Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim will debut the new animated series The Drinky Crow Show on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 12:15 a.m. (ET/PT). The show is based on the popular comic strip Maakies by Tony Millionaire, bringing its characters and irreverent humor to life as only Adult Swim can.
The Drinky Crow Show chronicles the darkly comic misadventures of Uncle Gabby and Drinky Crow. The title character is a desperate, depressed and tormented romantic who seeks escape from the horror of being alive by killing his brain cells with alcohol and/or bullets. Uncle Gabby is an overweight, drunken monkey sailor who devotes his life to the simple pleasures of sleeping, eating, drinking, defecating and mindless coupling. The series’ theme song is performed by They Might Be Giants.
Co-created and exec produced by Millionaire and Eric Kaplan, the show debuted in May of 2007 as part of Adult Swim’s ‘Night of 1,000 Pilots’ and quickly became a viewer favorite. Millionaire is a cartoonist, illustrator and author who is also known for his Sock Monkey series of comic books. Maakies has earned him multiple Harvey and Eisner awards. Kaplan has written and produced for a number of television shows including The Late Show with David Letterman, Malcolm in the Middle, Futurama, Andy Richter Controls the Universe and HBO’s Flight of the Conchords. He currently serves as co-exec producer for the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory.
