The Goddamn George Liquor Program
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The Goddamn George Liquor Program is a 1997<ref name ="wired">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name ="ads">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="johnkbio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Adobe Flash animated web series created by John Kricfalusi and starring the animated character George Liquor. It was originally developed as a web-based cartoon by Microsoft's then-new MSN, in partnership with Spümcø studio. After failing to receive approval for publishing from Microsoft, all properties were released to Spümcø, and the web-based cartoon was spun out directly by the Spümcø studio. Michael Pataki reprised his role as Liquor from The Ren & Stimpy Show. Spümcø produced eight one-minute shorts.<ref name ="flashimation">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The budget for each episode was $25,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Premiering on October 15, 1997,<ref name="Washington"/><ref name ="wired"/><ref name ="ads"/> The Goddamn George Liquor Program was the first animated cartoon series to be produced exclusively for the internet.<ref name="awardinfo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> George appeared on the series with his nephew, Jimmy The Idiot Boy; Jimmy's cousins, Slab and Ernie; Jimmy's love interest, Sody Pop; and George and Jimmy's pet dog, Dirty Dog. Without the control of a network, the series could be made as Kricfalusi wanted.<ref name ="awardinfo"/><ref name="Washington">Template:Cite news</ref> The Goddamn George Liquor Program won the 1999 Annie Award for "Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Interactive Production".<ref name="annie27">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Later the show was being developed as a series of cartoon commercials for Pontiac Vibe.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The new series remained unreleased after General Motors discontinued the Pontiac Vibe auto line in 2009.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CharactersEdit
The following characters appear in The Goddamn George Liquor Program.<ref name="Chars1">"George Liquor Storybible", All Kinds of Stuff</ref><ref>"George Liquor StoryBible 2 – more characters", All Kinds of Stuff</ref>
- George Liquor, American – Liquor is an ultra-patriotic American.
- Jimmy The Idiot Boy – Jimmy is an incredibly stupid teenage boy.
- Sody Pop<ref name ="wired"/> – Sody is a 15-year-old Canadian girl who is Jimmy's love interest. But George Liquor tells her to stay away from Jimmy.
- "Slab 'n' Ernie" – Slab and Ernie, two bullies, are George's nephews and Jimmy's cousins.
- "Dirty Dog" – "Dirty Dog", the "neighborhood watchdog", does not like cats. In the first episode of The Goddamn George Liquor Program "Dirty Dog" defecates on a lawn, upsetting the sun.
Other characters who appear in comic:
- Mable – Mable was George Liquor's wife. After she died, George Liquor preserved her torso and legs and nailed the parts to a trophy stand with the buttocks facing the room.
- Merle – 30-year-old Merle, a "health nut", is Sody's older sister. Merle tries to seduce George Liquor.
- "The Bad Catholic Girls" – Three Catholic school teenage girls who smoke, trying to "corrupt" Jimmy.
- Mildrew – Mildrew, Slab and Ernie's mother, is married to Frank, George's brother. George Liquor sometimes flirts with her.
- Cigarettes the Cat – Cigarettes is Jimmy's pet cat.
- Victor Lugnuts – Lugnuts operates "Victor Lugnuts' House of Meats".
- Victor Produce – Lugnuts's rival, Victor Produce, operates a vegetable store.
- Eddie the Town Atheist – Eddie, an atheist, is Lugnuts's son. George tries to convince him to adopt Christianity.
- General "Buck" Neckfold – Neckfold, a general at The Pentagon, is one of George Liquor's friends.
- Nutty the Friendly Dump – A piece of feces that Jimmy carries around and treats as a friend, with corn kernels for eyes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Dr. Stump – Stump, George Liquor's family doctor, prescribes amputation as treatment for various ills.
- Harvey Whiteman, the Barber – Whiteman is George Liquor's barber.
- "The Lord" – God is one of George Liquor's "fishing buddies".