[classic swim]

Felt like this was obligatory to post.

Earth knows I’ve rambled all there possibly is to be rambled about the show over the years since it aired. The first image has the tape I recorded of the pilot episode that very night.


With the second season in 2006 that happened by accident, they went off the wall and basically made an unnerving serial thriller with ATHF’s humor in place. 

It’s interesting because Brak Show was the AS original that took a lot of shit from the fans back then for how it was. But they saw what Aqua Teen was doing and that molded the rest of their episodes before cancellation.

Here, you had a pilot that was the most ridiculous thing ever aired on television. (All the more reason why I love the pilot the most out of the whole series) That pilot was structured like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but instead of continuously mimicking ATHF just because it worked, you saw a set of episodes that really spiraled into its own legs and psyche. 

Me watching and taping the episodes adds to my very biased engagement. I just know I was impressed with what I saw. And people tore it apart for how it was, as well as how it was animated & produced. Squidbillies took some very similar heat also, but 12 oz. Mouse does not have 13 seasons to boot. 

I think I mentioned before that I had a couple of my tapes set on my laptop recently, and all I can think of is how unfortunate it is that Adult Swim practically backed out on its previous confidence with the show by the time the 2nd season was airing. You can chalk that up with Lazzo but it’s real fucked up they basically threw the show under the bus when they knew they wouldn’t be producing it anymore. Other less liked shows didn’t get that treatment while getting axed by them.


For reference... they aired Assy McGee around the exact same time. And I love Assy McGee as well! I wish my Assy McGee T shirt was my exact size. They aired Assy McGee for the sole purpose of making the most incredibly stupid thing to ever exist on TV and pissing viewers off with a particular sketch that failed in the past. They’ve admitted to such. But I guess Assy McGee stuck to their brand more culturally or something.


In spite of that... 12 oz. Mouse for many years has had its own cult holiday months prior to the pilot. It’s a show few fans can recite beat for beat with the DVD movie cut or whatever else. The minimal effort is what made the show so fun, it was something reluctantly lost during its revival season.


I really do wish that second season could’ve been more. Love the way it turned out, but also know they could’ve went entirely different directions with little time.