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Too Many Cooks is a surreal comedy horror short that originally aired as a special during Adult Swim's "infomercials" block on October 28, 2014, at 4:00 a.m. Eastern Time. It was created, written, and directed by Casper Kelly, and produced by Williams Street. After its original airing, the piece became a viral video online and was repeated each night at midnight Eastern Time during the week of November 11, 2014.

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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

I'm convinced that this and the other weird films they did were broadcast at times to deliberately fuck with people watching TV on drugs.

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Oh 100%. They were definitely firmly in that "acid trip/stone as hell" genre of shows and animations. The whole vibe of adult swim fit that.

[–] The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Adult Swim Off the Air is great background noise for acid trips 

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Lol you don't need to be convinced. It started with late night infomercials and slowly evolved into the Brady Bunch.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

I think they're all on HBO (or at least were a year or two ago).

The Sarah Sherman one is absolute madness.

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

unfortunately i had already stopped watching tv and as back in the 2000s but i am lucky enough to have experienced it for the first time today, chefs kiss masterpiece! reminds me of https://youtu.be/JM7FKE88Y2g

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That show/video made me feel uncomfortable things that I don't even have words to express and I loved it. I didn't technically see it live when it first aired, but most have seen it not long after on the internet. It always stuck with me and helps me to understand that even if I don't understand the appeal of any specific piece of art work, that those pieces of work speak to other people in the way that Too Many Cooks spoke to me. It made me feel things that are indescribable.

There was another show called "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" that presses the same buttons and causes similar emotional responses from me.

Dunno why but I can't get enough of this shit and I want more.

[–] AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago

That's what they talked about on the podcast I heard! Casper Kelly gave Lars VT an acting credit with this since he's normally a director.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 16 hours ago

Don't Hug me I'm Scared is insane, and apparently was just picked up by Dropout

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Have you tried watching local58 or Gemini home entertainment?

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I've been getting that kind of feeling from aggressive, experimental music. Clipping. Backxwash. Daughters.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

IT TAKES A LOT TO MAKE A STEW


A PINCH OF SALT AND LAUGHTER TOO


A SCOOP OF KIDS TO ADD THE SPICE


A DASH OF LOVE TO MAKE IT NICE


AND YOU'VE GOT...

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Too many cooks.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 18 hours ago

TOO MANY COOKS

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 76 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really wanted to get into that show, but I can not make it past the opening 😤

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man once the opening credits are done the show opens with a banger you should try again

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I found the plot very hard to follow and uninteresting. No character development at all.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This lives in my brain during every corporate jack off meeting.

[–] nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago

I'm in one of those now!!! ...It takes a lot to make a stew...

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Especially when people are just introducing themselves and stating their positions

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Hi I'm SteveDave and I'm another person in this meeting.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fun fact: you can add it on Radarr

members of the Cook family

Ohhhhhh, that's why there's too many cooks. Only took me thus many years to figure that out, lol

[–] protist@mander.xyz 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)
[–] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love Too Many Cooks but I haven't seen Unedited Footage of a Bear before. I'm excited to get into it but there is some sort of weird ad that the skip button doesn't work on. Thanks for the link!

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah just ignore the skip button, it'll go away when the Claridryl kicks in

[–] plateee@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Don't forget about Broomshakalaka. That's also a delight.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Try "this house has people in it"

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck you OP, now I'm going to be singing this to myself for weeks.

Tom Scott's Lateral podcast cursed me, so I'm just passing it along to you all now so I can move on.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 day ago

Too Many Cooks was the best thing to just start watching without any expectations. Even having someone say "hey, you should watch this" sort of ruins it.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Too Many Cooks is 12 years old? How could this happen?

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Casper Kelly is amazing. I also recommend his workplace sitcom in hell, Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell.

Don’t forget Yule Log 1 & 2. Any Casper fan must watch those

absolute masterpiece. I went from crying of laughter to trembling panic so quickly. I will never forget my first watch.

[–] DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

"Too Many Cooks"
OR
"One toque over the line"

[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I love this. I only watched it for the first time like 2 years ago.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Listened to Lateral recently?

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I know that movie... oh. Cooks you say. Nevermind.