Liquid Television
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Liquid Television was an animation showcase broadcast on MTV<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> from 1991 to 1995. It launched several high-profile original cartoons, including Beavis and Butt-Head and Æon Flux.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Other recurring segments include "The Art School Girls of Doom",<ref name="drag">Template:Cite news</ref> The Specialists, and Brad Dharma: Psychedelic Detective.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Independent animators and artists created most of the material specifically for the show, and some previously produced segments were compiled from festivals such as Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation.
The first season of Liquid Television also aired on BBC Two in co-production with MTV. Ultimately, MTV commissioned three seasons of the show, produced by Colossal Pictures. The show was eventually succeeded by Cartoon Sushi. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the theme music.
The show was broadcast in Canada on MuchMusic, in Asia on Channel V, in Australia on SBS and in New Zealand on TV3.
HistoryEdit
Many animation pieces were adapted from Art Spiegelman's comic compilation, RAW. RAW features underground cartoonists such as Mark Beyer, Richard Sala, and Peter Bagge. In particular, Dog-Boy by Charles Burns was based on the artist's series from RAW.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Due to the extensive use of licensed music throughout the series (many episodes begin with a contemporary music video being "liquified"), full episodes of Liquid Television have not been broadcast since their original run.<ref name="lt_now_online">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Selected segments from the series, including the debut of Æon Flux, were released on two VHS tapes in the late 1990s as The Best of Liquid Television.Template:Efn A collection volume, Wet Shorts (The Best of Liquid Television), with the content of the two VHS tapes, was released on DVD in 1997.Template:Efn
CreditsEdit
- Japhet Asher – Executive Producer/Creative Director
- Prudence Fenton – Executive Producer/Story Editor
- Mark Mothersbaugh – Composer, Theme Music
- XAOS Inc. – Title Sequences, Liquid Lips, Liquid Eyes, End Credits Bed
- A BIG Pictures & Noyes & Laybourne Collaboration
- Produced by (Colossal) Pictures for MTV & BBC-TV
Series overviewEdit
EpisodesEdit
Season 1 (1991)Edit
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| 1 | June 2, 1991 |
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| 2 | June 2, 1991 |
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| 3 | June 9, 1991 |
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| 4 | June 16, 1991 |
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| 5 | June 23, 1991 |
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| 6 | June 30, 1991 |
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Season 2 (1992)Edit
| No. | Original air date | Summary | |
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| 7 | September 24, 1992 |
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| 8 | October 1, 1992 |
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| 9 | October 8, 1992 |
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| 10 | October 15, 1992 |
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| 11 | October 22, 1992 |
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| 12 | October 29, 1992 |
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| 13 | November 5, 1992 |
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| 14 | November 12, 1992 |
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| 15 | November 19, 1992 |
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Season 3 (1993–95)Edit
| No. | Original air date | Summary |
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| 17 | December 31, 1993 |
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| 18 | July 6, 1994 |
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| 19 | July 13, 1994 |
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| 20 | July 27, 1994 |
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| 21 | October 3, 1994 |
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| 22 | January 1, 1995 |
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Season 4 (2014)Edit
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May 15, 2014 |
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May 22, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 |
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June 5, 2014 |
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June 12, 2014 |
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RevivalEdit
On October 13, 2011, MTVX, MTV's cross media group, announced the return of Liquid Television.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It became an online network. Its first content was "F**KING BEST SONG EVERRR" by Wallpaper, available on the website. Full-length episodes featuring the online content and all-new material were released in 2013.
LiquidTelevision.comEdit
- The Head - Animated series about the adventures of a young man who has an alien hatch out of his head.
- The Maxx - Animated adaptation of comic book series The Maxx, the story follows the dual-reality adventures and struggles of the Maxx and his social worker Julie. Aired on MTV's Oddities, which was a sub-category of Liquid Television in the 1990s.
- Daria - Daria Morgendorffer is a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her in this spin-off of Beavis and Butt-Head.
- Wonder Showzen - Live-action and animated sketch comedy series about a darkly perverse kids' show modeled after Sesame Street.
- Celebrity Deathmatch - Clay animation series featuring overly violent wrestling matches between celebrities. Originally part of LT's follow-up, Cartoon Sushi.
See alsoEdit
- Adult Swim
- Cartoon Sushi
- Exposure
- Eye Drops
- Go! Cartoons
- KaBlam!
- Nicktoons Film Festival
- Off the Air
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons
- Random! Cartoons
- Raw Toonage
- Short Circutz
- Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation
- Too Cool! Cartoons
- What a Cartoon!
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- Aero Flux [videorecording]: The Complete Animated Collection. Peter Chung; Howard E. Baker; Denise Poirier: John Rafter Lee; MTV Networks; Paramount Home Entertainment. c2005. 3 videodiscs.
- Lipton. Lauren. High-Tech MTV; "Liquid Television" shows what visual wizards can do with animation and pop culture." Los Angeles Times, June 9, 1991 TV Times Orange County Edition, p 8.
- Liquid Television. By: LIGHTBODY, KIM, Fast Company, 10859241, Nov2017, Issue 220
- Wet Shorts [videorecording]: The Best of Liquid Television. MTV Networks: SMV Enterprises. New York, NY:MTV Networks c1997 videodisc (90 min)
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