Moral Orel - Behind the Scenes

This featurette isn’t terribly long, but is a good look at the history and production of the show, from its origins as a show about Iggy Pop to showing Dino Stamatopoulos’ daughter, who plays Orel’s brother Shapey, and comes up with all his dialogue.

[@tinystalker1821]

Shapey being voiced by Dino's daughter is both hilarious and heartwarming

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Like Trey’s daughter in South Park

[@jasperdoggydude]

@@nuclearcatbaby1131 shoutout to ike

[@FineFictMen]

He did bring his daughter again in Frakenhole as Igor.

[@Meatlafablaka]

Glad to see that the production was a lot more lighthearted than the show lol

[@coreyford3556]

a

[@jkcaray4747]

i think this was in season 1 so..

[@squiddyanimations6617]

open heart surgery is more lighthearted than the show lmao

[@marsh6714]

its so sweet to see how much dino included his daughter in the show

[@sleepdeprivedsteve]

Ye

[@aaroncoggins5021]

I always wondered why shapey suddenly started saying cake. Now I know

[@GenusUnknown]

He also included her a lot in his other main show Mary Shelley frankenhole

[@anthonycaporaso4353]

I love when shaped says daa daaa an cake

[@m3m3lord61]

Aw, it’s kinda like how Trey Parker in South Park had his daughter voice Ike

[@lilrapunzel]

Dino didn't change the world with Moral Oral he changed people and I think that's more important

[@korarain8190]

Very well said

[@brixan...]

It's "Orel"...

[@lilrapunzel]

@@brixan... it's auto correct 😂

[@averagegordonenjoyer3141]

@Local Orel Fan "orel puppington" HIS NAME IS AUTOCORRECT /refj

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

@Local Orel Fan omg I love autocorrect. Such a deep character 🥹

[@anomalous34]

This is amazing. Crying shame it didn't get more episodes. I hope these props still exist.. I'd pay a thousand dollars without a thought to bring the show back. Worth it. Needs a go fund me. Im sure some legal bs will prevent this from ever happening

[@avaobrien2925]

There's someone who worked on the show who has the Orel puppet that brings him around the world and takes photos of him, I think it's called Orel travels or something

[@anomalous34]

@@avaobrien2925 based thanks for the info bro

[@SaoirseVisceral]

@@avaobrien2925 where can i see the pictures?

[@ambuck.]

count me in

[@CodyStrange_10]

Beforel orel wasn't that long ago. They might still have them

[@AveragePizzaEnjoyer5]

I yearn for a season 4 so bad, it’s unhealthy at this point.

[@zaaaaazaaaaa]

SAMEEEE

[@SlaviKat28]

same ;-;

[@hipsterelephant2660]

Bruh I've been waiting for 15 years and it's slowly killing me.

[@ozmel146]

Literally im obsessed

[@kochamczekoladee2863]

We were truly robbed I can’t 😭

[@PixelSubstream]

as a 13 yo, i couldn't understand all the subtext and darker themes the adult characters were masking behind a fake smile. But coming back to it as an adult, I can appreciate it so much more

[@denismain4024]

I’m 13 and understand this %100

[@rouxls2632]

@@denismain4024 same lmao

[@papaq3810]

@@denismain4024, no you don't lmao

[@anomalous34]

@@denismain4024 You might understand sure.. but until you feel these same emotions yourself you'll never really know just how tragic it is.

[@picklecaterpillar]

@@denismain4024 good for you

[@RunnJake]

Its such a nice contrast to see how much Dino loves his daughter than how much Clay love Orel. Holy fuck its complete opposites

[@Arffff03]

In my mind, he’s the Orel grown up, well in another universe where he left the ways of god and moralton

[@jackognibene2387]

super fucking cool to see how all this stuff is made, i had a certain respect for the animators beforehand because i knew this must be extremely arduous and tedious work but the amount of thought that they put into each shot in the show is really astounding in this video

[@Washed453]

Thank god for HBO max otherwise I would have never given this show a chance and now it’s one of my favorites

[@weegeemike]

Replace HBO MAX with the KZbin algorithm and that's how I found out about the show. Somehow watching car and sports videos motivated YT to suggest this bizarre claymation program to me lol

[@watchersanimations6987]

@@weegeemike same, sometimes youtube do good

[@realliferapunzel5943]

Same bro

[@hipsterelephant2660]

@Local Orel Fan normally i'd protest against TT, but seeing as I've tried for 14 years trying to get other people to watch this show (and that's amounted to only 2 people), I won't complain here. lol

[@hipsterelephant2660]

@Local Orel Fan I applaud you for getting more people to watch than I could. and i'll give tiktok this, it does give shows a second life long after they're over (IE Clone High, another show I tried to get people to watch and actually got another season)

[@toms.a.savage7232]

"Scott Adsit and Jay Johnston are my right-hand and left-hand men. One of the hands is weaker than the other." Scott Adsit: Starred as Baymax in Big Hero 6 Jay Johnston: Stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6 I'm not sure if this aged poorly or aged like fine wine.

[@jaradmcknight5031]

Was escorted inside on Jan 6th*

[@theafterparty5691]

Love that shapey does actually say "Cake!" haha its cool to see how he involved his daughter.

[@mintcat69]

i love moral orel

[@lordlandcandlestick3010]

you and me both

[@kenthuang436]

I really like how it pokes some fun at extreme right wing religious beliefs but it isn’t insulting Christianity itself. I think that the show demonstrates how ridiculous some claims people make solely on what the Bible says but still shows a way that life lessons can still be found in having religious beliefs. You just need to be your own judge of what you believe in and think is right and not blindly do whatever people say you should do without any questions.

[@n35513.]

@@kenthuang436 factsssss

[@picklecaterpillar]

@@kenthuang436 perfectly said!!

[@dollarstorecookie3938]

Knowing Star Burns was the creator of this show is crazy

[@hithere1189]

knowing that two of my favorite shows are somehow connected is awesome

[@xoxdid]

OMG I KNEW I RECOGNIZED HIM

[@yggdrasil2]

I think he also worked on the animation for Abed's uncontrollable Christmas.

[@hipsterelephant2660]

I have no idea why but Carolyn Lawrence laughing at that outtake was really cute and funny.

[@katlyndobransky2419]

Fun fact: the last episode of Moral Orel has Dino’s daughter saying “good bye good bye” at the end of the credits… it really hurt hearing that on my first watch lol

[@brunobucciaratiswife]

This show saved my life :) so cute to see how it’s created!

[@livequality4578]

Criminally underrated show.

[@Emlyn1133]

Agreed

[@tylociraptor8131]

This show was truly something special. It wasn't afraid to broach very dark, heavy topics... not just for shock value but to make statements about them. It's a damn shame it was cancelled, and I hope if they're up to it they get the chance to come back to it someday.

[@frankjg1239]

Whoever that fan was that recommended making a cartoon, thank you, wherever you are

[@Damiardo]

What's amazing is Dino referenced "...America at the time..." then said "Unless I'm talking to you now and the worlds changed" The world has indeed changed, and it's only made the show funnier. I remember thinking I had friends who would be severely offended by this sort of show when I was younger, even though I loved it, and now it's a comedic gold mine by most standards.

[@neshead15]

I think it just depends on the person. I grew up in church, and still attend in my mid-20s, and can guarantee you there are people there that would misinterpret the message of the show. It doesn't take much thought to realize that Moral Orel isn't an "anti-Christian" show, since it doesn't comment on Christianity as a belief as much as it comments on the people who identify with it. (The fact that the moral of each episode goes back to a made up "lost commandment" drives this point home pretty hard.)

[@Damiardo]

@@neshead15 While a very salient point, you have to acknowledge that parodying Christianity was very taboo not that long ago. Nowadays, we take shots at whoever wants to enter the crossfire. The game has indeed changed. Its a true parody in the idea of how warped his perceptions and actions become, but back then, that was pushing boundaries. Now, making jokes about the Church is much more common, for obvious reasons.

[@neshead15]

@@Damiardo Reading over my comment again, I actually hit "send" before I got to the point I was making. You're definitely right, but the point I was getting to was that it doesn't take much thought to get that Moral Orel is a criticism of the culture surrounding the belief rather than the belief itself, but there are definitely people that aren't willing to give that thought and will simply be offended that the show is portraying Christians as hateful and manipulative. The very first episode takes a jab at that group, too, with that one line from Doughy saying "Orel, you're not supposed to think when it comes to God and faith!" Even going back to your original comment, I think I might've even missed what you were saying to begin with lol. I'm probably just stating the obvious here that there will always be a group of closed-minded Christians out there that will go with their knee-jerk reactions on any criticism of the church or their faith.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Nowadays the left is morphing into a sort of secular fundamentalism. It’s not quite there yet but it would be interesting to see a version of Moral Orel that takes place in Woketon.

[@T_i_n_c_a_n]

I'm a Christian, and I love this show, in my opinion there is nothing anti-christian about it because it points out exactly what drives people away from the faith, it points out the blatant hypocrisy and abuse that sits and stagnates unnoticed within a lot of churches today. And just how badly the faith has been twisted.

[@MikeTrieu]

"Hello goodbye!" That kind of encapsulates how I feel after the sudden ending of the show. Felt a bit rushed. Like they deus ex machina'd everything to be okay. Everything was going to shit and then, fast forward, it's not. Emotional whiplash, man.

[@askatuproductions]

Well, OREL is ok. We don't get to see a lot of what happens to the other characters in Moralton. I really would love a new season.

[@seeeds4702]

Thats becouse the show was canceled and that season was cut in half

[@bearj7140]

To be fair they were gonna do more with the show but they got canceled so it wasn't rlly much they could abt it

[@yggdrasil2]

For the final episode she says "Goodbye Goodbye"

[@picklecaterpillar]

Moral Orel is just amazing, pretty sad it got canceled so soon

[@krzlcve]

its incredible how much effort goes into just one minute of animation

[@naan000]

the fact that Jay Johnston was at the Capitol Storming-

[@Arffff03]

WHAT?! yikesss… that’s so ironic

[@baronreeves9232]

This show is taken too soon. I hope this show gets a reboot like Clone high 🙏

[@arcanefury3666]

Who knew fricken Starburns wrote a Christian comedy?

[@salsamancer]

I wouldn't call it a Christian comedy, the show mocks Midwest Baptists but it's from an outsider perspective

[@gupoll]

@@salsamancer *Protestants

[@migmigbigboy]

I FUCKIN KNEW IT IT WAS STARBURNS

[@emilyfanslow3604]

It is a satire about religion so I wouldn’t called it a Christian comedy

[@1niyc6i8bxse]

Dude when I seen him I was like "WHATTT"

[@Th3aft3rl1f3]

1:35 it’s weird hearing clays voice out of an actual human

[@Th3aft3rl1f3]

@Local Orel Fan I’ve watched it before! It’s kind of questionable…

[@Th3aft3rl1f3]

@Local Orel Fan nurse bendy promo?

[@Th3aft3rl1f3]

@Local Orel Fan the one where Nurse bendy was being 🦆ed by Principle Fakey or the one from alone

[@Th3aft3rl1f3]

@Local Orel Fan ok I’m kinda scared 😭

[@Th3aft3rl1f3]

@@PrettyBabyAngel omg the green queen with red lipstick replied to my comment!? I feel honored

[@denniszetstkiman]

i hope we could ever get another moral orel special :( this series is too amazing for it to not have more content

[@roo1014]

Or 2-3 more seasons (pray for it)

[@kylecook7187]

Crazy that one of these guys stormed the capital

[@spaghetti5914]

So cool to see a fellow greek storymaker create such a masterpiece, we don't have many good writers back in greece

[@quaaaaaaaar]

i see what you're saying, but Dino is from Chicago.

[@sussybaka119]

Homer: Am I a joke to you?

[@jack.h99]

@@sussybaka119 mmmm donuts 🍩

[@julealero7689]

I don’t agree. Greek mythology, man. The foundation of creativity,

[@spaghetti5914]

@@quaaaaaaaar He has a greek last name. He may be american by ethnicity, but he definitely descends from greece

[@esanchez7587]

I keep seeing Scott Adsit as Hornberger from '30 Rock'. But seeing him also as one of the creative minds to the show makes this even more amazing! The guy has some great ideas for the show!

[@zippylucks5990]

he also voiced baymax from big hero 6

[@cbmatty9262]

@@zippylucks5990 I was gonna type that! I was shook when I learned that!

[@ambuck.]

Great freaking crew on the spot. ...It's a shame Jay is, officially, on the FBI watch list.

[@TomFowkes]

i dont understand tell me more

[@commonwriternext]

@@TomFowkes He stormed the capitol on January 6th 2021

[@fangirl3086]

@@commonwriternext damn really?

[@commonwriternext]

@@fangirl3086 Apparently they identified him

[@hipsterelephant2660]

And he's officially arrested as of June.

[@bblauter]

So many people involved in the making of this show, more than I would have thought. I hope everyone working on this was just as dark as the producers and are proud of the work they did. I love this show.

[@Critically_online]

Honestly if we all banned together and convinced adult swim and the creators of moral Orel hopefully they could bring it back and use there original ideas and plans for what they wanted it to go before it got cancelled

[@shmule1655]

god i love that show

[@yevonator88]

Seeing these practical effects and techniques is so much more impressive to me than today's CGI. There's something so real about it.

[@brightoneasterling9304]

1:35 that line delivery was priceless and demonstrates what made the humor so good in this show. They never felt the need to go for big air with their jokes. Just dialogue that if said in a room with real people would undeniably yield laughter.

[@TestSubjectMacHoshi]

So many of us had such a similar experience with this show growing up and now all of us are revisiting it as adult and able to appreciate it on a whole new level! Thank you so much creators! We appreciate the time and devotion you spent creating this.

[@a1sausey398]

this show was so off-putting when I saw it on adults with as a kid, now I'm watching all the episodes

[@fear-toxin]

Wow I didn’t know starburns created this show

[@quackistan]

HIS NAME IS ALEX

[@cleibarnhart]

Thank you so much for posting this!! This is gold. Pure gold

[@2tired2sleep2]

So inspiring, arguably best show I’ve ever watched. So sad it ended

[@oto_is_dead]

This show helped me as I was navigating my doubts of the religion I was raised in. It’d be understated to say that this show helped change my life for the better. It made me confront the truth of what I was seeing play out in my childhood. I was basically like Orel when I was young.

[@BananaHace]

I can't believe star-burns made moral orel

[@the_UF365]

#ReviveMoralOrel.

[@rubolph1954]

#ReviveMoralOrel

[@tokyo-san-wg7no]

#ReviveMoralOrel

[@Misslonely-7]

I really want moral oral to come back but like see how his life is going and the main characters are his children and like see what bloberta and Clay look like and shapy

[@theirbrotherhoodandfriends6101]

This is really amazing. The dedication is inspiring.

[@synthvvavve191]

Best example of "be careful what you wish for." The president of Adult Swim asked that season 3 be much darker than S2's finale, and the writers delivered on that... by a longshot (Alone especially) and adult swim exces and president of Adult Swim lost their shit, got scared and cancelled Morel Orel. Kinda bullshit imo. I miss this show

[@JRAnimationStudios]

Such a charming show!

[@emmarose7738]

Beyond interesting. The sheer amount of work that went into this show is incredible

[@allys744]

So cute to see Dino and his colleagues play with his daughter as she shouts the lines 🤣🥰

[@StarsStillHere]

This is a true cinematic delight. It would sure be nice if it got another chance. I feel like the show would do better nowadays.

[@drudemasterio]

Thanks for upload love it

[@benjistida007]

Holy crap star burns made a stop motion show!

[@hipsterelephant2660]

He made two, the other being Mary Shelly's Frankenhole

[@commonwriternext]

Jay was definitely the weaker hand

[@Arffff03]

100000%

[@donutusable]

God there are so many little details I didn't notice

[@lgbtqiarights]

this is awesome!!! i love it!!

[@bobibibobibjhhlk4876]

Please bring this show back❤

[@PyroJoe1]

There's a fan made animation with voice actors of the never produced episode Narcissism on the tube here which I just found, using the original script. Hope that helps a bit!

[@breakfast_]

This show was very underrated, maybe because it was ahead of its time, I'm glad that in this last year it started to have the relevance it deserves

[@odettyspaghetti]

The amount of work and love put into this show is amazing

[@Exoctic_JR]

I love how the daughter is shapey reminds me of how in south park the guyd daughter plays the one little boy

[@churbumgirl]

Ty for this

[@thruwaycircus2532]

This is beyond wholesome!

[@skrev1697]

This show is way too ahead of its time

[@Hootsifer-the-shilly-9th]

The about of dedication and effort is insane. I love this show sm

[@helloego8057]

this is so amazing

[@usurper4081]

They are so CHILL!

[@lorenamaldonado1574]

This made me very happy

[@marcusporras9571]

Oh man...right when he said, "unless the world has changed...." I was thinking of Bush and how we have not advanced all that much since then. Same boat different day.

[@cagethelonewolf]

It's cool seeing people film behind the scenes not even knowing if their show will air or even be a hit

[@AxeBearingVoyager]

looks like Starburns really turned his life around after his fake death. Good on him.

[@Mraidsan]

Please please please reboot this show! It helped me so much as a teenager growing up in a strictly religious household

[@Pancakeonapan]

Aww shapey’s voiced by dinos daughter (tigger)

[@englishdicktionary1611]

these guys are geniuses

[@fum4491]

It would be cool if the God's hands were actual hands

[@apothos666]

Had no idea some of the Mr. Show guys were behind Moral Orel. Cool!

[@aliciaballesteros-mitchell1059]

Tell me why I didn't know the creator of Moral Orel was Starburns' actor

[@dgvanz1155]

His name is Alex.

[@andersoncoutinho7481]

There's a person behind those, okay?

[@overlord6993]

It took me q while to realize that dino and starburns from community are the same guy

[@janeadams5112]

This is my favorite show.

[@boiledtissue]

love love love moral orel

[@NeepNeepPohn]

I just realized that's Starburns lol

[@AssasiCraftYogUscus]

Wild to see this is what Star Burns did after graduating Greendale

[@re-mo3jq]

this man’s so funny

[@blond7899]

I fucking love this so much.

[@internationalicon]

Hey, Rob! Greets from the old Vinton Studio!

[@ThatOneBigNoobspage]

I keep seeing Dino as Starburns, and I don’t know how to feel about that.

[@FerGalicia]

"One of the hands (writer) is weaker than the other" Well... Jay was in the Jan 6 riot so....

[@fangirl3086]

Damn are you for real? That's hella sad considering he helped make a show that pretty much went against everything Trumpism is all about.

[@dogkiller1804]

@@fangirl3086 people think they’re immune to the pipeline but they’re not so that’s why it’s important to always affirm your beliefs and never blindly believe

[@galaga2x808]

Youre telling me starburns made one of the best shows on adult swim

[@user-my5ll1pu9m]

PLEASE IM GOING INSANE HOW THIS IS AJJDBF I DIDNT KNOW TWO OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS WERE CONNECTED

[@rileysheehan943]

Honestly thought Dino was Serj Tankian in the thumbnail at first lol

[@psych0ruins]

it was always so funny seeing how the usa was just like alone without mexico or canada

[@ThisOLmaan]

very cool

[@noisemen1767]

holy shit its starburns

[@yourlocalmonkey5011]

the show definitely changed me

[@MooImABunny]

Honestly I don't think I've watched much of moral Orel, but I saw dino's face and was like "heyyy Alex/Starburns's actor." I do remember reading that he did other stuff, more behind the scenes

[@scramator9077]

Holy shit it’s starburns

[@Sandux930]

Damn starburns and directing and producing his own show. He should work with Justin roilaind

[@mewt5358]

Wonder if the show will ever be finished

[@emilyfanslow3604]

Weird to see Dino without his star sideburns

[@lovelitchi]

MORAL OREL IS THE BEST HANDS DOWN

[@0r4g3r5]

Cake!