TVSquad

All of these pilots are available to watch on Adult Swim Fix right now. They'll air on television this Sunday.

Superjail:

Superjail is made by Augenblick Studios, the same animation studio that made the animated segments for Wonder Showzen. The same sick and surreal sensibility that resulted in such Wonder Showzen "classics" as "D.O.G. O.B.G.Y.N." is present in this series about a gigantic jail that's run by an eccentric Willy Wonka type if Wonka happened to take that extra step from "crazy loner" to "completely batshit insane." The blood and guts and overall surreality of the episode can be pretty funny, but I think its success will depend on how the story and characters develop. I can dig bunnies being skinned alive and men being sliced up with chainsaws, but if that's all this series offers it'll get old rather quickly.

The Drinky Crow Show:

Out of all the new pilots, this is the one I've been looking forward to the most, and it's because I'm a big fan of Tony Millionaire's comic strip Maakies, upon which this new series is based. Millionaire and co-creator Eric Kaplan (who has written for such TV series as Futurama and Malcolm in the Middle) have done a great job of recreating the nautical world of Maakies where crows love to drink and monkeys have sex with human women. Underneath all the carnage, though, the pilot still manages to tug at your heartstrings in its own sick kind of way.

Fat Guy Stuck in the Internet:

An okay pilot with a few really funny moments, Fat Guy Stuck in the Internet reminds me of Saul of the Molemen in that both are shows that require the viewers to just go along with a weird and convoluted concept. The problem is, too much of the pilot is made up of "isn't all this stuff weird?" and not enough actual jokes, which is a shame because the jokes can be really funny.

That Crook'd Sip:

This pilot takes place in the Deep South and centers on the Beauregard family, a group of white folks who essentially live as if the South never lost the Civil War, content in their ignorant bliss as the rest of the world keeps going on with or without them. I love the design of this series, which, as I've mentioned before, reminds me a lot of the old animated shorts from Sesame Street, with a nice little filmstrip quality thrown in for good measure.

Let's Fish:

This series comes from Mark Rivers, who also composes the music, and writes occasional episodes, for Moral Orel. It features Scott Adsit (Moral Orel, 30 Rock, Mr. Show) and Brendon Small (Home Movies, Metalocalypse) as two friends stranded on their fishing boat in the middle of the ocean, the only two human beings in a cartoon world (though that difference is never pointed out). This one, along with Drinky Crow, had the most laugh out loud moments for me. The fantasy sequence in the French/Cambodian restaurant with the racist black stereotype waiter and a fat retarded Hitler was a touch of genius.

Oh yeah, and there's some other pilot called Lowe Country, which follows voice actor George Lowe (Space Ghost) around Atlanta.