Smiling Friends - did u smile

[Spergichu]

whats really funny is every time smiling friends gets renewed it's with the caveat that youre going to have to suffer thru their attempts to grab the very lucrative female stoner demographic with stuff like Birdgirl and Oh God Yes, like im all for trying to manifest Saints Row 2 Shaundi into reality but give it up already

At least this time we also happen to get joe cappa too. I can't wait to listen to Delicate Steve at the start of every episode.

 

[Commander X]

good on them, and honestly its crazy how Adult Swim originally passed on this show and only accepted it because they had no better ideas to fill the time slot by that point. if the people in charge weren't such fags we could have had this show way back in 2016.

You just don't understand the [AS] executives brilliant plan to ignore the "people who enjoy animation" demographic and chase after fat white girls who claim to enjoy "comedy" with incredibly lame live-action sketch shows, lame cartoons centered around a dumb rapper that may or may not last nine episodes, and more terrible FLCL sequels.

 

[Likely]

You just don't understand the [AS] executives brilliant plan to ignore the "people who enjoy animation" demographic and chase after fat white girls who claim to enjoy "comedy" with incredibly lame live-action sketch shows, lame cartoons centered around a dumb rapper that may or may not last nine episodes, and more terrible FLCL sequels.

Because those losers actually sit through ads. AS is basically the Stoner Entertainment Hour
And broadcast/cable TV is a declining medium, so it's a race to the bottom

By the way, good animation is expensive and every time they try, you faggots all moan about how great it is. And then it gets 17 fucking viewers and the accountants come through and ask the producers why they set a pile of money on fire.

Scavengers Reign is a perfect example. An actual animation-nerd animation, won awards, best-of list by literally everyone, cancelled after one season because nobody watched it and on netflix it's still not pulling the numbers it needs. And by the way, piracy is a huge part of the problem, because nobody pirates like animation fans.

Internet-first mediums like the youtube animation scene (and what it's birthed, such as Amazing Digital Circus and Hazbin Hotel) are a glimpse into a bright and renewed future for adult animation. I'm not particularly a fan of those shows, but they have found serious success bootstrapping on Youtube. Hell, even Smiling Friends came from that youtube/internet world.

 

[Anorexic Robot]

while i’m really happy to see youtube animators have success on their TV show, it kinda upsets me how adult swim couldn’t renew world peace.

oh well, i’m just gonna chris chan sigh and move on

Nick and Charles mentioned on a recent stream that the show is done and the release has been delayed because some networks called looking to buy it. So who knows they might end up back on tv after all

 

[Buster Scruggs]

I’m still waiting for a clown cameo from “Clown Robbery”, but other than that I’m so happy for Zach to finally have his own successful show, especially with all the shit that happened with Hellbenders when that deal fell through.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]

Nick and Charles mentioned on a recent stream that the show is done and the release has been delayed because some networks called looking to buy it. So who knows they might end up back on tv after all

that’s good news.

would be really funny in the ultimate twist of events, adult swim buys back world peace 2

 

[Nikes_JustDoIt]

 

[Sneak 'n' Snore]

Late as fuck but I only now realized Smiling Friends has succesfully become what OK K.O. failed to be in that Zach and friends can reference whatever they want and it works while OK K.O. went belly up while doing crossovers with things like Sonic the Hedgehog or Captain Planet, not even counting all the other things they reference.

 

[Rob Wolchek]

Because those losers actually sit through ads. AS is basically the Stoner Entertainment Hour
And broadcast/cable TV is a declining medium, so it's a race to the bottom

TV is a declining medium in the sense that executives haven't figured out the key to retaining viewership. I think the more they greenlight shows like this, the more potential it has to bring new growth to [AS]. I have been a big fan of this network, even though it pumps out shit from time to time. There's something important about retaining this sort of "culture" if I could call it that. But they need to make it more accessible, adult swim would thrive if they could broadcast their cable network feed online to the masses, monetizing off ads they shove in between/after shows. But that's a pipe dream, Discovery wouldn't do it. It would work regardless.

Spoiler: More autistic shit

When [AS] had the Space Ghost Stream going for its 20th fucking whatever anniversary, it sometimes pulled in 10k viewers. They could easily 10x that with a normal feed.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

Scavengers Reign is a perfect example. An actual animation-nerd animation, won awards, best-of list by literally everyone, cancelled after one season because nobody watched it and on netflix it's still not pulling the numbers it needs. And by the way, piracy is a huge part of the problem, because nobody pirates like animation fans.

Internet-first mediums like the youtube animation scene (and what it's birthed, such as Amazing Digital Circus and Hazbin Hotel) are a glimpse into a bright and renewed future for adult animation. I'm not particularly a fan of those shows, but they have found serious success bootstrapping on Youtube. Hell, even Smiling Friends came from that youtube/internet world.

Scavengers Reign has the unfortunate circumstance of being released on HBO Max with little to no promotion. There are many times where these shows and movies just get dumped on these services with little notice towards anyone. It could have stayed on YouTube, or done something like go to Tubi, or even did what Smiling Friends did and maybe join Adult Swim. That's how Tuca & Bertie lasted longer than expected. (Season 1 is on Netflix, Seasons 2 and 3 are on HBO Max, lol). But that's not what happened.

I saw this on HBO Max from a relative's account. But I'm not expecting anyone to subscribe to HBO Max, watch the show and then keep that subscription. That's like buying a video game console for one game.

 

[A Wumpa Fruit]

I would like to remind everyone of the origins of the eighteen year old Jason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mxmrDysYgk

I thought for the comments that it was the boss as a baby with his abusive father

 

[A Wumpa Fruit]

good on them, and honestly its crazy how Adult Swim originally passed on this show and only accepted it because they had no better ideas to fill the time slot by that point. if the people in charge weren't such fags we could have had this show way back in 2016.

they didn´t gave us amazing shows with full pilots like Eltingville club, but now they are giving us smiling friends season 3, it´s their redemption arc, very good

 

[Lone MacReady II]

You just don't understand the [AS] executives brilliant plan to ignore the "people who enjoy animation" demographic and chase after fat white girls who claim to enjoy "comedy" with incredibly lame live-action sketch shows, lame cartoons centered around a dumb rapper that may or may not last nine episodes, and more terrible FLCL sequels.

AS died when they allowed one Stein article to kill off World Peace. Which mike lazzo (old aqua teen/space ghost alumni) said was going to be their next big thing. Jews Rule Rock!

Spoiler: More autistic shit

When [AS] had the Space Ghost Stream going for its 20th fucking whatever anniversary, it sometimes pulled in 10k viewers. They could easily 10x that with a normal feed.

I was there lol.

 

[deeman]

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

If Null was asked to do a cameo on the show 1, do you think he'd do it and 2, what do you think it would be as?

with incredibly lame live-action sketch shows, lame cartoons centered around a dumb rapper that may or may not last nine episodes, and more terrible FLCL sequels.

while i agree, Tim and Eric's show being so beloved (and getting John C Reily at his height to frontline a spin off) is mostly responsible for the live action stuff that was mostly dogshit.

And broadcast/cable TV is a declining medium, so it's a race to the bottom

as much as people bitch the wine aunt demo is probably their best bet because they A. have to be braindead enough to still have cable or b. not have ad blocker installed. It reminds me of how when they brought back bevis and butthead to MTV back in the early 2010s it was a Trump-era Rosanne style mega hit for the network. a revival that doesn't skip a beat and manages to get ratings better than anything else the network has in the time slot. But they still canceled B&B and according to Mr.Judge himself its entirely because the demo that gave it such high ratings was outside of the demo that usually buys shit from commericals, and he used the example of how fox news has amazing ratings but because its average viewer is over 70 they're worth 1% what some Jersey Shore bro is to advertisers.

Like as much as everyone here loves smiling friends, we aren't going to buy whatever dogshit they sell during the commercials (if we even see them!) whereas whatever dumb whore watches birdgirl will 100% buy (on a credit card!) whatever bullshit they show on the tv.

mike lazzo

i love that guy, he literally looks like the guy who runs adult swim and would in fact think World Peace is the next big thing.

 

[RollerGator]

Internet-first mediums like the youtube animation scene (and what it's birthed, such as Amazing Digital Circus and Hazbin Hotel) are a glimpse into a bright and renewed future for adult animation.

Those shows are faggoty garbage almost exclusively watched by autistic teenage girls though.

 

[ReasonablyRetarded]

The newest episode felt very short, but between the typical Zach "big fat greasy guy who pukes" & drawing out the conversation during the final joke and the theramin bit it was pretty fucking funny.

The trip-out sequence was very cool but in such a short runtime show it kind of felt stall-y.

 

[LobsterBoy669]

The newest episode made itself with the last joke. I didn't laugh at it for most of the runtime (though the drug trip sequence was really well animated, it was genuinely impressive work).

But then you get to that last joke, which was actually set up earlier in the episode, and all of it just clicks. Everything was building up to that reveal.

The thing about this show is that it doesn't have to be a laugh-a-minute crazy gonzo show, though it has and can be. And it doesn't need to be a cerebral situational comedy, though it has and can be. It can really have any kind of story, so long as it makes you laugh at some point.

I enjoyed every minute of the Gwimbly episode, and the Shrimp episode, and the Alan episode, they were really funny the entire time. This episode was kinda lackluster for most of its runtime, but then made me laugh really, really hard at the end.

Both of those approaches are good. I like being surprised, and this show manages that when it wants to do so. The fact that it can do "gonzo crazy comedy the whole time" and also do "slow build up to a stupid punchline" and make both of those approaches work? This show is going to be legendary, the kind of thing that gets referenced 20 years from now.

 

[Neighborhood Curmudgeon]

I'm still loving this show! Honestly, it's one of the very few current network shows I enjoy these days. Of course, I just watch the episodes online.

 

[HodgePodgeRogerDodger]

It's a fucking Looney Tunes cartoon, chill out.

IT’S CALLED SMILING FRIENDS AND THEY DIDN’T MAKE ANYONE SMILE!!!

The newest episode made itself with the last joke. I didn't laugh at it for most of the runtime (though the drug trip sequence was really well animated, it was genuinely impressive work).

But then you get to that last joke, which was actually set up earlier in the episode, and all of it just clicks. Everything was building up to that reveal.

The thing about this show is that it doesn't have to be a laugh-a-minute crazy gonzo show, though it has and can be. And it doesn't need to be a cerebral situational comedy, though it has and can be. It can really have any kind of story, so long as it makes you laugh at some point.

I enjoyed every minute of the Gwimbly episode, and the Shrimp episode, and the Alan episode, they were really funny the entire time. This episode was kinda lackluster for most of its runtime, but then made me laugh really, really hard at the end.

Both of those approaches are good. I like being surprised, and this show manages that when it wants to do so. The fact that it can do "gonzo crazy comedy the whole time" and also do "slow build up to a stupid punchline" and make both of those approaches work? This show is going to be legendary, the kind of thing that gets referenced 20 years from now.

I’ve liked every episode, but it feels like the episodes are cut short.