Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge

Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge
Also known as 'Cheyenne Cinnamon'
Genre Animated
Musical Comedy
Created by Dave Willis
Starring Neko Case
Kristen Schaal[1]
MF Doom
T-Pain
mc chris
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 1
Production
Producer(s) Scott Fry
Craig Hartin
Running time 11 minutes
Production company(s) Williams Street
Radical Axis
Release
Original network Adult Swim
Picture format 16:9 HDTV
Original release March 29, 2010

Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge (often shortened to Cheyenne Cinnamon) is an American animated television series pilot created by Dave Willis[2] and computer animated by Radical Axis. The pilot episode aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim on March 29, 2010. The pilot was not picked up for a full series. The pilot was rated TV-MA.

Premise

Willis explained the plot as "a Strawberry Shortcake pop princess that lives in a candy wonderland just outside Detroit". She comes into Detroit and helps solve problems of racism and teen pregnancy "with the power of love and teen pop songs".

History and production

The pilot episode was first released in the United States, as part of the Adult Swim in a Box DVD box set on October 27, 2009.[3] The pilot was later posted on Adultswim.com as part of an online poll entitled "Big, Uber Network Sampling" in early 2010 .[4] The pilot episode eventuality aired on television in the United States on Adult Swim on March 29, 2010.

The central joke of the series is a parody of how pop music sensations are often nothing like their public image: while Cheyenne outwardly projects the image of being a clean and wholesome role model, she is in fact a heavy abuser of drugs and is very promiscuous. For example, Cheyenne can magically transport people to her base of operations in a Candyland-like environment, but it turns out that the volcano that at first appears to be spewing sugar is in fact spewing cocaine, which Cheyenne snorts off-camera.

Alternative country singer Neko Case stars as Cheyenne Cinnamon but does not provide singing vocals. Instead, "her character will lip-synch, and then a decidedly different-sounding voice sings all the songs", according to Dave Willis. Rappers MF Doom, mc chris and T-Pain provide additional voices. References to the show, including brief clips from the pilot, have been featured in various episodes of Squidbillies, another Adult Swim program.

Willis mentioned on Twitter that the pilot was not picked up for a full series.

Characters

Pilot episode

Title Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
"Pilot"March 29, 2010 (2010-03-29)0.744[5]
A pregnant young girl named Emily, who is in love with her softball coach, runs away from home but is taken in to be "saved" by Cheyenne. After a tour of Sugar Town Candy Fudge and "Cocaine-o", the cocaine-spewing volcano, a brief time skip occurs and the young girl, now a teen mother trying to take care of her child, is dragged away from home by Cheyenne for a party. Cheyenne crashes her unicorn after blinding it with a cigarette, leaving the teen mother unconscious. A frantic Gummi runs to Cheyenne's rescue, demanding to know how much she had to drink and calling the police to report the unicorn as stolen.

Home release

On October 27, 2009 Adult Swim, and distributor Warner Home Video, released "Adult Swim in a Box", a seven-disc DVD box set of a variety of different Adult Swim shows.[6] Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge is featured in this set on a bonus DVD along with Korgoth of Barbaria, the pilot episode of Perfect Hair Forever, Totally for Teens, and Welcome to Eltingville; in June 2010, the bonus DVD, from "Adult Swim in a Box", was made available for separate purchase on Adultswimshop.com.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Tuning In: Neko Case as Cheyenne Cinnamon | Bitch Media". Bitchmagazine.org. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Vote for Neko Case's Adult Swim Pilot :: TV :: News :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Cheyenne Cinnamon DVD release, as part of Adult Swim in a Box, 2009".
  4. ↑ "Burger King Big, Uber, Network Sampling". Adult Swim. 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  5. ↑ Gorman, Bill (30 March 2010). "Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, truTV, TBS, TNT Weekly Ratings Notes". Tv By the Numbers. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Gift Guide: There's a DVD box set out there for everyone | Dallas-Fort Worth Entertainment News and Reviews – News for Dallas, Texas – The Dallas Morning News". Dallasnews.com. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  7. ↑ Adult Swim Pilots DVD overview at adultswimshop.com
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