''Robin'' is a 1996 adult animated TV sitcom created by Swedish cartoonist
Magnus Carlsson
Lars Magnus Carlsson (born 24 June 1974) is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados as well as a solo performer.
Early life
Magnus Carlsson was born in Borås and grew up in Fristad. He attended comprehensive up ...
and narrated by Dave Avellone in the English dub.
It was aimed at an adult audience.
Plot
Every episode focused on the title unemployed bachelor, in his early 20s and his best friend Benjamin, who is African-Swedish.
While neither seem to do anything constructive with their lives, they are involved in various misadventures, mostly resulting in a
non-sequitur ending. The following episode will feature no mention of past encounters.
The pair (or frequently, Robin alone) will have run-ins with the law, encounter drunks, flashers and other uneven characters.
Influence
In 1997, after the screening of ''Robin'' on
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...
in the United Kingdom, British rock band
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon-on-Thames, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band members are Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Gre ...
approached Magnus Carlsson to make a
music video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...
for their song "
Paranoid Android
"Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album, '' OK Computer'' (1997), on 26 May 1997. The lyrics were written by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant e ...
" with Robin in it. Carlsson accepted and came up with the original idea for the video after locking himself in his office, staring out the window at a bridge and listening to nothing but Paranoid Android repeatedly.
During the video of "Paranoid Android", the band makes a cameo appearance at a bar, where they are sitting at a table drinking and watching a person with a head coming out of his stomach dancing on their table.
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Episodes
# The Bums
# Drafted
# The Party
# The Mime Artist
# Frogman
# Plumbing
# The Crow
# Drug Demo
# The Fire
# Party With a Chair
# Grannie
# The Dentist
# The Lonely Hearts Ad
# Plastic Surgery
# Snowboarding
# Harry at The Barber's
# The Shaveonologist
# The Film Buff
# The Pinch
# The Record Company
# Down Under
# Mooning
# Harry The Smoker
# The Exhibitionist
# The Film Director
# The Foster Grandfather
# Weird Things
# Divine Service
# Uncle Harry
# Shopping
Censorship
The show was banned in Singapore and MTV's US version censored elements like nipples and urine streams.
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 0149516, Robin
1990s adult animated television series
1990s animated comedy television series
Swedish animated television series
1990s Swedish television series
1996 Swedish television series debuts
1996 Swedish television series endings
1990s German animated television series
1996 German television series debuts
1996 German television series endings
1996 Canadian television series debuts
1996 Canadian television series endings
Television shows set in Stockholm