Dave Hughes (producer)

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Dave Hughes
Born
David Hughes

1970 or 1971 (age 52–53)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Television producer, editor
Years active1995–present
Known forOff the Air

Dave Hughes is an American television producer and

Beavis and Butt-head, Celebrity Deathmatch and Cartoon Sushi, before meeting with coworker Matt Harrigan to work on Space Ghost Coast to Coast in Los Angeles. He has worked on several Adult Swim series, and is the creator of his own show for the network, Off the Air
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Early life

Hughes had been interested in animation in general as a child, experimenting with computers,

sponsorship between a local pizzeria.[2]
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After graduating college, Hughes moved into New York City.[2]: 83  Elaborating on his inspirations, 120 Minutes, Concrete TV, Liquid Television, and Night Flight were among some of the experimental programming in the city from the late 1980s and early '90s to expose him "to a whole new world of ideas, music and people that I just didn't see anywhere else on television."[2]: 85 

Career

Hughes' first job in television was at

future trading floor at 399 Park Avenue, he declined a job offer given to him at the building.[2]: 83  He cited that, while paying a good salary, the work was "very bizarre" and out of his knowledge base.[2]
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A week after declining, he heard a recorded message from production members of

Beavis and Butt-head Do America, acting as assistant editor for the film's hallucination sequence directed by Chris Prynoski.[2]: 84 [4]
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After the studio folded, Hughes started working for

Nicktoons. Finding the job "not a good fit", he got a call from coworker Matt Harrigan to work on the eighth season of Space Ghost Coast to Coast for Adult Swim in Los Angeles. He promptly accepted the offer, jumping "at the chance to get out of Nickelodeon".[2]: 84  Hughes spent the following year working as an offline editor within an abandoned AOL office in Santa Monica, California.[2]: 84  Hughes called it "a revelation", observing that, while editing animation at MTV "was kind of an afterthought", reserved for timing and minor tweaks in animation, the editor at Adult Swim was "absolutely essential to the process."[2]: 84–85  In 2005, Hughes founded his own video production studio, Million Monkeys Inc. He has worked on various series and station IDs for the network, among other projects.[5]

Hughes was credited by Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick, creators of the Adult Swim series Superjail!, for sharing their animated short Bar Fight which he had edited with the network, which garnered their interest for a full series.[6] Hughes would serve as a story consultant during the first season of the series. Hughes worked with Dan Deacon in 2008 to produce a music video for "Okie Dokie" out of his album Spiderman of the Rings.[7] He later created his own series, Off the Air, which premiered on the network, unannounced, on New Year's Day 2011 at 4 a.m.[a] He took inspiration from the experimental programming he watched while in New York City. He stated that, while he had envisioned the series before, he never realized "it would be me who did it."[2]: 85  Hughes stated that he incorporates clips "with some kind of truth or integrity to them", and that viral videos as well as obscure content are put into episodes.[2]: 86 

Hughes again collaborated with Deacon to create a special for Off the Air entitled "

San Diego Comic-Con International, he was the creator of an animated short presented in a planetarium-like structure, entitled the Meatwad Full Dome Experience.[10]

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ As of December 2023, thirteen seasons, totaling 50 episodes and 3 specials, have aired.

References

  1. ^ Staff writer (August 28, 2011). You are cordially invited to the 40th birthday party! for Dave Hughes (Commercial bumper). Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System.
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  5. ^ Hughes, Dave (July 1, 2013). "About". Million Monkeys Inc. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  6. ^ Webb, Charles (April 1, 2011). "Going Back to Superjail! With Series Creators Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick". MTV Geek. Viacom International. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  7. ^ Stosuy, Brandon (April 8, 2008). "New Dan Deacon Video – 'Okie Dokie'". Stereogum. SpinMedia. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  8. ^ Roffman, Michael (July 2, 2013). "Watch Dan Deacon's 22-minute video odyssey for America's 'USA Suite'". Consequence of Sound. Townsquare Music. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  9. ^ Woods, Baynard (January 1, 2014). "Wham City makes an infomercial". Baltimore City Paper. Times-Shamrock Communications. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  10. ^ Ohanesian, Liz (July 28, 2014). "The Simpsons, Adult Swim and Assassin's Creed Create Interactive Comic-Con Experiences". LA Weekly. Voice Media Group. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.

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