You may already know about it from Brad’s announcement on Creased Comics. If not, here’s the story: Mr. Neely has just put the finishing touches on his first ever multi-part miniseries. It’s called China, Illinois and it stars just about every character he’s ever drawn (for Super Deluxe, at least) including Baby Cakes and the Professor Brothers. We can’t give too much away, but we will say that it is a musical of sorts involving a dead woman and it revolves around a community college in China, Illinois (more on that psuedo-fictional town in a moment).
Now for the premiere schedule. Every Monday in May, a new episode will premiere here on Super Deluxe. And then, in a wacky twist of cross-pollination synergy, the entire 11-minute miniseries will be broadcast on Adult Swim the night before the final episode AND entire 11-minute miniseries appears here.
To review:
As for the peculiarly named municipality of China, Illinois, wethinks it may just be yet another invention born from the mad brain of Brad Neely. A lil’ dot does show up in Google map searches…
…but upon further investigation, no such place exists. There once was a China Township in the Land of Lincoln. But apparently, they renamed themselves. We called the County Clerk and Recorder’s office in Lee County, Illinois and this is what they had to say:
Them: It’s now Franklin Grove. It used to be China Township. But it’s now Franklin Grove Township.
Us: Oh, because we found a China, Illinois on Google Maps.
Them: There is a Chana, Illinois. I don’t know about China. Chana, Illinois is in Ogle County.
Us: Chana?
Them: C-h-a-n-a.
Us: So, China, Illinois…
Them: Got changed to Franklin Grove Township.
Us: OK. You know any reason why?
Them: I guess, years ago, it was Franklin Grove. And they changed it. I don’t know why. And then about 3 years ago, they chose to change it back. They went through the proper procedure to have it changed back.
Us: Did it have anything to do with the nation of China?
Them: I don’t know.
Us: Do you know if there’s a community college there?
Them: No.
From Sane Dave:
I was in the audience for a panel at ROFLCon about “Making It Big” on the Internet, and one of the panelists was our very own Brad Neely.
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At that panel an audience member asked of Brad whether or not Super Deluxe would be doing any more shows with Mr. Show alums like Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. At the time I wasn’t sure of the answer, but now that I’m back in the office I tracked down some more info. Here’s the entire rundown of Mr. Show cast members Super Deluxe is currently working with, straight from Dan Pasternack, our VP of content:
“We have an ongoing relationship with both Bob and David and, although they are busy working on their HBO pilot right now, we are expecting more from them both soon. Meanwhile, Mr. Show writers and performers Scott Aukerman and BJ Porter through their Comedy Death Ray brand are currently prepping new pieces for us. And Jay Johnston, who has done quite a lot of work for us in the past, will be appearing in videos from Jonah Ray and Mr. Show music man Mark Rivers in the very near future, so stay tuned!”
Norm Macdonald Presents The Fake News just might’ve made its final O.J. Simpson joke. When reached for comment, Simpson would only say that he’s vowed to find the real killer.
Update: dear readers, this giveaway has reached its dramatic conclusion. We have our winners. A special thanks goes out to all of you who responded so quickly. First 5 responders: keep checking your inboxes because we’ll be getting in touch with you soon to send you your free DVD and pound of marijuana. 6th responder: can we interest you in a back massage?
You read that right. It says “NOT LIVE.” This Tuesday, Tim and Eric are returning to Super Deluxe. But instead of doing their “NITE LIVE” show from Los Angeles, they’ll be debuting the first in a series of “NOT LIVE” videos from the road.
Which may be the closest you’ll be able to get to them these days if you haven’t already bought tickets to their Awesome Show, Great Job!™ Tour 2008. As you can see from this helpful MySpace calendar, they’re selling out everywhere.
Except Asheville. And Lawrence. And Seattle. And Los Angeles. They haven’t sold out in those cities.
OK, now for the DVD giveaway part. We have 5 copies of Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season One that we want to rid ourselves of.
Seeing as our other DVD giveaway is going so well (only 2 people have responded), we’ll make this one a bit easier: all you have to do is write a short essay in the comments below explaining why you should receive a free DVD. That’s it. Type up a persuasive lil’ paragraph for us and it’s yours. Easy.
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Two videos. One winner. You decide.
Either it’s today’s premiere by DJ Douggpound featuring Eric Fensler of overdubbed G.I. Joe PSA fame…
…or it’s me, El Douche A, trying to land a “failslide” in the Super Deluxe offices.
We were just looking at the comments on Cakey! #1 when we noticed this lil’ gem…
You are correct, Caped Cod. Cakey! The Cake From Outer Space does feature Mr. Brian Huskey who plays a cross-dressing father-freak. He’s done a lot of other TV and movie work, but yes, he’s also “the dude from the Sonic commercials.” And he’s quite tatted up, as you can see.
Anywho, we just wanted an excuse to do a post about Cakey! since we here on the blog are such big fans (and the second episode just went up on the home page today). The creators, Mr. Ghost, also have a very funny series called My Wife, The Ghost that you should watch. It’s like I Dream Of Jeannie or Bewitched except the wife is dead.
See? We know how to make ourselves sound “old” and “out of touch.” First, you address people as “kids.” Then, you just add the word “the” in front of “MySpace,” and voila! You’re a Golden Girl on a mission.
Now, as we were saying, wouldn’t this just look pretty on your “the MySpace?”
We think so too. We’ve got a whole mess o’ Super Deluxe skins (actually, just three) over at our MySpace page, free for the taking. So, please, take them.
That’s what you “kids” do anyways. Take, take, take.
Like you give a crap, right?
Well, you should. Why? Because you’re a caring individual. And who wouldn’t want to take part in the glitz and glamour of the so-called “Oscars of the Internet.”
Here’s the deal: Super Deluxe is up for a few Webby Awards this year. More accurately, two of our videos have been nominated for a best “Comedy: Individual Short Or Episode” honor in the Online Film And Video section: [”(Layers)”] - Copy That by Sklars And Kroll and Bronx World Travelers - Press Conference by Ben Schwartz. Ben’s short was also nominated in the “Best Writing” field. Deservedly so. Just watch and see for yourself.
Now for the “interactive part”:
As nominees for Webby Awards, these two videos are also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award. Which means you, the reader and viewer, can and should vote for them! Right HERE.
The polls are open now through May 1st. Winners will be announced on May 6th and honored at the awards in New York City on June 9th. Please, make us proud.
Just so you know that we know, we do know this is the message you’ve probably seen if you’ve tried to watch a Super Deluxe video on YouTube lately:
Believe you us, it sounds a lot more severe than the situation really is. Long story short, there have been some technical issues lately with our YouTube channel, but they’re getting resolved. No violations. No term thingies. No removals.
In the meantime, all we ask is that whatever you do, you not watch this filthy, filthy video.
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