I've listened to the DVD commentaries and the creators are very Hot Couch, there's no way they could have done that. It didn't really bother Adult Swim until the sale to Warner Bros cause they'd put out 10 or so episodes on occasion and when they did a lot of people would watch it. They could air it when nothing else was going on and get viewers when they normally wouldn't so the general attitude was 'fuck it, we have plenty of shows anyway, just do it whenever."
Hot Couch mostly reflected any talk of their personal life at the time and the squalor if the Astrobase. You don't hear many DVD commentaries where they're rolling smokes while talking about the episode and then find out that the QuickTime files they were sent by adult swim cut off early and they had to finish the commentary by memory, which got left in. That's powerful Dudes Rock energy and God bless them for it. I know they worked hard as fuck on the show and was fine with a season every few years. They just really don't seem the type to be able to nail deadlines either
Jesus I stopped watching that in college. I don’t even remember what arch it was on when I did. Was there some weird hiatus? Because I think I stopped watching because I thought it was “dead” but only recently heard they kept going till 2020z.
Between literally every season, yes. It basically only had two writers and they refused to grow the team IIRC. So it remained very tightly focused and consistent across the seasons, but they worked way slower than shows that have full writing teams.
Yeah. I started watching like a decade ago, and got to see all of like two new seasons release, and the last one ended on a fucking cliffhanger. It got canceled a couple of years later after having been greenlit for another season, so the next season would have been probably half done already, though I imagine their production pipeline was likely a long, involved writing and storyboarding process followed by animation and voice-work at the tail end for cost reasons, so it may be that while they were greenlit to write another season when it came time for the big investment of animating and voicing it the plug got pulled.
It maintained a pretty active, devoted fan-base despite the long gaps between seasons, though.
It works better as a binge watch anyway, the second episode of season 7 revolves mostly around a plot point from the third episode, and there was like 15 years between the airdate of each one.
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It rules. Some shitty jokes at the beginning but the creators grow and allow the character to change to fit a more inclusive perspective.
Like Venture Bros. is really good, I'm pissed they canceled it in 2020.
I was genuinely surprised that shit got cancelled, I grew up with that show and it just felt like AS's big prestige baby y'know :sadness:
hoping for comics or something to round it out, it'd fit well in that format
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Yeah it just gets better as it goes on
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They should have done more than one season every like four years
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Unfortunately it kept being really good right up until when it was canceled
I've listened to the DVD commentaries and the creators are very Hot Couch, there's no way they could have done that. It didn't really bother Adult Swim until the sale to Warner Bros cause they'd put out 10 or so episodes on occasion and when they did a lot of people would watch it. They could air it when nothing else was going on and get viewers when they normally wouldn't so the general attitude was 'fuck it, we have plenty of shows anyway, just do it whenever."
Doc Hammer has an inner ear disorder, that mixed negatively the stress of the show and literally had him stuck in a wheel chair for a bit.
They worked their asses off on that show lol, the consistent increase in quality is because it was just them but yeah there was a downside to it.
Hot Couch mostly reflected any talk of their personal life at the time and the squalor if the Astrobase. You don't hear many DVD commentaries where they're rolling smokes while talking about the episode and then find out that the QuickTime files they were sent by adult swim cut off early and they had to finish the commentary by memory, which got left in. That's powerful Dudes Rock energy and God bless them for it. I know they worked hard as fuck on the show and was fine with a season every few years. They just really don't seem the type to be able to nail deadlines either
Yeah fair enough lol
I think it holds up
It's one of the greatest shows ever made and if it doesn't get an ending I will be really really sad.
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Fantastic
Jesus I stopped watching that in college. I don’t even remember what arch it was on when I did. Was there some weird hiatus? Because I think I stopped watching because I thought it was “dead” but only recently heard they kept going till 2020z.
Between literally every season, yes. It basically only had two writers and they refused to grow the team IIRC. So it remained very tightly focused and consistent across the seasons, but they worked way slower than shows that have full writing teams.
Think that explains it, some friend turned me onto it and I binged it and then watched the newest season and was like "oh boi can't wait for another!"
And then nothing happened. I imagine you dwindle your fanbase over time doing that.
Yeah. I started watching like a decade ago, and got to see all of like two new seasons release, and the last one ended on a fucking cliffhanger. It got canceled a couple of years later after having been greenlit for another season, so the next season would have been probably half done already, though I imagine their production pipeline was likely a long, involved writing and storyboarding process followed by animation and voice-work at the tail end for cost reasons, so it may be that while they were greenlit to write another season when it came time for the big investment of animating and voicing it the plug got pulled.
It maintained a pretty active, devoted fan-base despite the long gaps between seasons, though.
It works better as a binge watch anyway, the second episode of season 7 revolves mostly around a plot point from the third episode, and there was like 15 years between the airdate of each one.