I've been watching Adult Swim from the very beginning, and it's been interesting to watch as
the late night cartoon block has expanded and become more popular with viewers. Back in the old days of Adult Swim
there were no clever "bumps" like you see now, but rather footage of elderly people using a public pool. That
was scrapped for the "bumps," those black backgrounds displaying clever sayings. At first these tended to be
silly and rather aloof, much like the shows themselves. Over the last year or so, however, I've noticed they've been
used more and more to give viewers a look at the inner machinations of the network and its staff. The bumps have become
more chatty and, dare I say, almost blog-like in some respects. Is this good or bad? It's really neither, it's just
something I've noticed. Though it's that kind of frank approach that keeps most Adult Swim viewers glued to the set
even when during the commercial breaks.
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2-09-2006 @ 2:06AM
Chris said...
My all-time favorite is Aquaman dancing in the drive-thru lane. Or Aquaman dancing anywhere for that matter.
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1-23-2006 @ 2:18PM
B said...
I like the old-style better, where they were silly and sometimes answered viewer mail. Personally, I don't care what the William street office looks like or what it's like to run the show.
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1-23-2006 @ 2:19PM
Manda said...
Of course Williams Street does have a blog:
http://www.adultswim.com/williams/blog/
And many of the employees keep blogs in the Fan Collective. I confess to being a regular stalker of Andy Merrill's blog. That guy is wacky.
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1-23-2006 @ 2:59PM
ThatJamie said...
I am not familiar with the old style but i do finds the bumps quite amusing sometimes.
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1-23-2006 @ 4:55PM
Annie Wu said...
Oh man. I remember those old people. That [as] theme tune used to get stuck in my head too. Actually, I searched for that tune for many years and didn't find it until about three months ago, haha.
I like the bumps. They're fun. And they remind you to go to sleep because if you're too tired to read, you should probably go to bed.
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1-26-2006 @ 10:58AM
KBarrick said...
Between the "ALL KIDS OUT OF THE POOL!" format and the current BUMP one was the "Instructional diagrams of how to save people."
It was..uh... less than good and lasted thislong.
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