Last Last One Forever and Ever
"Last Last One Forever and Ever" | |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode | |
Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 10 |
Directed by | Matt Maiellaro Dave Willis |
Written by | Matt Maiellaro Dave Willis |
Production code | 610[1] |
Original air date | May 31, 2009 |
Running time | 11:40 minutes |
Guest appearances | |
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"Last Last One Forever and Ever" (also known as "Live Action") is the tenth and final episode in the
"Last Last One Forever and Ever" was made as a special "live action" episode with the majority of the episode taking place in a live-action set. This episode features comedian
Then-Adult Swim vice president Mike Lazzo considered not airing it on television. This episode received a mixed review from Jonah Krakow of IGN, and was the third highest rated program on the night of its original debut. This episode has been made available on DVD, and other forms of home media, including on demand.
Plot
The scene transitions to a live-action shot of Frylock reading a script, which describes the events that previously transpired, written by "Don" Shake; it is dismissed by Frylock as "terrible". It is soon revealed that Shake has made several attempts to write stories but has failed to receive any compensation, despite promising ten-percent of his future earnings to his roommate. Frylock, growing frustrated with Shake for his lack of income, warns him he needs to leave the house. Meanwhile, Shake goes to the "exercise room" in Frylock's home and sits down next to an exercise ball, from which comes the voice of Meatwad. Shake shares his feelings about Frylock and his method of writing stories; in turn, Meatwad agrees to help Shake write a story, which contains elements taken verbatim from the children's program SpongeBob SquarePants.
Later, while at work at Dr. Weird's Castle (a shoddy children's pay venue consisting of several
The scene transitions back to animation, in which the trio is seen putting their things into a moving truck, and saying goodbye to Carl. Shake says his final words to Carl, and as the camera slowly focuses on Carl, he solemnly intones, "Truly, they were an Aqua Teen Hunger Force." Shake then drives the moving truck slowly away with the emergency brake on while Carl angrily shouts at him for it. As the credits roll, the live-action Carl is seen standing in Dr. Weird's Castle, and soon pumps his fist while shouting one of his famous catchphrases: "Tonight!" The episode ends on somewhat of a cliffhanger, with the storyline being continued in the season seven episode "Rabbot Redux" and the screening says ''The End''.
Production
"Last Last One Forever and Ever" was written and directed by series creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, who have written and directed every episode of the series. It originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim, on May 31, 2009. It features live-action guest appearances from David Long, Jr. as live-action Carl Brutananadilewski, H. Jon Benjamin as live-action Master Shake (named Don Shake), T-Pain as live-action Frylock, and Drake E. Stephens.[5]
Auto-Tune was used for T-Pain's dialog on and off throughout the episode as a reference to his music, which frequently features it. Despite the episode being predominantly live action, the beginning and end sequences were made in the same animation used throughout the regular series. Adult Swim vice president Mike Lazzo strongly considered not airing the episode on television and instead making it a DVD extra or posting it on YouTube.[6][7]
In 2008 Adult Swim launched a nationwide casting call contest, sponsored by
Reception
In its original American broadcast on May 31, 2009, "Last Last One Forever and Ever" was watched by 824,000 viewers, making it the third most watched Adult Swim program of that night, behind a repeat of The Simpsons and a new episode of Robot Chicken.[10] Jonah Krakow of IGN gave the episode a six out of ten which is considered "great", calling it "best episode ever" and saying that "the show lost focus and failed to deliver the one thing that has kept it going for six seasons: jokes".[6]
Home release
"Last Last One Forever and Ever" was released on
This episode is also available in
References
- ^ Official Aqua Teen Hunger Force Season 6 Episode guide from Adult Swim (archived using The Wayback Machine).
- adult swim. Retrieved July 2, 2023.[dead link]
- ^ "Exclusive: 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' live-action episode, starring T-Pain as the Fryman". Pop Watch. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ a b "Adult Swim: Carl Casting Call".
- ^ Credits found at the end of Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Last Last One Forever and Ever".
- ^ a b Krakow, Jonah (June 1, 2009). "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live Action Spectaculeur! [sic]". IGN. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ^ Frakes, Jonathan (28 May 2009). "Controversial live-action Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode to air this weekend". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Aqua Teen Hunger Force goes live action". Crave Online. 2008-07-28. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10.
- ^ IGN: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Turns to Live-Action
- ^ Ratings from May 31, 2009, transcribed bumper, which aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim on June 7, 2009.
- ^ Aqua Teen Hunger Force Season 7 Archived 2013-06-24 at archive.today at iTunes.
- Xbox Live Marketplace.
- Amazon Video.
External links
"Last Last One Forever and Ever".
- "Last Last One Forever and Ever" at IMDb