Mr. Pickles
Mr. Pickles | |
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Created by | Will Carsola Dave Stewart |
Written by | Will Carsola Dave Stewart Sean Conroy |
Directed by | Will Carsola |
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Theme music composer | Mark Rivers |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 32 (including pilot and series finale) (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Producers | Michael J. Rizzo Eric Binns Ollie Green Sean Conroy |
Editor | Will Carsola |
Running time | 11 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Adult Swim |
Release | August 25, 2013 |
Release | September 21, 2014 November 18, 2019 | –
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Mr. Pickles is an American
The first episode of season 4 was a surprise series finale, replacing the show with a new spin-off series titled Momma Named Me Sheriff.[4]
Plot
In the small, old-fashioned community of Old Town, the Goodman family and their innocent and dimwitted 6-year-old son Tommy have a satanic
Characters
- Dave Stewart as Mr. Pickles, Floyd, Linda, and Deer Hunter #2
- Kaitlyn Robrock as Tommy Goodman, Candy
- Brooke Shields as Beverly Goodman
- Jay Johnston as Stanley Goodman
- Frank Collison as Henry Gobbleblobber, Mr. Bojenkins (Season 1–2)
- Will Carsola as Sheriff, Boss, and Deer Hunter #1
- Alex Désert as Mr. Bojenkins (Season 3, finale)
Additional voices
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Production
The series, which is
Stewart's own female Australian Cattle Dog[9] served as inspiration for the animators on the character of Mr. Pickles.[8] Stewart even pointed out similarities between her and the main character, and jokingly called her "Ms. Pickles".[8] Animation director Mike L. Mayfield recorded Stewart's dog playing around on video, with animators using the resulting footage as a basis for the character's movements.[9] Its setting is roughly based on Richmond, Virginia, where the creators started out in entertainment before moving to Los Angeles.[7] The creators are given creative freedom by the network, with Stewart explaining the notes received by them as "minimal", much to their surprise.[7] The creators observed some inconsistencies as to what is considered unacceptable, but try not to question it and compromise instead.[8]
Elaborating on its 11-minute running time, Carsola described it as a 22-minute show "squished" into a quarter-hour.[10] Among the voices for the characters include Brooke Shields,[7] Frank Collison, Jay Johnston and Carsola and Stewart themselves.[6] Shields' 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.[7]
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
Pilot | August 25, 2013 | |||
1 | 10 | September 21, 2014 | November 23, 2014 | |
2 | 10 | April 17, 2016 | June 26, 2016 | |
3 | 10 | February 26, 2018 | March 26, 2018 | |
Finale | November 18, 2019[11] |
Broadcast and reception
The series was picked up for ten quarter-hour episodes for its first season,
Aaron Simpson of Cold Hard Flash called the series an amalgamation of Lassie and Superjail!, while observing some social commentary "to ensure this is more than just a multi-episodic sketch."[5] Mike Hale of The New York Times labeled it "the less tasteful but more mainstream" counterpart to Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories, another addition to the network.[18] He wrote that the show was "more grisly than funny," but predicted it to have a cult following and that Shields' voice would add "surreal-pop-culture cachet".[18]
In Australia, the series premiered on August 3, 2015, on The Comedy Channel,[19] and then moved to the free to air Adult Swim block on 9Go!
In
In April 2017, a trailer was released promoting the season 3 premiere to air in fall 2017;[21] however, this was later pushed back, for unknown reasons, to the following year. The first episode of season three premiered on February 26, 2018.[22] The show was renewed for a fourth season, before the third one even premiered.[1]
References
- ^ a b Robrock, Kaitlyn. "Looks like #MrPickles has been greenlit for Season 4 before Season 3 even aired!" – via Twitter.
- ^ "Adult Swim Goes into Animation Overload with New Season Pick-Ups and Return of Squidbillies". August 19, 2023.
- ^ "Mr. Pickles Season Four Premiere". Facebook. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ Momma Named Me Sheriff - Adult Swim "Momma Named Me Sheriff".
- ^ a b Simpson, Aaron (March 24, 2014). "Adult Swim's Mr. Pickles Pilot". Cold Hard Flash. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ a b c Milligan, Mercedes (July 30, 2014). "Adult Swim Premiering Mr. Pickles September 21". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f 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 July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Begley, Jim (August 17, 2014). "SDCC – Adult Swim's Mr. Pickles Is the Touching Story of a Boy and His Evil Dog". Spinoff Online. Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ^ a b 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; 0:20–0:25, 6:00–6:50. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ Zargari, Brunty & Davis 2013, 6:45–6:55.
- ^ "Adult Swim". www.facebook.com. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ Zargari, Brunty & Davis 2013, 7:10–7:20.
- ^ "'Like a Slap to Your Taste Buds': KFC Gives Bite-Sized Chicken a Hot and Spicy Kick". KFC. July 23, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ "Adult Swim Pilots – Mr. Pickles". Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System. July 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ^ "Adult Swim Pilots". Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System. July 2013. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ "Mr. Pickles". Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System. January 23, 2014. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ a b Hale, Mike (September 18, 2014). "A Devil Dog Tears into People, and Other Tales". New York Times. p. C3. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ Purcell, Charles (July 30, 2015). "New this week (Aug 3): Rogue, Jonathan Strange, Bitten, 7 Days in Hell and live sport". The Green Room. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Corus Entertainment Announces Adult Swim Launch Sponsors". Corus Entertainment.
- ^ "Will Adult Swim Greenlight Mr. Pickles for Season 4?". premieredate.news.
- ^ "Mr. Pickles - Season 3 Episodes List". next-episode.net.
External links
- Mr. Pickles at IMDb
- Mr. Pickles pilot on YouTube