Online cannabis marketplace Weedmaps has partnered with notorious comix stoners The Freak Brothers to further destigmatize and celebrate weed culture through the animated series’ second half launch of Season 2, which streams Sunday, September 24 on Tubi.
The collab will consist of in-episode Weedmaps integrations in the new episodes, as well as exclusive “Smoke & Screen” events throughout the U.S., which will bring together industry influencers and tastemakers at the intersection of cannabis and entertainment.
“We know comedy has the power to influence culture, and we are excited to partner with The Freak Brothers to amplify our message that weed is something to be celebrated,” said Randa McMinn, Chief Marketing Officer at Weedmaps. “Since our company’s founding, Weedmaps has been committed to elevating stoner culture everywhere, challenging outdated stereotypes and bringing the plant to the forefront of mainstream conversations. Now, 15 years later, to see the Freak Brothers’ characters themselves embrace Weedmaps as their ‘go to’ for weed in the series is indicative of society’s broader acceptance of the plant and the industry at large.”
“Embracing the essence of stoner culture before it was mainstream, Freak Brothers and Weedmaps are united in blazing the trail toward a more inclusive and enlightened cannabis landscape” said Greg Goldner, Chief Brand & Strategy Officer of The Freak Brothers. “We’re excited about this partnership as it’s a convergence of the psychedelic past and the digital present, and I have no doubt that if Weedmaps was around in the 1960s, The Freak Brothers would have been their most valuable customers.”
Based on Gilbert Shelton’s cult classic underground comic series The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, which celebrates its 55th anniversary this year, The Freak Brothers animated series returns with Season 2 featuring the show’s all-star voice cast — Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Pete Davidson, Tiffany Haddish, Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, Andrea Savage, La La Anthony and ScHoolboy Q. Additionally, Joe Sikora joins this season with a special guest appearance. The series is produced by WTG Enterprises.
The Freak Brothers chronicles the escapades of a trio of stoner anti-establishment characters and their cat who wake up from a 50-year nap after smoking a magical strain of weed in 1969 and must adjust to life with a new family in present-day San Francisco. In the second season, the Freaks’ Mary Jane-fueled misadventures will take them from their high school reunion to matching wits with Mark Zuckerberg, settling old scores with Mitch McConnell and battling Seth Rogen in a Pot Brownie Bake-Off contest.
You can watch The Freak Brothers on Tubi (tubitv.com) and source your next weed stash refill with weedmaps.com. For more on The Freak Brothers, visit the official website at thefreakbrothers.com.
