Superjail
Stars the voices of: David Wain, Teddy Cohn, Richard Mathar, Christopher McCulloch, Christy Karacas | Created by Ben Gruber, Christy Karacas, Steve Warbrick
Housed on an island, in a volcano within a volcano, Superjail! is a psychedelic prison run by a megalomaniacal warden and his motley crew. The Warden is the whimsical heir to a hallucinatory correctional facilities empire where grotesque ultra-violence and ridiculous perversion rule the day.
Let’s get this out of the way first, Superjail! is one of the freakiest, bizarre, and downright weird animated shows I have ever seen. It’s like watching the result of a brain fart on screen… and comes across as the grotesque offspring of MTV’s Beavis and Butthead, prison drama Oz and classic Nickelodeon cartoon Ren & Stimpy. And I loved it!
Imagine the freakish close-ups seen in Ren & Stimpy taken to ridiculous extremes and then mixed with the stupid comedy stylings of Beavis and Butthead,...
Stars the voices of: David Wain, Teddy Cohn, Richard Mathar, Christopher McCulloch, Christy Karacas | Created by Ben Gruber, Christy Karacas, Steve Warbrick
Housed on an island, in a volcano within a volcano, Superjail! is a psychedelic prison run by a megalomaniacal warden and his motley crew. The Warden is the whimsical heir to a hallucinatory correctional facilities empire where grotesque ultra-violence and ridiculous perversion rule the day.
Let’s get this out of the way first, Superjail! is one of the freakiest, bizarre, and downright weird animated shows I have ever seen. It’s like watching the result of a brain fart on screen… and comes across as the grotesque offspring of MTV’s Beavis and Butthead, prison drama Oz and classic Nickelodeon cartoon Ren & Stimpy. And I loved it!
Imagine the freakish close-ups seen in Ren & Stimpy taken to ridiculous extremes and then mixed with the stupid comedy stylings of Beavis and Butthead,...
- 4/10/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The above clip comes from the Adult Swim series "Superjail!," created by Christy Karacas, Stephen Warbrick and Ben Gruber. If you like the late-night Cartoon Network block's wacky, offbeat brand of humor, then this is definitely for you. Of course, if you like that brand of humor, then you've certainly seen this by now. And you've probably been too busy watching to realize that the first season of "Superjail!" hit DVD this week! To celebrate the release, Warbrick and Karacas took some time out of their busy schedule to share their 10 favorite movie prison scenes, which you can find after the jump!
Best Prison Scenes – for MTV.com
From Steve Warbrick and Christy Karacas
Ranked in order from least favorite to most favorite. (Like a David Letterman Top 10 List)
10. "48 hrs": “Roxanne…you don’t have to put on the red light.”
9. "Watchmen": Rorschach melting a fellow inmate’s face off with boiling oil.
Best Prison Scenes – for MTV.com
From Steve Warbrick and Christy Karacas
Ranked in order from least favorite to most favorite. (Like a David Letterman Top 10 List)
10. "48 hrs": “Roxanne…you don’t have to put on the red light.”
9. "Watchmen": Rorschach melting a fellow inmate’s face off with boiling oil.
- 2/26/2010
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
NEW YORK -- Adult Swim will launch three new series and a seventh late night of programming, beginning this year.
Two series -- "Fat Guy Stuck in Internet" and "Superjail" -- join the previously announced "Lucy, Daughter of the Devil" on the schedule for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block. "Stuck" is a live-action comedy about a computer programr who finds himself inside the Internet and chased by a bounty hunter. It's created by John Gemberling and Curtis Gwinn, and will debut in the fall. "Superjail" is about the universe's most violent prison that is run by Warden, shrouded in mystery. The series, created by Christy Karacas, Stephen Warbrick and Ben Gruber, will premiere next year.
"Lucy", set in San Francisco and created by Loren Bouchard, will debut in the summer, and the "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" special is set for June 17.
Picked up for additional seasons are "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job," "Moral Orel" and "Assy McGee". Also returning for new seasons are "Frisky Dingo", "Robot Chicken", "The Boondocks", "Metalocalypse", "The Venture Bros.", "Squidbillies", "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force". "Aqua Teen" will have new episodes in the fall and a fifth season in 2008.
Two series -- "Fat Guy Stuck in Internet" and "Superjail" -- join the previously announced "Lucy, Daughter of the Devil" on the schedule for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block. "Stuck" is a live-action comedy about a computer programr who finds himself inside the Internet and chased by a bounty hunter. It's created by John Gemberling and Curtis Gwinn, and will debut in the fall. "Superjail" is about the universe's most violent prison that is run by Warden, shrouded in mystery. The series, created by Christy Karacas, Stephen Warbrick and Ben Gruber, will premiere next year.
"Lucy", set in San Francisco and created by Loren Bouchard, will debut in the summer, and the "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" special is set for June 17.
Picked up for additional seasons are "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job," "Moral Orel" and "Assy McGee". Also returning for new seasons are "Frisky Dingo", "Robot Chicken", "The Boondocks", "Metalocalypse", "The Venture Bros.", "Squidbillies", "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force". "Aqua Teen" will have new episodes in the fall and a fifth season in 2008.
- 4/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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