Christmas in the Stars! Star Wars Christmas Album (with Andy Merrill AKA BRAK!!!)

(This is a podcast ep about cuttin' muffins.)

It has been 20 years since Adult Swim first graced our cable boxes, bringing us such absurd and weird programming as Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, and eventually The Brak Show Starring Brak (along with all those new ones all the kids are watching). But before it was the mainstay of comedy that it is now, it was just an idea to fill time. Utilizing the entire back-catalogue of Time Warner properties, a handful of very dedicated programmers at Cartoon Network designed a late night talk show for older kids and adults, resurrecting decades old characters to fill the various show roles, with Space Ghost as host giving self centered and bizarre interviews to celebrities. This was the beginning of late night adult-oriented animated comedy that wasn't structured like The Simpsons or a Saturday Morning Cartoon. It was awkward with absurdly timed bits and a dry anti-comedy that wasn't hugely popular at the time, but can be seen everywhere in comedy today... 

For the podcast today, we have the honor of having on one of those programmers that was in the room from the beginning of Adult Swim... co-creator of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, voice actor on shows such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Adventure Time, and Gravity Falls, AND the REAL DANG BRAK, Andy Merrill!!!!... oh, and we discuss the insanity that is Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album... (with a special appearance by Jon Bon Jovi)

Links from ep:

Andy Merrill's Twitter: https://twitter.com/amerrill2

Brak - "Don't Touch Me": https://youtu.be/qyUnSuYYs18

Andy Merrill Playin a tune: https://youtu.be/HCuQo_C95K4

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