''Squidbillies'' is an American

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created by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis for

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's late night

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. An unofficial pilot for the series aired on April 1, 2005. The series later made its official debut on October 16, 2005, and ended on December 12, 2021, with a total of 132 episodes over the course of 13 seasons. The series is about the Cuyler family, an impoverished family of

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mud

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s living in the

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region of the

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. The series revolves around the exploits of an alcoholic father (Early), who is often abusive in a comedic way towards his family. His son, Rusty, is desperate for his approval; his mother and grandmother, known in the show as Granny, is often the center of his aggression; and Lily, Early's sister, is mostly unconscious in a pool of her own vomit. The series also airs in syndication in other countries and has been released on various DVD sets and other forms of home media.

Setting and premise

''Squidbillies'' follows the exploits of the Cuyler family and their interactions with the local populace, which usually results in a fair amount of destruction, mutilation, and death. The Cuylers are essentially given free rein and protected from the consequences of their actions whenever possible by their crudely-drawn friend, the Sheriff (whose name is "Sharif"), as they are said to be the last twisted remnants of a federally protected

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, the "Appalachian Mud Squid". They live in the southern

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located in the

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. At the epicentre of this rural paradise is Dougal County, home to crippling gambling addictions, a murderous corporation, sexual deviants, and the authentic Southern mountain squid. The show often satirizes the

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and culture of the

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, including the Lost Cause,

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, religious fundamentalism,

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, political conservatism,

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and

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. In the words of ''

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'', the show takes "backwoods stereotypes" and turns them into "a cudgel with which to pound maniacally on all manner of topical subjects."

Production

''Squidbillies'' is produced by Williams Street Productions; it is written by Dave Willis, co-creator of ''

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'', and Jim Fortier, previously of ''

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'', both of whom worked on the

series ''

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''. The show is animated by Radical Axis until 2012, with Awesome Inc taking on animation duties until the show’s conclusion.

Concept and development

The series has its origins in 2003 when Mike Lazzo, former vice president of

, asked to develop a project around the title ''Squidbilly's'', which he speculated about during a conversation with his colleagues about Hanna-Barbera's Squiddly Diddly character. In July of the same year, Matt Maiellaro and Pete Smith produced the first script of the pilot episode; however it was scrapped and over 35 scripts were written by Maiellaro, Smith, Dave Willis, Jim Fortier, Matt Harrigan and Mike Lazzo over the course of a year. Later, Lazzo approved and commissioned a screenplay by Dave Willis and Jim Fortier, who decided to base the plot and related characters on the stories of the two creators who both grew up in Conyers,

. According to vice president Keith Crofford development of the first season was delayed due to a lack of ideas, revealing that the pilot episode was scheduled to air in December 2004. The original budget of the pilot episode was about 1100 dollars. Unknown Hinson

On March 25, 2004, it was revealed that the series was in production with a first season consisting of seven episodes planned.

later showed short clips from the first episode during

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and Dragon Con in 2004. It was also announced that the series, originating from the creators of ''

'' and ''

'', was in development with as many as 96 episodes, that the pilot episode would air on November 7, 2004, and that the official broadcast would take place in January 2005. On November 4, 2004, three days before the pilot episode was scheduled to air, the animated special '' Anime Talk Show'' aired, featuring future ''Squidbillies'' star Early Cuyler, along with Meatwad from ''

'' and Sharko from ''

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'' who are interviewed by Space Ghost. The special was later placed as a bonus feature on the first DVD volume of ''Squidbillies''. The pilot episode was heavily promoted to air on November 7, 2004. On that date, however,

decided to air the first episode of ''

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'' unannounced due to the incompleteness of the ''Squidbillies'' episode. In March 2005,

announced that a six-episode first season would air from September of that year alongside '' 12 oz. Mouse'' and ''

''. An unfinished version of the pilot episode aired on April Fool's Day, later revealed via a bumper that it would be completed in five weeks. On October 16, 2005, after being posted on the official website two days earlier, the episode aired alongside the rest of the season.

Writing

The series is written primarily and entirely by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis, who are sometimes aided by other writers such as Casper Kelly and Will Shepard, who send their scripts to the creators. Other producers or animators occasionally take part and write additional story elements, including Matt Harrigan, Matt Maiellaro, Pete Smith, and Lear Bunda. The delay in production of the pilot episode was partly the result of a lack of ideas on the part of the writers who had subjected it to multiple rewrites between the commission of the series and its actual scheduled debut. Over 35 screenplays were written by Maiellaro, Smith, Willis, Fortier, Harrigan and Mike Lazzo in the course of a year. Originally the names of the protagonists Early and Rusty were to be Arvee and Donny respectively; however they were changed by Smith and Fortier in an attempt to renew the creators' original ideas. During the development of ''Squidbillies'', the creators also working on the development of ''

'' inserted and moved some concepts and characters between the two animated series.

Animation

The series' animation, described by Willis as ''

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'' style, is based on

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and takes a week to complete. The main software adopted for the series's animation is Macromedia Shockwave Flash, which allowed in later seasons to more easily change the resolution format to render the broadcast in high definition. An average episode takes approximately 700 working hours to complete. Up until the sixth season, the task of animating the various scripts and characters is entrusted to

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, while from the seventh onwards to Awesome Inc. The reason why the characters are drawn so crudely is not due to the budget, which is still substantial compared to that of their previous work ''

'', but is by design; in fact, according to Jim Fortier, if the series had been drawn differently, therefore cleaner and sharper, it would not have been fun. Production times for animation and various changes made to episodes can take up to eight weeks. Unlike traditional series, no storyboards or particular animations are produced and the pre-production product is not sent abroad to be further modified; in fact the production takes place exclusively in

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and there are between five and seven animators. According to animator Alex Barrella, by the twelfth season, animations and episode designs are generally completed in a few weeks to a maximum of a month, before being revisited and saved. After being animated, the episodes are edited with

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for the final composition. Regarding subsequent seasons, Barrella stated that he wanted to resume the style of "the first three seasons of ''

''", to increase the irreverent tone of the series.

Wallpapers

The series' backgrounds and colors were created by artist Ben Prisk at Primal Screen in

. According to Mike Lazzo, who supervises Prisk's works, he wanted to base his backgrounds on

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. Together with Fortier and Willis, Prisk worked about a year and a half to develop the animation style of the backgrounds, trying to adapt them to the previously designed characters according to line widths, layers and texture complexity. The backgrounds are characterized by the lack of right angles and confusing perspectives. Prisk's works are created in acrylic, revisited with gouache and spray paint and finally composed on

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. Each wallpaper takes approximately 12–15 hours to process and complete.

Voice cast

* Stuart Daniel Baker (2005–2019) and

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(2021) as Early Cuyler *Daniel McDevitt as Rusty Cuyler * Dana Snyder as Granny *Patricia French as Aunt Lily * Charles Napier (2005–2006) and Bobby Ellerbee (2006–2021) as Sheriff * Todd Hanson as Dan Halen *Scott Hilley (2005–2014) as Reverend *

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(2011–2014; 2017–2021) and Faye Otto (2016) as Tammi *

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as Reverend Nubbins * Dave Willis as Deputy Denny and Glenn *Pete Smith (2005–2016) as Boyd

Dismissal of Stuart Baker

On August 16, 2020, Stuart Baker was fired from the series for controversial comments towards the

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movement and country singer

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. A response was posted on

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by Baker claiming that being fired from ''Squidbillies'' ruined his life. The response was later deleted. The thirteenth and final season of ''Squidbillies'' premiered on November 7, 2021, with Baker being replaced by comedian

Episodes

International broadcast

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, ''Squidbillies'' previously aired on

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block and later G4's Adult Digital Distraction block. The series currently airs on the Canadian version of Adult Swim.

Guest appearances

* Jason "Wee Man" Acuña voiced himself in "The Guzzle Bumpkin" (Season 11, Episode 2) * "Action Plan" Tim Andrews voiced the homicidal GPS in "Fatal Distraction" (Season 5, Episode 7) *

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voiced Miguel in "Take This Job and Love It" (Season 1, Episode 2) and Office Politics Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 6), Jesus in "Giant Foam Dickhat Trouble" (Season 2, Episode 5) and Hippie Killed With Chainsaw in "Earth Worst" (Season 3, Episode 6). * Don Barnes, Danny Chauncey, and

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voiced themselves, and their band's song " Caught Up in You" is featured in "Burned and Reburned Again" (Season 2, Episode 10) * Todd Barry voiced Glenn in "Office Politics Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 6) and Dr. Bug in "Family Trouble" (Season 1, Episode 5). *

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(as Clarence Towelstein) voiced Shuckey the Corn Mascot in "Mud Days and Cornfused" (Season 3, Episode 18) *

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is uncredited for voicing himself in "Okaleechee Dam Jam" (Season 3, Episode 17) *

performed the theme song and voiced Tammi in "Keeping It In The Family Way" (Season 6). *

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voiced himself in "The Guzzle Bumpkin" (Season 11, Episode 2) *

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voiced himself in "Granite Caverns" (Season 8, Episode 1) *

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voiced Judge Jammer in "Stop. Jammertime!" (Season 8, Episode 6) * Rachel Dratch voiced a Hippie Woman in "Earth Worst" (Season 3, Episode 6) * Eric "Butterbean" Esch voiced himself and sang the national anthem in "Condition: Demolition" (Season 3, Episode 9) *

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is uncredited for voicing Thunder Clap in "Anabolic-holic" (Season 4, Episode 4) * Kevin Gillespie voiced himself in "Asbestos I Can" (Season 6, Episode 1) * Phil Hendrie guest-starred in "Lean Green Touchdown Makifying Machine" (Season 5, Episode 9) *

performed the theme song in "The Pharaoh's Wad" (Season 6, Episode 8) and voiced the new reverend Kyle Nubbins in "Greener Pastor" (Season 10, Episode 7), later going on to be his official V.A. * David Jackson of the Japanese country group Western Crooners voiced a Japanese war veteran and a documentary narrator in "The Appalachian Mud Squid: Darwin's Dilemma" (Season 3, Episode 10) *

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is uncredited for voicing The Rapist in "Government Brain Voodoo Trouble" (Season 2, Episode 1). * George Lowe voiced Space Ghost in " Unofficial Pilot" (Season 1, fake pilot) and a TV wrestling-promo voice in "Anabolic-holic" (season 4, episode 4) * Riley Martin voiced the Horseman of Pestilence in "Armageddon It On!" (Season 3, Episode 13) and a voice inside Dan Halen's head in "Pile M For Murder" (Season 3, Episode 19) * Ralphie May (as Sweet Dick May) voiced PNUT in "Thou Shale Not Drill" (Season 8, Episode 7). This was the second 30-minute episode in the series' history. * JD McPherson voiced a prisoner in "Dove in an Iron Cage" (Season 11, Episode 1) * The Mighty Ohba of the Western Crooners provided the Japanese voice dub of Early Cuyler in "Snow Daddy" (Season 6, Episode 6) * Larry Munson provided the Voice of God on "Armageddon It On!" (Season 3, Episode 13) * Amber Nash voiced Prosperity in "Lipstick on a Squid" (Season 10, Episode 1) * Chad Ochocinco voiced himself in "Lean Green Touchdown Makifying Machine" (Season 5, Episode 9) * Tara Ochs guest-starred in "Lipstick on a Squid" (Season 10, Episode 1) *

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(as Shecky Chucklestein) voiced the One-Eyed Giant Squid in "Survival of The Dumbest" (Season 2, Episode 12) * Paleface voiced a guy at a bar in "Green and Sober" (Season 7, Episode 4) *

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voiced the Prosecutor in "Terminous Trouble" (Season 2) and the Scientist in "God's Bro" (Season 4). * Billy Joe Shaver performed the theme song in several episodes and voiced a customs agent and a TV announcer in "Trucked Up!" (Season 6, Episode 10) *

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wrote and played the "Rusty Shreds" metal pieces in "Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'" (Season 3, Episode 5). He also voiced Dr. Jerry in "Family Trouble" but was listed in the credits as "Donald Cock". * Todd Snider performed the main title in "Fatal Distraction" (Season 5, Episode 7) and as a rabbit in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10) and voiced a lobster in "Clowny Freaks" (Season 5, Episode 8) *

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voiced himself in "Fatal Distraction" (Season 5, Episode 6) * Jared Swilley voiced himself in "Granite Caverns" (Season 8, Episode 1) *

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voiced himself in "Asbestos I Can" (Season 6, Episode 1) and performed the theme song in "Trucked Up!" (Season 6, Episode 10). * Larry Wachs voiced a clown in "Clowny Freaks" (Season 5, Episode 8) * Jesco White voiced Ga-Ga-Pee-Pap Cuyler in "Dead Squid Walking" (Season 5, Episode 3) * Mamie White (Jesco's real-life sister) voiced Krystal's cousin in "The Many Loves of Early Cuyler" (Season 5, Episode 2) *

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performed the main title theme and voiced themselves in "Need for Weed" (Season 5, Episode 1) * Jon Wurster (as Roy Ziegler) voiced Dakota the Hippie in "Earth Worst" (Season 3, Episode 6) and Skyler The Blue Blood Sucking monster in "The Tiniest Princess" (Season 2, Episode 12).

Musical guest performances

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performed in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10) * Jackyl performed "Raised By Jackyl" in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10) * Rhett Miller performed as an

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representative with a hook hand in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10) *

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performed the main title theme on "Lerm" (Season 4, Episode 1) * Split Lip Rayfield was credited in writing Rusty's bluegrass Hell Jams in "Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'" (Season 3, Episode 5) * Gillian Welch, David Rawlings,

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, and Hayes Carll performed as various singing forest animals in "America: Why I Love Her" (Season 5, Episode 10). This was the first 30-minute episode in the series' history.

Artists who performed versions of the theme song

* Billy Joe Shaver *

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* Alabama Shakes * The Baseball Project *

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* Blackberry Smoke * The Both *

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* Hayes Carll *

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* Centro-Matic *

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* Unknown Hinson * In Search of Sight * Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit * Jackyl *

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* King Khan and the Shrines * Matthew Kaminski, organist for the

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* Lambchop * Chuck Leavell & Francine Reed *

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* Lera Lynn featuring Joshua Grange *

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* Max Q * The Milk Carton Kids *

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* John Prine * Pueblo Cafe *

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* Rebecca Schiffman * Ty Segall * Sturgill Simpson *

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* Shovels & Rope * Todd Snider *

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* Sharon Van Etten * Kurt Vile * Gillian Welch & David Rawlings * Western Crooners *

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* Yelawolf * Dwight Yoakam *

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* Shawn Coleman

Merchandise

Soundtrack

In January 2012, a free 35-track soundtrack was released on the Adult Swim music site entitled ''The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A.'' Another album, entitled ''Squidbillies Double Platinum Gold'', was released on vinyl in July 2019.

Home releases

The series is also available on

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since September 1, 2020. However, seasons 1-12 were removed from the platform in 2023. These seasons are expected to return to the streaming service soon, with "Gimmicky Magazine Show Spoof Parody About Dan Halen" returning to its regular fit-to-screen format.

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