Moral Orel Appreciation Thread

[Lumenskir]

So, if I'm honest, I probably didn't respect Moral Orel enough when it was actually on Adult Swim. However, in my defense, Adult Swim schedules seem to be designed to be understood solely by the stoners who make up their audience, and keeping up with any non-Venture show is a hassle.

However, I stumbled on an interview with one of the VA's for the show sometime after the third season, and thus the show, was over with where he gave it a nice eulogy and described why it probably got canceled so I decided to track down the episodes and find out what I had been missing.

After watching the entirety of the series in about one sitting, I honestly have to say that it is hands down the best non-Venture Bros. show AS has ever aired. The early funny half is just amazingly non-stop funny (although seeing as I'm a Catholic who loves seeing Catholics portrayed as the embodiment of evil for Protestants I don't know how much some of the religious jokes will play for others) and the segue into bleakness, while jarring, never feels forced. The third season probably has some of the most heartwrenchingly brutal scenes in television history, and I sorta stopped watching a few of the more bleak episodes feeling glad they were contained to claymation.

Did anybody else keep up with this gem of a show? While I think the series ending is probably the one the show deserved, when I found out AS simply decided to not fund the seven additional third season episodes I have to admit I was kind of pissed. As is, probably the greatest 43-episode cartoon ever made.

[Lost in Time]

I just liked that they never forced a joke and yet it was non-stop funny. The show always taught you a lesson, even if it was for all the wrong reasons. It was one of the few good original shows that AS ran.

[Marc v4.0]

"Nature" I think disturbed me more then I'm really used to, even from the standpoint of someone who watches a lot of drama and violence on TV. It ranks right up there with Warbot_003 in my "Uncomfortable Media Experience" memories.

[KnightOfRounds]

I started watching it while it was airing on Adult Swim, but it was getting a little too raunchy for me through the first season. It felt like they were only making sex jokes anymore, so I just stopped watching.

Maybe I'll have to try watching it again.

[Julford Hajime]

Originally Posted by KnightOfRounds

I started watching it while it was airing on Adult Swim, but it was getting a little too raunchy for me through the first season. It felt like they were only making sex jokes anymore, so I just stopped watching.

Maybe I'll have to try watching it again.

I got that same feeling; I think I'll have to look into the show, as well.

[Lumenskir]

I just liked that they never forced a joke and yet it was non-stop funny.

Really, when I watched the show in the proper order (seeing as AS ran the first season finale first) and the first episode had the reanimated zombies of Moralton pause to bless their food before eating the brains of citizens, I was sold.

I started watching it while it was airing on Adult Swim, but it was getting a little too raunchy for me through the first season. It felt like they were only making sex jokes anymore, so I just stopped watching.

Well, it was originally described as "Davey and Goliath + South Park", but I guess I liked the raunchy stuff. However, I have to again stress that this is a series that needs to be watched in full. The raunchiness and formula eventually disipates off and is replaced by some hardcore great television.