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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 11:37 PM
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I wish Adult Swim would bring Moral Orel back.
Edited on Wed Jun-03-09 11:37 PM by LostInAnomie
That really was one of the best cartoons ever made. It took a childish genre to dark and contemplative places. It had better writing than almost any real show on TV.

This is my favorite clip: http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a2505951d8bc25a011d97d5e3b300a9

It's not a funny clip, but it is amazingly well written.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 11:40 PM
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1. Moral Orel was AWESOME
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 11:43 PM
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2. The last few episodes were amazing.
The one's where Clay (the Dad) thinks Bloberta is having an affair, the one where you get to see why Clay and Bloberta married, and the one were you get to see why Clay is so messed up. Amazing writing in all three that probably deserved some kind of award.

It was also a really funny show. Very undeservedly cancelled.
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EndersDame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 05:10 AM
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3. I was amazed when Orel discovered meditation and Awareness.
Truly thought provoking
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 06:00 AM
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4. It's showing up here on Teletoon Detour
I guess I need to start watching it, huh.
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:31 AM
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5. I want more Venture Brothers and Robot Chicken!
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:44 AM
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6. why would it get cancelled?
Edited on Thu Jun-04-09 10:45 AM by Blue_Tires
it was dark, uncomfortable and frequently disturbing, but it was still one of the better AS shows...

if i ever lose Tim and Eric, there will be nothing left to watch...
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 10:46 AM
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7. Oh, yeah... Moral Orel was hysterical...
As were The Oblongs.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 11:42 AM
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8. i should also add
Moral Orel is the type of subversive brilliance that only get born from years of bush/fundie rule...
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Mojo_electro Donating Member (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 01:47 PM
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9. it's cancelled?
I coulda sworn I saw Moral Orel on AS last night? Could be wrong.
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 01:51 PM
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11. I've seen it recently on the cartoon channel, too.
Having not seen all episodes, I don't know if it was a rerun or not.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 03:27 PM
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13. They still show it, but they quit making new ones last year.
They kind of ended it in a way that would make it really hard to bring it back.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 01:49 PM
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10. I like Squidbillies myself.
That show is so fucked up. Unfortunately, it's not on as often any more. Maybe they're making a bunch of changes on Adult Swim?
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 01:51 PM
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12. Squidbillies is superb. "Dan Halen". Hahah!
:D
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 03:33 PM
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14. After watching the episode "Alone" I can figure out why they cancelled it.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 04:22 PM
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15. That's what the creator said about that episode too.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 05:13 PM
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16. You have to admit it was a pretty fucked up episode.
Not in the artistic David Lynchesque "fucked up" in good sense of the term, just fucked up.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 05:29 PM
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17. The last season was really dark.
That was always the intention of the creator though. He wanted to show that even with some of the worst possible backgrounds it's still possible for something good to exist. Almost all of the characters have something horrible in their background that has twisted them into what they are. Most of them turn to faux-morality and self righteousness as a means to cover their own self-loathing.

If you've watched the whole series you understand it almost has to be that way.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 05:42 PM
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19. yeah
it went some dark places, and I think it handled it quite well. It didn't hit you over the head with stuff, at least in the final season. It was a brilliant portrait of how a well meaning and completely good kid can eventually be twisted by all the bullshit; but it also showed how they can rise above it. I like Orel's expression at the end (before the "future" shot).

And it avoided total cynicism as well. The preacher and his daughter, the nurse and her son, there were little bits of happiness sown in there that complimented the tone well.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 05:36 PM
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18. It ended.
Or at least, IMHO it was a good place to end it. I would have loved to see more of them, no doubt, but I think the culmination of the third season did a good job of wrapping it up, if you had to find a place. I think doing more after that might have been anticlimactic.


Still, I'd definitely watch them if they started making more
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-04-09 05:44 PM
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20. Bring back fucking Toonami!
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mduffy31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-05-09 05:32 AM
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21. Two Words
Frisky Dingo
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