Smiling Friends
Smiling Friends | |
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Genre | Comedy |
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Starring |
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Ending theme | Brown Smile[1] |
Composers | Brendan Caufield Additional Music by: Chris O'Neill |
Country of origin |
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Original language | English |
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Producers |
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Editor | Tony Christopherson |
Running time | 11 minutes |
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Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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Original network | Adult Swim |
Original release | January 9, 2022[3] |
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Smiling Friends is an upcoming adult animated television series created by and starring Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack for Cartoon Network's night-time programming block Adult Swim, which revolves around a business dedicated to making people smile.
The pilot episode aired April 1, 2020 as a part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools Day event alongside another work of Cusack's, YOLO: Crystal Fantasy. On May 19, 2021, Adult Swim and the show's creators announced that the series had been greenlit along with Royal Crackers and that it was set to premiere later in 2021.[4] The first season is set to contain 8 episodes, including the pilot.[5] A panel dedicated to the series was held during the Adult Swim Festival on November 12, 2021, where co-creator Zach Hadel mentioned the show will premiere "within a few months", pushing the release schedule to 2022.[6] The full series is scheduled to air starting on January 9, 2022.[3]
Premise[]
Smiling Friends Inc. is a small company whose main purpose is to bring happiness to its clients. The series follows the day-to-day lives and misadventures of its representatives, the lazy, cynical Charlie, and the cheerful, optimistic Pim, as they try to cheer up and comfort the troubled people who call their company's hotline and help them out with their problems.
Cast[]
- Zach Hadel as Charlie / Glep / Boss Baby / Desmond's Mom / various Bliblies
- Michael Cusack as Pim / Alan / Pim's Sister / Pim's Mom / Pim's Dad / various Bliblies
- Mike Stoklasa as Desmond
- Marc M. as The Boss
- Finn Wolfhard as Man Living in Wall / various Bliblies
- Nick Wolfhard as Graham Nelly / various Bliblies
- David Dore as Party Bro
- Tom Fulp as Alpha
- Perry Caravello as Salty
Episodes[]
Pilot (2020)[]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [7] | US viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "Desmond's Big Day Out" | Michael Cusack & Zach Hadel | Michael Cusack & Zach Hadel | April 1, 2020 | N/A | |
A small company dedicated to bringing happiness to the world receives a simple request to help a woman’s unhappy son smile again, but the job turns out to be more complicated than it seems. Charlie and Pim work for the Smiling Friends company, which is dedicated to bringing happiness to the world. They meet with their boss, who tells them that a woman wants them to put a smile on her son's face. They go, and find her son, Desmond, ready to kill himself with a gun. Not wanting him to commit suicide, Charlie and Pim take him to Pim's house to show the importance of family, to a house party to make friends, and to "Dave Land," an amusement park, but nothing makes him happy. Meanwhile, Alan, who also works for the company, is trying to find his piece of cheese. He discovers a bliblie has taken it, and when he tries to take it back, an army of bliblies chase after him. Charlie, Pim, and Desmond arrive back at the office to find the bliblies are trying to crucify Alan. Desmond discovers his true passion is killing bliblies, and forms a bliblie-killing company. |
Season 1 (2022)[]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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2 | "Mr. Frog"[8] | TBA | TBA | January 9, 2022 | TBD |
3 | "Shrimp's Odyssey"[8] | TBA | TBA | January 9, 2022 | TBD |
References[]
- ^ O'Neil, Christopher. "BROWN SMILE - SMILING FRIENDS CREDITS". Newgrounds. Oney Music. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Drummond, Catriona. "Catriona Drummond - Head of Design - Yolo Crystal Fantasy - Princess Bento Studio". LinkedIn. LinkedIn. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Adult Swim's 'Smiling Friends' Turns Frowns Upside Down". Animation World Network. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Tapp, Tom (19 May 2021). "Adult Swim Orders Series Pick Ups For 'Royal Crackers' And 'Smiling Friends'". Deadline. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "PsychicPebbles on Making Smiling Friends". The Create Unknown. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "2021 Adult Swim Festival Coming to Screens Everywhere". Animation World Network. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Smiling Friends – Pilot". Adult Swim. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "Full episodes and TV Listings". Zap2it. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
External links[]
- 2020s American adult animated television series
- 2020s American animated comedy television series
- Adult Swim original programming
- American adult animated comedy television series
- American flash adult animated television series
- English-language television shows
- Television series by Williams Street