Cartoon Network has this segment called Adult Swim on every Sunday and Thursday night. It can essentially be categorized as "neurotic cartoons written by weird adults for other weird adults." As a weird adult, I'm a fan. There's Home Movies, which is brought to you by the same folks who brought you the now-defunct Dr. Katz cartoons. It features the same style of "shaky" animation and exceptionally funny, droll dialogue. Those folks of Katz fame are in it, too. Jonathan Katz does the voice of the main character's best friend's father, and H. Jon Benjamin (who was Ben Katz on Dr. Katz) voices Coach McGurk, the soccer coach with "anger management" issues. Apparently, the show started out as a prime-timer on UPN, but got cancelled. Goes to show you what kind of taste UPN has. These are the people responsible for the new Buffy series, for chrissakes. *stands firm, waiting to be flogged by 'Buffy' fans* I don't care what anyone says. I hate Buffy, and I fail to understand why it's reached cult-classic popularity levels. However, if you're reading, and you're a 'Buffy' fan and feel the need to explain to me why you feel it's something more than a waste of airwaves, send in your arguments. If anyone manages to convince me that it's worth my while, I'll mail them a present. I digress. Back to Adult Swim ... If anyone's really looking for a show that makes their eyes squint in bewilderment, and makes them turn to whomever happens to be in the room to say, "What the hell is this?", watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It's an animated series about fast food menu items that fight crime. Whaaaaaaaa?
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