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Infomercials (TV specials)

Quarter-hour television comedy specials airing on Adult Swim From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Infomercials is an umbrella title for independent, quarter-hour television comedy specials airing on Adult Swim. Unlike actual paid programming, all of the programs are fictitious, and for the most part maintain no continuity with each other.

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Most of the specials closely resemble & lampoon the format of infomercials, while others parody tropes in niche media such as closed-circuit hotel information channels, industrial films, sitcoms, outdated reality television formats, and public-access television. A number of the titles have a purposeful standard definition look and framing, to match a dated aesthetic. The specials typically air at 4 a.m. ET/PT.

There is no title card or common identifier for the specials, and on some program guide listings, it can be confused with an actual segment of paid programming; if there is a description, it is sometimes blank, with no season or episode numbers. Every title has a different look, as outside of the Williams Street production logos, there are no common directors, cast or crew between the specials, though some directors have returned.

One in particular, Too Many Cooks, is notable for gathering media interest in November 2014. It contains a long-form introduction sequence common to 1980s and 1990s TV shows, except with a seemingly endless cast that continues to be introduced for 11 minutes straight.[1][2]

One infomercial, Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep, later led to the regular Adult Swim show, Joe Pera Talks with You.

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All the titles are or have been aired under the homonym banner, according to the Adult Swim schedule.

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  • The Six Pack Comedy Minute[10]
  • Ultimate Beetles Collection[11][12]
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  1. Keith Crofford serves as Executive Producer for Williams Street on all infomercials.
  2. Mike Lazzo and Walter Newman serve as Executive Producers for Williams Street on select infomercials individually alongside Crofford.
  3. Melissa Warrenburg serves as Producer for Williams Street on live action infomercials from 2016 and prior, as well as Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough in 2018 and When Panties Fly in 2019.
  4. Ollie Green serves as Producer for Williams Street on animated infomercials and on M.O.P.Z.
  5. Mark Costa serves as Producer for Williams Street on live action infomercials after 2016.
  6. Paige Boudreaux serves as Producer for Williams Street on action infomercials after 2018.
  7. These three Infomercials are the only ones to be related to TV series.
  8. These Infomercials also serve as pilot episodes for Adult Swim.[5][6]
  9. These two Infomercials are the only eighth-hour ones of the project, and are always scheduled as one program listed in TV guides as "Alpha Chow & Goth Fitness". No commercial break is aired between it.
  10. These three Infomercials are the only animated ones of the project.
  11. In 2019, the Adult Swim's official YouTube channel posted a version of this special repeated for 10 hours.
  12. Only music video Infomercial of the entire project.
  13. These two Infomercials were originally called: Nuclear Political Ad (for the first), and Farm to Table (for the second).[8]
  14. Only half-hour Infomercial of the entire project.
  15. This infomercial was greenlit after being pitched on Adult Swim's weekly Development Meeting livestream.[9]
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