Adult Swim - Now everyone out of the pool?

What has happened to Adult Swim?

I still like many of its show especially on the action side of the block. I enjoy Futurama and wish that they would bring it back. I love Family Guy for its craziness and different gags. I loved many of their older shows like Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law or SeaLab 2021.

But after watching some of their newer shows, I have come to the obvious conclusion.

They are all on crack.

I mean literally. Some of their new shows are so stupid or so over the line, that I can’t watch them. I turn them off. They lose a viewer and I am sure I am not the only one. Shows like Saul of the Molemen and Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job. They are just awful. Yes, they produce a laugh from me every once and while, but most of the time, I just wonder what the heck is wrong with these people. Their shows make no sense. There is no smart writing or other things that usually makes something funny. They rely solely on sight gags, crazy plots and things so goofy that instead of laughing you wonder if they were dropped on their heads as a child.

I don’t have a problem with some of the other shows. Shin-chan is great. I love all the pop culture references. Aqua Teen Hunger Force has its moments but is still really close to being a complete crack baby. Metalocylse is a bloody crack baby with funny lyrics. Robot Chicken is sometimes smart, sometimes just as dumb as the other shows.

But what is up? Do they think that the block is on so late that our minds aren’t working right? Or do they think that the viewers are so doped up and drunk that everything becomes funny? The worst thing is that they just reported their rating for the last quarter and they are the best they have ever had.

What does that mean? Am I and my friends the only sane ones that don’t like these shows? Or is it that we are the only sober ones.

Adult Swim I like you. You have broken new ground with your smart writing and taking risks that others haven’t. But lately, it just seems like you’re broken. I wonder more about the creators of the shows and most of all, how these shows got approved in the first place. Please return to how you were, when you were smart and funny, not dumb as a stoner.

Case in point.