The WEIRD World of Adult Swim

Growing up with late night cartoon network was something else
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[@JordanFringe94]

Yes, we eatin good!! Great video!

[@ConnerTheWaffle]

I’m humbled 😭❤️ thank you so much!

[@Koishi576]

What about me?

[@CNFan2024]

@@ConnerTheWaffle Can you make a weird world Of Nick Jr

[@ocfwrld9623]

Great vid. You was one more bad from losing a subscriber good save Conner

[@stevenknauer6234]

*Sees two of my favorite KZbinrs talking to each other* 🥺 now kiss...

[@Beetlebub]

I miss adult swim so much. But not only adult swim, but the ability to just watch tv all night and not have to worry about anything.

[@adamhayden5152]

Adult swim is still on air, how can you miss something that’s still around…

[@boogityhoo7452]

@@adamhayden5152 because its not on normal cable anymore. CN isn't on regular cable anymore, you have to pay an extra fee in order to get the channel now.

[@SiRenfield]

I’ve been DVR-ing Metalocalypse re-runs that I’m assuming is to build hype for the movie (yes I have HBO Max and the DVDs otherwise, this is more just for stuff like the countdown vibe) but I’m only able to watch [adult swim] live on-air early in the morning on Wednesdays due to my early morning shift normally because its time slot is 3:30 AM.

[@Beetlebub]

@@adamhayden5152 well honestly a lots going on rn that is a little personal. But also I wouldn’t pay for cable to save my life.

[@SiRenfield]

@@boogityhoo7452 Oh yeah even with my comment I’m using Hulu Live, my household uses mainly that and the channels that came with the Samsung Smart TV in addition to a billion streaming services. Although worth noting is that even Hulu Live and KZbin TV are slightly cheaper than cable but still somewhat expensive, like $60 PER MONTH

[@draconamore]

Fun fact: the boondocks was originally a comic strip that you could find in most sunday comic sections of newspapers

[@Sailor-Khione]

And the theme song was awesome.

[@that_deadeyegamer7920]

Even funnier fact: a compilation of all the comic strips is available to purchase!

[@shikabaneconga]

i rememeber a friend of mine had a whole book of it

[@kakumee]

I remember that's how I found boondocks. I'd draw anime style characters inspired by the boondocks

[@CaptainCat101]

And it still used the word

[@alienparts]

My dad literally went out of his way to show me Adult Swim knowing I was addicted to tv when I was like 8. Adult swim definitely shaped my humor now😭

[@bigjalapeno7061]

That's kinda funny

[@nenesspirtualgirlbest9562]

Your dad's a good man 😊

[@emmakayisnotok7322]

omg same !!! i have so many fond memories of watching Adult Swim w my dad as a kid when like WAY younger than the intended audience lmao

[@glamrockfoxy6667]

[adultswim] it have adult show

[@CordayDatzTuff]

Same but my brothee my humor is so diverse and complex and good its crazy

[@pickles3128]

Do you guys remember the early, literal adult swim ads, that would announce "all kids outta the pool!" and show old people swimming in an indoor lap pool?

[@pinkieglitterheart]

wasn't that Nick Mom or did this have it to?

[@pickles3128]

@@pinkieglitterheart I'm confused by your typo. If you're asking if Nick had these commercials, no, they had the lamest nighttime programming (Nick at Nite.) I'm talking about the bumpers that would start with that catchy theme "dun DUN, duh dun DUN dun." Iconic opening notes

[@MouseHuntExtendedDirectorsCut]

Ooh I memba!

[@hexnight]

honestly i like how [adult swim] just embraces its weirdness. it gives the brand an identity, and leads to stuff you wouldn't really find anywhere else

[@Zenigundam]

Adult Swim from 2001 to 2004 was must-watch Television. After that, it started to get old because you realized that the new shows just didn't really measure up to the originals. It was a nice change of pace from the Hanna Barbera, MGM, and 80s dominated CN of the 90s. That was probably Adult Swim's biggest appeal in the beginning.

[@bigjalapeno7061]

Tbh I never watched it but from the sounds of it some of the stuff on it was good

[@figuero007]

@@bigjalapeno7061hy

[@NinjaKIngAce]

I remember when the block was first added to CN. "Alright, kids out of the pool. It's time for Adult Swim" Space Ghost Coast to Coast actually pre-dates Adult Swim, I remember staying up late watching it in the early 90s. Before Tom, Toonami was hosted by Space Ghost villain-turned-producer Moltar

[@MouseHuntExtendedDirectorsCut]

Space ghost inspired adult swim. It started in 1994 and slowly gained a big cult audience. Let’s all bow in appreciation to the space ghost guys who made made all of our lives funnier by inspiring adult swim 🙏

[@SiRenfield]

And now to my freaks and geeks everywhere, a Table Of Contents: Intro - 0:00 Home Movies - 3:00 Space Ghost - 6:22 Sealab 2021 and The Brak Show: 8:14 Aqua Teen Hunger Force - 9:25 Harvey Birdman - 15:43 Venture Bros. - 18:08 Intermission (Stroker & Hoop and Tom Goes To The Mayor) - 19:34 Robot Chicken - 21:37 (Minoriteam and) The Boondocks - 24:12 12 oz Mouse - 27:00 Moral Orel - 29:34 Squidbillies - 34:16 Grab bag 1 (Lucy Daughter of the Devil, Assy McGee, and Frisky Dingo) - 36:22 Metalocalypse - 37:43 Toonami - 39:20 Grab Bag 2 (Drinky Crow, Fat Guys Stuck on the Internet, Saul of the Mole Men) - 40:08 Superjail - 44:02 Xavier Renegade Angel - 45:08 Tim & Eric - 46:08 Live Action Grab Bag (Your Pretty Face, Children’s Hospital, Infomercials, Mostly for Millenials, and Eric Andre) - 50:42 Rick & Morty and Primal- 52:33 Smiling Friends - 53:35 Fan Submissions - 54:33 April Fools Pranks and Pibby - 56:55 Outro - 58:58

[@sxmbxdy]

Thanks

[@sxmbxdy]

Clicked on the video to see XRA, was heavily disappointed

[@kingchuckfinley]

No MDE? Must be afraid of the ghost of Kiev.

[@woawkguy2342]

Uh ok

[@gnarrcan108]

Venture bros is the best and most quality Adult Swim series. The universe is so expansive and the character development. It really pays off from continued watch and references itself a lot it’s kind of like arrested development. You gotta watch it bro bc I can tell from your little blurb about it that you know absolutely nothing about it.

[@slymarbo6324]

'Brock is the main character' Reading wikis for content is so early 2010s but that was when i had to turn this vid off.

[@bodkie]

I don't know about super intelligent or high-brow, but Xavier Renegade Angel for sure deserves credit for being way better than it seems. Some of the jokes may miss you on first pass and there are top notch jokes that you have to be paying attention to catch, especially visual comedy, and I think a big part of the humour is that so much of the show is done in a way so that it's easy to mentally check out and miss the really funny stuff if you aren't paying attention. Also Joe Pera is pure gold, though it is a particularly dry style of gold that takes some amount of commitment to stick with the commitment to the bit to appreciate.

[@SiRenfield]

And honestly I don’t think it’s MEANT to be smart, like the joke is more that Xavier is a friggin idiot that doesn’t know what he’s talking about much like the Cybernetic Ghost from Aqua Teen

[@ukelele_no_worky]

you should check out wonder showzen if you liked xavier renegade angel its by the same studio pffr and used to air on mtv

[@Cabesandia]

no one claims xavier is "deep and philosophical", it has roots in philosophy and its humor is very layered, but it's still a dumbass show that's funny cause it's dumb. his opinion on the show is completely misinformed by some fans that don't even exist.

[@SiRenfield]

@@Cabesandia Yeah I love how the fandom is the exact opposite of the Rick & Morty fandom where they’re like “yeah of course it’s stupid and pseudo-philosophical, that’s the point!” 😂

[@bodkie]

@@Cabesandia I think it's a case of he didn't get the show and thought it was dumb, then fans said to give it a chance or that it's actually good and there's more to it than it seems and he interpreted it that way, rather than dreaming up imaginary opinions of non-existent fans.

[@evanmorandemos3327]

The Joe Pera slander is frustrating It’s genuinely one of the most wholesome, relaxing shows in all of TV history. Well worth the watch but you have to be in the mood. Also no mention of China, IL? One of the best AS shows.

[@cipherbunz2612]

i just started the video, but he really doesn't mention China IL at all?? aw man, I love that show D:

[@kingchuckfinley]

If you’re 33 or older, there’s a lot of slander here.

[@rolandbishop8339]

@@kingchuckfinley you hit the nail right on the head, I’m 36 years old and I’m sitting here totally flabbergasted, on, how easily he shits and trashes everything that was before him, but thinks that Birdgirl is a actual good show, just a generational thing I guess. 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ClaireZhasa]

*China, IL is the best at math!*

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

This guy has an impressive number of bad takes. I don't get it, what's the fucking point of selectively picking out shows from Adult Swim if they're not even all shows he's watched? It would make sense if this was "shows I watched on AS," but instead this is just "IDK I threw a dart at their lineup and here's my bad opinions of shit I didn't even watch, fuck you consume content thx."

[@harrisonr9705]

Really L take on Xavier Regenade. It's got some of the funniest word play and dialog I've seen for a show. Just because you don't find it humorous, doesn't mean everyone else is pretending to like it because it's "deep" It's a genuinely good show.

[@kingchuckfinley]

Lot of L takes. Like, yeah adult swim was great if you were stoned, but there’s a lot more to a lot of these shows than he even attempts to grasp.

[@unknown6390]

Exactly, this guy obviously can't grasp camp humor to appreciate some of the more obscure and low budget stuff. Funny he enjoyed 12 Oz. Mouse but couldn't enjoy other stuff.

[@rjjackson2044]

@@kingchuckfinleythe way bro talks about smoke makes me think he hasn’t even smelt a big before 😂 don’t know what he takin about w the shows or the substances 😂

[@Spyman23]

Agree

[@Pooky1991]

Metalocalypse was also done by Brandon Small. The same dude who did Home Movies. He is great with music on both shows.

[@thecausalgamer7916]

I always noticed how one of them looked like an Adult home movies Brendan lol

[@LikaLaruku]

I'm from a different generation, but I had a similar experience. In the 90s, we had a block of adult cartoons on MTV that we would stay up late to watch, & they too were weird. Aeon Flux, The Maxx, Liquid Television, Cartoon Sushi, Celebrity Death Match, Dr. Katz, & The Head. Sometimes they'd even play animated movies from the 70s & 80s, like Heavy Metal, Fire & Ice, Rock & Rule, Pink Floyd: The Wall, etc. 🔘 FUN FACTS: 🔘An animator from Liquid Television went on to create Courage the Cowardly Dog, & Robot Chicken is the spiritual successor to Celebrity Death Match. Home Movies was made by the guys who did Dr. Katz.

[@danielramsey6141]

Aww Yeah! Liquid Television! That shit was Lit!!!

[@caiusmadison2996]

Liquid Television should have been released again by now, on DVD, but knowing how networks are these days, 90% of it will get banned from the collection because trivial feelings bullshit reasons.

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

Liquid Television was the adult swim of the 90s. Like a transition age between the era of cartoons being exclusively for kids and families and the TV animation renaissance of the 2000s

[@TheTillmanSneakerReview]

Liquid Television is GOAT status.

[@nicole9volt]

Don’t mention liquid television.. It will melt their minds haha

[@JUJUSJUNLGE]

Adult swim may still be weird but we all love it

[@jadenbryant9283]

It's honestly the only thing still worth watching out of cartoon network

[@nayamorganm8778]

@@jadenbryant9283 it's fuckn weird . Only 3 or 2 shows I could understand. The rest were something else. Don't see how an adult would enjoy these

[@isaiahwalking]

Yeah

[@blackagent4754]

Who's "we"?🗿

[@isaiahwalking]

@@blackagent4754 cringe.

[@l33g3ndar33]

Idk if anyone has already commented on it but the show at 54:48 is called Mission Hill. It's basically about a group of college students and funny situations that happen in their lives. It was another early era Adult Swim show.

[@Mike28625]

The fact that Tom goes to the mayor makes you so upset is what makes it so funny to me. And they you don't see the comedy genius of venture brothers just shows you out.

[@kingchuckfinley]

Loved Tom goes to the mayor. A lot of bad takes here. Missed a lot of shows, and left out MDE.

[@trailersic]

@@kingchuckfinley Yeah plenty of bad takes, and where's SEALAB?

[@someguy3917]

I came here to the comments for this he literally is biased from a little kids point of view

[@TBustah]

Actually, ATHF was always meant to be about them dicking around and basically doing nothing. The show’s creators just used the detective angle as a trojan horse to get it green lit, because they didn’t think the network would want a show like that. That’s why they really only stick to the crime solving stuff for the first few episodes. Anyway, you should give SL2021 another shot. You’d probably appreciate it more now. I’m not that much older than you, and it was probably in my top three back then.

[@theguyinthere]

you know what's i saw sea lab 2021 in 2021 at like 9am one morning up at my dad's and i just laughed cause i never thought i'd make it to that year

[@theinudemon]

I was one of those kids who stumbled into Adult Swim when it first aired. I ran into Sealab 2021 one night, and it wasn't bad to me as a kid. I think I'd love it even more nowadays as you said as an adult. I'm a man in my early 30s.

[@TBustah]

@@theinudemon The block debuted on my 13th birthday: September 2nd, 2001, but I didn’t discover it until about a month later. My family was up late one night in a hotel room while traveling, and we stumbled upon “Mothermonsterman” on TV. My brother and I thought it was the funniest thing ever and would go on to quote half-remembered lines from the episode to each other constantly, but those fifteen minutes were enough to convince our parents to change the channel. XD When we got back from our trip, I managed to find and sneak a coax cable into my room (they didn’t want us to have cable) so that I could watch more. I was pretty good about unplugging it from the wall when I was done watching, but they still found out about it somehow. In retrospect, I probably should’ve unplugged both ends and hidden it, but I thought it blended in well enough with the cables leading to my game consoles that nobody would notice.

[@RJHetherman3]

TV show show u gno is quickly growing to be my fav..

[@caiusmadison2996]

SeaLab 2021 is amazing. It's perhaps the funniest show they actually made then.

[@xxxjordandangerouslyxxx]

Lucy is so underrated. You have to watch it from EP 1 to the last. For it to make any sense because of it's style of witt along with the humor

[@whorror_punx]

Adult Swim had just always been such a great vehicle for new and edgy up and coming writers and animators. The cultural zeitgeist wouldn't be anything the same it is without all these shows and their various influences on future comedians, writers, animators, and artists. Tim and Eric's anti-humor comes to mind immediately. As well as giving several shows that had been previously canceled, a new life. Usually for the better. I know personally, my childhood wouldn't have been the same without Aqua Teen, Home Movies, Mission Hill, Boondocks, Tim and Eric, etc., as well as the more popular shows like KoTH and Futurama.

[@DrunkenLockwood]

Yes there variety shows were dope like my favorites from 2001-2013 South Park Chappelle’s show Family guy The Boondocks Robot chicken American dad Aqua teen hunger force Futurama Squidbilles Wild n Out The Office Metaclalypse King of the hill The Venture Bros Moral Orel. Toonami Dragon Ball Z Cowboy Bebop Samurai Champloo One Piece Big o

[@christopherauzenne5023]

10:27 actually fun fact, it's actually the opposite. the creators wanted to have the characters/show be about them doing whatever they wanted them to do but knew that would be very difficult to pitch so they made the "premise" them being detectives and then slowly moved to them doing whatever.

[@nicole9volt]

Yeah.. not a fan of this video honestly.. I’m tots cool with someone younger making a video about their experience with AS.. But there are some things they give as “fun facts” that are not at all true. I mean… hello… cartoon planet..

[@PharaohYami2]

​@nicole9volt He's probably to young to know about that. I do miss Cartoon Planet all the old Hanna Barbara cartoons that play there 24/7. Or his parents didn't pay the extra to add it to their cable bundle.

[@PharaohYami2]

Okay never mind I was thinking of Bomerang TV. It did the same silky stuff as Cartoon Planet though.

[@LordJamek]

This dude just gave the same argument people give too Xavier Renegade Angel for Tim and Eric and not realize how tone deaf he stated it. Xavier should never get shut down just because it's philosophy humor

[@Unquestionable]

This video is overall weirdly full of bad takes that show absolutely no real research. Aside from the heavy opinion based content his other animation looks don't include nearly to the same extent but also gets the order of things very much wrong. He goes on about Tim and Erik Awesome Show Great Job being what started the surrealism of Adult Swim despite it being like 7-8 years before that era and also acting like it's universally beloved when it's more hit miss than most of the stuff he labeled as "unfunny trash" with no real substance beyond that.

[@pancakes8816]

Nah fuck tim and Eric, one of those bozos got million dollar extreme pulled from air

[@OllieMendes]

Why did you bother making an adult swim retrospective video when you know and appreciate so little of it?

[@y2kween]

Seriously! I'm only 20 minutes into the video & the only thing he liked was ATHF. He seems to hate everything else lmfao

[@BasaAz93]

Me: Yayyyy a video from a fellow Adult Swim enthusiast You: I haven’t heard of, didn’t understand, and haven’t actually watched any of these shows

[@unknown6390]

Yeah this guy is a tool. put barely any effort into covering all the shows and he clearly doesn't get camp humor to appreciate the obscure stuff.

[@Unquestionable]

Yeah an absolute trash video compared to a lot of his other stuff. A shame because I had high hopes but damn was this poor researched.

[@randomzombieontheinternet]

0/10, connerdawaffle never understand the deep and hidden lore behind 12 Oz. Mouse and bro never watch a entire episode of SuperJai, stated that “I watch a few scenes here and there for this video, and for more. I can tell there no real plot” without watching a full episode. JailBot and Golden Joe would disapprove this video>:[

[@MouthJaw]

Adult Swim is like a rite of passage into adulthood while Cartoon Network is finally making shows for teens again and not just lil kids and some big kids.

[@canderia]

You mentioned that Loren Bouchard went on to create Bob's Burgers, but didn't mention that Brendon Small created Metalocolype. He made the music too.

[@Viper-py4pg]

Seriously! He left out some key achievements here xD

[@angrybellsprout]

He also failed to mention how mc Chris was born out of sealab 2021 and athf

[@anniej844]

I was like “bro.. the disrespect 😤”

[@FortisAqua]

As a kid who is about to be an adult (2005) who also lives in the South, I loved squidbillies as much as I loved boondocks. I watched alot of Adult Swim and if anyone else remembers MAD it was Robot Chicken for Cartoon Network during the day. Wild Times that I'm thankful I got to experience.

[@ivantumanov1015]

"Venture Bros went up to 2019?!" it was basically cancelled after like every season and it would take months or years to get a new season the fans really wanted every time

[@marcoantoniodominguezcid1936]

Yeah, you definitely missed a LOT, so much that this video feels like a first impression of sorts🙂 There’s also a LOT more to 12 oz. Mouse than you realize, especially since you haven’t really seen a LOT from the two seasons🙂

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

He should do a part 2.

[@angrybellsprout]

He was too young to get any of it.

[@kingchuckfinley]

@@angrybellsprout yeah that’s what I’m getting from all of this. He shit on a lot of the shows I loved, and I realized he was around 10 when they were on tv. Also, no MDE? Like, I kind of get it, but you don’t have to endorse the ghost of Kiev.

[@Mamimigaming]

​@@kingchuckfinleyhe's subscribed to idubbbz lmao

[@zapcoolman8816]

xavier renegade angel is amazing, the joke density is incredible and it's super cleverly written

[@TheRebelDottie]

The long way of saying, "I don't understand Tom Goes to the Mayor"

[@Wolfkidplayzzz]

Space ghost is just Batman with rights

[@Pikmin442]

I first watched adult swim when I was in early elementary school and was only allowed to watch one show from it, Futurama. Later down the line I got to watch more and more and then when I was high school I started watching Toonami when a friend showed me Attack on Titan and that led me down a fun rabbit hole. It lead me to discover more anime like FLCL, Assassination Classroom, Pop team epic, and Made in Abyss. Adult swim gave me a lot of shows to love and I can't wait to see what they'll have in the future.

[@DarkfoxTamamo_21]

Oh my god same. I got into anime such as Kill La Kill from watching adult swim.

[@glamrockfoxy6667]

The channel is not for kids

[@KyushaNeverKnowsBest]

I love FLCL but only the first 2 seasons

[@Sailor-Khione]

The only adult show I was able to watch at the time was the Simpsons with my dad. I couldn't watch it alone, I had to have my dad with me (it was a rule). Tbh Simpsons is pretty tame compared to other adult shows.

[@DarkfoxTamamo_21]

@@Sailor-Khione the Simpsons had a lesson. While other adult shows did things for either satire or just for the lols

[@vivisheepy5485]

Joe Pera was a really good show. It was funny and unusually sweet for Adult Swim, I'm sad it got cancelled.

[@Parzivle]

I went on a family vacation to Marquette when I was younger and Joe Pera had this amazing way of fully encapsulating the feel of what it’s like to be there. It’s really hard to explain but somehow the show always brings me back to that time of childhood wonderment.

[@Ryderclix]

Joe Pera use to put me to bed also loved the chill vibe

[@carlycarmine3858]

It's a pretty chill show, I liked it well enough

[@ironmaidenjr.8471]

Sleeper hit. I don't know if I'd suggest the Grocery Store episode to anybody watching the show for the first time, though. I'd probably go with Church Announcements to get somebody into the show.

[@carlycarmine3858]

@@ironmaidenjr.8471 That's the only episode I've seen, so I like it

[@ScumsaveChris]

Venture Bros was laced with jokes that the casual viewer would never get.

[@nvanleerdrums]

the first season of superjail is amazing ❤ so much detail in the animation

[@uppishcub1617]

Xavier alternates between deep and stupid, usually staying on the side of stupidity. It has loads of clever jokes though, its on the same level as Futurama when it comes to that.

[@GuideZer0]

Xavier Renegade Angel is one of my favorite Adult Swim shows, not because it's 2deep4u but it's just hilarious. I think Xavier is meant to be a satire of people who have obscure spiritual and philosophical beliefs but are actually just narcissistic blowhards, and the show is well written in that regard. Another show that wasn't mentioned that is my #1 favorite is Mike Tyson Mysteries. I like shows where the main characters are trying to help people but end up making everything worse.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Like how everytime Xavier dies there is A bunch of him in a ditch. Guessing all his failures.

[@gregoryberrycone]

its a great show, but its definitely not for everyone. still this dude was extremely dismissive of it and when he said "comedy can't be smart" (paraphrasing) i died a little inside... like comedy is one of the best outlets for social critique and wit and humor go hand in hand... no idea what the videos creator was thinking with that

[@patweed2909]

@@gregoryberrycone sounds like he's mad at a specific brand of comedy and is using way too broad strokes when talking about it.

[@sheeatpussiandsodoi]

see with ur eyes, not with ur mouth

[@allmightybison5629]

Frisky Dingo was the definite predecessor to Archer. Definitely high on my favorites, has that Megabyte like Reboot villain trying to put up with disappointment as he tries to Dr. Evil bury a hole into the Earth. The whole radioactive ants bit was great too, then there was the whole union of space marine lookin dudes pining hard for flex hours at their job. There's so much characters in it getting built into the show.

[@kingchuckfinley]

I remember downloading all the episodes on Kazaa. I LOVED that show, time to go back and rewatch, been too long.

[@paulyguitary7651]

Frisky Dingo is the spiritual predecessor to Archer. Worth a watch.

[@eclat4641]

Yep .

[@KingYahshua]

Lets be honest, being young and trying to force ourselves to like some of these shows was a common experience lol. Home Movies was definitely a show that garnered more appreciation from us when we grew older. Moral Orel too.

[@thecausalgamer7916]

I genuinely loved a few of them. One show that never got any love or its due was “Baby Blues”

[@gatordragon6140]

Dude the crazy thing about super jail is that later on it actually has a consistent plot line

[@holstonmatt]

oh yeah dont forget the time police, superhell and the ultrajail plotlines

[@giselletorres4156]

Honestly Smiling Friends is just a breath of fresh air in adult animation. Like how a lot of ppl are talking about Smiling Friends, the show could've gone the pessimistic and depressing route like some other shows and end with messages that the world sucks or life is meaningless (*cough* later seasons of Rick and Morty *cough*). Despite the crudeness and abrasiveness of Smiling Friends, in the end of each episode Pim and Charlie managed to make people smile, even if it took... unconventional ways of acieving that lol. The coworkers don't hate each other's guts and the boss actually likes making ppl smile instead of being the "profit over everything" kinda boss. Idk it was just something ppl needed because the beginning of the 2020's was already shitty and depressing on its own. I was a little oversaturated with media and stories reminding me that.

[@legion4te]

I remember the first time i stumbled across Adult Swim was when i was eight and me and my parents were on vacation. I was watching cartoon network before i went to sleep, and then it turned to 9:00 pm. the [adult swim] logo came on the screen, and my dad immediately came in the room and told me to go to sleep. I wasn't actually asleep yet, so i was peeking through my eyes while my dad was watching King of the Hill. However it did not take long for me to close my eyes and go to sleep.

[@elguero281]

I liked Home Movies, to a degree. The reason Adult Swim got this is they needed to build a lineup & this was something they got after UPN only aired 5 episodes & the shows they created were based of Hannah Barbarea properties & parodies

[@solitarycrow]

Watching Adult Swim on your Sony Trinitron CRT TV during the early to mid 2000s past your bedtime was the authentic Adult Swim experience. These were the days I truly felt free from responsibility. Television will never be the same again

[@thecausalgamer7916]

I had to turn the volume down and turn on the closed captioning lol and if i thought my parents were up i’d face away from the tv and pretend i was asleep 😂

[@solitarycrow]

@@thecausalgamer7916 I can relate. In fact, I went a step further, and would smack a black duct tape over the Adult Swim logo on the bottom right. My 8 year old brain thought this was a genius idea.

[@thecausalgamer7916]

@@solitarycrow hey gotta try something lol

[@carwashadamcooper1538]

You missed the absolute weirdest adult swim show ever: Xavier Renegade Angel. IDK how you could possibly miss it!

[@misstressfoxtail05]

Joe Perra talks with you is actually a pretty good show. You should give it a chance.

[@psychobilly42069]

Probably one of the best shows adult swim ever had the honor of airing

[@gupoll]

Agreed

[@deandeaner8567]

seriosuly it is really good

[@evanmorandemos3327]

So sad it got cancelled

[@lancepate]

Dudes opinion lost all value when he didn't give Joe Pera a chance.

[@LikaLaruku]

Sealab 2021 & Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law were my top favorites. Had a big soft spot for Squidbillies too.... It was like an animated mashup of Married With Children, The Addams Family, & 90s MTV. Superjail, Moral Orel, Oblongs, Mighty Boosh... I can't believe how long ago it all was. The old Hanna Barbera characters shouldn't be too alien to older millennials. Cartoon Network used to reair the old shows on Boomerang.

[@sneedmando186]

*Hell yeah Beau got ma TV looky-box!*

[@crotchwolf1929]

Turner Broadcasting had the distribution rights for Hanna Barbara's cartoons and when Cartoon Network first went on air in 1992, the channel's lineup was basically old Hanna Barbara and MGM cartoons. Millennials of a certain age grew up with shows like the Jetsons, The Flintstones and Space Ghosts too.

[@GeminiS...]

Complaining about stereotypes and then saying Boondocks is better than that. Top tier my dude

[@Sootxrs]

OOOO Finally Superjail Coverage. Superjail is such an obscure show that its hard to find alot of media talk on it, and once you take your time to watch it, its really good. The show having no overarching plot really gives time to let the characters be expanded upon, even the side characters that we don't see much like Ash or The Mistress. It really is that Psychedelic trippy show but it uses it to advantage by making everything weird and wacky but not enough to make you lose your mind while watching. And for it being ADD friendly, it 100% is. I have ADD and it have been the first show i can genuinely sit down and watch in full length without getting distracted or feeling like im missing something because of the lack of content. It is my favorite show i have ever seen and im so disappointed it got canceled, but i hope one day we may see a Reboot that holds its same wacky wild style and its goody charm with the characters

[@kingchuckfinley]

Superjail is great, but this is barely coverage. It’s a shame, if this dude was born 5 years later this would have been much better.

[@iotastar]

hell yeah!!!! I really loved Superjail! when i was.. like 16? and although i havent watched it in Ages i can say for sure it was a good show! or... well... definitely a SHOW, anyway ^^;; it isnt "good" in the sense that it has a plot, but its good because its not trying to! it's its own thing and i love it for that ^^ and also, i love superjail! for its humor, but ESPECIALLY animation. i can TOTALLY attest to the ADD thing because i too have add and i couldnt look away from the show! for the humor, my favorite joke (or, the one that sticks out to me most) is the A.S.C.R.A.C joke. i didnt even get it until my sister paused and i saw the whiteboard that had A.S.C.R.A.C written on it. but yeah i could talk about SJ! forEVER because i never see anyone do, but i dont know what else to say! go watch sj if you havent you're missing out

[@bodkie]

Probably said somewhere by someone, but I was surprised it wasn't mentioned that Brendon Small was a creator of Metalocalypse as well as Home Movies.

[@ModernMedusa]

Bruh. You're just gonna say "I don't know why they did this" instead of looking it up? They got cancelled 😂😂

[@KatbotZ]

I KNOW His who video is like this. Wtf is the point of making shit like this if you're just gonna be like IDK!

[@jerky_pal6746]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDING FRISKY DINGO! I watched one episode back in like 2007 and up until now I never knew the name of the show and it always drove me nuts!

[@PineVinyl]

Great work in this! Learned a lot. Also, you mentioning your dad watching cartoons with you was heartwarming. Good stuff!

[@angrybellsprout]

Most of this stuff was made for his dad or people a little younger than that.

[@ill3go]

The fact you said Brock Samsung was the main character of ventures bros and said you were into comedy and not action shows tells me it went right over your head. Venture bros main character isn’t Brock he’s the body guard and the show is historical and is very Rick morty before Rick and morty ever came out you should give it another go it is truly hilarious and loves continuity and serializtion of it’s episodes it has a real plot

[@dakai-kun2248]

Yeah 😂 he completely fumbled when it comes to venture bros, thinking Brock is the main character and not knowing it's a comedy , is really disheartening.

[@dawndishsoap3398]

Aqua teen was originally written to be a "detective bad guy of the week" style show. They started to distance the show from that in ep4 and by ep6 had ditched it all together. The creators did this because that style of show has been done to death and because there is only so many times you can recreate the same plot with mad libbed scenarios before the show would end up just "something to have on so the room isn't quite" The detective template is extremely restrictive, but relying on the characters and their interaction you can do what ever the hell you want, it doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense because it doesn't need to. ANYTHING could happen, and it often did.

[@HandsomeFrogman]

Joe Pera’s show is one of the most emotional experiences I’ve had with TV. When Joe is sad I am sad.

[@aniahliepard]

WAS weird? It still is 😂

[@El-Djazir-Blobfish]

Oh so you're a Scratching Melodii fan? Explain me why did your profile picture cooked uranium cake by species about enriched uranium flour and salt and ice and cocaine,

[@aniahliepard]

@@El-Djazir-Blobfish Hey you gotta win your crush’s heart somehow

[@El-Djazir-Blobfish]

@@aniahliepard I'm literally making a bomb cuz I'm a bomb creator who well has species of CO2 and Uranium, Eletricity, somehow... Fire, Thanks for stealing 10% of our uranium, - Alexchov Kyristy Caused of Chernobyl Meltdown

[@Max-zv8hm]

It SUCKS now.

[@haha-ls1to]

its still weird, but they definitely toned down a lot of stuff on the network, every once in a while on a good night youll hit gold with the perfect bumpers, perfect shows, and all that weirdness.

[@YakkoWarnerTower]

Adult Swim and Family Guy reruns as a 90's and 00's kid was such an zany experience lol. It was mostly more weirder then trying to watch Daria, Beavis and Butthead, KOTH or Family Guy back before Adult Swim existed.

[@danielsanzzz6461]

I remember watching a video animation on KZbin and thinking "this looks like something adultswim would make" not only that, but it was a bit eery as well, it's called 'haha you clowns' and it is aired on adultswim

[@moralfuxery]

2003-5 Adult Swim was some of its better years for sure. I found [as] in 2001 when I was 11, got home from a vacation and got to watch tv late AF and found my way to Aqua Teen.

[@sanictookabum7863]

I can’t believe you threw shade on Xavier Renegade Angel. I think that show is hilarious. It does get uncomfortable at certain points, but it kind of adds to the experience. You don’t have to be stoned out of your mind to enjoy it

[@deandeaner8567]

yeah that show is exceptionally good, I give big props to that one

[@carlycarmine3858]

The animation style is shite though

[@sanictookabum7863]

@@carlycarmine3858 it’s not a looker that’s for sure

[@carlycarmine3858]

@@sanictookabum7863 certainly not, and I never watched it because of the crappy CG

[@sanictookabum7863]

@@carlycarmine3858 lowkey, if you get past the weird animation, you get to witness an absolute marvel of a joke-writing machine

[@four-en-tee]

I like how Connor had to be extremely careful as to not reference Sam Hyde.

[@HolyClownFuckarus]

The candy nun lord himself?

[@HolyClownFuckarus]

You mean dagoth urs avatar

[@kingchuckfinley]

Yoooo glad I’m not the only one who realized this guy is afraid of the ghost of Kiev.

[@whipbiscuit_]

the blatant disrespect for tim and eric resonates with me

[@packers12to80]

It....was.....not good sorry not sorry

[@OliverOnMcdonaldsWiFi]

As somebody who didn’t grow up with Adult Swim or Cartoon Network, going on All 4 and watching these shows like Samurai Jack, King Of The Hill and Robot Chicken has been really entertaining. Great video, keep them going!

[@thecausalgamer7916]

It was so awesome though especially being a kid it felt like you were being bad and doing something you weren’t supposed to do lol

[@OliverOnMcdonaldsWiFi]

@@thecausalgamer7916 yeah, for me I just did the same with movies like Pulp Fiction, just watching movies from the DVD rack when my parents were out 😂

[@kujakubes241]

That gif when you looked at those twitter replies was from a show called Mission Hill, a short-lived cartoon that definitely is worth a watch.

[@danielpayne7140]

2005 Adult Swim introduced me to Fooly Cooly and I'll always love it for giving me that mental illness

[@donaldchristopher2810]

I was 4 years old and I woke up to the show, “The Big O”. And around that time, was the first day I realized I was actually alive and living. You know, like there wasn’t thousands of years before me

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

"I Want Candy" sounds like it bops.

[@TheL1arL1ar]

Weirdly I actually loved Tom goes to the mayor growing up….and to this day I find something very calm about, which my anxiety digs.

[@XzyroKyxala]

Fun fact: When Adult swim first aired they only ran on Thursday and Sunday nights. That was it. I remember it being advertise late at night leading up to it. One night I was watching old cartoons that are\were on boomerang, the next Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

[@thecausalgamer7916]

I remember Sunday were shows like ATHF and etc. but Thursday they showed only Anime

[@nickt4731]

Thanks for the video. I've only watched a couple adult swim shows but this was the best way to experience them all briefly. I can't believe robot chicken has been on so long. I definitely laughed at it when I was a kid. I'm not sure about now though. Regardless, great video. You earned a sub.

[@yotsubafanfan]

I used to watch this in secret as a kid. It was an adrenaline rush watching this on the lowest volume, with a pillow on my lap to catch my laughter. Especially when my Mom got called in to work in the middle of the night. My favorites were Shin Chan, Aqua Team, Early Robot Chicken and Home movies.

[@OGBuddah]

Adult Swim was such a huge part of my life it is awesome to see how others felt about many of the weird shows that aired. Cool video! I even learned a few things.

[@dangalangman7379]

Toonami was it's own block in the 90s airing anime. Adult Swim was airing Inuyasha, Cowbo Bebop, Wolfs Rain, FLCL and a few others like right around when adult swim started fr. Then Toonami got brought back on Adult Swim.

[@angrybellsprout]

Guy wasn't alive for sailor moon toonami.

[@carlycarmine3858]

Most of us weren't,or we were simply too young to really rebel and watch adult swim against our parent's wishes

[@Itsbully06]

you know your on adult swim when you see the four guys standing in front of a street and a guitar riff, with a cold beer popped lid

[@Brewski007]

God damn.. it’s been years since I’ve tuned into the Waffle show I like how you’re still using the old intro! That’s cool And your content style has remained nearly unchanged, also cool I got a lot of binging to do Connor I really do 🗿

[@bigterry5005]

xavier renegade angel done dirty af, but that just means it did its job of tricking you into thinking it's saying something

[@LegoEaterPeter]

Adult Swim is amazing dude, so glad its still going strong

[@AllyJ1141]

My brain might be broken because 12oz Mouse is one of my top 5 favs out of the whole roster of Adult Swim 😂😂😂

[@ShadowMonkey69]

I revisited a ton of these over 2020 and I just laughed so much. I didn't appreciate these shows until later on into my adulthood

[@LikaLaruku]

The Drinky Crow show was based on an obscure comic called Maakies that got popular on the net for a year or two. Seems like it would have been a better property for Telltales Games to use than draw out short strips in an animated series. It was Obscurus Lupa & Phelous that did the review of THE ROOM. The Oblongs felt like a spoof of the Addams Family, the Munsters, & Archie Comics' Carney's.

[@CMmeows]

I encountered Adult Swim the first time through a commercial during Toonami: The Midnight Run-Special Edition on the start of midnight of September 1, 2001(Pacific to Central was August 31, 2001). While I was getting back from a high school football game during my Sophmore Year at the age of 15, I just wanted to catch a few Daft Punk(from Interstella 5555) and Gorillaz music videos. Then came a commercial for AS, and when it was shown, I had to check it out for myself the next day. September 2, 2001 came, and its timeslot originally was 10pm-2am on Sundays and Thursdays. But when I caught Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Brak, Space Ghost, Sealab, and Cowboy Bebop, my mind was blown to how they were able to get away with less youth-friendly programming. 2002 would later have it air Saturdays for anime and Sundays for comedy. 2003 it would air everyday except for Fridays due to Cartoon Cartoon Fridays(which I was still surprised they had a band called Morningwood during a primetime kids block at the time). Then it just played everyday from hereon, yet randomly changed the start of the block from 10pm-6am to 8pm or 9pm-6am. April Fools Day 2012 had a Toonami revival which played every show it use to air during its run on the afterschool slots and Saturday Night primetime blocks, and all of which were episodes they last left off from before switching the shows around. And a bonus being they finally showed the newest episode/season of Tenchi Muyo: Ryo-ohki(now in digital animation). After that happened, fan outcry on social media demanded it come back, and did. Even at one April Fools Day in 2018 where AS/Toonami aired all its anime in Jap dub/English sub. Same for finally airing a formerly banned episode of Outlaw Star that year in February. AS had its own original shows, some taken from FOX(with the acception of American Dad defecting to TBS for new episodes and reran on AS), showing 80s/90s sitcoms and/or Saturday Morning shows(Saved by the bell and Peewee's Playhouse), a show from the BBC(which later spawned a meme about one of the characters who loved drinking Bailey's), anime, old shows that gained a cult following(Symbionic Titan & Samurai Jack), and other shows that were great(Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell, Joe Pera, YOLO, Primal, & Smiling Friends). And for 21 years, still at it. Probably the only block thats kept on and still going.

[@kandikidzora]

Toonami and midnight run was my life!! A person on here by the channel name rinse repeat actually has a midnight run block up and I have been falling asleep to it for months now and it’s the best nostalgic hug you could ever ask for

[@Chatetris]

World Peace was legit one of my fav modern shows.

[@sshadyh]

when I was a kid I was so unnerved by animation style where static lines are always jittering, i’m kinda glad I was too young at the time to have seen it air on adult swim, I was born 2001

[@shookjin1149]

just some thoughts: squidbillies, superjail, robot chicken, and metalocalypse used to scare the shit out of me as a kid but i appreciate their charm now. just something about their animation creeped me out, especially squidbillies 😭 I remember when toonami would come on and there was this anime called shin-Chan and while it seemed cute at first glance, the dialogue and characters were super bizarre and it was definitely not for children but i loved it 🤩 i also remember watching the boondocks cuz i thought it was legit anime and whenever they would say the n-word i would be so shocked cuz i never knew “anime” could say that word 😂 also I would highly recommend you look up the Japanese dub of the boondocks, it’s…something 😭 Another show I loved was home movies, just something about that show gives me extreme nostalgia and it would always calm me for some reason, i think maybe the soft animation and voices made my adhd self calm down ATHF, family guy, the eric andre show were some of my favorite shows to watch in general on adult swim and my current favorite one has to be smiling friends, just something about that show is so charming ☺️ Also can’t believe you didn’t mention loiter squad! Another adult swim classic that was similar to tim and Eric with the fact that they would do different skits and one of the main people on that show was Tyler, the creator Overall, adult swim had some great shows and I always get nostalgia from seeing a show I used to watch as a kid, especially since I was a night owl and would always stay up late, adult swim definitely has a place in my heart ❤

[@infern1491]

Metalocalypse used to scare me to lol

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

I'm shocked metalpocoylpse had A movie.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

The Shivering Truth is a show i've really enjoyed lately, absolutely crazy but genius at the same time! really missed these types of crazy claymation shows some of my favourite as a kid was like GOGS and Plasmo so seeing The Shivering Truth was just refreshing and instantly got me hooked right away

[@gupoll]

The Shivering Truth is one of the greatest shows of all time. Not because it’s just weird, but it’s weird with purpose and actually had things to say. Same with XRA.

[@eclat4641]

That one was cool

[@beotree]

the production value on this video is amazing

[@WingManFang1]

Frisky Dingo was hilariously priceless. Think of Archer only in a parallel dimension and he has an alien super villain arch enemy who’s actually his best friend and the MC, they just keep fighting because….fuck it.

[@Sharkman27]

Frisky Dingo was hilarious! Predecessor to Archer. Highly recommend if you've never watched, quick watch only 2 seasons

[@retrogamesmadeeasy8058]

You missed Baby Blues. It was a great show. My very first time watching Adult Swim I was 12 or 13. The segments were literally Adults Swimming. Like, elderly adults in a inside pool and skits would include lifeguard whistles and swimming coaches. It was strange.

[@thecausalgamer7916]

That show never got the love it deserved it was genuinely a good show as a kid i loved it.

[@AAAlpherior]

"it's literally anime, it's perfect"

[@plumlineltd7585]

Frisky dingo is one of the best adult swim shows ever made.

[@kandikidzora]

God I loved and still do love Home Movies! My sophomore year of high school in 2002 me and my acting group for drama class basically did monologues and scenes from the show damn near the whole year till our teacher was like enough of this shit.. so the rest of the year we used ATHF. Being 15,16 at the beginning on Adult Swim was literally the perfect time! This video is amazing! I just stumbled on your channel and hit the subscribe button so damn fast! YOU HAVE TO WATCH LUCY!!! Seriously!!! And FRISKY DINGO IS ALSO A MUCH WATCH

[@ratking9577]

You forgot to mention Space Ghost is the reason Adult Swim exists in the first place. It was created in 1994 for Cartoon Network originally and was the first show by Williams Street (guys behind [adult swim]) Edit: also as a 12 oz Mouse/XRA enjoyer I like those shows because they’re dumb idk where everyone got the idea there was some deep philosophical meaning from

[@angrybellsprout]

He doesn't get that shows like space ghost and Johnny quest were on cartoon network in the 90s before they had a chance to create their own content.

[@animejunkynumero1XD]

When I was about 8 or 10 I snuck to watch adult swim to watch Inuyasha, and that was my first anime ever. Thats how my love for anime grew

[@Joni-C137]

When I was younger we didn't have Cartoon Network on our cable provider,but some of my family members did,and when I went to them,I loved watching CN so much,and sometimes I just couldn't sleep and that's the way I found Adult Swim,I was disturbed at first with what was on there,but then I actually started to like it,Adult Swim just feels so nostalgic for me

[@sneedmando186]

10:25 he said the thing! I found Adult Swim in the Space Ghost/ Cowboy Bebop era. Adult Swim, like Toonami, really was an early influence on Lofi and the After Hours aesthetic. It pushed the envelope for the time, and was creative. This was before Samurai Champloo. The classic bumps with break beat, drum n bass, and jazz hop. Minimalist program cards. Good memories, really set the standard.