Remembering Adult Swim’s Too Many Cooks 5 Years Later
At 4 a.m. on October 28, 2014, “Too Many Cooks” debuted on Adult Swim and those words have never been uttered the same way ever since. Five years and now almost 18 million views on YouTube later, it’s time to look back on how this viral hit came to be.
Created by Chris “Casper” Kelly, who also created Adult Swim’s "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell," "Too Many Cooks" didn’t become a hit overnight. Instead, it took about four nights before the madness finally caught on.
After being posted during the late night hour by Adult Swim, YouTube user tortoise5210 ripped and uploaded the sketch in a (now deleted) video on November 4, 2014. It was after that posting that "Too Many Cooks" amassed millions of views within hours and went viral. Soon after, Adult Swim officially uploaded the video to their channel, and the rest is history. Celebrities such as Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Mark Hamill sang its praises, and everyone from CNN to Bleacher Report adapted the meme featuring the 2016 Presidential Candidates and 2015 NBA Draft Picks, respectively.
Remembering Adult Swim’s Too Many Cooks 5 Years Later
At 4 a.m. on October 28, 2014, “Too Many Cooks” debuted on Adult Swim and those words have never been uttered the same way ever since. Five years and now almost 18 million views on YouTube later, it’s time to look back on how this viral hit came to be.
Created by Chris “Casper” Kelly, who also created Adult Swim’s "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell," "Too Many Cooks" didn’t become a hit overnight. Instead, it took about four nights before the madness finally caught on.
After being posted during the late night hour by Adult Swim, YouTube user tortoise5210 ripped and uploaded the sketch in a (now deleted) video on November 4, 2014. It was after that posting that "Too Many Cooks" amassed millions of views within hours and went viral. Soon after, Adult Swim officially uploaded the video to their channel, and the rest is history. Celebrities such as Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Mark Hamill sang its praises, and everyone from CNN to Bleacher Report adapted the meme featuring the 2016 Presidential Candidates and 2015 NBA Draft Picks, respectively.
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian Will Make You Guess Which Side You’re On
Those who've seen advance footage of the new Star Wars series The Mandalorian hailed it as "classic Star Wars" blended with a "samurai-infused space Western."
So it's fitting that Pedro Pascal recently spoke about how the show leans into those Western elements by not easily defining or labeling the good guys and bad guys.
Talking to AP Entertainment, the hunter under the new Mandalorian helmet mentioned how the series is meant to be ambiguous about morality. "They separate good and evil so perfectly in the world of Star Wars," Pascal said, "and in this one it’s like we’re way more at the center."
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Will Make You Guess Which Side You’re On
Those who've seen advance footage of the new Star Wars series The Mandalorian hailed it as "classic Star Wars" blended with a "samurai-infused space Western."
So it's fitting that Pedro Pascal recently spoke about how the show leans into those Western elements by not easily defining or labeling the good guys and bad guys.
Talking to AP Entertainment, the hunter under the new Mandalorian helmet mentioned how the series is meant to be ambiguous about morality. "They separate good and evil so perfectly in the world of Star Wars," Pascal said, "and in this one it’s like we’re way more at the center."
Seth MacFarlane Adapting Clive Barker’s Books of Blood for Hulu
Star Trek producer Brannon Braga, along with Family Guy and The Orville's Seth MacFarlane, are developing a film for Hulu: a new horror anthology movie based on entires from Clive Barker's short story collection, Books of Blood.
As Variety reports, Braga will co-write, executive produce, and direct the film (in his feature directorial debut). Braga is and executive producer on MacFarlane's The Orville, which will be moving to Hulu for Season 3.
Seth MacFarlane Adapting Clive Barker’s Books of Blood for Hulu
Star Trek producer Brannon Braga, along with Family Guy and The Orville's Seth MacFarlane, are developing a film for Hulu: a new horror anthology movie based on entires from Clive Barker's short story collection, Books of Blood.
As Variety reports, Braga will co-write, executive produce, and direct the film (in his feature directorial debut). Braga is and executive producer on MacFarlane's The Orville, which will be moving to Hulu for Season 3.
How Doctor Sleep Connects to The Shining
With The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep - directed by The Haunting of Hill House's Mike Flanagan - arriving in theaters November 8, we thought we'd shine a spotlight on what makes this particular project unique, as Stephen King adaptations go, and how it connects back to the first book and movie. And it's much more than Doctor Sleep just being a decades-later follow-up. (Read our review of Doctor Sleep here.)
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is one of the most well-regarded horror movies of all time - a standout not only of the genre but of cinema itself. It's also arguably the best adaptation of a Stephen King book.
How Doctor Sleep Connects to The Shining (No Major Spoilers)
With The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep - directed by The Haunting of Hill House's Mike Flanagan - now in theaters, we thought we'd shine a spotlight on what makes this particular project unique, as Stephen King adaptations go, and how it connects back to the first book and movie. And it's much more than Doctor Sleep just being a decades-later follow-up. (Read our review of Doctor Sleep here.)
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is one of the most well-regarded horror movies of all time - a standout not only of the genre but of cinema itself. It's also arguably the best adaptation of a Stephen King book.
Blade Runner No Longer Takes Place in the Future
While fans have been calling November 1 "Blade Runner Day" for years, due to the month the movie takes place, this year marks the first time Ridley Scott's seminal sci-fi saga has caught up with us.
Yes, Blade Runner's story famously happens in November, 2019. The film, for us, no longer takes place in the future - and Twitter was quick to point it out...
It's Halloween, 2019.
This is the very last day we can refer to Blade Runner as a film that's set in the future. pic.twitter.com/Qs1Jve8ABV
— Jimi Fletcher (@mrjimifletcher) October 31, 2019