Adult Swim seems to be about experimentation. Which is why some of their shows are kind of hit-or-miss. While I've never been a huge fan of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, I have a few friends who live and breathe that random shit.
On May 13, their new line-up of shows premiered including "Fat Guy Stuck In Internet," based on the Channel 102 show Gemberling. And it includes an awesome line-up of UCB regulars including Curtis Gwinn, Jon Daly, Jackie Clarke, that guy from the Swarm, and, obvi, John Gemberling.
The first show I ever saw at UCB Theatre has stayed my favorite through the hundreds of shows I've seen since then. It was called Commedia dell High School and it was Gwinn, Gemberling, Jason Mantzoukas, Jessica St. Clair, and Tara Copeland improvising an '80s teen movie. It's kind of weird to me that I idolized these people, writing a fan e-mail to Mantzoukas and St. Clair after they gave out a hotmail address at one of the shows, waiting around outside the theater hoping to spot them... the first time I saw Gwinn and Gemberling at the training center conference room I almost peed my pants. It's weird b/c they were probably still just struggling actors at the time, working other jobs and without some kind of fanbase. And now five years later, I reguarly see almost all of them on TV. So now Gwinn & Gemberling have their own pilot and I'm super-psyched although due to my lack of cable in the dorm room, I have yet to watch the full thing. But considering Cartoon Network usually gives things more of a chance than other networks (cough cough comedy central), here's hoping it sticks around for a while. You can check out the pilot for all five of their new shows here.
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