“Robot Chicken” is known for its timely pop culture references. He’s been an incredible factor in all of this.” He told us it ‘could be a good place for that thing,’ which is how he described our show. When Seth sold the reruns of ‘Family Guy’ to Adult Swim, they were still a fledgling network dabbling in original content. “We even lived on the same block for a couple of years. “We really bonded over our shared interest in filmmaking, animation and pop culture,” Green says. McFarlane hired Green to voice awkward teen Chris Griffin on “Family Guy” (he’s played the character since 1999) and they discovered they had a lot in common. Green says that his professional relationship with another Seth - MacFarlane - also played a role in launching “Robot Chicken” into the animation stratosphere. Courtesy of Adult SwimĪs Johnny Carson would say, “That’s weird, weird stuff.” Robo Rogers Neighborhood,” Popeye, Bluto and Olive Oyl being made over for the Gen-Z crowd and takeoffs on “The Handmaid’s Tale” and fixer-upper stars Chip and Joanna Gaines renovating “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.” The “Robot Chicken” 200th episode. Green is being modest, since “Robot Chicken” struck an immediate nerve with its quick-hit vignettes and sketches skewering pop culture a recent episode featured “Mr. “It just seemed that this kind of content couldn’t get a large audience. “It wasn’t like we felt like we were ahead of our time,” he says. Then, when we were potentially making a deal with Comedy Central, 9/11 happened and that effectively killed comedy across any network for a year. When we first tried to sell the show there really wasn’t a network like Adult Swim. “When we started our Webisodes in 2000 the internet was still dial-up, and we didn’t have this mass public acceptance of reflecting nostalgically on pop culture. “There was no sense of ‘I told you so,'” Green, 46, tells The Post. Not bad for a stop-motion animated series that began life as “Sweet J Presents” in 2001 on the now-defunct and was even rejected by Cartoon Network - which ultimately reversed course and added “Robot Chicken” it to its nascent Adult Swim lineup.īut Seth Green, who co-created “Robot Chicken” with Matthew Senreich, says “it was just a matter of timing” regarding the show’s 15-year, Emmy-winning run - with no end in sight as it barrels along in Season 10. “Robot Chicken,” which premiered in 2005, is nearing its milestone 200th on Adult Swim. How steamy Jane Austen show 'Sanditon' got un-cancelled Jake Johnson on new show 'Minx:' 'The penis montage was very funny' The nuclear nightmare that almost took out the East Coast From Jeff Bridges to 'Game of Thrones' spinoff: the hot summer shows
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |