Squidbillies

Squidbillies

The Cuyler Family. From the left: Rusty, Granny, Early and Lil.
Genre Black comedy
Non-canon fiction
Satire
Slapstick
Surreal humour
Created by Jim Fortier
Dave Willis
Voices of Stuart Daniel Baker
Daniel McDevitt
Dana Snyder
Patricia French
Bobby Ellerbee (2006–present)
Todd Hanson
Scott Hilley (2005–15)
Charles Napier (2005–06)
Narrated by Dave Willis (select episodes)
Music by Billy Joe Shaver
Composer(s) David Lee Powell
Shawn Coleman
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 10
No. of episodes 104 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Mike Lazzo
Keith Crofford
Producer(s) Jim Fortier
Dave Willis
Running time 11 minutes
22 minutes (episodes 60 & 83)
Production company(s) Williams Street
Release
Original network Adult Swim
Picture format 4:3 SDTV (2005–07)
16:9 HDTV (2008–present)
Original release Unofficial pilot:
April 1, 2005
Official:
October 16, 2005 – present
External links
Website

Squidbillies is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. An unofficial pilot for the series aired on April 1, 2005; the series later made its official debut on October 16, 2005. 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 teenage 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 Lil, his sister, is mostly unconscious in a pool of her own vomit.

There have been a total of 104 episodes during the show's ten seasons. The series also airs in syndication in other countries and has been released on various DVD sets and other forms of home media, including on-demand streaming on Hulu Plus.

Setting and premise

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 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 northern Georgia. At the epicenter of this rural paradise is Dougal County, home to crippling gambling addictions, a murderous corporation, sexual deviants, and the authentic southern mountain squid.[1] 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."[2]

Production

Squidbillies is produced by Williams Street Studios, 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 animation is done by Awesome Incorporated, with background design by Ben Prisk.

Voice actors

Name Character(s)
Unknown Hinson Early Cuyler
Daniel McDevitt Rusty Cuyler
Dana Snyder Granny Cuyler
Patricia French Lil Cuyler
Bobby Ellerbee The Sheriff
Todd Hanson Dan Halen
Mary Kraft Krystal
Dave Willis Glenn Narrator
Deputy Denny various
Pete Smith Boyd
Stewart Briehut Squid Jesus
Jim Fortier Devil
Former cast
Charles Napier The Sheriff (episode 1-8)
Scott Hilley Reverend

Episodes

Guest appearances

Merchandise

A free-download 35-track soundtrack was made available on the Adult Swim website in January 2012 entitled The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A.[13]

Home releases

DVD nameRelease dateEp #Features
Volume 1 October 16, 2007 20 "How I Make The Damn Show!", The Original Pilots, Deleted Scenes, Behind the Scenes Footage, audio commentaries, and Anime Talk Show.
Volume 2 April 21, 2009 20 "Squidbillies Circle Jerk 2: Return Of The Self Congratulation", "Dragonbillies", "Funny Pete Stuff", "Art and Music", "Dragon Con 2008", and audio commentaries.
Volume 3 July 6, 2010 10 "Art & Music", "This Ain't A Hat, It's A Rag-top for A Sex Convertible", "Funny Pete Stuff", "Dragon Con 2009".
Volume 4 June 21, 2011 10 Behind the Scenes of "America: Why I Love Her", Jesco White Voice Record Outtakes, Dragon Con Squidbillies Panel, XM Radio Squidbillies 4 July Special, and Squidbillies Tattoo Contest Video[14]
Volume 5 August 7, 2012 10 Behind the Scenes Featurettes, Art+Music feature and more[15]
Volume 6 March 17, 2015 15 none[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Minovitz, Ethan. "AS Announces Largest Programming Schedule Ever". Big Cartoon DataBase.
  2. ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (7 July 2016). "'Squidbillies' Is Still Blazing a Caustic, Backwoods Trail". New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fred Armisen". IMDb.
  4. ↑ "Todd Barry". IMDb.
  5. ↑ "Squidbillies". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
  6. ↑ "David Allan Coe". IMDb.
  7. ↑ In the newest episode... *OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS* - Squidbillies - Adult Swim
  8. ↑ "Rachel Dratch". IMDb.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ John J. Galbo. "Adult Swim Central". Agents of Geek.
  11. ↑ Orson (22 April 2008). "CURIOUS INDEX, 4/22/08". Every Day Should Be Saturday.
  12. ↑ ""Squidbillies" Survival of the Dumbest (TV Episode 2006)". IMDb. 10 December 2006.
  13. ↑ "Unaired Squidbillies Short - Dragoncon 2007". Adult Swim.
  14. ↑ "Squidbillies - [adult swim] Press Release Announces 'Volume 4' for DVD http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Squidbillies-Volume-4/15059#ixzz1FasAIIqm". David Lambert. Retrieved 4 March 2011. External link in |title= (help)
  15. ↑ "Squidbillies - Volume 5 http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Squidbillies-Volume-Release/12329". External link in |title= (help);
  16. ↑ "Squidbillies - Volume 6 http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Squidbillies-Volume-Release/15241". External link in |title= (help);

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