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Co-creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel tell THR which episodes are their favorites, the secondary characters they hope to ...
Smiling Friends is one of the most popular new additions to Adult Swim in recent memory, but it turns out that the creators behind it all already know when they want to bring it all to an end ...
The idea for Smiling Friends came from a shared love of shows like South Park.. “Zach and I both grew up loving South Park and other similar cartoons,” Cusack told Animation Magazine.. “I ...
The character of “Smiling Friends” have to reveal the humanity beneath their flaws. The joke rate is quite rapid and the humor derives from the weirdness that’s captivated a generation raised by the ...
In "Smiling Friends" Season 2, the set of bite-sized episodes expand on the comedy’s bizarre world with bold, brash and smart dark humor ...
Much like South Park, most of the main characters on Smiling Friends are voiced by the show’s co-creators: Michael Cusack (Pim, Allan, Mr. Frog) and Zach Hadel (Charlie, Glep, Gwimbly).
Smiling Friends has become a massive hit for Adult Swim, with the programming block wasting little time following the season two finale to confirm that a third season was on the way. Thanks to ...
Yet at the same time, there’s a skewed logic behind Smiling Friends’ riotous, rapid-fire surrealism. The Season 2 premiere follows a washed-up video game mascot named Gwimbly (Hadel).
The Adult Swim show, which is airing a special episode tonight, follows two Smiling Friends employees—sunny Pim and cynical Charlie—who, at the behest of their boss, Mr. Boss, are given a ...
Fans of Adult Swim’s absurdist animated series Smiling Friends have a lot more reasons to smile. The show from co-creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel has landed a two-season pickup, The ...