Squidbillies

Squidbillies
The Cuyler family. From the left: Rusty, Granny, Early and Lil.
Genre Black comedy
Non-canon fiction
Satire
Slapstick
Surreal humour
Adult animation
Created by Jim Fortier
Dave Willis
Voices of Unknown Hinson
Daniel McDevitt
Dana Snyder
Patricia French
Bobby Ellerbee (since episode 9)
Todd Hanson
Scott Hilley (2005–2014)
Pete Smith
Charles Napier (uncredited; 2005)
Narrated by Dave Willis (select episodes)
Music by Billy Joe Shaver
various artists
Composer(s) David Lee Powell
Shawn Coleman
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 11
No. of episodes 114 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Mike Lazzo
Keith Crofford
Producer(s) Jim Fortier
Dave Willis
Running time 11 minutes
22 minutes (episodes 60, 83, & 105)
Production company(s) Williams Street
Distributor Warner Bros. Television
Cartoon Network
Release
Original network Adult Swim
Picture format 4:3 SDTV (2005–07)
16:9 HDTV (2008–present)
Original release October 16, 2005 (2005-10-16) – present
External links
Website

Squidbillies is an American adult animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. An unofficial pilot for the series aired on April 1, 2005; the series later made its official debut on October 16, 2005. The series is about the Cuyler family, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly mud squids living in the Georgia region of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The series revolves around the exploits of an alcoholic father (Early), who is often abusive in a comedic way towards his family. His teenage son, Rusty, is desperate for his approval; his mother and grandmother, known in the show as Granny, is often the center of his aggression; and Lil, his sister, is mostly unconscious in a pool of her own vomit.

There have been a total of 114 episodes during the show's 11 seasons. The series also airs in syndication in other countries and has been released on various DVD sets and other forms of home media.

The show was renewed for a twelfth season.[1]

Setting and premise

Squidbillies follows the exploits of the Cuyler family and their interactions with the local populace, which usually results in a fair amount of destruction, mutilation, and death. The Cuylers are essentially given free rein and protected from the consequences of their actions whenever possible by their friend, the Sheriff (whose name is "Sharif"), as they are said to be the last twisted remnants of a federally protected endangered species, the "Appalachian Mud Squid". They live in the southern Appalachian Mountains located in the North Georgia mountains. At the epicenter of this rural paradise is Dougal County, home to crippling gambling addictions, a murderous corporation, sexual deviants, and the authentic southern mountain squid.[2] In the words of The New York Times, the show takes "backwoods stereotypes" and turns them into "a cudgel with which to pound maniacally on all manner of topical subjects."[3]

Production

Squidbillies is produced by Williams Street Studios, it is written by Dave Willis, co-creator of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Jim Fortier, previously of The Brak Show, both of whom worked on the Adult Swim series Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The show is animated by Awesome Incorporated, with background design by Ben Prisk.

Voice actors

Name Character(s)
Unknown Hinson Early Cuyler
Daniel McDevitt Rusty Cuyler
Dana Snyder Granny Cuyler
Patricia French Lil Cuyler
Bobby Ellerbee The Sheriff (since episode 9)
Todd Hanson Dan Halen
Mary Kraft Krystal
Dave Willis Glenn Narrator
Deputy Denny various
Pete Smith Boyd
Stewart Briehut Squid Jesus
Jim Fortier Devil
Former cast
Charles Napier (episode 1-8) The Sheriff
Scott Hilley (seasons 1-9) Reverend

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 6 October 16, 2005 (2005-10-16) November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)
2 14 September 17, 2006 (2006-09-17) January 7, 2007 (2007-01-07)
3 20 January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20) June 8, 2008 (2008-06-08)
4 10 May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17) July 19, 2009 (2009-07-19)
5 11 May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16) July 18, 2010 (2010-07-18)
6 10 September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11) November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)
7 6 July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22) August 26, 2012 (2012-08-26)
8 10 August 11, 2013 (2013-08-11) October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)
9 10 September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21) November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30)
10 9 July 10, 2016 (2016-07-10) November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)
11 11 October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15) December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)

Guest appearances

  • .38 Special voiced themselves, and their song "Caught Up in You" is featured during the credits in "Burned and Reburned Again" (Season 2, Episode 10)[4]
  • Tim "Action Plan" Andrews voiced the homicidal GPS in "Fatal Distraction" (Season 5, Episode 7)
  • Jason "Wee Man" Acuña voiced himself in "The Guzzle Bumpkin" (Season 11, Episode 2)
  • Fred Armisen voiced Miguel in "Take This Job and Love It" (Season 1, Episode 2) and Office Politics Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 6), Jesus in "Giant Foam Dickhat Trouble" (Season 2, Episode 5) and Hippie Killed With Chainsaw in "Earth Worst" (Season 3, Episode 6).[5]
  • Todd Barry voiced Glenn in "Office Politics Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 6) and Dr. Bug in "Family Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 5).[6]
  • Vernon Chatman (as Clarence Towelstein) voiced Shuckey the Corn Mascot in "Mud Days and Cornfused" (Season 3, Episode 18)[7]
  • David Allan Coe is uncredited for voicing himself in "Okaleechee Dam Jam" (Season 3, Episode 17)[8]
  • Elizabeth Cook performed the theme song and voiced Tammi in "Keeping It In The Family Way" (Season 6).
  • Coolio voiced himself in "The Guzzle Bumpkin" (Season 11, Episode 2)
  • Bradford Cox voiced himself in "Granite Caverns" (Season 8, Episode 1)
  • Lavell Crawford voiced Judge Jammer in "Stop. Jammertime!" (Season 8, Episode 6)
  • Rachel Dratch voiced a Hippie Woman in "Earth Worst" (Season 3, Episode 6)[9]
  • Drive-By Truckers performed in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10)
  • Eric "Butterbean" Esch voiced himself and sang the national anthem in "Condition: Demolition" (Season 3, Episode 9)[10]
  • Mick Foley is uncredited for voicing Thunder Clap in "Anabolic-holic" (Season 4, Episode 4)[11]
  • Kevin Gillespie voiced himself in "Asbestos I Can" (Season 6, Episode 1)
  • Tony Guerrero voiced a prisoner in "Dove in an Iron Cage" (Season 11, Episode 1)
  • Phil Hendrie guest-starred in "Lean Green Touchdown Makifying Machine" (Season 5, Episode 9)
  • Jason Isbell performed the theme song in "The Pharaoh's Wad" (Season 6, Episode 8) and voiced the new reverend Kyle Nubbins in "Greener Pastor" (Season 10, Episode 7)
  • David Jackson voiced a Japanese war veteran and a documentary narrator in "The Appalachian Mud Squid: Darwin's Dilemma" (Season 3, Episode 10)
  • Jonathan Katz is uncredited for voicing The Rapist in "Government Brain Voodoo Trouble" (Season 2, Episode 1).
  • George Lowe voiced Space Ghost in "Unofficial Pilot" (Season 1, fake pilot) and a TV wrestling-promo voice in "Anabolic-holic" (season 4, episode 4)
  • Riley Martin voiced the Horseman of Pestilence in "Armageddon It On!" (Season 3, Episode 13) and a voice inside Dan Halen's head in "Pile M For Murder" (Season 3, Episode 19)[12]
  • Ralphie May (as Sweet Dick May) voiced PNUT in "Thou Shale Not Drill" (Season 8, Episode 7). This was the second 30-minute episode in the series' history.
  • JD McPherson voiced a prisoner in "Dove in an Iron Cage" (Season 11, Episode 1)
  • The Mighty Ohba provided the Japanese voice dub of Early Cuyler in "Snow Daddy" (Season 6, Episode 6)
  • Rhett Miller performed as an al-Qaeda representative with a hook hand in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10)
  • Dan Mirvish (as Danny Torrance) voiced himself in "The Guzzle Bumpkin" (Season 11, Episode 2)
  • Andrew Montesi announced the Festival of the Clowny Freak commercial in "Clowny Freaks" (Season 5, Episode 8)
  • Casey Motter announced the baseball game in "Debased Ball" (Season 11, Episode 6)
  • Larry Munson provided the Voice of God on "Armageddon It On!" (Season 3, Episode 13)[13]
  • Tim Andrews Provided the Larry Munson voice after Munson's death.
  • Amber Nash voiced Prosperity in "Lipstick on a Squid" (Season 10, Episode 1)
  • Chad Ochocinco voiced himself in "Lean Green Touchdown Makifying Machine" (Season 5, Episode 9)
  • Tara Ochs guest-starred in "Lipstick on a Squid" (Season 10, Episode 1)
  • Patton Oswalt (as Shecky Chucklestein) voiced the One-Eyed Giant Squid in "Survival of The Dumbest" (Season 2, Episode 12)[14]
  • Paleface voiced a guy at a bar in "Green and Sober" (Season 7, Episode 4)
  • Grey Revell voiced a musician in "Green and Sober" (Season 7, Episode 4)
  • Stan Robak voiced Pompidov in "Confessions of a Grangrenous Mind" (Season 4, Episode 5)
  • George Robinson voiced Snow Daddy in "Snow Daddy" (Season 6, Episode 6)
  • Ryuu-chan provided the Japanese voice dub of Rusty Cuyler in "Snow Daddy" (Season 6, Episode 6)
  • Mike Schatz voiced the Prosecutor in "Terminous Trouble" (Season 2) and the Scientist in "God's Bro" (Season 4).
  • Billy Joe Shaver performed the theme song in several episodes and voiced a customs agent and a TV announcer in "Trucked Up!" (Season 6, Episode 10)
  • Brendon Small wrote & played the "Rusty Shreds" metal pieces in "Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'" (Season 3, Episode 5).[15] He also voiced Dr. Jerry in "Family Trouble" but was listed in the credits as "Donald Cock".
  • Todd Snider performed the main title in "Fatal Distraction" (Season 5, Episode 7) and as a rabbit in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10) and voiced a lobster in "Clowny Freaks" (Season 5, Episode 8)
  • Soilent Green performed the main title theme on "Lerm" (Season 4, Episode 1)
  • Split Lip Rayfield was credited in writing Rusty's bluegrass Hell Jams in "Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'" (Season 3, Episode 5)
  • Paul Stanley voiced himself in "Fatal Distraction" (Season 5, Episode 6)
  • Jared Swilley voiced himself in "Granite Caverns" (Season 8, Episode 1)
  • T-Pain voiced himself in "Asbestos I Can" (Season 6, Episode 1) and performed the theme song in "Trucked Up!" (Season 6, Episode 10).
  • Larry Wachs voiced a clown in "Clowny Freaks" (Season 5, Episode 8)
  • Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Lucinda Williams, Will Oldham, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Hayes Carll performed as various singing forest animals in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10). This was the first 30-minute episode in the series' history.
  • Justin "Fireball" Whitaker is uncredited for voicing "Earth Worst" ( Season 3, Episode 6 )
  • Jesco White voiced Ga-Ga-Pee-Pap Cuyler in "Dead Squid Walking" (Season 5, Episode 3)
  • Mamie White voiced Krystal's cousin in "The Many Loves of Early Cuyler" (Season 5, Episode 2)
  • Widespread Panic performed the main title theme and voiced themselves in "Need for Weed" (Season 5, Episode 1)
  • Jon Wurster (as Roy Ziegler) voiced Dakota the Hippie in "Earth Worst" (Season 3, Episode 6) and Skyler The Blue Blood Sucking monster in "The Tiniest Princess" (Season 2, Episode 12).

Artists who performed versions of the theme song

Merchandise

Soundtrack

In January 2012 a free 35 track soundtrack was released on the Adult Swim music site entitled The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A.[16]

Home releases

Region 1
DVD title Season(s) Episode count Release date
Volume 1 1, 2 20 October 16, 2007
This is the complete first and second seasons. Extras include: "How I Make The Damn Show!", The Original Pilots, Deleted Scenes, Behind the Scenes Footage, audio commentaries, and Anime Talk Show.
Volume 2 3 20 April 21, 2009
This is the complete third season. Extras include: "Squidbillies Circle Jerk 2: Return Of The Self Congratulation", "Dragonbillies", "Funny Pete Stuff", "Art and Music", "Dragon Con 2008", and audio commentaries.
Volume 3 4 10 July 6, 2010
This is the complete fourth season. Extras include: "Art & Music", "This Ain't A Hat, It's A Rag-top for A Sex Convertible", "Funny Pete Stuff", "Dragon Con 2009".
Volume 4 5 11 June 21, 2011
This is the complete fifth season. Extras include: Behind the Scenes of "America: Why I Love Her", Jesco White Voice Record Outtakes, Dragon Con Squidbillies Panel, XM Radio Squidbillies 4 July Special, and Squidbillies Tattoo Contest Video[17]
Volume 5 6 10 August 7, 2012
This is the complete sixth season. Extras include: Behind the Scenes Featurettes, Art+Music feature and more[18]
Volume 6 7 6 March 17, 2015
This is the complete seventh season.[19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Squidbillies on Twitter". Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Minovitz, Ethan. "AS Announces Largest Programming Schedule Ever". Big Cartoon DataBase. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05.
  3. ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (7 July 2016). "'Squidbillies' Is Still Blazing a Caustic, Backwoods Trail". New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Donnie Van Zant". IMDB. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Fred Armisen". IMDb.
  6. ↑ "Todd Barry". IMDb.
  7. ↑ In the newest episode... *OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS* - Squidbillies - Adult Swim Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "David Allan Coe". IMDb.
  9. ↑ "Rachel Dratch". IMDb.
  10. ↑ "Squidbillies". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
  11. ↑ "411MANIA - TNA News: Mick Foley on Squidbillies, Interest in Lucha Stars, New TNA TV Video, More". TNA News: Mick Foley on Squidbillies, Interest in Lucha Stars, New TNA TV Video, More.
  12. ↑ John J. Galbo. "Adult Swim Central". Agents of Geek.
  13. ↑ Orson (22 April 2008). "CURIOUS INDEX, 4/22/08". Every Day Should Be Saturday.
  14. ↑ ""Squidbillies" Survival of the Dumbest (TV Episode 2006)". IMDb. 10 December 2006.
  15. ↑ "Brendon Small". IMDB. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  16. ↑ "The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A. Soundtrack". Adult Swim.
  17. ↑ "Squidbillies - [adult swim] Press Release Announces 'Volume 4' for DVD". David Lambert. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  18. ↑ "Squidbillies - Volume 5". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04.
  19. ↑ "Squidbillies - Volume 6". Archived from the original on 2015-03-07.
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