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Mr. Pickles
Genre
Created by
  • Will Carsola
  • Dave Stewart
Written by
  • Will Carsola
  • Dave Stewart
Directed by
  • Will Carsola
  • Animation director
    • Mike L. Mayfield
Voices of
Theme music composerMark Rivers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Will Carsola
  • Dave Stewart
  • Micheal Rizzo
  • Mike L. Mayfield
  • Keith Crofford
  • Walter Newman
ProducerOllie Green
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAdult Swim
ReleaseSeptember 21, 2014 (2014 -09-21) –
present

Plot

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Production

External image
image icon Dave Stewart and Will Carsola at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International

Mr. Pickles is an animated television series created by Will Carsola and Dave Stewart (of Funny or Die Presents fame) and executively produced by Michael Rizzo.[1] The series was one of several shows pitched to Adult Swim, according to the creators, who also operate under the name "Day by Day". Stewart recalled promoting it as a "one-line sentence", while Carsola remembered that it derived from a "write-off" session, where the two present ideas to each other in the form of scribbles for their amusement.[2] Carsola explained that ideas in this process are released from the pressure "of them being good", occasionally finding "one that sticks".[2] The character of Mr. Pickles is loosely based off Stewart's own Australian Cattle Dog; animation director Mike L. Mayfield recorded Stewart's dog playing around on video, with animators using the resulting footage as a base for the character's movements.[3] The series is animated using Adobe Flash.[4][a] Its setting, an old-fashioned town literally called "Old Town", is roughly based on Richmond, Virginia, where the creators started out in entertainment before moving to Los Angeles.[2]

In the United States, the series is rated TV-MA for graphic violence;[6] the creators are given creative freedom by the network, with Stewart explaining the notes received by them as "minimal," much to their surprise.[2] Elaborating on its 11-minute running time, Rizzo described it as a 22-minute show "squished" into a quarter hour.[7] Among the voices for the characters include Brooke Shields,[2] Frank Collison, Jay Johnston and Carsola and Stewart themselves.[1] Shields's role in the series came after looking at the creator's work for Funny or Die and obtaining the script for Mr. Pickles. According to Carsola, the two were dubious over her interest in the series, but after being cast she provided lines in a recording booth in New York City while the creators supervised over Skype.[2]

Broadcast and reception

The series has been picked up for ten quarter-hour episodes for its first season,[8] to premiere on the network on September 21, 2014 following the eighth season premiere of Squidbillies.[1] In July 2013, the pilot episode was released online as part of a presentation of in-development shows for the network, partnered with KFC; viewers could vote for their favorite pilot, with the winner being broadcast on August 26, 2013.[9][10] The series lost to Übermansion, a Stoopid Buddy Stoodios production, although the presentation as a whole won an Internet Advertising Campaign Award in 2014 for "Best TV Integrated Ad Campaign".[11][12] The pilot was later published on the network's website on January 23, 2014,[6] and on YouTube on March 10 of the same year, becoming viral with over 700,000 views as of April 1, 2014.[2]

Writing for Strange Kids Club, Mat Spitkovsky stated the series' extreme content matter left him at a loss for words as well as confused. Afterwards, he found it lacking in "class, creativity and goddammit, originality" in the vein of Superjail!, although its "brazen approach at crass offense ... all in good fun" was "kind of cool."[13]

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ Cold Hard Flash is an entertainment and news website dedicated to media produced with Adobe Flash, founded by Aaron Simpson.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Milligan, Mercedes (July 30, 2014). "Adult Swim Premiering Mr. Pickles September 21". Animation. Archived from the original on archivedate. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |archivedate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Kutner, Brad (April 1, 2014). "RVA Born Day by Day Premieres the Terrifying Mr. Pickles on Adult Swim, Brooke Shields Lends Voice". RVA Magazine. Archived from the original on archivedate. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |archivedate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Zargari, Shahab; Brunty, Ryan; Davis, Ryan (July 28, 2013). "SDCC 2013 Press Roundtable Interview Series: Mr. Pickles, King Star King, and Superjail!". Verbicide. Scissor Press. See video; 6:00–6:50. Archived from the original on archivedate. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |archivedate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Simpson, Aaron (March 24, 2014). "Adult Swim's Mr. Pickles Pilot". Cold Hard Flash. Archived from the original on archivedate. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |archivedate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Simpson, Aaron (February 25, 2013). "About Cold Hard Flash". Cold Hard Flash. Archived from the original on archivedate. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |archivedate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b "Mr. Pickles". Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System. January 23, 2014. Archived from the original on archivedate. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |archivedate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Zargari, Brunty & Davis 2013, 6:45–6:55.
  8. ^ Zargari, Brunty & Davis 2013, 7:10–7:20.
  9. ^ "'Like a Slap to Your Taste Buds': KFC Gives Bite-Sized Chicken a Hot and Spicy Kick". KFC. July 23, 2013. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Adult Swim Pilots – Mr. Pickles". Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System. July 2013. Archived from the original on archivedate. Retrieved May 25, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archivedate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Adult Swim Pilots". Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System. July 2013. Archived from the original on May 26, 2014. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Adult Swim & KFC Wins 2014 Best TV Integrated Ad Campaign Internet Advertising Award for Adult Swim Pilots". Internet Advertising Competition. The Web Marketing Association. April 8, 2014. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Spitkovsky, Mat (April 15, 2014). "Adult Swim Seeks New Levels of Depravity in Mr. Pickles Pilot". Strange Kids Club. Archived from the original on archivedate. Retrieved accessdate. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |archivedate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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