Regular Show

New York Comic Con is next week, which is an exciting time for the geek community. Many TV shows, movies, video game developers, comic book publishers, independent artists, and other organizations hold panels and give sneak peeks at the latest content they will be producing and distributing. 

One program that I hope will be at NYCC is Regular Show, which was created by JG Quintel and airs on Cartoon Network. Like Adventure Time, the show has a large following among college students due to its absurd and surreal humor. The show follows Mordecai, a blue jay and his friend Rigby, a raccoon, who work as groundskeepers at a park; while attempting to slack off, the two often act irresponsibly and put themselves in surreal situations that threaten their status as park employees or even the park itself.

Regular Show draws inspiration from two of Quintel’s student films, The Naive Man From Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM; Quintel’s characters Mordecai, Benson and Pops all appear in the shorts, and look and act much like their Regular Show counterparts. Both shorts can be viewed on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56STDM667ds

Regular Show has been well received critically, and recently won an Emmy for Best Short-Format Animated Program for the episode “Eggscellent,” which features Mordecai and Rigby attempting to eat a twelve egg omelet in order to win a trucker style hat with the words “I’m Eggcellent” on it. The episode also contains a humorous reference to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. This clip shows Mordecai completing the Eggscellent Challenge, and demonstrates the show’s surreal sense of humor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvZ-22mb55o

Now entering its fourth season, the season premiere “Exit 9B” introduces Roger Craig Smith as Thomas, a goat who interns at the park for college credit. I hope that Regular Show will have some great sneak peeks if they attend New York Comic Con!