growing up as a kid with no legs I always loved seeing weirdo "disabled" people like myself being the spotlight on an animated show. I loved this show.

I actually wrote to Angus Oblong many, many years ago and told him what a huge fan my whole family was of the show and he sent me a signed copy of Creepy Susie with a drawing of Helga inside. I gave the book to my dad for his birthday and it's been lost since he passed. I hope whomever gets their hands on that book next knows what a treasure it is!

Biff and Chip being voiced by actual twins really explains so much about how they play off eachother

This show needs AND DESERVES a comeback, it's so good. It's hilarious, it's heartfelt, it's sincere, it's a little nihilistic, but it's also truthful and funny.

Fun fact, Angus was only 25 years old when the show came out. Amazing!

I used to speak to Angus Oblong in the early days of the internet, the show never aired over here in the UK, so I had to torrent episodes (he was just pleased someone wanted to watch it) but he was a really really nice guy in real life. Really funny!

I can’t believe the producers just rejected Angus’s original idea. Considering now that Creepy Susie is the most popular character, they’re probably regretting it all.

Every 5 years or so, this show distinctly pops into my head. Every time this happens, I feel like it was a fever dream and have to look it up to make sure I'm not crazy then proceed to binge watch.

Dude I love the Oblongs! I was surprised to know Will Ferrell starred in it! I’d say my favorite was creepy Susie!

When you look at it from Angus Oblong's perspective, this show is actually pretty tragic. Executive meddling turned it from Gothic and grim to more typical family sitcom, and while the end product was nothing terrible, it wasn't good enough to last more than 13 episodes. So now Oblong's works are just entirely forgotten.

I absolutely loved The Oblongs. I had purchased the first Creepy Susie book before the show was on and I remember being THRILLED about it coming out. I loved the sweetness mixed in with all the oddity. So glad the algorithm was clever enough to show me this video!

It honestly has been an honor to be able to call angus my friend. He is a really sweet guy and one of the few people to immediately get even my most obscure jokes

Helga is an inspiration. Her confidence is more beautiful than any of the Debbie's. She's happy because she sees herself as the same. It's all about self love. She's also a little damaged but that's beside the point.

I swear this show was a dream I had.

The scene where the conjoined twins try to run in separate directions to avoid a falling tree, only to go nowhere and get crushed is legitimately my favorite scene in all of television. I laugh so hard it hurts every single time 🤣

I had no business to be watching this show every day at 10 years old but I was so obsessed. So far I have never met anyone else who has also seen it. Such a hidden gem

I remembered when I was about 6 waking up in the hotel room my family was living room. The tv left on and the oblongs playing. After that I tried to stay up to watch it because I instantly fell for the show. I miss it a lot.

Anyone remember making fiends its a show that even I forgot yet loved as a child. And its crazy to think about all these shows that have just gotten buried.

I just binge watched it, the show straight up drowns modern Rick and Morty with acid. This show is amazing. And is just a message of how wealth and social standing can corrupt or cleanse

I really hope this gets a reboot with Creepy Susie as the main character. Considering how Wednesday from the Addams family is similar to her and how recent the Addams family reboot movie is, The oblongs should be possible!!

this was one of my favorites as a kid! growing up with a lot of Brain Problems™️ i saw a lot of myself in milo and was comforted at him being portrayed as such a good, likable main character it's kind of a bummer angus wasn't fond of the show but i definitely understand. it can't be easy to have your vision changed so much by executive meddling :( wherever he is now and whatever he's doing i hope he's well

The Oblongs was one of my favourite cartoons growing up. It was just so unique to me

I remember when I first heard Milo's voice on a recent rediscovering of the Oblongs, and the first thing that came to mind was the voice actor's past role of Pajama Sam, and it was really funny hearing Sam talking vulgar and swearing.

I was always surprised how short this show lasted given the fact even by 2013 adultswim was still airing reruns and if they were airing reruns even 10 years later atleast a sizeable amount of people were still watching. I mean this show is remembered more than something like 12 oz mouse but that show came back last year for a new season

The oblongs was the only thing I would watch on adult swim, to bad I watched the last rerun episode that aired. But we did own the disc set. Oblongs was one of the cartoons that heavily influenced my sense of humor and art. Hell, one of my characters was inspired by creepy Suzy. That show will always be on my top 5.

This was one of those early 2000s shows that tickles my nostalgia bone

Untapped potential is dead on. The oblongs always stood out to me as being exceptional. I really resonated with his “have vs have nots” depictions. I honestly feel that this type of content is routinely rejected by media giants out of fear that it could stoke resentment. Maybe not with this show in particular, but on a trend as a whole. You also now have me tempted to go meet him. With Boondocks reboot getting canceled by HBOMax, this would def be a nice alternative…. But something tells me HBO is not going to end up being the friend we thought it would. :/

omg this was my favorite show !!! thank you for this

This thing had an uncanny feeling for me, it was extremely depressing. I still remember that dog episode oh my god.

As a longtime fan of The Oblongs, I appreciate you making this video. This series needs more love.

I remember this show! I was honestly surprised by how good it actually was when I first watched and honestly became my fave show at some point. Sad it just kind of…. Vanished.

I met the creator of the oblongs without knowing it for about 10 minutes. He was at my local comic-con and I saw some art that looked very familiar. Then I was standing there looking at it and saying that it looked so familiar and then after about 5 minutes I said "THE OBLONGS" then for the next 5 minutes I was there praising the show. Then I hear him laughing with a big smile on his face. Then I shook his hand

Trully a show ahead of its time

The Oblongs is now on Tubi! I just discovered this hidden gem and loved every bit of it. I hope we get more Oblongs!

We all need this show back on the air!

Despite not remembering literally anything about the Oblongs, I reference it SO MUCH when I see similar art and no one understands. I can’t believe this actually exists lol Great video ❤

The Oblongs is definitely one of my all-time favorites and I agree, it's a pretty underrated gem that got taken too soon, it should've at least had one more season. Hearing you talk about how Adult Swim was reminded me of what it was like when I first saw it. For context I'm 30 and I remember when Adult Swim originally started at midnight and then moved to 11pm. I remember when The Oblongs first debuted on AS and my brother and I fell in love with it immediately even though we didn't get all the jokes at the time. Helga was definitely hilarious and one of the most recognizable and funniest characters from the show, pretty much a female Eric Cartman only not evil lol. But all the characters worked very well and had something memorable about them. I was so sad when I heard that the show was cancelled and especially at how quick it happened I thought the show was pretty good but I can see that it had tough competition with Family Guy and Futurama which were dominating the ratings so it was a tough call for a lot of the shows like this one and Mission at the time (this was back when anime was still playing on weekday nights Monday-Thursday so there weren't many AS specific cartoons yet). Nonetheless, it's nice to see that other people remember and enjoyed this show, it really was underrated and I hardly hear people talk about it.

I saw this show once when I was really young and hardly remembered anything but the name and the theme song, looked it up to watch and did not regret it. Was a genuinely wonderful, underrated cartoon with great casting and timeless jokes. It was actually wonderful watching it through.

Dude this was a hilarious and great review! Angus’ website had me dying laughing. That quote from him “I write for the rest of us” at the end was dope. Really hope we get that Season 2 someday.

I would love to see new oblongs! I forgot how much I enjoyed this unique show!!

After seeing a bit of it on yt I absolutely LOVED it. He tapped into what no one has and he made a cast of truly unique characters.

Thanks for the back story! I regularly think about this show as it was one of my favourite late-night cartoons growing up in New Zealand. I rewatched some episodes just now on youtube and was suggested this video. The comedy and quality still hold up and there are so many great quotes!

My favorite line from the show was when Pickles realized she left Beth behind at the grocery store and someone pointed it out. Pickles: I could've sworn she drove us home...

I have the DVD set but would definitely buy another if I saw him doing autographs! Now I'm also interested in the books.

That was great, another program I hadn't heard of and will certainly look it up as it looks interesting. The dude's website though haha! Spotted that cover in the background and brought me back to my younger days and wondered what happened to Hey Arnold and Ren and Stimpy?! A couple of my favs :)

Funny, I was just thinking of rewatching The Oblongs! I was also completely unaware that TMBG did the theme song. I love this show even more now.

Thanks for covering this show! I've loved it for a long time but there never seems to be many people talking about it. I wish someone would give the creator another show.

Finally! Someone finally is giving this show some modern day recognition. Loved the Oblongs.

I think the main reason why it wasn't very successful was due to it being an adult cartoon. At the time, adult cartoons were still an experimental phase, and the oblongs weren't adult enough to garner enough attention. (And also because WB was kinda obscure) Maybe if they toned it down to a pg rating and broadcasted to Disney instead, this show would've gotten much more love

This got recommended to me as my whole discord has been watching it, and it's a show that was ahead of it's time. Loved your video on it and you're just as underrated as the show itself!

It’s so great that more people are noticing this show more, it was definitely one of my favorite shows to watch while growing up and was a big inspiration when it came to drawing!

I have been looking for this for years! THANK YOU!

I only found out about Oblongs, like 5 years ago and honestly, I love the show so much! It's such a shame that it only had a couple of episode

All I’m saying is, at a time where we have KZfaq, Netflix, Hulu etc. along with a society there is working towards understanding how differences make us special, if ever there was a time to make a reboot, now is the time. Full creative freedom, any ideas gained from personal growth, and the ideas that can come from this new age. He’s throwing away money at this point.

You have a new sub! My phone is definitely watching and listening because I never looked up The Oblongs, but was raving about it yesterday on discord and now here this is in my recommendations out of no where

Damnnn, I seen the little picture of "Chalk Zone" in the background of your video. CRAZZZYY I forgot all about that little Gem of a show I caught a couple of times as a youngin, I grew out of watching Cartoons so I never thought about that show just fading into obscurity, I just stop watching these shoes. I wish more ppl knew about that one and a bunch of other amazing Cartoons from late 90's/early 2000's. Thanks for the channel man

I remember staying up on Sundays just to watch the Oblongs lol.

your room looks so bright man. you need to turn off some lights haha i saw you mentioned "they might be giants" and it made me think of the song "stomp box" lol

Thank you for this video! This was very informative of a show I almost forgot about, but enjoyed watching back in the day.

this show TERRIFIED me as a kid especially one episode i remember where someone (i think debbie) put out through a wood chipper and i was just coming out of the traumatic event of being shown the brick in wall pt. 2 music video at 7 years old

I absolutely love The Oblongs. It’s an under-appreciated gem that’s overlooked by dozens, yet my favorite adult show of all time. This show needs a second chance. However, it’s only relevant to this day for a reason that I really really hate. You know Creepy Susie? Well, she’s attracted a lot of attention in the *ahem* N$FW field. She, along with the entire shown, is primarily only known because of 1ewd art. She’s 10 years old. It’s disgusting, but there’s almost nothing I can do about it. Anyways, your analysis was efficient and informative. I, for one, really hope that “The Oblongs” gets a reboot (as long as they don’t screw it up and Angus Oblong is able to get even more of his ideas across and portrayed in the end).

FINALLY someone talking about the oblongs i’ve loved this show for years and no one mentions it

I had a good time, listening to you talk about this. Bonus points for the Dual Destinies audio in the background.

Keep going, love what your doing here. Need more of videos like theses

*HE TOLD OUR SECRET???!!!*

This show was one of my favs on adult swim. Clever writing, great voice acting and surprisingly deep.

Ugh I LOVED The Oblongs!! This was cool to watch, I'd really love to see a reboot the way Angus wants it! Probably just like it should have been

the algorithm has blessed you sir ive been recommended your videos non stop for the past week

ive recently got into the oblongs and wanted to know more of it and this is a perfect video essay about the show and its unfortunate downfall, super informational and entertaining, thank you so much!!

I honestly think if a show like this picked up a big enough cult following now it would get a reboot or another season. The style and humor seem like they would be a lot more popular today

I remember staying up last on Friday or Saturday as a kid and watching this show, thank you for doing this video!! They should totally bring this show back!!

This is the first time i waited and watched the actual series and i DID NOT regreted this choice, amazing video and i absolutely love ooblongs now

Still one of my favorite shows, I didnt realize how short the series was until a few years ago

This first time I ever got into the show I was around 14, saw this meme of Creepie Susie wanting to “party hardie” and i just fell in love with it, watching all the episodes on KZfaq. I wish there was more but I also don’t think the show would be good today.

Bro after watching this you maybe one of the only people who has more cartoon knowledge than I have! We are kindred spirits I feel. Got a new sub man. Great video

What a beautiful video! A show with as much love as The Oblongs had deserves such a warm review. Also, thank you for sharing that Angus has so much more content!

NETFLIX! Give this man a season 2 of The Oblongs: you'll give a show to anyone and this show would be REALLY relevant right now.

Wierd that I was just reminiscing on this show before happening across this video. Definitely one of the most underrated series of its time, with a timeless message that's arguably even more relevant today!

Good video, held my attention & editing (cuts & audio) were good there wasn't too much or too little. Also any thing talking about old Adult Swim shows are gold. Keep it up

Loved your work dude! This was a great walk down memory road!

This channel deserves more love. Solid video essay. Good luck on the road to 10k subs.

I would love for this show to be brought back to life with new episodes.

Thank you for this video! Made me remember how great this show is and that I have to rewatch it!♥

I thought about rewatching this because it’s all free on some service I can’t remember! Thank you for telling us about the creator and sharing the joy of this show!

Omg now I remember this show! Actually really liked it. Totally forgot about it. Congrats on getting over 2k subs btw. Growing fast!

The show is older than me and discovering this 2 days ago and finding out they cancelled it. I'm mad.

I always looked forward to watching The Oblongs. When I was younger I was never able to have a consistent viewing of the channel it was on. Mainly over at friends homes, but when I could I would enjoy it. Thank you for posting this video.

I love getting a smaller KZfaqrs content suggested! This was a great video man!

Dude, I love this! You have such a fun great voice. I love the Oblongs! Keep going dude!

I remember waking up one time in the middle of the night to see this show on my TV as a kid. It stuck in the back of my mind after all those years. I wish it was picked up nowadays bc they would have gotten more attention alongside other cheery adult cartoons like Smiling Friends and probably would have lasted much longer.

Nice video, thanks for giving this show some love. It was truly awesome. Let's go season 2!!!

Amazing series! I was just talking to my partner about it today, and I wish there would’ve been more 😂👏🏻❤️ Great video!

i would KILL for a reboot of this

dang this video was pretty great, i personally like the social commentary topic of money inequality better than other topics and I wish I could see how the oblongs handles this. the creator certainly is full of untapped potential, and I really hope he gets more/better opportunities in the future

I haven't watched the video just saw the title in my recommendations and came to say underrated wheeerrrrreeee we all know this was a bop 💖

Angus Oblong actually shared your video on Facebook! He's so amazing.

Recently I’ve been finding a lot of content for the Oblongs, I remember being up at night- watching adult swim, like Robot Chicken, and if I can remember right, There was one show with the Bee themed lab and the blonde boy and black haired dude duo who were I think Spies? I can’t remember the name of the show though. But I remember the Oblongs Very Vaguely, I just completely forgot that it wasn’t a kids show. I adore this show :)

The star power this show had must have really hurt it at the time, considering how much Will Ferrell and Billy West had going on. Which is a shame, but at least we got what we did out of it. This show was amazing for its time and still gets a good laugh out of me.

Thank you! This show IS a gem. If the streaming services ever have the brains and vision to bring it back...actually make new episodes with the original voice cast and the creator...it would be glorious.

I would love to see a deeper dive into this show!