October 16, 2005 – December 13, 2021
Squidbillies is an American adult animated sitcom created by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. 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 anthropomorphic hillbilly mud squids living in the Georgia region of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 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.
Summary[]
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 endangered species, the "Appalachian Mud Squid". They live in the southern Appalachian Mountainslocated in the North Georgia mountains. 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 history and culture of the American South, including the Lost Cause, slavery, religious fundamentalism, segregation, political conservatism, bigotry, racism and poverty. In the words of The New York Times, the show takes "backwoods stereotypes" and turns them into "a cudgel with which to pound maniacally on all manner of topical subjects."
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Sound Effects Used[]
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Hawk Single Scre PE020801/Hollywoodedge, Hawk Screech Single AT082901
- Hollywoodedge, Cat Domestic Meow Ang AT010603 (Heard once in "Pile M for Murder".)
- Hollywoodedge, Dolphin Chirps Vocal PE024601/Hollywoodedge, Dolphins Chirping TE015902
- Hollywoodedge, Girl Screams Long Hi CRT028201 (Heard when Squid Satan gets mad in "Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'".)
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, BLUE JAY - SINGLE CALLS, ANIMAL 01
- Sound Ideas, GUN FOLEY / HANDLING - 12 GAUGE MOSSBERG SHOTGUN COCKING/HAMMER BACK 06
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, BABY - CRYING (Heard twice in "Gimmicky Magazine Show Spoof Parody About Dan Halen"; and once during the song "For This Land" in "America: Why I Love Her".)
- Sound Ideas, SCREAM - MALE, TERROR, HUMAN, HORROR
- Unknown Baby Crying Sound 4 (Used twice for Rusty Cuyler as a baby when he cries in "This Show is Called Squidbillies".)