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Squidbillies

Squidbillies is an American adult animated sitcom created by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim.[1] An unofficial pilot for the series aired on April 1, 2005. The series later made its official debut on October 16, 2005 and ended on December 13, 2021, with a total of 132 episodes over the course of 13 seasons.

Squidbillies
The Cuyler family. From the left: Rusty, Granny, Early and Lily.
GenreAdult animation
Animated sitcom
Satire
Surreal humour
Redneck comedy
Created byJim Fortier
Dave Willis
Voices ofStuart Daniel Baker (2005–19)
Tracy Morgan (2021)
Daniel McDevitt
Dana Snyder
Patricia French
Charles Napier (uncredited; 2005–06)
Bobby Ellerbee (2006–21)
Todd Hanson
Scott Hilley (2005–14)
Pete Smith
Narrated byDave Willis (select episodes)
Music byBilly Joe Shaver
various artists
ComposersDavid Lee Powell
Shawn Coleman
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons13
No. of episodes132 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersKeith Crofford
Mike Lazzo
ProducersJim Fortier
Dave Willis
Ned Hastings
Phil Samson
Alan Steadman
Melissa Warrenburg
Running time11 minutes
22 minutes (episode 60)
Production companiesWilliams Street
Radical Axis (2005–2011)
Awesome Inc (2012–2021)
Original release
NetworkAdult Swim
ReleaseOctober 16, 2005 (2005-10-16) –
December 13, 2021 (2021-12-13)
Related
Anime Talk Show
Carl's Stone Cold Lock Of The Century Of The Week

The series is about the Cuyler family, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly mud squids living in the Georgia region of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The series revolves around the exploits of an alcoholic father (Early), who is often abusive in a comedic way towards his family. His son, Rusty, is desperate for his approval; his mother and grandmother, known in the show as Granny, is often the center of his aggression; and Lily, Early's sister, is mostly unconscious in a pool of her own vomit.

The series also airs in syndication in other countries and has been released on various DVD sets and other forms of home media.

Setting and premise edit

Squidbillies follows the exploits of the Cuyler family and their interactions with the local populace, which usually results in a fair amount of destruction, mutilation, and death. The Cuylers are essentially given free rein and protected from the consequences of their actions whenever possible by their crudely-drawn friend, the Sheriff (whose name is "Sharif"), as they are said to be the last twisted remnants of a federally protected endangered species, the "Appalachian Mud Squid". They live in the southern Appalachian Mountains located in the North Georgia mountains. At the epicentre of this rural paradise is Dougal County, home to crippling gambling addictions, a murderous corporation, sexual deviants, and the authentic Southern mountain squid.[2] In the words of The New York Times, the show takes "backwoods stereotypes" and turns them into "a cudgel with which to pound maniacally on all manner of topical subjects."[3]

Production edit

Squidbillies is produced by Williams Street Productions; it is written by Dave Willis, co-creator of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Jim Fortier, previously of The Brak Show, both of whom worked on the Adult Swim series Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The show is animated by Radical Axis until 2012, with Awesome Inc taking on animation duties until the show’s conclusion.

Concept and development edit

 
Dave Willis
 
Jim Fortier

The series has its origins in 2003 when Mike Lazzo, former vice president of Adult Swim, asked to develop a project around the title Squidbilly's, which he speculated about during a conversation with his colleagues about Hanna-Barbera's Squiddly Diddly character. In July of the same year, Matt Maiellaro and Pete Smith produced the first script of the pilot episode; however it was scrapped and over 35 scripts were written by Maiellaro, Smith, Dave Willis, Jim Fortier, Matt Harrigan and Mike Lazzo over the course of a year. Later, Lazzo approved and commissioned a screenplay by Dave Willis and Jim Fortier, who decided to base the plot and related characters on the stories of the two creators who both grew up in Conyers, Georgia. According to Vice President Keith Crofford development of the first season was delayed due to a lack of ideas, revealing that the pilot episode was scheduled to air in December 2004. The original budget of the pilot episode was about 1100 dollars.

 
Singer Unknown Hinson voiced lead character Early Cuyler until his firing in 2020

On March 25, 2004, it was revealed that the series was in production with a first season consisting of seven episodes planned. Adult Swim later showed short clips from the first episode during San Diego Comic-Con and Dragon Con in 2004. It was also announced that the series, originating from the creators of Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, was in development with as many as 96 episodes, that the pilot episode would air on November 7, 2004, and that the official broadcast would take place in January 2005. On November 4, 2004, three days before the pilot episode was scheduled to air, the animated special Anime Talk Show aired, featuring future Squidbillies star Early Cuyler, along with Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Sharko from Sealab 2021 who are interviewed by Space Ghost. The special was later placed as a bonus feature on the first DVD volume of Squidbillies.[4] The pilot episode was heavily promoted to air on November 7, 2004. On that date, however, Adult Swim decided to air the first episode of Perfect Hair Forever unannounced due to the incompleteness of the Squidbillies episode.

In March 2005, Adult Swim announced that a six-episode first season would air from September of that year alongside 12 oz. Mouse and Perfect Hair Forever. An unfinished version of the pilot episode aired on April Fool's Day, later revealed via a bumper that it would be completed in five weeks. On October 16, 2005, after being posted on the official website two days earlier, the episode aired alongside the rest of the season.

Writing edit

 
Matt Maiellaro contributed to the development of the pilot episode of Squidbillies, occasionally writing for the series

The series is written primarily and entirely by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis, who are sometimes aided by other writers such as Casper Kelly and Will Shepard, who send their scripts to the creators. Other producers or animators occasionally take part and write additional story elements, including Matt Harrigan, Matt Maiellaro, Pete Smith, and Lear Bunda.

The delay in production of the pilot episode was partly the result of a lack of ideas on the part of the writers who had subjected it to multiple rewrites between the commission of the series and its actual scheduled debut. Over 35 screenplays were written by Maiellaro, Smith, Willis, Fortier, Harrigan and Mike Lazzo in the course of a year. Originally the names of the protagonists Early and Rusty were to be Arvee and Donny respectively; however they were changed by Smith and Fortier in an attempt to renew the creators' original ideas.

During the development of Squidbillies, the creators also working on the development of Perfect Hair Forever inserted and moved some concepts and characters between the two animated series. An unnamed yellow creature appears in the first episode of Squidbillies and appears purple in the Return to Balding Victory episode of Perfect Hair Forever. The character Rod: the Anime God from the latter series was supposed to appear in one of the discarded pilot episodes of Squidbillies; in fact it was developed in 2004 before its appearance in Perfect Hair Forever a year later. According to the production schedule, an episode takes five to eight months to complete. In a couple of days, sometimes reaching a week, the script for each episode is written and then given to an editor at Adult Swim studios for about eight weeks where they create the audio and rough animation for the project. Radical Axis then continues to animate the episode for six to eight weeks. However, the cast records an episode every two weeks, thus causing the project to undergo various phases of production simultaneously.

Animation edit

 
Radical Axis provided animation for the series through season six
 
Awesome Inc animated the series from season seven to thirteen

The series' animation, described by Willis as Beavis and Butt-Head style, is based on Adobe Flash and takes a week to complete. The main software adopted for.

The series' animation is Macromedia Shockwave Flash, which allowed in later seasons to more easily change the resolution format to render the broadcast in high definition. An average episode takes approximately 700 working hours to complete.

Up until the sixth season, the task of animating the various scripts and characters is entrusted to Radical Axis, while from the seventh onwards to Awesome Inc. The reason why the characters are drawn so crudely is not due to the budget, which is still substantial compared to that of their previous work Space Ghost Coast to Coast, but is by design; in fact, according to Jim Fortier, if the series had been drawn differently, therefore cleaner and sharper, it would not have been fun.

Production times for animation and various changes made to episodes can take up to eight weeks. Unlike traditional series, no storyboards or particular animations are produced and the pre-production product is not sent abroad to be further modified; in fact the production takes place exclusively in Atlanta and there are between five and seven animators. According to animator Alex Barrella, by the twelfth season, animations and episode designs are generally completed in a few weeks to a maximum of a month, before being revisited and saved. After being animated, the episodes are edited with Adobe After Effects for the final composition. Regarding subsequent seasons, Barrella stated that he wanted to resume the style of "the first three seasons of Aqua Teen Hunger Force", to increase the irreverent tone of the series.

Wallpapers edit

The series' backgrounds and colors were created by artist Ben Prisk at Primal Screen in Atlanta. According to Mike Lazzo, who supervises Prisk's works, he wanted to base his backgrounds on folk art. Together with Fortier and Willis, Prisk worked about a year and a half to develop the animation style of the backgrounds, trying to adapt them to the previously designed characters according to line widths, layers and texture complexity. The backgrounds are characterized by the lack of right angles and confusing perspectives. Prisk's works are created in acrylic, revisited with gouache and spray paint and finally composed on Adobe Photoshop. Each wallpaper takes approximately 12-15 hours to process and complete.

Voice cast edit

Dismissal of Stuart Baker edit

 
Tracy Morgan voiced Early during season thirteen

On August 16, 2020, it was announced that Baker was fired from the series for his controversial comments towards the Black Lives Matter movement and country singer Dolly Parton. A response was posted on Facebook by Baker claiming that being fired from Squidbillies ruined his life. The response was later deleted.[5]

The thirteenth and final season of Squidbillies premiered on November 7, 2021, with Baker being replaced by comedian Tracy Morgan.[6][7]

Episodes edit

Series overview
SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
16October 16, 2005 (2005-10-16)November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)
214September 17, 2006 (2006-09-17)December 24, 2006 (2006-12-24)
320January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20)June 8, 2008 (2008-06-08)
410May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)July 19, 2009 (2009-07-19)
510May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)July 18, 2010 (2010-07-18)
610September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11)November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)
76July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22)August 26, 2012 (2012-08-26)
89August 11, 2013 (2013-08-11)October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)
910September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21)November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30)
109July 10, 2016 (2016-07-10)November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)
1110October 16, 2017 (2017-10-16)December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)
129August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12)September 16, 2019 (2019-09-16)
139November 8, 2021 (2021-11-08)December 13, 2021 (2021-12-13)

International broadcast edit

In Canada, Squidbillies previously aired on Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block[8] and later G4's Adult Digital Distraction block.[9] The series formerly aired on the Canadian version of Adult Swim.[10][11]

Guest appearances edit

  • Jason "Wee Man" Acuña voiced himself in "The Guzzle Bumpkin" (Season 11, Episode 2)
  • "Action Plan" Tim Andrews voiced the homicidal GPS in "Fatal Distraction" (Season 5, Episode 7)
  • Fred Armisen voiced Miguel in "Take This Job and Love It" (Season 1, Episode 2) and Office Politics Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 6), Jesus in "Giant Foam Dickhat Trouble" (Season 2, Episode 5) and Hippie Killed With Chainsaw in "Earth Worst" (Season 3, Episode 6).[12]
  • Don Barnes, Danny Chauncey, and Larry Junstrom of 38 Special voiced themselves, and their band's song "Caught Up in You" is featured in "Burned and Reburned Again" (Season 2, Episode 10)[13]
  • Todd Barry voiced Glenn in "Office Politics Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 6) and Dr. Bug in "Family Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 5).[14]
  • Vernon Chatman (as Clarence Towelstein) voiced Shuckey the Corn Mascot in "Mud Days and Cornfused" (Season 3, Episode 18)[15]
  • David Allan Coe is uncredited for voicing himself in "Okaleechee Dam Jam" (Season 3, Episode 17)[16]
  • Elizabeth Cook performed the theme song and voiced Tammi in "Keeping It In The Family Way" (Season 6).
  • Coolio voiced himself in "The Guzzle Bumpkin" (Season 11, Episode 2)
  • Bradford Cox voiced himself in "Granite Caverns" (Season 8, Episode 1)
  • Lavell Crawford voiced Judge Jammer in "Stop. Jammertime!" (Season 8, Episode 6)
  • Rachel Dratch voiced a Hippie Woman in "Earth Worst" (Season 3, Episode 6)[17]
  • Eric "Butterbean" Esch voiced himself and sang the national anthem in "Condition: Demolition" (Season 3, Episode 9)[18]
  • Mick Foley is uncredited for voicing Thunder Clap in "Anabolic-holic" (Season 4, Episode 4)[19]
  • Kevin Gillespie voiced himself in "Asbestos I Can" (Season 6, Episode 1)
  • Phil Hendrie guest-starred in "Lean Green Touchdown Makifying Machine" (Season 5, Episode 9)
  • Jason Isbell performed the theme song in "The Pharaoh's Wad" (Season 6, Episode 8) and voiced the new reverend Kyle Nubbins in "Greener Pastor" (Season 10, Episode 7), later going on to be his official V.A.
  • David Jackson of the Japanese country group Western Crooners voiced a Japanese war veteran and a documentary narrator in "The Appalachian Mud Squid: Darwin's Dilemma" (Season 3, Episode 10)
  • Jonathan Katz is uncredited for voicing The Rapist in "Government Brain Voodoo Trouble" (Season 2, Episode 1).
  • George Lowe voiced Space Ghost in "Unofficial Pilot" (Season 1, fake pilot) and a TV wrestling-promo voice in "Anabolic-holic" (season 4, episode 4)
  • Riley Martin voiced the Horseman of Pestilence in "Armageddon It On!" (Season 3, Episode 13) and a voice inside Dan Halen's head in "Pile M For Murder" (Season 3, Episode 19)[20]
  • Ralphie May (as Sweet Dick May) voiced PNUT in "Thou Shale Not Drill" (Season 8, Episode 7). This was the second 30-minute episode in the series' history.
  • JD McPherson voiced a prisoner in "Dove in an Iron Cage" (Season 11, Episode 1)
  • The Mighty Ohba of the Western Crooners provided the Japanese voice dub of Early Cuyler in "Snow Daddy" (Season 6, Episode 6)
  • Andrew Montesi announced the Festival of the Clowny Freak commercial in "Clowny Freaks" (Season 5, Episode 8)
  • Casey Motter announced the baseball game in "Debased Ball" (Season 11, Episode 6)
  • Larry Munson provided the Voice of God on "Armageddon It On!" (Season 3, Episode 13)[21]
  • Amber Nash voiced Prosperity in "Lipstick on a Squid" (Season 10, Episode 1)
  • Chad Ochocinco voiced himself in "Lean Green Touchdown Makifying Machine" (Season 5, Episode 9)
  • Tara Ochs guest-starred in "Lipstick on a Squid" (Season 10, Episode 1)
  • Patton Oswalt (as Shecky Chucklestein) voiced the One-Eyed Giant Squid in "Survival of The Dumbest" (Season 2, Episode 12)[22]
  • Paleface voiced a guy at a bar in "Green and Sober" (Season 7, Episode 4)
  • Grey Revell voiced a musician in "Green and Sober" (Season 7, Episode 4)
  • Stan Robak voiced Pompidov in "Confessions of a Grangrenous Mind" (Season 4, Episode 5)
  • George Robinson voiced Snow Daddy in "Snow Daddy" (Season 6, Episode 6)
  • Ryuu-chan provided the Japanese voice dub of Rusty Cuyler in "Snow Daddy" (Season 6, Episode 6)
  • Mike Schatz voiced the Prosecutor in "Terminous Trouble" (Season 2) and the Scientist in "God's Bro" (Season 4).
  • Billy Joe Shaver performed the theme song in several episodes and voiced a customs agent and a TV announcer in "Trucked Up!" (Season 6, Episode 10)
  • Brendon Small wrote and played the "Rusty Shreds" metal pieces in "Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'" (Season 3, Episode 5).[23] He also voiced Dr. Jerry in "Family Trouble" but was listed in the credits as "Donald Cock".
  • Todd Snider performed the main title in "Fatal Distraction" (Season 5, Episode 7) and as a rabbit in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10) and voiced a lobster in "Clowny Freaks" (Season 5, Episode 8)
  • Paul Stanley voiced himself in "Fatal Distraction" (Season 5, Episode 6)
  • Jared Swilley voiced himself in "Granite Caverns" (Season 8, Episode 1)
  • T-Pain voiced himself in "Asbestos I Can" (Season 6, Episode 1) and performed the theme song in "Trucked Up!" (Season 6, Episode 10).
  • Larry Wachs voiced a clown in "Clowny Freaks" (Season 5, Episode 8)
  • Jesco White voiced Ga-Ga-Pee-Pap Cuyler in "Dead Squid Walking" (Season 5, Episode 3)
  • Mamie White (Jesco's real-life sister) voiced Krystal's cousin in "The Many Loves of Early Cuyler" (Season 5, Episode 2)
  • Widespread Panic performed the main title theme and voiced themselves in "Need for Weed" (Season 5, Episode 1)
  • Jon Wurster (as Roy Ziegler) voiced Dakota the Hippie in "Earth Worst" (Season 3, Episode 6) and Skyler The Blue Blood Sucking monster in "The Tiniest Princess" (Season 2, Episode 12).

Musical guest performances edit

  • Drive-By Truckers performed in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10)
  • Jackyl performed "Raised By Jackyl" in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10)
  • Rhett Miller performed as an al-Qaeda representative with a hook hand in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10)
  • Soilent Green performed the main title theme on "Lerm" (Season 4, Episode 1)
  • Split Lip Rayfield was credited in writing Rusty's bluegrass Hell Jams in "Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'" (Season 3, Episode 5)
  • Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Lucinda Williams, Will Oldham, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Hayes Carll performed as various singing forest animals in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10). This was the first 30-minute episode in the series' history.

Artists who performed versions of the theme song edit

Merchandise edit

Soundtrack edit

In January 2012, a free 35-track soundtrack was released on the Adult Swim music site entitled The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A.[24]

Another album, entitled Squidbillies Double Platinum Gold, was released on vinyl in July 2019.[25]

Home releases edit

Season Episodes Volume Release date Extras
Region 1
1 2005 6 1 October 16, 2007
  • "How I Make The Damn Show!"
  • The Original Pilots
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Behind the Scenes Footage
  • Audio commentaries
  • Anime Talk Show
2 2006 14
3 2008 20 2 April 21, 2009
  • "Squidbillies Circle Jerk 2: Return Of The Self Congratulation"
  • "Dragonbillies"
  • "Funny Pete Stuff"
  • "Art and Music"
  • "Dragon Con 2008"
  • Audio commentaries
4 2009 10 3 July 6, 2010
  • "Art & Music"
  • "This Ain't A Hat, It's A Rag-top for A Sex Convertible"
  • "Funny Pete Stuff"
  • "Dragon Con 2009"
5 2010 10 4 June 21, 2011[26]
  • Behind the Scenes of "America: Why I Love Her"
  • Jesco White Voice Record Outtakes
  • Dragon Con Squidbillies Panel
  • XM Radio Squidbillies 4 July Special
  • Squidbillies Tattoo Contest Video
6 2011 10 5 August 7, 2012[27]
  • Behind the Scenes Featurettes
  • "Trucked Up II: Glenn's Revenge" bonus digital video episode
  • Art+Music feature and more
7 2012 6 6 March 17, 2015[28] None
8 2013 9

The series is also available on HBO Max since September 1, 2020.[29]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 585–586. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Minovitz, Ethan. "AS Announces Largest Programming Schedule Ever". Big Cartoon DataBase. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012.
  3. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (July 7, 2016). "'Squidbillies' Is Still Blazing a Caustic, Backwoods Trail". New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  4. ^ Squidbillies, Vol. 1 DVD commentary
  5. ^ Flook, Ray (August 18, 2020). "Ex-Squidbillies Actor Takes Firing Well: "Hope You A**holes are Happy"". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  6. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (October 20, 2021). "Trailer: 'Squidbillies' Returns for Final Season Nov. 7". Animation Magazine. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  7. ^ Swift, Andy (October 20, 2021). "Squidbillies Sets Final Season Premiere Date on Adult Swim; Auditions for New Voice of Early 'Underway' After Firing". TVLine. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Cartoon Network originals swim onto Teletoon". Media of Canada.
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on January 7, 2010.
  10. ^ "TELETOON Canada Inc. Announces Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Launch Schedules". Newswire. June 21, 2012.
  11. ^ "Corus Entertainment Debuts its Biggest Slate of Specialty Series Ever". CNW Group. Corus Entertainment. June 8, 2021.
  12. ^ "Fred Armisen". IMDb.
  13. ^ "Donnie Van Zant". IMDB. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  14. ^ "Todd Barry". IMDb.
  15. ^ In the newest episode... *OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS* – Squidbillies – Adult Swim 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "David Allan Coe". IMDb.
  17. ^ "Rachel Dratch". IMDb.
  18. ^ "Squidbillies". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
  19. ^ "411MANIA – TNA News: Mick Foley on Squidbillies, Interest in Lucha Stars, New TNA TV Video, More". TNA News: Mick Foley on Squidbillies, Interest in Lucha Stars, New TNA TV Video, More.
  20. ^ John J. Galbo. "Adult Swim Central". Agents of Geek.
  21. ^ Orson (April 22, 2008). "CURIOUS INDEX, 4/22/08". Every Day Should Be Saturday.
  22. ^ ""Squidbillies" Survival of the Dumbest (TV Episode 2006)". IMDb. December 10, 2006.
  23. ^ "Brendon Small". IMDB. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  24. ^ "The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A. Soundtrack". Adult Swim.
  25. ^ @Squidbillies (July 16, 2019). "Squidbillies Double Platinum Gold! In hot red vinyl!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 3, 2019 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ . David Lambert. Archived from the original on February 27, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  27. ^ . Archived from the original on June 4, 2012.
  28. ^ . Archived from the original on March 7, 2015.
  29. ^ "HBO Max in September: Everything coming and going". August 21, 2020.

External links edit

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Squidbillies is an American adult animated sitcom created by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis for Cartoon Network s late night programming block Adult Swim 1 An unofficial pilot for the series aired on April 1 2005 The series later made its official debut on October 16 2005 and ended on December 13 2021 with a total of 132 episodes over the course of 13 seasons SquidbilliesThe Cuyler family From the left Rusty Granny Early and Lily GenreAdult animationAnimated sitcomSatireSurreal humourRedneck comedyCreated byJim FortierDave WillisVoices ofStuart Daniel Baker 2005 19 Tracy Morgan 2021 Daniel McDevittDana SnyderPatricia French Charles Napier uncredited 2005 06 Bobby Ellerbee 2006 21 Todd HansonScott Hilley 2005 14 Pete SmithNarrated byDave Willis select episodes Music byBilly Joe Shavervarious artistsComposersDavid Lee PowellShawn ColemanCountry of originUnited StatesNo of seasons13No of episodes132 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersKeith CroffordMike LazzoProducersJim FortierDave WillisNed HastingsPhil SamsonAlan SteadmanMelissa WarrenburgRunning time11 minutes22 minutes episode 60 Production companiesWilliams StreetRadical Axis 2005 2011 Awesome Inc 2012 2021 Original releaseNetworkAdult SwimReleaseOctober 16 2005 2005 10 16 December 13 2021 2021 12 13 RelatedAnime Talk ShowCarl s Stone Cold Lock Of The Century Of The WeekThe series is about the Cuyler family an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly mud squids living in the Georgia region of the Blue Ridge Mountains The series revolves around the exploits of an alcoholic father Early who is often abusive in a comedic way towards his family His son Rusty is desperate for his approval his mother and grandmother known in the show as Granny is often the center of his aggression and Lily Early s sister is mostly unconscious in a pool of her own vomit The series also airs in syndication in other countries and has been released on various DVD sets and other forms of home media Contents 1 Setting and premise 2 Production 2 1 Concept and development 2 2 Writing 2 3 Animation 2 4 Wallpapers 2 5 Voice cast 2 6 Dismissal of Stuart Baker 3 Episodes 4 International broadcast 5 Guest appearances 5 1 Musical guest performances 6 Artists who performed versions of the theme song 7 Merchandise 7 1 Soundtrack 7 2 Home releases 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksSetting and premise editSquidbillies follows the exploits of the Cuyler family and their interactions with the local populace which usually results in a fair amount of destruction mutilation and death The Cuylers are essentially given free rein and protected from the consequences of their actions whenever possible by their crudely drawn friend the Sheriff whose name is Sharif as they are said to be the last twisted remnants of a federally protected endangered species the Appalachian Mud Squid They live in the southern Appalachian Mountains located in the North Georgia mountains At the epicentre of this rural paradise is Dougal County home to crippling gambling addictions a murderous corporation sexual deviants and the authentic Southern mountain squid 2 In the words of The New York Times the show takes backwoods stereotypes and turns them into a cudgel with which to pound maniacally on all manner of topical subjects 3 Production editSquidbillies is produced by Williams Street Productions it is written by Dave Willis co creator of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Jim Fortier previously of The Brak Show both of whom worked on the Adult Swim series Space Ghost Coast to Coast The show is animated by Radical Axis until 2012 with Awesome Inc taking on animation duties until the show s conclusion Concept and development edit nbsp Dave Willis nbsp Jim FortierThe series has its origins in 2003 when Mike Lazzo former vice president of Adult Swim asked to develop a project around the title Squidbilly s which he speculated about during a conversation with his colleagues about Hanna Barbera s Squiddly Diddly character In July of the same year Matt Maiellaro and Pete Smith produced the first script of the pilot episode however it was scrapped and over 35 scripts were written by Maiellaro Smith Dave Willis Jim Fortier Matt Harrigan and Mike Lazzo over the course of a year Later Lazzo approved and commissioned a screenplay by Dave Willis and Jim Fortier who decided to base the plot and related characters on the stories of the two creators who both grew up in Conyers Georgia According to Vice President Keith Crofford development of the first season was delayed due to a lack of ideas revealing that the pilot episode was scheduled to air in December 2004 The original budget of the pilot episode was about 1100 dollars nbsp Singer Unknown Hinson voiced lead character Early Cuyler until his firing in 2020On March 25 2004 it was revealed that the series was in production with a first season consisting of seven episodes planned Adult Swim later showed short clips from the first episode during San Diego Comic Con and Dragon Con in 2004 It was also announced that the series originating from the creators of Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Aqua Teen Hunger Force was in development with as many as 96 episodes that the pilot episode would air on November 7 2004 and that the official broadcast would take place in January 2005 On November 4 2004 three days before the pilot episode was scheduled to air the animated special Anime Talk Show aired featuring future Squidbillies star Early Cuyler along with Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Sharko from Sealab 2021 who are interviewed by Space Ghost The special was later placed as a bonus feature on the first DVD volume of Squidbillies 4 The pilot episode was heavily promoted to air on November 7 2004 On that date however Adult Swim decided to air the first episode of Perfect Hair Forever unannounced due to the incompleteness of the Squidbillies episode In March 2005 Adult Swim announced that a six episode first season would air from September of that year alongside 12 oz Mouse and Perfect Hair Forever An unfinished version of the pilot episode aired on April Fool s Day later revealed via a bumper that it would be completed in five weeks On October 16 2005 after being posted on the official website two days earlier the episode aired alongside the rest of the season Writing edit nbsp Matt Maiellaro contributed to the development of the pilot episode of Squidbillies occasionally writing for the seriesThe series is written primarily and entirely by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis who are sometimes aided by other writers such as Casper Kelly and Will Shepard who send their scripts to the creators Other producers or animators occasionally take part and write additional story elements including Matt Harrigan Matt Maiellaro Pete Smith and Lear Bunda The delay in production of the pilot episode was partly the result of a lack of ideas on the part of the writers who had subjected it to multiple rewrites between the commission of the series and its actual scheduled debut Over 35 screenplays were written by Maiellaro Smith Willis Fortier Harrigan and Mike Lazzo in the course of a year Originally the names of the protagonists Early and Rusty were to be Arvee and Donny respectively however they were changed by Smith and Fortier in an attempt to renew the creators original ideas During the development of Squidbillies the creators also working on the development of Perfect Hair Forever inserted and moved some concepts and characters between the two animated series An unnamed yellow creature appears in the first episode of Squidbillies and appears purple in the Return to Balding Victory episode of Perfect Hair Forever The character Rod the Anime God from the latter series was supposed to appear in one of the discarded pilot episodes of Squidbillies in fact it was developed in 2004 before its appearance in Perfect Hair Forever a year later According to the production schedule an episode takes five to eight months to complete In a couple of days sometimes reaching a week the script for each episode is written and then given to an editor at Adult Swim studios for about eight weeks where they create the audio and rough animation for the project Radical Axis then continues to animate the episode for six to eight weeks However the cast records an episode every two weeks thus causing the project to undergo various phases of production simultaneously Animation edit nbsp Radical Axis provided animation for the series through season six nbsp Awesome Inc animated the series from season seven to thirteenThe series animation described by Willis as Beavis and Butt Head style is based on Adobe Flash and takes a week to complete The main software adopted for The series animation is Macromedia Shockwave Flash which allowed in later seasons to more easily change the resolution format to render the broadcast in high definition An average episode takes approximately 700 working hours to complete Up until the sixth season the task of animating the various scripts and characters is entrusted to Radical Axis while from the seventh onwards to Awesome Inc The reason why the characters are drawn so crudely is not due to the budget which is still substantial compared to that of their previous work Space Ghost Coast to Coast but is by design in fact according to Jim Fortier if the series had been drawn differently therefore cleaner and sharper it would not have been fun Production times for animation and various changes made to episodes can take up to eight weeks Unlike traditional series no storyboards or particular animations are produced and the pre production product is not sent abroad to be further modified in fact the production takes place exclusively in Atlanta and there are between five and seven animators According to animator Alex Barrella by the twelfth season animations and episode designs are generally completed in a few weeks to a maximum of a month before being revisited and saved After being animated the episodes are edited with Adobe After Effects for the final composition Regarding subsequent seasons Barrella stated that he wanted to resume the style of the first three seasons of Aqua Teen Hunger Force to increase the irreverent tone of the series Wallpapers edit The series backgrounds and colors were created by artist Ben Prisk at Primal Screen in Atlanta According to Mike Lazzo who supervises Prisk s works he wanted to base his backgrounds on folk art Together with Fortier and Willis Prisk worked about a year and a half to develop the animation style of the backgrounds trying to adapt them to the previously designed characters according to line widths layers and texture complexity The backgrounds are characterized by the lack of right angles and confusing perspectives Prisk s works are created in acrylic revisited with gouache and spray paint and finally composed on Adobe Photoshop Each wallpaper takes approximately 12 15 hours to process and complete Voice cast edit Stuart Daniel Baker 2005 2019 and Tracy Morgan 2021 as Early Cuyler Daniel McDevitt as Rusty Cuyler Dana Snyder as Granny Patricia French as Aunt Lily Charles Napier 2005 2006 and Bobby Ellerbee 2006 2021 as Sheriff Todd Hanson as Dan Halen Scott Hilley 2005 2014 as Reverend Elizabeth Cook 2011 2021 and Faye Otto 2015 as Tammi Jason Isbell as Reverend Nubbins Dave Willis as Deputy Denny and Glenn Jim Fortier as Devil Stewart Breihut 2005 2011 as Jesus Pete Smith 2005 2016 as Boyd Brendon Small 2005 2012 as Dr JerryDismissal of Stuart Baker edit nbsp Tracy Morgan voiced Early during season thirteenOn August 16 2020 it was announced that Baker was fired from the series for his controversial comments towards the Black Lives Matter movement and country singer Dolly Parton A response was posted on Facebook by Baker claiming that being fired from Squidbillies ruined his life The response was later deleted 5 The thirteenth and final season of Squidbillies premiered on November 7 2021 with Baker being replaced by comedian Tracy Morgan 6 7 Episodes editMain article List of Squidbillies episodes Series overviewSeasonEpisodesOriginally releasedFirst releasedLast released16October 16 2005 2005 10 16 November 20 2005 2005 11 20 214September 17 2006 2006 09 17 December 24 2006 2006 12 24 320January 20 2008 2008 01 20 June 8 2008 2008 06 08 410May 17 2009 2009 05 17 July 19 2009 2009 07 19 510May 16 2010 2010 05 16 July 18 2010 2010 07 18 610September 11 2011 2011 09 11 November 13 2011 2011 11 13 76July 22 2012 2012 07 22 August 26 2012 2012 08 26 89August 11 2013 2013 08 11 October 13 2013 2013 10 13 910September 21 2014 2014 09 21 November 30 2014 2014 11 30 109July 10 2016 2016 07 10 November 20 2016 2016 11 20 1110October 16 2017 2017 10 16 December 18 2017 2017 12 18 129August 12 2019 2019 08 12 September 16 2019 2019 09 16 139November 8 2021 2021 11 08 December 13 2021 2021 12 13 International broadcast editIn Canada Squidbillies previously aired on Teletoon s Teletoon at Night block 8 and later G4 s Adult Digital Distraction block 9 The series formerly aired on the Canadian version of Adult Swim 10 11 Guest appearances editJason Wee Man Acuna voiced himself in The Guzzle Bumpkin Season 11 Episode 2 Action Plan Tim Andrews voiced the homicidal GPS in Fatal Distraction Season 5 Episode 7 Fred Armisen voiced Miguel in Take This Job and Love It Season 1 Episode 2 and Office Politics Trouble Season 1 Episode 6 Jesus in Giant Foam Dickhat Trouble Season 2 Episode 5 and Hippie Killed With Chainsaw in Earth Worst Season 3 Episode 6 12 Don Barnes Danny Chauncey and Larry Junstrom of 38 Special voiced themselves and their band s song Caught Up in You is featured in Burned and Reburned Again Season 2 Episode 10 13 Todd Barry voiced Glenn in Office Politics Trouble Season 1 Episode 6 and Dr Bug in Family Trouble Season 1 Episode 5 14 Vernon Chatman as Clarence Towelstein voiced Shuckey the Corn Mascot in Mud Days and Cornfused Season 3 Episode 18 15 David Allan Coe is uncredited for voicing himself in Okaleechee Dam Jam Season 3 Episode 17 16 Elizabeth Cook performed the theme song and voiced Tammi in Keeping It In The Family Way Season 6 Coolio voiced himself in The Guzzle Bumpkin Season 11 Episode 2 Bradford Cox voiced himself in Granite Caverns Season 8 Episode 1 Lavell Crawford voiced Judge Jammer in Stop Jammertime Season 8 Episode 6 Rachel Dratch voiced a Hippie Woman in Earth Worst Season 3 Episode 6 17 Eric Butterbean Esch voiced himself and sang the national anthem in Condition Demolition Season 3 Episode 9 18 Mick Foley is uncredited for voicing Thunder Clap in Anabolic holic Season 4 Episode 4 19 Kevin Gillespie voiced himself in Asbestos I Can Season 6 Episode 1 Phil Hendrie guest starred in Lean Green Touchdown Makifying Machine Season 5 Episode 9 Jason Isbell performed the theme song in The Pharaoh s Wad Season 6 Episode 8 and voiced the new reverend Kyle Nubbins in Greener Pastor Season 10 Episode 7 later going on to be his official V A David Jackson of the Japanese country group Western Crooners voiced a Japanese war veteran and a documentary narrator in The Appalachian Mud Squid Darwin s Dilemma Season 3 Episode 10 Jonathan Katz is uncredited for voicing The Rapist in Government Brain Voodoo Trouble Season 2 Episode 1 George Lowe voiced Space Ghost in Unofficial Pilot Season 1 fake pilot and a TV wrestling promo voice in Anabolic holic season 4 episode 4 Riley Martin voiced the Horseman of Pestilence in Armageddon It On Season 3 Episode 13 and a voice inside Dan Halen s head in Pile M For Murder Season 3 Episode 19 20 Ralphie May as Sweet Dick May voiced PNUT in Thou Shale Not Drill Season 8 Episode 7 This was the second 30 minute episode in the series history JD McPherson voiced a prisoner in Dove in an Iron Cage Season 11 Episode 1 The Mighty Ohba of the Western Crooners provided the Japanese voice dub of Early Cuyler in Snow Daddy Season 6 Episode 6 Andrew Montesi announced the Festival of the Clowny Freak commercial in Clowny Freaks Season 5 Episode 8 Casey Motter announced the baseball game in Debased Ball Season 11 Episode 6 Larry Munson provided the Voice of God on Armageddon It On Season 3 Episode 13 21 Amber Nash voiced Prosperity in Lipstick on a Squid Season 10 Episode 1 Chad Ochocinco voiced himself in Lean Green Touchdown Makifying Machine Season 5 Episode 9 Tara Ochs guest starred in Lipstick on a Squid Season 10 Episode 1 Patton Oswalt as Shecky Chucklestein voiced the One Eyed Giant Squid in Survival of The Dumbest Season 2 Episode 12 22 Paleface voiced a guy at a bar in Green and Sober Season 7 Episode 4 Grey Revell voiced a musician in Green and Sober Season 7 Episode 4 Stan Robak voiced Pompidov in Confessions of a Grangrenous Mind Season 4 Episode 5 George Robinson voiced Snow Daddy in Snow Daddy Season 6 Episode 6 Ryuu chan provided the Japanese voice dub of Rusty Cuyler in Snow Daddy Season 6 Episode 6 Mike Schatz voiced the Prosecutor in Terminous Trouble Season 2 and the Scientist in God s Bro Season 4 Billy Joe Shaver performed the theme song in several episodes and voiced a customs agent and a TV announcer in Trucked Up Season 6 Episode 10 Brendon Small wrote and played the Rusty Shreds metal pieces in Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is Wisdom Justice and Moderation Season 3 Episode 5 23 He also voiced Dr Jerry in Family Trouble but was listed in the credits as Donald Cock Todd Snider performed the main title in Fatal Distraction Season 5 Episode 7 and as a rabbit in America Why I Love Her Season 5 Episode 10 and voiced a lobster in Clowny Freaks Season 5 Episode 8 Paul Stanley voiced himself in Fatal Distraction Season 5 Episode 6 Jared Swilley voiced himself in Granite Caverns Season 8 Episode 1 T Pain voiced himself in Asbestos I Can Season 6 Episode 1 and performed the theme song in Trucked Up Season 6 Episode 10 Larry Wachs voiced a clown in Clowny Freaks Season 5 Episode 8 Jesco White voiced Ga Ga Pee Pap Cuyler in Dead Squid Walking Season 5 Episode 3 Mamie White Jesco s real life sister voiced Krystal s cousin in The Many Loves of Early Cuyler Season 5 Episode 2 Widespread Panic performed the main title theme and voiced themselves in Need for Weed Season 5 Episode 1 Jon Wurster as Roy Ziegler voiced Dakota the Hippie in Earth Worst Season 3 Episode 6 and Skyler The Blue Blood Sucking monster in The Tiniest Princess Season 2 Episode 12 Musical guest performances edit Drive By Truckers performed in America Why I Love Her Season 5 Episode 10 Jackyl performed Raised By Jackyl in America Why I Love Her Season 5 Episode 10 Rhett Miller performed as an al Qaeda representative with a hook hand in America Why I Love Her Season 5 Episode 10 Soilent Green performed the main title theme on Lerm Season 4 Episode 1 Split Lip Rayfield was credited in writing Rusty s bluegrass Hell Jams in Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is Wisdom Justice and Moderation Season 3 Episode 5 Gillian Welch David Rawlings Lucinda Williams Will Oldham Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Hayes Carll performed as various singing forest animals in America Why I Love Her Season 5 Episode 10 This was the first 30 minute episode in the series history Artists who performed versions of the theme song editBilly Joe Shaver Against Me Alabama Shakes The Baseball Project The B 52 s Black Lips Blackberry Smoke The Both Camper Van Beethoven Cannibal Corpse Clutch Hayes Carll Neko Case Centro Matic Jimmy Cliff Elizabeth Cook Steve Earle Jimmie Dale Gilmore Jan Hammer Unknown Hinson In Search of Sight Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit Jackyl The Jayhawks George Jones King Khan and the Shrines Matthew Kaminsky organist for the Atlanta Braves Lambchop Chuck Leavell amp Francine Reed Let s Active Lera Lynn featuring Joshua Grange Lynyrd Skynyrd Max Q The Milk Carton Kids Father John Misty Bob Mould Willie Nelson John Prine Pueblo Cafe Todd Rundgren Rebecca Schiffman Ty Segall Sturgill Simpson William Shatner Shovels amp Rope Todd Snider Soilent Green T Pain Trampled by Turtles Sharon Van Etten Kurt Vile Gillian Welch amp David Rawlings Western Crooners Widespread Panic Lucinda Williams Weird Al Yankovic Yelawolf Dwight Yoakam ZZ TopMerchandise editSoundtrack edit In January 2012 a free 35 track soundtrack was released on the Adult Swim music site entitled The Squidbillies Present Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America U S A 24 Another album entitled Squidbillies Double Platinum Gold was released on vinyl in July 2019 25 Home releases edit Season Episodes Volume Release date ExtrasRegion 11 2005 6 1 October 16 2007 How I Make The Damn Show The Original Pilots Deleted Scenes Behind the Scenes Footage Audio commentaries Anime Talk Show2 2006 143 2008 20 2 April 21 2009 Squidbillies Circle Jerk 2 Return Of The Self Congratulation Dragonbillies Funny Pete Stuff Art and Music Dragon Con 2008 Audio commentaries4 2009 10 3 July 6 2010 Art amp Music This Ain t A Hat It s A Rag top for A Sex Convertible Funny Pete Stuff Dragon Con 2009 5 2010 10 4 June 21 2011 26 Behind the Scenes of America Why I Love Her Jesco White Voice Record Outtakes Dragon Con Squidbillies Panel XM Radio Squidbillies 4 July Special Squidbillies Tattoo Contest Video6 2011 10 5 August 7 2012 27 Behind the Scenes Featurettes Trucked Up II Glenn s Revenge bonus digital video episode Art Music feature and more7 2012 6 6 March 17 2015 28 None8 2013 9The series is also available on HBO Max since September 1 2020 29 See also edit nbsp Animation portal nbsp Television portal nbsp United States portal nbsp Georgia U S state portalList of Squidbillies episodes Pacific Northwest tree octopusReferences edit Perlmutter David 2018 The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows Rowman amp Littlefield pp 585 586 ISBN 978 1538103739 Minovitz Ethan AS Announces Largest Programming Schedule Ever Big Cartoon DataBase Archived from the original on December 5 2012 Genzlinger Neil July 7 2016 Squidbillies Is Still Blazing a Caustic Backwoods Trail New York Times Retrieved August 16 2016 Squidbillies Vol 1 DVD commentary Flook Ray August 18 2020 Ex Squidbillies Actor Takes Firing Well Hope You A holes are Happy Bleeding Cool Retrieved December 13 2020 Milligan Mercedes October 20 2021 Trailer Squidbillies Returns for Final Season Nov 7 Animation Magazine Retrieved October 20 2021 Swift Andy October 20 2021 Squidbillies Sets Final Season Premiere Date on Adult Swim Auditions for New Voice of Early Underway After Firing TVLine Retrieved October 20 2021 Cartoon Network originals swim onto Teletoon Media of Canada City TV Archived from the original on January 7 2010 TELETOON Canada Inc Announces Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Launch Schedules Newswire June 21 2012 Corus Entertainment Debuts its Biggest Slate of Specialty Series Ever CNW Group Corus Entertainment June 8 2021 Fred Armisen IMDb Donnie Van Zant IMDB Retrieved January 19 2017 Todd Barry IMDb In the newest episode OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS Squidbillies Adult Swim Archived 2008 06 02 at the Wayback Machine David Allan Coe IMDb Rachel Dratch IMDb Squidbillies TV com CBS Interactive 411MANIA TNA News Mick Foley on Squidbillies Interest in Lucha Stars New TNA TV Video More TNA News Mick Foley on Squidbillies Interest in Lucha Stars New TNA TV Video More John J Galbo Adult Swim Central Agents of Geek Orson April 22 2008 CURIOUS INDEX 4 22 08 Every Day Should Be Saturday Squidbillies Survival of the Dumbest TV Episode 2006 IMDb December 10 2006 Brendon Small IMDB Retrieved January 19 2017 The Squidbillies Present Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America U S A Soundtrack Adult Swim Squidbillies July 16 2019 Squidbillies Double Platinum Gold In hot red vinyl Tweet Retrieved August 3 2019 via Twitter Squidbillies adult swim Press Release Announces Volume 4 for DVD David Lambert Archived from the original on February 27 2011 Retrieved March 4 2011 Squidbillies Volume 5 Archived from the original on June 4 2012 Squidbillies Volume 6 Archived from the original on March 7 2015 HBO Max in September Everything coming and going August 21 2020 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Squidbillies Official website Squidbillies at IMDb Squidbillies at The Big Cartoon DataBase Article at Gelf Magazine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Squidbillies amp oldid 1182439223 Voice cast, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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