Squidbillies
Squidbillies is an American adult animated sitcom created by Jim Fortier and Dave Willis for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim.[1] An unofficial pilot for the series aired on April 1, 2005. The series later made its official debut on October 16, 2005 and ended on December 13, 2021, with a total of 132 episodes over the course of 13 seasons.
Squidbillies
Stuart Daniel Baker (2005–19)
Tracy Morgan (2021)
Daniel McDevitt
Dana Snyder
Patricia French
Charles Napier (uncredited; 2005–06)
Bobby Ellerbee (2006–21)
Todd Hanson
Scott Hilley (2005–14)
Pete Smith
Dave Willis (select episodes)
Billy Joe Shaver
various artists
David Lee Powell
Shawn Coleman
United States
13
132 (list of episodes)
Jim Fortier
Dave Willis
Ned Hastings
Phil Samson
Alan Steadman
Melissa Warrenburg
11 minutes
22 minutes (episode 60)
Williams Street
Radical Axis (2005–2011)
Awesome Inc (2012–2021)
October 16, 2005 –
December 13, 2021
The series is about the Cuyler family, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly mud squids living in the Georgia region of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The series revolves around the exploits of an alcoholic father (Early), who is often abusive in a comedic way towards his family. His son, Rusty, is desperate for his approval; his mother and grandmother, known in the show as Granny, is often the center of his aggression; and Lily, Early's sister, is mostly unconscious in a pool of her own vomit.
The series also airs in syndication in other countries and has been released on various DVD sets and other forms of home media.
Setting and premise[edit]
Squidbillies follows the exploits of the Cuyler family and their interactions with the local populace, which usually results in a fair amount of destruction, mutilation, and death. The Cuylers are essentially given free rein and protected from the consequences of their actions whenever possible by their crudely-drawn friend, the Sheriff (whose name is "Sharif"), as they are said to be the last twisted remnants of a federally protected endangered species, the "Appalachian Mud Squid". They live in the southern Appalachian Mountains located in the North Georgia mountains. At the epicentre of this rural paradise is Dougal County, home to crippling gambling addictions, a murderous corporation, sexual deviants, and the authentic Southern mountain squid.[2] In the words of The New York Times, the show takes "backwoods stereotypes" and turns them into "a cudgel with which to pound maniacally on all manner of topical subjects."[3]
International broadcast[edit]
In Canada, Squidbillies previously aired on Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block[8] and later G4's Adult Digital Distraction block.[9] The series currently airs on the Canadian version of Adult Swim.[10][11]
Merchandise[edit]
Soundtrack[edit]
In January 2012, a free 35-track soundtrack was released on the Adult Swim music site entitled The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A.[24]
Another album, entitled Squidbillies Double Platinum Gold, was released on vinyl in July 2019.[25]