Adult Swim Originals vs the Network

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To finish off Vs the Network 2023, let's take a look at this beloved block's biggest blunders!
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@stg4theglitchog768 7 ай бұрын

If Adult Swim weren't like this, all the mess they did would have not happened and they would have more great shows still airing on the channel.

@Tatian4191 7 ай бұрын

Eltingville probably belonged on MTV. It would slot in perfectly with Downtown or Daria, and the network had a history with indie comic adaptations. Although, that era was ending in the early 00s.

@mechajay3358 7 ай бұрын

My guess is that's the reason Adult Swim passed on the show. It just didn't fit into their brand of content.

@timbermicka 6 ай бұрын

@@mechajay3358IIRC Adult Swim liked Eltingville but they didn't had the budget for a full season

@Tris_Crazy_Music_Stuff 7 ай бұрын

the main issue with how adult swim works is probably because they don't look enough into what they greenlit, they'll let something happen without thinking twice of it, which has its advantage but is very flawed cuz when they start to look into it more, its usually too late

@scottymcribofficial 7 ай бұрын

The thing that really hurt with Metalocalypse’s initial cancellation wasn’t just the Fax Machine debacle, but was moreso the network’s full blown dismissal of the MetalocalypseNow campaign. The massive social media campaign and fundraiser was backed by fans, industry people, and some of metal music’s most prolific musicians (the members of Metallica to name a few). Supposedly the campaign amassed a few million dollars, and was pitched to the network to show how badly the fan base wanted a proper conclusion to the show, only for Adult Swim to reject it at the time (2016-2017). Anywho, glad we got an ending in the end, and I was pretty satisfied with it through and through.

@tyrannosaurusallen3703 7 ай бұрын

It's wild that with all this going on, Adult Swim is one of the better networks to work for...

@Sephus912 7 ай бұрын

About the Learning with Pibby teaser, while it’s scummy that Adult Swim got people’s hopes up for nothing, I genuinely am happy this show didn’t happen. It would have been a legal nightmare, and while I liked the Pilot as a dumb, one off short for April Fool’s Day, I doubt it would’ve been all that good or impressive. And the reactions people have had around this thing in general are just downright hilarious in how stupid and childish they are.

@usuallyangry 7 ай бұрын

Pibby has gotten the best possible second life as a springboard for crossover fanfiction. It's better off as a toy for the writing community to toss around than a full fledged TV show.

@obzzidian94 7 ай бұрын

My dream is to end up working at Adult Swim and developing my own show. However, like most TV networks tend to do, I fear that it will either get cut short if it's not that popular, or if it ends up becoming a massive deal like say Rick & Morty, it will keep running on without me being able to do anything about it.

@MumblingCartoonist 7 ай бұрын

The greatest fear of any creator

@mediamementosofficial 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for tuning in to Vs the Network 2023! With one exception in January, the series will return in May! Get hyped! Second channel: kzbin.info/door/Py9KriXlBHxZyYtlki5rVgvideos?view=0

@TVkingOmega 7 ай бұрын

Here’s the thing about some of these: Back in 2001 when Welcome to Eltingville first premiered they were only offering relatively cheaply made shows under 22 minutes. It was way way too expensive to produce for the fledgling block for the time. The same definitely applies to Korgoth of Barbaria years later. I can’t confirm or deny it, but I’d have to say this is why Venture Bros was cancelled. It was just too expensive to keep making, especially since seasons could have a gap of anywhere between 2 to 3 years inbetween. And they just couldn’t deal with that sort of production schedule anymore. Especially given Rick and Morty was dealing out the same thing, and given what we know about WHY production took so long for that show? It’s likely Adult Swim didn’t want to take anymore risks on Venture Bros for that reason.

@ItsJustTrevor 7 ай бұрын

A perfect candidate for this would likely be Mao Mao. CN literally pulled the "actually, nevermind" card on Season 2

@okfinebethatway 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the shoutout to the Icelandic Ultrablue video! This video turned out great too (I didn't even know a lot of this information) so great job! 👏

@AluminumFusion22 7 ай бұрын

Knowing how volatile Adult Swim is when it comes to cancelling shows, it makes me worried about Smiling Friends Season 2.

@YakkoWarnerTower 7 ай бұрын

The Venture Brothers is my favorite Adult Swim show it's nice that it's more bigger.

@godofwarhammer7655 7 ай бұрын

I've found out about Eltingville just a few days and I really enjoyed the piolet, too bad Adult Swim never picked this one up. I know its based on a comic and I know said comic become more dark as it went one so my guess is Adult Swim was a little hesitant about it so dropped it, I'm sure if it came out today Adult Swim would have actually picked this show up

@hucklechuckles 7 ай бұрын

i don't normally comment but OMG you're one of my favorite youtubers, and the fact you've talked about 3 of my fave cartoons, south park, the critic, and finally venture bros, makes me super happy!!!!!!!!! thanks and God bless

@mediamementosofficial 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! This made my day!

@BedroomDweller 7 ай бұрын

It's a FUCKING shame no one knows why Eltingville never got picked up. It's one of my favorite cartoon pilots. Also, I feel like Adult Swim advertised Pibby to attract investors and advertisers, like Nick (that, and I assume John K gave them trust issues).

@user-jh4lx4mi3c 7 ай бұрын

6:32 and yet to this day Morel Orel is one of the more Underrated Shows from Adult Swim

@sjmhadsock4586 7 ай бұрын

It amazes me that re runs on adult swim and DVD sales saved family guy

@KawikaProductions 7 ай бұрын

Same! The clip I chose for the Family Guy reruns came from Season 4 Episode 1, where Peter Griffin lists off a series of canceled shows by Fox - including Firefly, The Tick, and That ‘80s Show.

@icecreamhero2375 7 ай бұрын

It sounds like Adult Swim is spreading itself too thin and they need to make fewer shows. Or they need to get more money from Warner Bros.

@KawikaProductions 7 ай бұрын

Kinda hard when Warner Bros. keeps removing their own content from HBO Max. They almost removed all the classic Looney Tunes and almost cancelled Coyote v. Acme. But strong backlash prevented THAT from happening.

@masterplay148 7 ай бұрын

Easily one of the best vs the network videos. Adult swim sure is unpredictable.

@VampireA1056 3 ай бұрын

The fact that you didn't talk about The Boondocks is such a shame.

@markmyers6756 7 ай бұрын

Wow I can't believe he actually talked about stroker and hoop! I brought that one up in the comments just because I liked it, I'm So glad he mentioned it.

@pinkiemeowstic89 7 ай бұрын

Adult Swim, if you happen to be reading this, congrats on what is essentially a "not as much of a jerk as you could have been" award. Also I'm surprised Final Space wasn't brought up here (though to be fair, it didn't start on AS). Must be saving it for a later VtN.

@treyblowski 7 ай бұрын

Adult swim feels like a bipolar Uber rich kid who keeps getting exotic pets on a whim, he loves them at first, but then they either get bored with them or they bite or scratch him , then he decides he doesn’t want it anymore and just abandons it in favor of the next exotic pet that catches his eye

@godofwarhammer7655 7 ай бұрын

There is another Adult Swim I would like to talk about and that’s Minoriteam which is about a team of super heroes which based on a racial stereotype and fight villains based on discriminatory concepts. The art style is inspired by early comic book super heroes like Jack Kirby. This may sound like one of those fake cartoons you can find in GTA V but this show was real and aired on AS in 2005. Apparently the higher ups for Adult Swim really liked the idea of a team of super heroes each based on a racial stereotype and ordered 20 episodes to be made now at days due to political correctness Adult Swim have been trying to distance themselves from the show much as possible and even removed all traces of it in there official website. Can’t say I blame Adult Swim wanting to disassociate themselves from this show and I thought this was an interesting story to tell

@jaggerguth4391 7 ай бұрын

Now I know why The Problem Solvers looks like a Massive Acid Trip.

@Jared_Wignall 7 ай бұрын

Ah yes. Adult Swim. They’ve got great shows and they have shows that stink. Unfortunately, many of the great shows that are produced for the network would be cancelled before the show would have a proper conclusion.

@SlimeyPirate 4 ай бұрын

Great video!

@sorenthefilmbrony 7 ай бұрын

*insert comment expressing curiosity about a potential History of Master of Disguise video*

@KawikaProductions 7 ай бұрын

also expresses curiosity about a potential History of Master of Disguise video

@Quincyishidaawesome 7 ай бұрын

A couple of these have slightly more explanation, not much granted but a bit. Eltingville was too expensive to make into a full series which is a super common reason from them. Venture Bros is an interesting story though. The big reason behind Adult Swim's support for Venture Bros was because Mike Lazo absolutely loved the show. He was a huge supporter for it and gave the team levels of support that most creators could only dream of, which resulted in one of the best TV shows ever made imo. When Lazo stepped down however the new executives wasted no time shutting it down. The finale movie only happened because of the passionate fan base, but yeah corporate politics killed the Venture Bros

@BrennySpain 7 ай бұрын

Adult Swim is basically an extension of Cartoon Network if you will. The night time block to me more specific. That’s the best way to look at it I think.

@ilovecody7514 7 ай бұрын

Venture Bros. and Metalocalypse deserved better.

@DrewtheStew1999 7 ай бұрын

There’s no excuse for Soul Quest Overdrive. None. You give the fans what they don’t want, then screw it over. Why even bother?

@DexterYesMandarkNo 7 ай бұрын

It's time for VS The Network 2023! WOOOOOOOO! I didn't know that even Adult Swim can do such things. At least they did their best unlike Nick. Can't wait for Vs The Network 2024!

@CJBStudios 7 ай бұрын

And here I thought Nickelodeon was the worst network that shows got screwed over by. I think this is even worse. And that’s saying something given that I don’t even watch adult animation on that much.

@user-kc4ie3nw6r 7 ай бұрын

I thought nickelodeon is bad too!

@noneed4me2n7 7 ай бұрын

Still bummed that Venture Bros ended. Got an order of the triad tat in commemoration. Glad it lingered as long as it did. Such is the life of fans of niche genre crap.

@SlimeyPirate 4 ай бұрын

Lol I remember watching most of these shows growing up. I loved them

@joshuagoforth1658 7 ай бұрын

So I first saw Cheyenne Cinnamon during puberty I’m not going anywhere gross it’s just that I have a thing for blondes and I think this helped fuel it 😅

@cyberdarkturtle6971 7 ай бұрын

Space Ghost was the GOAT

@prof_grass 7 ай бұрын

Episode 5 of Soul Quest Overdrive is Titled Spaghetti

@KawikaProductions 7 ай бұрын

Oooooh! Where did you find that title?

@icecreamhero2375 7 ай бұрын

15:46 But CN owns all these characters. Can't they just throw them in the show whenever they want?

@timbermicka 6 ай бұрын

Cartoon Network and AdultSwim were made into two separate networks for a reason. You cannot mix both and Pibby broke that "rule" even though AS execs clearly enjoyed the idea.

@timbermicka 6 ай бұрын

AdultSwim execs liked Eltingville, Korgoth, and Pibby. Cartoon Network and Turner just dicided that they weren't going to allocate proper budgets for these. I think AdultSwim's management is one the best out there, they're quite respectful of their audiences and they encourage creative freedom (the Morel Orel debacle being the one exception). Stuff like Metapocalypse and Venture Bros couldn't gave been greenlit anywhere else in the first place, so I wouldn't say that AdultSwim treated them "unfairly." Both shows had fairly long runs even though they were not profitable for AdultSwim. They are not a financially independent network so I think it's unfair to compare them to behemoths like Warner.

@AutumnOwlex 3 ай бұрын

Even tho Tuca & Bertie got canned at season 3, the fact Adult Swim bought and gave us two more seasons after netflix axed it after one season says everything to me about the network.

@rickanimationsnewchannel 4 ай бұрын

14:14 is that joe swanson

@joshuagoforth1658 7 ай бұрын

I actually loved the Bible fruits but oh my gods soul quest overdrive was total garbage 🤮

@jacksonpriestap3685 7 ай бұрын

10:39 That would be amazing.

@KawikaProductions 7 ай бұрын

Same! I even designed the Thumbnail for that segment. I made it in the style of Timey’s, who is the thumbnail designer for the channel.

@JB-bz8md 5 ай бұрын

I have an opinion. The main reason shows like moral orel or the venture bros were canceled is because these shows were not made for longevity. Many shows couldn't be on their channel due to how they weren't right on that channel. This is the reason why the problem solverz was sent to cartoon network

@halloweenvalentine3669 7 ай бұрын

Mad respect for putting comethazine on there

@baileymaloney3595 7 ай бұрын

Woo! The final Vs. the Network 2023! If we thought Nickelodeon’s got a lot of skeletons in their closet, we hadn’t seen nothing with Adult Swim.

@personaking7 7 ай бұрын

I hope you do sym bio Titan and megas XLR

@attackofthecopyrightbots 7 ай бұрын

i need someone to explain why most of adult swim is on hbo max but not eric andre but it is on hulu??

@GoldenGoomba900 3 ай бұрын

Still pissed off about Pibby.

@lordbritannic 7 ай бұрын

they've had robot chicken cancelled too.

@Karlos1234ify 7 ай бұрын

I miss Venture Bros

@MasterFhyl 7 ай бұрын

Wait, the guys name is Dorkin?

@KawikaProductions 7 ай бұрын

Yup! That’s his actual surname.

@TorridPrime217 7 ай бұрын

I'll tell ya' what happened to 'Eltingville'; someone in the higher-ups saw that it was utter trash and made a very compelling argument to his fellows as to why, so they axed it