The Freak Brothers Coming To Television!

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"The Freak Brothers animated series adaptation is moving ahead with Andrea Savage and La La Anthony the latest names to join the project as well as Lionsgate coming on board.

The series, which is based on The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, the 1960s underground cult comic created by Gilbert Shelton, follows three stoner characters who, after smoking a magical strain of weed in 1969, are transported 50 years into the future to 2020 bringing their '60s San Francisco attitude to the modern world.

Woody Harrelson voices laid-back Freewheelin' Franklin Freek, John Goodman voices man-child Fat Freddy Freekowtski, and Pete Davidson voices paranoid Phineas T. Phreakers. Tiffany Haddish also features as Kitty, alongside Workaholics alums Adam Devine and Blake Anderson, who play Chuck and Charlie, a couple of weed savants always looking for the next side-hustle with hearts of gold hidden beneath their unwashed exteriors."

More here:

https://deadline.com/2021/04/the-fre...ic-1234732161/

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Since this got mentioned in the Fritz The Cat thread...

[Johnny Stickman Way Out Hep Cat Find all posts View Profile Close Johnny Stickman]

I don't know, it looks like it could be an amusing watch to kill some time. I think if anyone's gonna animate the Freak Brothers, they need to make it loose and funky like this:

Years back, there was an attempt to independently finance a stop-motion film that sounded interesting.

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I don't know, it looks like it could be an amusing watch to kill some time. I think if anyone's gonna animate the Freak Brothers, they need to make it loose and funky like this:

Years back, there was an attempt to independently finance a stop-motion film that sounded interesting.

Agreed, that one looks more inline with the comic version though I have to say the Tubi version looks closer to it than I ever expected it to.

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Two more mini episodes.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

The first two episodes are up on Tubi now. I watched the first one last night, it was fairly amusing, enough so that I'll give the second one a shot when I've got some time to kill. That said, a lot of what made the first episode work was the fact that a good portion of it took place in the sixties, with the last third taking place in the present. I'm not sure if what comes next will be as amusing as there's only so much mileage you can get out of the time travel/fish out of water angle.

[Darcy Parker Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Darcy Parker]

The first two episodes are up on Tubi now. I watched the first one last night, it was fairly amusing, enough so that I'll give the second one a shot when I've got some time to kill. That said, a lot of what made the first episode work was the fact that a good portion of it took place in the sixties, with the last third taking place in the present. I'm not sure if what comes next will be as amusing as there's only so much mileage you can get out of the time travel/fish out of water angle.

I watched the first one, it wasn't bad, but definitely agree that the whole time-travel thing just isn't necessary.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

I watched the first one for about 8 minutes lol and said fuck this.

[Newt Cox Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Newt Cox]

Watched the 3 episodes that are out now. Not bad. Wasnt Fat Freddy's cat a male in the comic?

[Darcy Parker Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Darcy Parker]

Watched the 3 episodes that are out now. Not bad. Wasnt Fat Freddy's cat a male in the comic?

Yes. Yes he was, but casting quotas and "woke" recasting is here to stay, so the cat is now a black woman for no apparent reason.

[Barry M Super Fiend Find all posts View Profile Close Barry M]

My childhood, stolen, again. Thanks a lot, George Lucas. Not since Maggie May has youth been so fucked over and kicked in the head.

OK, I tried, I really can't feel much outrage about a cat.

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Bill Murray was robbed, though.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

I watched the second episode last night and... I think I'm done with this show. Maybe I'll change my mind but this was pretty terrible. Just crass. Not funny crass, which I can get into, but lame crass. The idea of growing a pot plant in a man's asshole is just dumb. I don't need realism here, but c'mon.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

I watched the second episode last night and... I think I'm done with this show. Maybe I'll change my mind but this was pretty terrible. Just crass. Not funny crass, which I can get into, but lame crass. The idea of growing a pot plant in a man's asshole is just dumb. I don't need realism here, but c'mon.

Glad I gave up haha.

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Also, this just made me want to read The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers again.