I still rewatch episodes of Monkey Dust. If you like pitch black British humor, it's for you.
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Is this obscure? I thought it well known?
It's generational. Definitely more obscure than Drawn Together, The Oblongs, or Billy and Mandy
Woah, I've not seen any of those! Yes I am old. I liked the animated Aeon Flux a lot, and there was a pretty bad live adaptation, so I thought it was famous.
Venture Bros is probably the best I've seen, but I also enjoyed
- Primal
- The Tick
- Amazing Screw-On Head (only the pilot ever got made, but if you like it check out Creature Commandos)
- Megas XLR
Also if you have kids and want to watch stuff with them that isn't brain rot, try Samurai Jack, Clone Wars (Tartakovsky's original), and Reboot.
Fritz the cat! Also non animated but muppet-like Meet the Feebles.
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
HEEEEEYYY Mister Passer-By! Crest-on-Birdman's-HELMET!
One other person mentioned it but I'll put Tom Goes to the Mayor out there too.
I feel like if you didn't grow up in the rust belt or some other dead part of the USA without anything but public access TV, a lot of the humor is lost on you.
But for those few who did....it was nice to feel seen.
TGTTM is the beginning of a vast, graceful arc that leads eventually, inevitably, to Check It Out With Scott Clam.
Ongezellig!!!
Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon and 3-South
Danger Mouse, international spy and crime fighting white rodent with an eye patch. Old British cartoon from the early 80's.
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slaps them on the table
I also went to college in the '00s.
Superjail. Imagine if Willy Wonka ran a prison instead of a chocolate factory.
Oh, I remember that one! I think I still have it...
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned The Critic yet. It was a good show that was screwed over by two networks. Another one is Dilbert, which was based on the comic strip. I think Scott Adams was less involved with it than the strip which made it better (plus he wasn't as insane back then).
It stinks!
Perfect hair forever! "Hamburgers should be high"
I miss oblongs. Sucks it only lasted like 2 season.
Mission hill was good too, Daria style
People Watching
That one was perfection. Rowntree is a really good artist in any medium.
Okay I haven't heard of a lot here.
I don't know if it's the most obscure or deep cut but my favorite vote goes to Moral Orel. It gets dark in a way that doesn't look like it.
Billy and Mandy and Duck Dodgers imo don't belong to this list
Surprised you didn't add the MTV one such as AEon Flux, The Head, The Maxx. Aeon in particular is a favorite of mine, watching it is very wtf. I think it should belong to this list.
The Brothers Grunt
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I've at least heard of 13 out of the 27 listed. Only seriously watched like 3 of them though.
Adding a few.
The Head, Liquid Television, The Maxx, Tom goes to the Mayor, Tripping the Rift, Primer, Tom and the Devil, The Critic, Sealab 2021, Frisky Dingo, Primal, Mission Hill , Friday: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Aeon Flux, Assy McGee , Aqua Teen (not sure if this counts, honestly), Perfect Hair Forever, Superjail, Happy Tree Friends, Venture Bros - God tier I'm sure I'll think of others
Aeon Flux
Oh man, that was Heavy Metal tier crazy nonsense.
Drawn Together was hilarious. It ended because sponsors were too uncomfortable advertising alongside it. It could never get made today.
Did you ever see the movie? It's basically the creators bitching because they were shunned for the content while South Park was lauded because it came with a heavy-handed moral.
I had no idea. I'm gonna watch that tonight. Thanks!
Xavier: Renegade Angel, dunno if it counts because it's computer animation but some good TV-MA psychedelic social satire
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I don't see Aeon Flux mentioned yet. The Maxx is very good too. Duckman I remember being hilarious, but I dunno if starring Jason Alexander counts as a deep cut.
Duckman was pretty mainstream when it aired, but it's been largely forgotten. Ahead of its time, humor-wise.
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