Tag: Adult Swim

Comedian and musician Tim Heidecker will perform at Terminal West February 17

Space Ghost: Coast to Coast set a precedent for other adult cartoons to follow. It put Atlanta on the map as a quirky treasure trove of warped creative minds. “People discovered that there was a certain flavor and taste to all of this concentration of creative people in Atlanta,” says Khaki Jones, a former Cartoon Network and Adult Swim producer who now works at Disney. “That, to me, is the most magical element.”

Billing itself as "unapologetically absurd, dark, and wildly comedic," Atlanta-based Adult Swim's unconventional original film Yule Log returns with a sequel, Yule Log 2: Branchin’ Out, on December 6. Shot entirely in the city, the production relied on a crew comprised soley of local talent.

On Tuesday, the mayor called for a $7 million assistance fund, Gwinnett County declared a state of emergency, and Matt Ryan pledged money toward food funds. Here’s your Wednesday morning update.

On Monday, as many kids adjusted to being homeschooled (or just home) for the time being, we saw Georgia’s positive coronavirus cases jump and the mayor impose a new restriction on public gatherings. Here’s your Tuesday morning update.

Eddie Ray, an Adult Swim production manager, is a self-confessed Halloween fanatic. He recommends trying Netherworld, Little Five Points Halloween Parade, 13 Stories Haunted House, and much more.

The oddly addictive hit internet streaming show is an example of the absurdist and avant-garde programming the network creates to attract 18- to 34-year-olds, its core demographic, where that group is increasingly spending its time—logged on to watch news videos, professional videogamers streaming Fortnite battles, and Instagram stories.

In collaboration with Adult Swim, King of Pops has released a Rick and Morty "Pickle Rick" pop just in time for music festival season. But it's not pickle-flavored.

The Rick and Morty "Rickmobile" is embarking on a cross-country tour, "The Don't Even Trip Road Trip," that kicks off here in Adult Swim's home base of Atlanta.

“It feels like I was smuggling cocaine in a condom, and I swallowed it, and it exploded inside of me.” That’s Adult Swim show runner Casper Kelly delicately articulating the euphoric\nauseating experience of having a party joke that happened to make network president Mike Lazzo laugh morph into “Too Many Cooks”—an eleven-minute viral sensation with almost two million YouTube hits to date.