be more interested to see the completed second episode. Since the set up will be complete it should be much more indicative of the show's actual quality.

[Beat]

Agree with everything except FMA.

So, does this mean I should despair and claim Adult Swim is gonna die?

[TnAdct1]

It could have been worse.

They could have aired Ultimate Girls. Like that show is going to get the censors (considering all the suggestive images of a certain body part and the fact that the females' battle outfits melt away while their in the middle of battles).

[Kryten]

Worker and Parasite was more comprehensible than that.

[Cactusjack1999]

Let me get this straight...

Turner turned down turning "Welcome to Eltingville" into a series.

But this POS get's the greenlight

WTF is wrong with this world!!!

EXPLAIN IT TO ME! EXPLAIN IT TO ME GOD!!!!!

[G1Ravage]

LOL @ Maune.













Ah cha cha cha cha.

[livingfruitvirus]

Let me get this straight...

Turner turned down turning "Welcome to Eltingville" into a series.

But this POS get's the greenlight

WTF is wrong with this world!!!

EXPLAIN IT TO ME! EXPLAIN IT TO ME GOD!!!!!money


also Dorkin can't do a simple task like managing a schedule

[Cactusjack1999]

LFV. That's what they said about the New Coke.

[Duke]

also Dorkin can't do a simple task like managing a schedule...

This is the 4th rewrite for Episode 1.

[Cactusjack1999]

I'd hate to see the first 3 revisions.

Hmmm....

Which would be worse....

Looking into the Ark of Covenent....or reading those revisions.

Melting flesh....soul being torn out....melting flesh....soul ripped out....

Decisions decisions...

[Aquadementia]

Actually, I was worried it was going to be worse, thinking plenty of Sealab people would be working on it. Maybe there are, I don't follow the credits that close, but I think they're putting more effort into this.

The thing is, after all this time they still haven't finished one episode?
I think WS is a great, easy going place, but they need to light a fire underneath some of their people.

[Happy]

When AS started it had a horrible ATHF (when it started), Birdman (when it started), and Oblongs. Then by the time ATHF and Birdman got good, Sealab and Brak were horrible.Oblongs was added later. You also forgot Home Movies and Cowboy Bebop (I thinik they were around since the launch) and I liked early Birdman.

Compare that to the new round of shows. Venture Brothers (good), TGttM (bad), Robot Chickhen (okay), and the pilots of PHF, Squidbillies, and that detective show. (none of them are good) Aswell as a declining quality in Sealab, ATHF, and Birdman.

[livingfruitvirus]

...

This is the 4th rewrite for Episode 1.I'm not happy with that either. Usually many rewrites = the project is unstable to begin with. Guess we'll see how that pans out. But all I hear from Evan Dorkin is he takes job after job after job, and then *****es about having no free time, then procrastinates, then misses deadlines, cycle over.

If they dropped Action, I'd be gone faster than the buffet at Star Jones' wedding.Yeah right.

[LordByronius]

The cycle begins anew.

THIS NEW SHOW SUCKS

YEA MAN

ADULT SWIM IS GONNA DIE

YUP FO' SHO

GOOD THING THEY STILL HAVE ACTION AROUND

YEAH THO MILK CHAN SUCKED, ALSO I LIKE TO ARGUE ON THE INTERNET ABOUT WHR AND WR'S QUALITY

YEAH I'M SO TOTALLY ALMOST NOT QUITE BUT MAYBE SORTA NEVER WATCHING ADULT SWIM EVER

Although in fairness, this pilot was pretty terrible. A few funny jokes but ******* was it just the ugliest thing ever.

[RedTail]

Funny? Where are you?

[Beat]

Yeah right.
Don't push me. I can see Family Guy on TBS and have the Futurama boxsets. That's pretty much the two best reasons to watch comedy covered.

[PeppeRaskell1]

You mean, that cartoon wasn't an April Fool's Day gag?

I taped it last night on DVR, thinking it was going to be a repeat of this past Sunday's Robot Chicken (the one with the Peanuts horror movie spoof). I played it back this morning, turned it off after about two minutes, then quickly pressed the "erase" button.

A mini Robot Chicken marathon would have been better than this. Heck, anything would have been better than this!

PeppeRaskell1
"I feel so...gypped!"

[Bubblegum Girl]

Ok...........:eek:

I miss my chance to see Robot Chicken.......:sad:

[Botman]

I missed Robot Chicken last Sunday. The least they could have done is reaired it instead of doing the panel discussion again.

As for the show itself, was it supposed to be funny? I just found it depressing. The story, the music, the character designs (especially the grandma), everything.

[Tienshin]

For an unfinished PILOT, I thought it had some amusing parts. Nothing was particularly laugh out loud, but I think there is a decent foundation to build on.

[herbkir]

This has promise. Some parts of Squidbillies worked out well. While the human characters were overly grotesque, the squids were kinda appealing in a warped and twisted sort of way. It did have some funny bits in it.

Of course, I live in a part of rural Michigan that has real hillbillies who came up from Appalachia to work in the auto plants, but who still have the hillbilly traits including the moonshine and meth cookers. (They don't call this state Michatucky without reason.) We have people around town who look like living hillbilly cartoons. So maybe I can better appreciate hillbilly-based humor.

Is this show enough to displace ATHF as the top dog of the WS shows? Probably not. But it already is one hell of a lot better than Sealab.

Squidbillies could be a good addition to the comedy block, but could also become incredibly repetitious if the writers aren't careful. But like others here, if AS ever decided to drop the action anime and go all-comedy, I'd probably drop AS. (^_*)

[~square~]

my mother: is this made by the same people who make that talking meatball show?
me: its by williams street, yes.
my mother: are you serious? how could williams street make this piece of crap? i mean that talking meatball show is soooo funny. this just sucks.


i think my mom hit the nail right on the spot.


and yeah i was watching AS with my mom... :sad:

[Timmay]

I'm sorry but when it comes to having rednecks/white trash/hillbillies around I have you all beat. Because I live in the state of Mississippi.

[PeppeRaskell1]

my mother: is this made by the same people who make that talking meatball show?
me: its by williams street, yes.
my mother: are you serious? how could williams street make this piece of crap? i mean that talking meatball show is soooo funny. this just sucks.


i think my mom hit the nail right on the spot.


and yeah i was watching AS with my mom... :sad:
Well, it is called Adult Swim, and your mom is an adult, too. Has she gotten hooked on any of the shows yet?

[Beat]

Here's the $25,000 question.

Does WS still intend to make Squidbillies into a series?

[Demonic Raven]

Well, it is called Adult Swim, and your mom is an adult, too. Has she gotten hooked on any of the shows yet? She couldn't have gotten too hooked if she's calling ATHF "The Meatball Show". :p

[~square~]

haha, she likes home movies. wonder how she got hooked on that...*cough herdaughtersobsessedandwatchesitallthetime cough*

but we hardly watch AS together. it was a random occasion.

anyhow, back on topic...

[Don_East]

Don's Thoughts: I was 50% pissed, 20% amused, & 30% confused when I saw this. Does anyone notice that ATHF episode "PDA" was on in one scene? That's all I have to say.



Don_East

[LordByronius]

Don't push me. I can see Family Guy on TBS and have the Futurama boxsets. That's pretty much the two best reasons to watch comedy covered.
COS I'M ABOUT TO BREAK!!!

[bluedeucedodge]

Here's the $25,000 question.

Does WS still intend to make Squidbillies into a series?
OH YEAH. I think that they have too much time and effort put into this show thus far to just quit and forget about it. I think that too many people are over emphasising the weaknesses of the show and are totally ignoring the positives that it showed.

[Zyzzybalubah]

It's better than I expected (a friend taped it, hurray! thus why I am discussing now.) I thought the robbery scene was funny, I thought it was hillarious how the grandma sounds like Master Shake!!! :D Seriously, I just pictured her getting really mad any minute. The animation style is really out there too! Funny how they had to use story boards because they haven't finished it yet.

Okay so the pilot was okay in my opinion, but I personally don't know how long this concept can last them though. I think it is very limited, but you never know. I thought Sealab 2021 was somewhat limited and even more limited when the tragic death of Harry Goz happened, but IMO they were still able to make a funny show (not that many people agree with me on that though, heh heh.) Well I guess I'll have to wait until September...

[jbanks97]

I think squidbillies still has a shot (a slim one), long production times don't necessarily mean the series sucks. Look at ATHF for example.

In the commentary for the original test pilot (on Volume one's dvd), Dave/Matt mention that they've had the idea for ATHF since 99 when they wrote Baffler Meal, they worked on several rewrites just to get the test pilot done, and that didn't appear till 01. (The test pilot is a much longer, less funny version of Rabbot).

(I haven't seen the doodle pilot though, my cable was out last week).

Btw-may be a dumb question, but who's the main writing crew behind squidbillies?

[MasterZaffro]

I watched it that night and didn't find it very funny. Luckily I tried to tape Robot Chicken so I got to see it again. The second time around I thought it was much funnier. I think they should ditch the human characters since they suck and don't really have personalities. Overall I like and I'm sure it will get funnier as it moves along, until it sucks. To answer the question about the creators: Dave Willis (Writer from ATHF) and Jim Fortier (Writer from SGC2C). I'd say it has potential, all we need is a funny show from 70/30.