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{{Infobox television |
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| image = Liquid tv.jpg |
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| caption = Title card from 1991 to 1995 |
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| runtime = 30 minutes |
| runtime = 30 minutes |
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| creator = [[Japhet Asher]]<ref>{{cite book |
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| language = English |
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| composer = [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] |
| composer = [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] |
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| network = [[MTV]] |
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| network = [[MTV]]<br>[[BBC Two]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1991-05-13#at-19.15 |title=BBC Genome (TV Guide Archive) : FAQ |publisher=BBC |access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref> |
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1991|06|02}} |
| first_aired = {{Start date|1991|06|02}} |
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| last_aired = {{End date|1995|01|01}} |
| last_aired = {{End date|1995|01|01}} |
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| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2014|05|15}} |
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| last_aired2 = {{End date|2014|06|12}} |
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| num_seasons = 4 |
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| num_episodes = 27 |
| num_episodes = 27 |
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| list_episodes = #Episodes |
| list_episodes = #Episodes |
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| company = [[Colossal Pictures]]<br>[[MTV Entertainment Group|MTV Networks]]<br>[[BIG Pictures]]<br>Noyes & Laybourne Enterprises<br>[[BBC]] (1991-1992) |
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| executive_producer = Japhet Asher<br>Chris McCarthy<br>John Hays<br>Phil Robinson<br>Jeff Fino<br>[[Eli Noyes]]<br>[[Kit Laybourne]]<br>[[Samir Shah]] |
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'''''Liquid Television''''' is an animation showcase |
'''''Liquid Television''''' is an animation showcase on [[MTV]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= What is Liquid Television |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 14, 1991|url= https://ew.com/article/1991/06/14/what-liquid-television/|access-date=November 12, 2010|first=Benjamin|last=Svetkey}}</ref> from 1991 to 1995. It launched several high-profile original [[cartoon]]s, including ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'' and ''[[Æon Flux]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Liquid Television |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 31, 1991|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/05/31/liquid-television/|access-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=501–504}}</ref> Other recurring segments include "The Art School Girls of Doom",<ref name="drag">{{cite news|url=http://www.wigstock.nu/press/vanityfair11-92.html |publisher=Vanity Fair |title=Wigging Out |date=November 1992 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325173911/http://www.wigstock.nu/press/vanityfair11-92.html |archive-date=March 25, 2014 }}</ref> ''[[The Specialists (TV series)|The Specialists]]'', and ''[[Brad Dharma|Brad Dharma: Psychedelic Detective]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/02/16/the-creative-journey-to-timbuktu/d7d59526-19d8-4843-84d7-21ff7aba3f70/| title = THE CREATIVE JOURNEY TO TIMBUKTU - The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Independent animators and artists created most of the material specifically for the show, and some previously produced segments were compiled from festivals such as [[Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation]]. |
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The first season of ''Liquid Television'' also aired on [[BBC Two]] in co-production with MTV. Ultimately, MTV commissioned three seasons of the show, |
The first season of ''Liquid Television'' also aired on [[BBC Two]] in co-production with MTV. Ultimately, MTV commissioned three seasons of the show, produced by [[Colossal Pictures]]. The show was eventually succeeded by ''[[Cartoon Sushi]]''. [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] composed the theme music. |
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The show was broadcast in Canada on [[Much (TV channel)|MuchMusic]], in Asia on [[Channel V]], in Australia on [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] and in New Zealand on [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]]. |
The show was broadcast in Canada on [[Much (TV channel)|MuchMusic]], in Asia on [[Channel V]], in Australia on [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] and in New Zealand on [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Many animation pieces were adapted from [[Art Spiegelman]]'s comic compilation, ''[[Raw (comics magazine)|RAW]]''. ''RAW'' features underground cartoonists such as [[Mark Beyer (comics)|Mark Beyer]], [[Richard Sala]], and [[Peter Bagge]]. In particular, ''Dog-Boy'' by [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]] was based on the artist's series from ''RAW''.<ref>{{cite news|title= High-Tech MTV 'Liquid Television' shows what visual wizards can do with animation and pop culture |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 9, 1991|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-09-tv-709-story.html|access-date=November 12, 2010|first=Lauren|last=Lipton}}</ref> |
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Due to the extensive use of licensed music throughout the series (many episodes begin with a contemporary [[music video]] being "liquified"), full episodes of ''Liquid Television'' have not been broadcast since their original run.<ref name="lt_now_online">{{cite web | url=https://gizmodo.com/you-can-now-watch-all-of-mtvs-liquid-television-the-la-1820974967 | title=You Can Now Watch All of MTV's Liquid Television, the Launching Ground for Æon Flux | publisher=G/O Media | work=Gizmodo | date=December 4, 2017 | accessdate=May 23, 2024 | last=Elderkin | first=Beth | quote=Unfortunately, much like MTV’s Daria, the series used a lot of licensed music, which meant it was really hard to re-release after its debut. There were a few VHS tapes, as well as one DVD release in 1997 (with another DVD release in 2005 thanks to the movie adaptation), but it had since become lost to the ages. MTV did put Liquid Television on their website in 2011, but it's since become unavailable.}}</ref> Selected segments from the series, including the debut of ''Æon Flux'', were released on two VHS tapes in the late 1990s as ''The Best of Liquid Television''.{{efn|name=oop|These have been out of print.<ref name="lt_now_online" />}} A collection volume, ''Wet Shorts (The Best of Liquid Television)'', with the content of the two VHS tapes, was released on DVD in 1997.{{efn|name=oop}} |
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There were also a large number of animation pieces adapted from the work of [[Art Spiegelman]]'s comic compilation, ''[[Raw (comics magazine)|RAW]]''. ''RAW'' featured underground cartoonists such as [[Mark Beyer (comics)|Mark Beyer]], [[Richard Sala]], and [[Peter Bagge]]. In particular, ''Dog-Boy'' by [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]] was based on the artist's series from ''RAW''.<ref>{{cite news|title= High-Tech MTV 'Liquid Television' shows what visual wizards can do with animation and pop culture |work=The Los Angeles Times|date=June 9, 1991|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-09-tv-709-story.html|access-date=November 12, 2010|first=Lauren|last=Lipton}}</ref> |
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==Credits== |
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Due to the extensive use of licensed music throughout the series (episodes often began with a contemporary [[music video]] being "liquified"), full episodes of ''Liquid Television'' have not been seen in any form since its original run. Selected segments from the series, including the first appearances of ''Æon Flux'', were released on two VHS tapes in the late 1990s as ''The Best of Liquid Television'' parts one and two. These tapes are long out-of-print. A collection volume, titled ''Wet Shorts (The Best of Liquid Television)'', comprising the two VHS tapes, was released on DVD in 1997, but this, too, is out-of-print. |
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==Series credits== |
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# [[Japhet Asher]] – Executive Producer/Creative Director |
# [[Japhet Asher]] – Executive Producer/Creative Director |
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# [[Prudence Fenton]] – Executive Producer/Story Editor |
# [[Prudence Fenton]] – Executive Producer/Story Editor |
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| style="text-align:center;"|November 24, 1992 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/liquid-television-episode-13 | title=Liquid Television: Episode 16 | date=November 24, 1992 }}</ref> |
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# Open: Amore Baciami |
# Open: Amore Baciami |
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! style="background:#333333" | Summary |
! style="background:#333333" | Summary |
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| style="text-align:center;"|1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwRdaeYp8eg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/YwRdaeYp8eg |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Liquid TV | Episode 1 |date=May 15, 2014 |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=2014-07-07}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| May 15, 2014 |
| style="text-align:center;"| May 15, 2014 |
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# Best Song Ever (by [[Wallpaper.]]) |
# Best Song Ever (by [[Wallpaper.]]) |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EyRgfegUkM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/9EyRgfegUkM |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Liquid TV | Episode 2 |date=May 22, 2014 |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=2014-07-07}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| May 22, 2014 |
| style="text-align:center;"| May 22, 2014 |
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# The Lost Coin |
# The Lost Coin |
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# Let's Make Out |
# Let's Make Out |
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# The Long Legs 6 |
# The Long Legs 6 - "Nick the Cockroach" |
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# Rad |
# Rad |
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# Fluffy McCloud |
# Fluffy McCloud |
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# Disco Destroyer |
# Disco Destroyer |
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# Slander |
# Slander |
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# Heal Everything Heal Everyone |
# Heal Everything Heal Everyone from We Can Do It! |
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# You Came Out (by [[We Have Band]]) |
# You Came Out (by [[We Have Band]]) |
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# Playing For Keeps |
# Playing For Keeps |
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# Boy (by Milgrom) |
# Boy (by Milgrom) |
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| style="text-align:center;"|3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXqG-nGPVE |title=Liquid TV | Episode 3 |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=2023-07-20}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
| style="text-align:center;"|3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXqG-nGPVE |title=Liquid TV | Episode 3 |date=May 29, 2014 |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=2023-07-20}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| May 29, 2014 |
| style="text-align:center;"| May 29, 2014 |
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# 16Bit 'Dinosaurs' |
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# The New Leeds Account |
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# Reverse |
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# The Long Legs 1 - "Fatherly Advice" |
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# Change Your Relationship to Nature from We Can Do It! |
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# Drifters |
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# Anna Mammoth |
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# Anaconda |
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# Outside the Box |
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# Dad Teaches Me to Shave |
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# Playing for Keeps |
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# Wisdom of the Lurkers |
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# Untitled Yellow |
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# Éclats de Suie |
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# Odin's Afterbirth 1 |
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# Crystal Antler's - Two Way Mirror |
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| style="text-align:center;"|4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u98s7c8IGxs |title=Liquid TV | Episode 4 |date=June 5, 2014 |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=2023-07-20}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| June 5, 2014 |
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# Bombguy |
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# Freatures |
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# The Subway Time |
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# Metal |
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# Wisdom Of The Lurkers |
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# Magic Hole |
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# Hello Bottle |
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# Story from North America |
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# Your Heart Is A Prism from We Can Do It! |
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# Plunge |
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# Dirk |
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# Odin's Afterbirth 2 |
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# Too Many Words |
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| style="text-align:center;"| June 12, 2014 |
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# Delta Heavy - 'Hold Me' |
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# The Chair |
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# Wisdom Of The Lurkers |
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# Dress |
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# Dancing Animals |
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# The Long Legs 10 - "Larry and Christopher" |
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# Chernokids |
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# Howard |
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# Booty Clap |
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# Fleet Foxes - 'The Shrine / An Argument' |
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==Recurring segments== |
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*Winter Steele – A puppet show about a biker chick searching for her long-lost love (see below). |
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*Soap Opera – A parody of daytime soaps, with bars of soap as the actors. |
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*Cut-Up Camera – A parody of ''[[Candid Camera]]'' involving outrageous situations. |
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*Miss Lidia's Makeover to the Stars – A short about an unseen makeup artist (with live-action hands) who gives celebrities mock make-overs via her computer. |
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*Invisible Hands – About a turban-clad sleuth who solves murders. |
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*Buzz Box – A short with changing patterns set to rock music. |
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*Stick Figure Theatre – A series of shorts recreating scenes from popular movies using stick-figures drawn on 3 × 5 cards. |
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*Dangerous Puppets – About two puppets who violently destroy each other. |
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*The Art School Girls of Doom – A live-action short in the early 1990s about two art school girls. Codie Field and Gina Varla Vetro, [[transgender]] actresses, played the girls in an animated environment.<ref name="drag">{{cite news|url=http://www.wigstock.nu/press/vanityfair11-92.html |publisher=Vanity Fair |title=Wigging Out |date=November 1992 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325173911/http://www.wigstock.nu/press/vanityfair11-92.html |archive-date=March 25, 2014 }}</ref> |
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*Footworks – Stories featuring footprints as the characters. |
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*[[Æon Flux]] – About a scantily-clad female secret agent (later spun off into its own series; also adapted into a 2005 live-action film starring [[Charlize Theron]]).<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Liquid Television |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 31, 1991|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20254986,00.html|access-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref> The series later became part of Liquid Television's online version in 2012. |
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*[[Beavis and Butt-Head]] – About two adolescent morons who cause their own trouble; later spun off into its own series. |
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*Psychogram – A series of stories told with postcards and voiceover narration. |
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*[[The Specialists (animated series)|The Specialists]] – A 10-episode series about three private detectives. |
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*Dog Boy – A live-action, comic book-style story about the adventures of a young man who received a dog's heart in a medical transplant. |
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*The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo – A computer-animated series about a man and his anthropomorphic house done in a 3D paper-style, created by [[Mark Beyer (comics)|Mark Beyer]]. It had an original soundtrack composed by [[The Residents]]. |
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*Speedbump the Roadkill Possum – About a possum who often gets run over. |
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*[[Was (Not Was)]] – A series of fast-paced chalk animations to the tune of songs by the titular band. |
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*Uncle Louie – A series of cut-out animations about an older yet jovial uncle and his young nephew in various adventures. |
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*Bobby & Billy – A series of cut-out animations, drawn similar to [[Norman Rockwell]] paintings, about two younger boys who display malevolence and immoral behavior in various situations. The cartoon often satirizes indecency set in the 1960. |
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* Brickface & Stucco – A live-action series about two grease monkeys and their custom hot rod gear head adventures. |
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*[[Brad Dharma|Brad Dharma: Psychedelic Detective]] – An animated series about a [[psychic]] private detective in the future megacity of [[Timbuktu]]. It mixed [[cyberpunk]] and [[fantasy]] tropes.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/02/16/the-creative-journey-to-timbuktu/d7d59526-19d8-4843-84d7-21ff7aba3f70/| title = THE CREATIVE JOURNEY TO TIMBUKTU - The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> |
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===Winter Steele=== |
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'''''Winter Steele''''' is a [[puppet]] [[television]] series created by [[Cintra Wilson]] that aired as a segment of ''Liquid Television'' during its first two seasons, 1991–1993. Wilson wrote the series, created the puppets, did the voice of the main character and even did some live action [[body double]] work. |
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Winter Steele is depicted as a female [[motorcycling|biker]] who is in hot pursuit of her childhood friend, lover and sometime nemesis David "Crow" Dickerson, himself a biker. The two met as children in a repressive orphanage and bonded. Separated, the two vowed to find each other, with Winter criss-crossing the land on a motorcycle. In this course Winter breaks many laws - robbing a [[crossdressing|crossdresser]] at gunpoint, credit card fraud, etc. As it transpires, Crow is also desperately looking for Winter, he has gotten a career as a [[stunt performer]] a la [[Evel Knievel]] and a cape he uses in his act bears the inscription "Winter, where are you?" At one point Winter even meets up with Crow's mother, who abandoned her son to an [[orphanage]]. Asked if she regretted sending Crow there, she tersely replies "Hell no!" |
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Winter eventually learns of Crow's career as a daredevil, but despairs of reaching him when she can't get his attention at a show. Defeated, Winter attempts [[suicide]] by [[Self-immolation|immolation]], wrecking her [[motorcycle]], tearing off her clothes and setting them on fire. She is stopped when a [[private detective]] hired by Crow recognizes her. But before he can bring her to Crow, he sees Winter's burnt belongings and assumes she has committed suicide. He attempts suicide himself by ramming his chopper into a brick wall, but though seriously injured he is not killed. Winter finally catches up with Crow at the [[intensive care]] unit at the hospital, but is taken away by the police on various charges before she can stay long. After the police have taken her away, we see Crow raise a thumb towards Winter. |
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==Revival== |
==Revival== |
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On October 13, 2011, [[MTVX]], MTV's cross media group, announced the return of ''Liquid Television''.<ref>{{cite news|title= mtv revives liquid-television|work= [[Cartoon Brew]]|url= http://www.cartoonbrew.com/biz/mtv-revives-liquid-television-51313.html}}</ref> It became an online network. Its first content was "F**KING BEST SONG EVERRR" by [[Wallpaper (musician)|Wallpaper]], available on the website. Full-length episodes featuring the online content and all-new material were released in 2013. |
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===LiquidTelevision.com=== |
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On October 13, 2011, [[MTVX]], MTV's cross media group, announced the return of ''Liquid Television''.<ref>{{cite news|title= mtv revives liquid-television|work= [[Cartoon Brew]]|url= http://www.cartoonbrew.com/biz/mtv-revives-liquid-television-51313.html}}</ref> It is now a network that is available on the internet and social media. The first content to debut on the network was "F**KING BEST SONG EVERRR" by [[Wallpaper (musician)|Wallpaper]], available on the website. Full-length episodes featuring the online content and all-new material were released in 2013. |
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===Shows on LiquidTelevision.com=== |
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* ''[[The Head (1994 TV series)|The Head]]'' - Animated series about the adventures of a young man who has an alien hatch out of his head. |
* ''[[The Head (1994 TV series)|The Head]]'' - Animated series about the adventures of a young man who has an alien hatch out of his head. |
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* ''[[The Maxx]]'' - Animated adaptation of comic book series ''[[The Maxx]]'', the story follows the dual-reality adventures and struggles of the Maxx and his social worker Julie. Aired on ''MTV's Oddities'', which was a sub-category of ''Liquid Television'' in the 1990s. |
* ''[[The Maxx]]'' - Animated adaptation of comic book series ''[[The Maxx]]'', the story follows the dual-reality adventures and struggles of the Maxx and his social worker Julie. Aired on ''MTV's Oddities'', which was a sub-category of ''Liquid Television'' in the 1990s. |
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* ''[[Daria]]'' - |
* ''[[Daria]]'' - Daria Morgendorffer is a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her in this spin-off of ''Beavis and Butt-Head''. |
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* ''[[Wonder Showzen]]'' - Live-action |
* ''[[Wonder Showzen]]'' - Live-action and animated sketch comedy series about a darkly perverse kids' show modeled after ''[[Sesame Street]]''. |
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* ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' - [[Clay animation]] series featuring overly violent wrestling matches between celebrities. Originally part of LT's follow-up, ''[[Cartoon Sushi]]''. |
* ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' - [[Clay animation]] series featuring overly violent wrestling matches between celebrities. Originally part of LT's follow-up, ''[[Cartoon Sushi]]''. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Adult Swim]] |
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*''[[Cartoon Sushi]]'' |
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*''[[Exposure ( |
*''[[Exposure (American TV series)|Exposure]]'' |
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*''[[Nicktoons Film Festival]]'' |
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*''[[Eye Drops]]'' |
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*''[[Go! Cartoons]]'' |
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*''[[KaBlam!]]'' |
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*[[Nicktoons Film Festival]] |
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*''[[Off the Air (TV series)|Off the Air]]'' |
*''[[Off the Air (TV series)|Off the Air]]'' |
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*''[[Oh Yeah! Cartoons]]'' |
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*''[[Random! Cartoons]]'' |
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*''[[Raw Toonage]]'' |
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*''[[Short Circutz]]'' |
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*[[Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation]] |
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*''[[Random! Cartoons]]'' |
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*''[[Too Cool! Cartoons]]'' |
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Revision as of 13:35, 19 September 2024
Liquid Television | |
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Created by | Japhet Asher[1] |
Composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 27 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Japhet Asher Chris McCarthy John Hays Phil Robinson Jeff Fino Eli Noyes Kit Laybourne Samir Shah |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Colossal Pictures MTV Networks BIG Pictures Noyes & Laybourne Enterprises BBC (1991-1992) |
Original release | |
Network | MTV |
Release | June 2, 1991 January 1, 1995 | –
Liquid Television is an animation showcase on MTV[2] from 1991 to 1995. It launched several high-profile original cartoons, including Beavis and Butt-Head and Æon Flux.[3][4] Other recurring segments include "The Art School Girls of Doom",[5] The Specialists, and Brad Dharma: Psychedelic Detective.[6] Independent animators and artists created most of the material specifically for the show, and some previously produced segments were compiled from festivals such as Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation.
The first season of Liquid Television also aired on BBC Two in co-production with MTV. Ultimately, MTV commissioned three seasons of the show, produced by Colossal Pictures. The show was eventually succeeded by Cartoon Sushi. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the theme music.
The show was broadcast in Canada on MuchMusic, in Asia on Channel V, in Australia on SBS and in New Zealand on TV3.
History
Many animation pieces were adapted from Art Spiegelman's comic compilation, RAW. RAW features underground cartoonists such as Mark Beyer, Richard Sala, and Peter Bagge. In particular, Dog-Boy by Charles Burns was based on the artist's series from RAW.[7]
Due to the extensive use of licensed music throughout the series (many episodes begin with a contemporary music video being "liquified"), full episodes of Liquid Television have not been broadcast since their original run.[8] Selected segments from the series, including the debut of Æon Flux, were released on two VHS tapes in the late 1990s as The Best of Liquid Television.[a] A collection volume, Wet Shorts (The Best of Liquid Television), with the content of the two VHS tapes, was released on DVD in 1997.[a]
Credits
- Japhet Asher – Executive Producer/Creative Director
- Prudence Fenton – Executive Producer/Story Editor
- Mark Mothersbaugh – Composer, Theme Music
- XAOS Inc. – Title Sequences, Liquid Lips, Liquid Eyes, End Credits Bed
- A BIG Pictures & Noyes & Laybourne Collaboration
- Produced by (Colossal) Pictures for MTV & BBC-TV
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 6 | June 2, 1991 | June 30, 1991 | |
2 | 10 | September 24, 1992 | December 3, 1992 | |
3 | 6 | December 31, 1993 | January 1, 1995 | |
4 | 5 | May 15, 2014 | June 12, 2014 |
Episodes
Season 1 (1991)
No. | Original air date | Summary |
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1 | June 2, 1991 |
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2 | June 2, 1991 |
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3 | June 9, 1991 |
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4 | June 16, 1991 |
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5 | June 23, 1991 |
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6 | June 30, 1991 |
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Season 2 (1992)
No. | Original air date | Summary |
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7 | September 24, 1992 |
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8 | October 1, 1992 |
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9 | October 8, 1992 |
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10 | October 15, 1992 |
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11 | October 22, 1992 |
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12 | October 29, 1992 |
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13 | November 5, 1992 |
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14 | November 12, 1992 |
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15 | November 19, 1992 |
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16 | November 24, 1992 [10] |
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Season 3 (1993–95)
No. | Original air date | Summary |
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17 | December 31, 1993 |
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18 | July 6, 1994 |
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19 | July 13, 1994 |
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20 | July 27, 1994 |
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21 | October 3, 1994 |
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22 | January 1, 1995 |
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Season 4 (2014)
No. | Original air date | Summary |
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1[11] | May 15, 2014 |
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2[12] | May 22, 2014 |
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3[13] | May 29, 2014 |
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4[14] | June 5, 2014 |
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5[15] | June 12, 2014 |
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Revival
On October 13, 2011, MTVX, MTV's cross media group, announced the return of Liquid Television.[16] It became an online network. Its first content was "F**KING BEST SONG EVERRR" by Wallpaper, available on the website. Full-length episodes featuring the online content and all-new material were released in 2013.
LiquidTelevision.com
- The Head - Animated series about the adventures of a young man who has an alien hatch out of his head.
- The Maxx - Animated adaptation of comic book series The Maxx, the story follows the dual-reality adventures and struggles of the Maxx and his social worker Julie. Aired on MTV's Oddities, which was a sub-category of Liquid Television in the 1990s.
- Daria - Daria Morgendorffer is a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her in this spin-off of Beavis and Butt-Head.
- Wonder Showzen - Live-action and animated sketch comedy series about a darkly perverse kids' show modeled after Sesame Street.
- Celebrity Deathmatch - Clay animation series featuring overly violent wrestling matches between celebrities. Originally part of LT's follow-up, Cartoon Sushi.
See also
- Adult Swim
- Cartoon Sushi
- Exposure
- Eye Drops
- Go! Cartoons
- KaBlam!
- Nicktoons Film Festival
- Off the Air
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons
- Random! Cartoons
- Raw Toonage
- Short Circutz
- Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation
- Too Cool! Cartoons
- What a Cartoon!
Notes
References
- ^ Rushkoff, Douglas (1994). Media virus!: hidden agendas in popular culture. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 150. ISBN 9780345382764.
- ^ Svetkey, Benjamin (June 14, 1991). "What is Liquid Television". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ^ "Liquid Television". Entertainment Weekly. May 31, 1991. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 501–504. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "Wigging Out". Vanity Fair. November 1992. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014.
- ^ "THE CREATIVE JOURNEY TO TIMBUKTU - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
- ^ Lipton, Lauren (June 9, 1991). "High-Tech MTV 'Liquid Television' shows what visual wizards can do with animation and pop culture". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Elderkin, Beth (December 4, 2017). "You Can Now Watch All of MTV's Liquid Television, the Launching Ground for Æon Flux". Gizmodo. G/O Media. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
Unfortunately, much like MTV's Daria, the series used a lot of licensed music, which meant it was really hard to re-release after its debut. There were a few VHS tapes, as well as one DVD release in 1997 (with another DVD release in 2005 thanks to the movie adaptation), but it had since become lost to the ages. MTV did put Liquid Television on their website in 2011, but it's since become unavailable.
- ^ "Liquid Television : FAQ". Textfiles.com. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "Liquid Television: Episode 16". November 24, 1992.
- ^ "Liquid TV | Episode 1". Youtube.com. May 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ "Liquid TV | Episode 2". Youtube.com. May 22, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ "Liquid TV | Episode 3". Youtube.com. May 29, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ "Liquid TV | Episode 4". Youtube.com. June 5, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ "Liquid TV | Episode 5". Youtube.com. June 12, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ "mtv revives liquid-television". Cartoon Brew.
Further reading
- Aero Flux [videorecording]: The Complete Animated Collection. Peter Chung; Howard E. Baker; Denise Poirier: John Rafter Lee; MTV Networks; Paramount Home Entertainment. c2005. 3 videodiscs.
- Lipton. Lauren. High-Tech MTV; "Liquid Television" shows what visual wizards can do with animation and pop culture." Los Angeles Times, June 9, 1991 TV Times Orange County Edition, p 8.
- Liquid Television. By: LIGHTBODY, KIM, Fast Company, 10859241, Nov2017, Issue 220
- Wet Shorts [videorecording]: The Best of Liquid Television. MTV Networks: SMV Enterprises. New York, NY:MTV Networks c1997 videodisc (90 min)
External links
- Liquid Television
- 1990s American adult animated television series
- 1990s American animated comedy television series
- 1990s American anthology television series
- 1990s American sketch comedy television series
- 1991 American television series debuts
- 1991 animated television series debuts
- 1995 American television series endings
- American adult animated comedy television series
- American adult animation anthology series
- American English-language television shows
- MTV cartoons
- American television shows featuring puppetry
- American television series with live action and animation