If you follow the path that Tina Fey and Robert Carlock have charted since 30 Rock, you’ll see a gradual separation from what we would consider “actual reality.” 30 Rock took place in a wackier version of our world, with recognizable fixtures like NBC and Brian Williams, but their follow-up, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, had robots and cult bunkers and an absolute force of nature named Titus Andromedon. The duo’s next show (which also features Kimmy Schmidt writer Sam Means) is jumping even further into fantasy, telling a story about humanity’s struggle to rebuild society after aliens destroy the planet. It’s called Mulligan, and it’ll be an animated comedy that focuses on people trying to figure out how to “get it right this time” and also if anyone knows “how to, like, farm.”
Netflix has ordered 20 episodes of the show, which is a lot, but something like this probably benefits from having a lot of room to establish its world and its sense of humor.
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Sounds great! I’m there, no matter what, as long as the art isn’t ugly and off-putting.
The ugliest ones tend to be the funniest, tho.
It’s science.
we got ourselves a squidbillies fan!
“Ain’t nuthin gonna stop me now but my innate inabilitree to progress cognatious thunk.”
I’ll never know.
Once again, the 90s casts a long shadow.
Big Mouth kind of grew on me over time but I really wish they didn’t call it Big Mouth. I get it, they have weird Big Mouths. Stop drawing attention to it.
Is that why your apartment has no mirrors?
Oh. For a second I thought they were gonna take over Adventure Time or something.