Why Moral Orel Actually Got Cancelled (and how it affected the 3rd season)

[@seohrene]

everyday i grieve the fact that this show was cancelled and just being reminded of what coudve been 😔

[@AmyGrape-wc9uy]

Unfortunately i wasn't allowed to watch the show while it aired, but my husband and I LOVE this show now and watched it over quite a few times. I bet they could bring it back and get people to watch and talk about it.

[@Jamie-qv7iu]

rare “let’s start a podcast” w. this series rules and you guys are incredibly insightful i would love to see you guys talk about the actual theology in moralton and how the dynamics of faith work. i know it’s simplified for satirical reasons but i think digging deeper there is interesting cognitive dissonance when it comes to their genuine (deep down ingenuine?) belief in hell!

[@salthesteamengine]

12:07 this is one of my fave aspects of the show. at first the characters are archetypes filling their roles in the world seen through orel's eyes, then once we are shown their perspectives each character has their own gut punch to give us but in a nuanced and insightful way. and here i was convinced that wasn't possible in the early 2000s lol.

[@stardancer8769]

Would love closed captions on this video, great job putting it together though. :)

[@langesntsteeno]

Found about Morel Orel in 2019, been watching it non-stop every day since. My favorite character is Dottie. Hyped to see more people as autistically obsessed with this show as I am. LMAO

[@siobhanroberts2329]

I was one of the 5 people Dino mentions. I made specifically sure to catch new episodes. I'm glad people are finally talking about it. Time for a rewatch. ETA: A bunch of you seem to have been literally children when you saw this. 1. I am old now. 2. Did no one else's parents watch their tv shows with them?

[@MoraltonUniversity]

It's an honor to meet a fandom elder... on average the Moralton U crew was around Shapey's age when the show first aired. It seemed to have hit a resurgence once it was put on streaming around 2020. None of us watched the show back when we were kids, but we're all over it now that we can really appreciate it!

[@mesbalkema9996]

I was an already traumatized child with insomnia watching it on adult swim 😂😂😂 so many favorite shows discovered that way 😂😂😂 I was 10 when it first aired and watched every episode 😂

[@ooogaboooga-d3m]

i was a literal baby when the show first aired. i was watching rated R movies young tho. parents don't seem to care about what media a child consumes where im from

[@siobhanroberts2329]

@MoraltonUniversity Just imagine me looking wizened lol. It being on streaming makes this make a lot of sense. I'm in Canada so I can think of one local service that might have it but I'd have to sign up through the local cable company. Luckily my partner has whatever a plex server is so I can watch whatever I want.

[@siobhanroberts2329]

@mesbalkema9996 LOL, this is how I discovered Jerry springer and In Living Color. The former is very bad and the latter is very good. My parents didn't like either. 😂

[@liallialcroc]

nature traumatized me as a like 7 or 8 year old kid who stayed up late watching tv, i was shocked they k!lled the dog

[@Emperor-Quill]

Moral Orel walked so every sad adult show could run.

[@Imscaredofeverything]

Moral Orel ran so they could hike.

[@acedeers]

I haven’t even watched moral orel, but i’ve watched SO MANY video essays about it that i’ve basically seen it lol i definitely need to get around to actually watching it but i adore these types of videos and will indulge myself with these first hehe

[@hydroarchonfaker]

it's all on youtube just so you know. You can watch it all on here. It's how I watched it.

[@birchtree_6]

it’s legitimately so good and it’s accessible

[@raestiffler5859]

I started watching Moral Orel back when it first aired! I was around 10/11 years old. I caught here and there when I was up late enough to see it. I never paid much attention, then I decided to watch it as an adult 2 years ago and have decided it’s one of the best shows ever made animated or not. I really wish Dino would have e been allowed to finish the story like he wanted. I watched it multiple times and now keep my eye out for channels on here that talk about the show, there aren’t a whole lot of them, which is a shame!

[@PseudonymousCorvid]

So I was around 8 or 9 when the show ended, and yes watching Adult Swim way too young, and i just never enjoyed it as a kid because I didn't really understand any of it that I watched, however you all have shown me just how much was going on behind the scenes, and I'm going to watch it. (I really only caught random eps) Thank you all for contributing to the Fandom, and your video has been really good so far!

[@homeopathicfossil-fuels4789]

I have never watched a single episode of this but watching how you people can get together and make almost as much content commenting on it as seemingly produced of it by its creators warms my heart. That there are still niche channels like this, also I find the discussions you come to during this so relevant that they warm my little, frozen, shrunk down engineer's heart towards the humanities again.

[@behrskull7336]

I watched it as it aired, maybe 3rd grade in 05? I love the town and the script, foley, the puppingtons + block, but two characters that have always been my favorites during rewatching are Stopframe and Joe.

[@unknownname328]

23:50 I agree we can talk about this things more today than when moral oral was airing, but from what little I’ve seen of tuca and bertie (plus it being from the same creators are bojack) I feel like it makes sense for that audience to be open to depictions of this than moral oral’s viewers

[@merbst]

Growing up I was Orel, now I am Clay, but divorced.

[@deckond]

such a goated video thank you moralton university

[@jonahhex18]

I watched this show when i was way too young, and i think it changed my perception of life

[@borntodiy]

Very cool to have stumbled across the first episode of this

[@lindsey.13]

didn’t this channel used to have more videos a while back? i may be misremembering edit: think im wrong because i wasn’t subscribed to this channel and i probably would have been id it was the one i was thinking of. i am now subscribed to this channel and excited to binge these videos!

[@lolopez8319]

moral orel ran from 2005 to 2008? i thought it ran in the 2020s because I started seeing it everywhere. wow

[@aI3xx0]

oh this is good...oh i like this...

[@deviantfuckingrat]

hyeh HI

[@puddingman3481]

52:03 It's because the smart [as] viewers (12 oz. Mouse fans) got ran off 😔

[@stemcellwhoax]

i loved this show while it was airing and it crushed me that they decided to cancel it. it’s still one of my favorites. i always recommend it to people who want something to watch after bojack. so many people haven’t been introduced to this show and it’s sad.

[@sunwarecorp]

ohhhhh god im autistic

[@sunwarecorp]

im seven minutes into this and i cant stop stimming

[@holeecoree]

Me too oh god

[@DooDoo-f4v]

​@@holeecoreeI don't need a stimulus check with all these stimies 🤌

[@aliaab123]

I'm autistic too.

[@BongoSeason]

This show is worth obsessing over and I’m glad newer generation fans of animation are still finding value in it. 🤝🏾

[@totallysanesimon]

i heart morelton university

[@AbsoluteFruit]

God bless this podcast

[@artemys5197]

I have to see these scripts but woooo from how you talked about them it sounds like the series was gonna be so good! It would be nice yo have a shift from orel to all the other characters. I love orel but having more wpisodes from each of them sounds AMAZING. I've recently watched the series after starting your bloberta video, and I've been blown back by how good it is. Nthwre are sl many topics that are handled with such care and respect.... Obviously Alone but even less heavy stuff is treated wonderfully, like the episode with Florence. God i love this show and your videos

[@cattuow]

I love this podcast omg i needed this thanks ❤❤❤

[@castielabloodwings6301]

My favorite character is Danielle 😅 idk as a slutty trans gay man that grew in an evangelical household idk some of his traits are very much me before coming out(?) idk I just relate

[@isabelfernandes778]

💜💜💜

[@Flower_Mom]

Everyone in these comments saying how young they were when this show was airing. I was in high school. I feel ancient.

[@cecedavi_]

0:56 i cannot relate to anything more than the first 50 secs of this video. i’m obsessed with this show and soooooo so excited that i found this space. inching my way through season 3 now cause i don’t want it to end 🥲

[@Cinderwings_]

Thank you for feeding my moral addiction with your addiction ❤

[@Cinderwings_]

I saw moral orel upon release on adult swim as a kid. It dipicted what it intended to way too well speaking as a girl from the bible belt midwest. I was a kid sneaking down to watch the first in the, now several, futurama cancelation marathons and moral orel's premier came on just before the start. I didnt understand it as satire but instead a genuine depiction of the depression felt within small town communities. Now understanding the jokes as an adult, I see how at the time lot of people would have been confused at where the joke was. I thought it fit right in with adult swim who tackled lots of taboo topics, so I didn't question it. I prefered it to the gore as the quiet horror and dread felt more exciting when I was sneaking downstairs to watch late at night.

[@mesbalkema9996]

I bet HBO would pick the series up for a 3rd season....

[@drago_melon]

is there any way to join these convos abt moral orel😭😭😭? moralton university server petition, i have many thoughts on this show omfg. i have too many thoughts to even put in this comment ive already liked/watched all of your videos and i rewatch the show and reread the scrapped scripts so often. i love putty & i hope you guys explore him/the faith in moralton in general esp in the lens of someone who grew up very christian. this show hits SUUUUCH a harsh blow so close to home for me. thank u guys for your words and analyses on these amazing characters, and too very unbiased takes even. ALSO AS AN AUTISTIC PERSON: i literally felt JUST like orel growing up + reaching an epiphany around my parents similar to nature 1 & 2. i appreciate the open discussion of this series, y’all are great ❤

[@MoraltonUniversity]

Good news - just by commenting, you're already contributing to the conversation! We love hearing people's thoughts and will definitely be making future content based on our subscribers' suggestions, so keep an eye out!

[@lordafrica1347]

GOD I LOVE MORAL ORAL DO DANG MUCH, also dino denies any influence from david and Goliath, but i think hes fulla shit. Love the channel, the videos and i pray there will be a discord open to the community

[@marcydawn0_o]

OFHFJFHF F I LOVE THIS ANALYSIS SO MUCH THIS IS SO COOL!!!!

[@deviantfuckingrat]

heh.. hey pookster

[@jonathanwilkinson4299]

Hot take. I am glad they ended it at 3 seasons. The original plan was to make Miss Censordoll a literal witch who cast a spell on Clay to make him shoot Orel. I think that would rob the show of it's legendary moment. Also I am a fan of the supernatural elements of this show like the zombies. I think this show is better the more grounded it is. Once we bring up witches with super powers that make the bad characters do the bad things that they do. It kind of ruins it for me.

[@yoweedmofo19897]

Totally agreed. I just watched it all this week after discovering this channel. I can understand why someone would want more of the show, but what we were given was kind of perfect. There were some loose ends for sure but for the most part every character's arc was tied up pretty nicely, to where we can speculate confidently on where they end up going forward (e.g. Pastor and his daughter, Joe and Nurse Bendy, etc.), and I really wouldn't have enjoyed the "witch" supernatural elements of the show either (removing blame from characters for their own actions is far less powerful than explaining their actions in the context of their own lives).

[@stemcellwhoax]

omg i never heard of that being the plan.

[@artemys5197]

Can I see where you heard that? If that was the case then that's a shit plan but you may excuse me if I have my doubts

[@cultreader9751]

I don't think your commentary re:the adult swim execs is entirely correct. They LOVED Nature and specifically requested darker, more serious episodes after it.