20 Adult Swim Facts That Are Keeping Us Out of the Pool
![20 Adult Swim Facts That Are Keeping Us Out of the Pool](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/0/865540_320x180.jpg)
In 2001, executives at Cartoon Network finally looked around and thought, “Hey, you know what? I bet stoned college kids and anime fans would watch our channel.” And they were totally right. Young adults who would eventually become Cracked readers (and writers) flocked to their TVs on Sunday nights with pizza, beer, and other substances to enjoy offbeat comedy, reruns of Family Guy, and just plain bizarre stuff.
Now, over 20 years later, Adult Swim has become an established programming block with a full library of new and old cartoons, anime shows, and incredibly niche yet hilarious comedies fit for late night viewing. But even the most devout Adult Swim fan may not know everything about their favorite cable TV programming block. In fact, some stuff may surprise you more than you’d think.
Here are some facts about Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and the shows that made it what it is today.
'Rick and Morty'
![Rick and Morty's pilot episode was written in six hours. When the pitch was accepted by Adult Swim, Justin Roiland convinced Dan Harmon to just crank out a draft in Harmon's office rather than do it over three months. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/8/865558.jpg)
'Metalocalypse'
![CRACKED.COM Metalocalypse's Dethklok has the highest ranked death metal album of all time. Dethalbum III cracked the Billboard Top 10 when it was first released, making it the #1 ranked death metal album of all time. Dethklok](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/5/865555.jpg)
'Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule'
![John С. Reilly won't discuss Dr. Steve Brule. No, he isn't ashamed of Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule. But he said, I just showed up with my costume and started channeling that guy. I don't know where he came from. I find the less I say about Steve Brule, the better. I think of him as real, and anytime I start to analyze him, it just gets really boring. Sounds... chilling. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/6/865546.jpg)
Tim & Eric
![Tim & Eric got an Adult Swim deal by sending an invoice to Bob Odenkirk. They sent me an envelope with a DVD, and usually I throw those things away, but this envelope also had an itemized bill in it. There was a charge for postage, a charge for packaging, for shipping - everything. And it made me laugh. Odenkirk then watched the DVD, loved the content, and set up a meeting. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/6/2/865562.jpg)
'Space Ghost: Coast to Coast' and 'The Eric Andre Show'
![Space Ghost: Coast to Coast godfathered The Eric Andre Show. Andre has confessed how much the mock talk show influenced his own mock talk show. Не watched SG:C2C constantly while shooting the first season to absorb as much Space Ghost as could. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/9/865549.jpg)
'Aqua Teen Hunger Force'
![Dana Snyder auditioned for Master Shake via drunken voicemail. Snyder's friend and producer Dave Willis asked him to leave a voicemail with his audition for Aqua Ten Hunger Force after having a few drinks. Then Willis had to ask Snyder to do it again because he accidentally erased it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/7/865547.jpg)
'The Venture Bros'
![CRACKED.COM Only two people write, direct, and edit the Venture Bros. Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer pretty much make the show themselves, including voicing characters, which explains why there were only seven seasons since 2003.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/6/1/865561.jpg)
'Sealab 2021'
![Everyone hated the Sealab 2021 pilot. Creators Adam Reed and Matt Thompson recorded new audio over an existing episode of Sealab 2020, and it was bad. It was only picked up after cutting it down to seven minutes of insanity (and because Adult Swim needed short form content). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/6/0/865560.jpg)
'Primal'
![Spear only has one word of dialogue in the entire first season of Primal. It was in the episode Slave of the Scorpion, and that word was a name: Mira. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/9/865559.jpg)
'Joe Pera Talks With You'
![CRACKED.COM Locations weren't shut down while shooting Joe Pera Talks With You. In order to keep things inexpensive and realistic, Pera and his crew visit his locations while they are still doing business, with real customers at times interacting with him in character.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/7/865557.jpg)
'Moral Orel'
![Moral Orel was canceled for being too depressing. Season 3's Alone aired depicted the trauma and mental instability of three women who experienced various forms of sexual abuse. The show was planned for five seasons, but this episode caused Adult Swim execs to cancel it for getting too dark. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/2/865552.jpg)
The Mooninites
![The Mooninites were inspired by the Atari E.T. video game. Matt Maiellaro came up with the characters after reading an article on how millions of copies of the E.T. game were buried. The original Mooninite backstory was that the Aqua Teen house was on a video game burial ground. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/4/865554.jpg)
'Black Jesus'
![CRACKED.COM Black Jesus took four years between Season 2 and Season 3. The third season aired in September 2019, after the last episode of the second season aired in 2015.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/3/865553.jpg)
'Childrens Hospital'
![If you've ever been to any children's hospital, you know it's the least funny place anywhere. That reasoning is how Rob Corddry created the concept of Childrens Hospital by making a comedy mocking Grey's Anatomy and other steamy shows within an incredibly inappropriate setting. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/6/865556.jpg)
'Delocated'
![Jon Glaser created Delocated via Late Night with Conan O'Brien. When he was a writer and performer on Conan, Glaser played an impressionist in witness protection who still did impressions in spite of his voice being modulated. Then he developed this sketch into a full show. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/8/865548.jpg)
'Robot Chicken'
![Robot Chicken got its title from an actual menu item. Show creators Matt Senreich and Seth Green were having a meal with writer/star Breckin Meyer at Kung Pao Bistro in West Hollywood, when they saw Robot Chicken on the menu and wondered what the hell that could be. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/0/865550.jpg)
'The Boondocks'
![Two episodes of The Boondocks were banned for making fun of BET. Black Entertainment Television was upset by the way it was depicted on The Hunger Strike and The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show, and threatened legal action. Cartoon Network complied. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/5/865545.jpg)
'The Eric Andre Show'
![CRACKED.COM Shooting The Eric Andre Show's pilot was stressful. Andre had to shoot in a bodega that was owned by six or seven dudes that claimed they owned the place, that had crap and piles of broken glass everywhere. Andre also ran out of money and taught himself Final Cut Pro to edit the episode.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/3/865543.jpg)
'Aqua Teen Hunger Force's Titles
![Aqua Teen Hunger Force had five different titles. Aside from ATHF, the show was called Aqua Unit Patrol Squad, Aqua Something You Know Whatever, Aqua TV Show Show, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/4/865544.jpg)
'Space Ghost: Coast to Coast'
![CRACKED.COM The Bee Gees were the worst guests on Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. Due to their laughing and cursing so much during their interview, only 19 seconds could be used for the show.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/5/1/865551.jpg)