The Oblongs

Name: The Oblongs
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Radiation, Pollution, Poverty, Family, Disabled, Adult Animation, Radiation Sickness, Social Class, Physical Deformity, Toxic Waste, Inspired By Novel Or Book, Poor Family, Radiation Exposure
Released: 2001-04-01
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 3.75
Cast: Jean Smart, Will Ferrell, Pamela Adlon, Lea DeLaria, Jeannie Elias

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The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional. Living next to a polluted swamp has left them with the occasional missing limb or mysterious growth, but through it all, this close-knit family sticks together.Sometimes literally.

Countries: US

Languages: English

Content Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 30min

Status: Ended

First air date: 2001-04-01

Animation Comedy Radiation Pollution Poverty Family Disabled Adult Animation Radiation Sickness Social Class Physical Deformity Toxic Waste Inspired By Novel Or Book Poor Family Radiation Exposure

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@theamnesiac 4 weeks ago

Entertaining and wacky as hell. Kinda never know what you’re gonna get and that’s its charm. Second season had some heartfelt episodes that really stuck with me.

@raregy 11 months ago

I really felt for the valley people, seeing it more and more these days. Very poignant with depicting class divide.

@rnhaas 1 year ago

I don’t know what I would have thought about this when I was 20, but now it feels like a missed opportunity. There is a lot to work with here, but instead we get a typical situation comedy, hiding behind animation and a really wacky premise. (I felt like I was watching the logical conclusion of one of the “Premise Beach” ideas from Kids in the Hall.)

It’s only mildly amusing – I think I laughed, on average, once to twice an episode – and I just feel like there is so much potential here. It’s really too bad.

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