Squidbillies

Squidbillies is an American adult animated television series created by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim.[1] An unofficial pilot for the series aired on April 1, 2005; the series later made its official debut on October 16, 2005.

Squidbillies
The Cuyler family. From the left: Rusty, Granny, Early and Lil.
GenreSatire
Surreal humour
Adult animation Redneck comedy
Created byJim Fortier
Dave Willis
Voices ofUnknown Hinson (2005–2019)
Daniel McDevitt
Dana Snyder
Patricia French
Bobby Ellerbee (since episode 9)
Todd Hanson
Scott Hilley (2005–2014)
Pete Smith
Charles Napier (uncredited; 2005–2006)
Narrated byDave Willis (select episodes)
Music byBilly Joe Shaver
various artists
ComposersDavid Lee Powell
Shawn Coleman
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes123 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersMike Lazzo
Keith Crofford
ProducersJim Fortier
Dave Willis
Running time11 minutes
22 minutes (episodes 60, 83, 105, & 117)
Production companyWilliams Street
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network
Picture format4:3 SDTV (2005–07)
16:9 HDTV (2008–present)
Original releaseOctober 16, 2005 (2005-10-16) –
present
External links
Website

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, Early's sister, is mostly unconscious in a pool of her own vomit.

There have been a total of 123 episodes during the show's 12 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 thirteenth season.[2]

On August 16, 2020, it was announced that Unknown Hinson, the voice of Early Cuyler, was fired from the series for his controversial comments towards the Black Lives Matter movement and country singer Dolly Parton. The 13th season is still scheduled for production, but what will happen to Early Cuyler is unknown. Hinson posted a response on Facebook, claiming that being fired from Squidbillies ruined his life. The response was later deleted.[3]

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 epicentre of this rural paradise is Dougal County, home to crippling gambling addictions, a murderous corporation, sexual deviants, and the authentic Southern mountain squid.[4] 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."[5]

Production

Squidbillies is produced by Williams Street Productions; 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 cast
  • Unknown Hinson (2005–2019) as Early Cuyler
  • Daniel McDevitt as Russell “Rusty” Cuyler
  • Dana Snyder as Ruby Jean “Granny” Cuyler
  • Patricia French as Lil’ Cuyler
  • Charles Napier (2005–2006) and Bobby Ellerbee (2006–present) as The Sheriff
  • Todd Hanson as Dan Halen
  • Scott Hilley (2005–2014) as Reverend
  • Elizabeth Cook as Tammi
  • Jason Isbell as Reverend Nubbins
  • Dave Willis as Deputy Denny and Glenn

Episodes
Main article: List of Squidbillies episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
16October 16, 2005 (2005-10-16)November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)
214September 17, 2006 (2006-09-17)December 24, 2006 (2006-12-24)
320January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20)June 8, 2008 (2008-06-08)
410May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)July 19, 2009 (2009-07-19)
510May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)July 18, 2010 (2010-07-18)
610September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11)November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)
76July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22)August 26, 2012 (2012-08-26)
89August 11, 2013 (2013-08-11)October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)
910September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21)November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30)
109July 10, 2016 (2016-07-10)November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)
1110October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15)December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)
129August 11, 2019 (2019-08-11)September 15, 2019 (2019-09-15)

International broadcast

In Canada, Squidbillies previously aired on Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block[6] and later G4 Canada's ADd block.[7] The series currently airs in Canada on the Canadian version of Adult Swim.[8]

Guest appearances
  • Jackyl performed "Raised By Jackyl" in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10)
  • .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)[9]
  • 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).[10]
  • Todd Barry voiced Glenn in "Office Politics Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 6) and Dr. Bug in "Family Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 5).[11]
  • Vernon Chatman (as Clarence Towelstein) voiced Shuckey the Corn Mascot in "Mud Days and Cornfused" (Season 3, Episode 18)[12]
  • David Allan Coe is uncredited for voicing himself in "Okaleechee Dam Jam" (Season 3, Episode 17)[13]
  • 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)[14]
  • 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)[15]
  • Mick Foley is uncredited for voicing Thunder Clap in "Anabolic-holic" (Season 4, Episode 4)[16]
  • 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), later going on to be his official V.A.
  • 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)[17]
  • 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)[18]
  • 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)[19]
  • 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).[20] 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.[21]

Another album, entitled Squidbillies Double Platinum Gold was released on vinyl in July 2019.[22]

Home releases
Season Episodes Volume Release date Extras
Region 1
1 2005 6 1 October 16, 2007
  • "How I Make The Damn Show!"
  • The Original Pilots
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Behind the Scenes Footage
  • Audio commentaries
  • Anime Talk Show
2 2006 14
3 2008 20 2 April 21, 2009
  • "Squidbillies Circle Jerk 2: Return Of The Self Congratulation"
  • "Dragonbillies"
  • "Funny Pete Stuff"
  • "Art and Music"
  • "Dragon Con 2008"
  • Audio commentaries
4 2009 10 3 July 6, 2010
  • "Art & Music"
  • "This Ain't A Hat, It's A Rag-top for A Sex Convertible"
  • "Funny Pete Stuff"
  • "Dragon Con 2009"
5 2010 10 4 June 21, 2011[23]
  • Behind the Scenes of "America: Why I Love Her"
  • Jesco White Voice Record Outtakes
  • Dragon Con Squidbillies Panel
  • XM Radio Squidbillies 4 July Special
  • Squidbillies Tattoo Contest Video
6 2011 10 5 August 7, 2012[24]
  • Behind the Scenes Featurettes
  • Art+Music feature and more
7 2012 6 6 March 17, 2015[25] None
8 2013 9

The series is also available on HBO Max since September 1, 2020.[26]

See also

References
  1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 585–586. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. https://twitter.com/swimpedia/status/1124759593710772225
  3. Flook, Ray (August 18, 2020). "Ex-Squidbillies Actor Takes Firing Well: "Hope You A**holes are Happy"". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  4. Minovitz, Ethan. "AS Announces Largest Programming Schedule Ever". Big Cartoon DataBase. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05.
  5. Genzlinger, Neil (7 July 2016). "'Squidbillies' Is Still Blazing a Caustic, Backwoods Trail". New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. https://mediaincanada.com/2006/06/22/teletoon-20060622/
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20100107014243/http://www.g4tv.ca/static/schedule.shtml
  8. "TELETOON Canada Inc. Announces Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Launch Schedules". Newswire. June 21, 2012.
  9. "Donnie Van Zant". IMDB. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  10. "Fred Armisen". IMDb.
  11. "Todd Barry". IMDb.
  12. In the newest episode... *OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS* – Squidbillies – Adult Swim Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
  13. "David Allan Coe". IMDb.
  14. "Rachel Dratch". IMDb.
  15. "Squidbillies". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
  16. "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.
  17. John J. Galbo. "Adult Swim Central". Agents of Geek.
  18. Orson (22 April 2008). "CURIOUS INDEX, 4/22/08". Every Day Should Be Saturday.
  19. ""Squidbillies" Survival of the Dumbest (TV Episode 2006)". IMDb. 10 December 2006.
  20. "Brendon Small". IMDB. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  21. "The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A. Soundtrack". Adult Swim.
  22. Squidbillies (2019-07-16). "Squidbillies Double Platinum Gold! In hot red vinyl!pic.twitter.com/8AzJxERjd8". @Squidbillies. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  23. "Squidbillies – [adult swim] Press Release Announces 'Volume 4' for DVD". David Lambert. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  24. "Squidbillies – Volume 5". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04.
  25. "Squidbillies – Volume 6". Archived from the original on 2015-03-07.
  26. https://ca.bgr.com/2020/08/21/hbo-max-in-september-everything-coming-and-going/
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