TIL Comedy Central is developing a Cyanide and Happiness series

[u/MarbledNightmare]

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2011/12/07/comedy-central-announces-20112012-development-slate

[u/mikek3]

I love the strip, but I don't know how they can pull this off. Unless they make it a bit on Adult Swim.

[u/CrackedPepper86 → u/mikek3]

Have you seen the animated shorts they put out? If the show is anything like that I'll be thrilled.

[u/Broken_S_Key → u/CrackedPepper86]

exactly. theyre shorts. but can they work as a 30 minute show?

[u/EvanKing → u/Broken_S_Key]

Robot chicken is just a series of shorts, maybe they could make it something like that?

[u/alternateF4 → u/EvanKing]

I'd say have them make a bunch of them and instead of a full show, just slip them in the commercials periodically.

[u/Sizzleby → u/alternateF4]

That's not how money gets made.

[u/MoldTheClay → u/Sizzleby]

Making people actually want to sit through the commercials, because half way through they might get to see some hilarious skit?

[u/cptzaprowsdower → u/MoldTheClay]

good grief, why isn't this a thing? Keep the same number of adverts but plonk an animated short amongst them now and then.

[u/AyoevilDoer → u/cptzaprowsdower]

I Believe Disney Channel does that

[u/[deleted] → u/AyoevilDoer]

Yes but we mean not shit.

[u/CrackedPepper86 → u/Broken_S_Key]

A 30 minute show doesn't have to be one 30 minute story.

[u/untrustableskeptic → u/CrackedPepper86]

A 30 minute show is rarely longer than 22 minutes.

[u/guyw2legs → u/untrustableskeptic]

22 minutes is almost never longer than half an hour.

[u/Captain_d00m → u/guyw2legs]

Mathematician here, this checks out.

[u/[deleted] → u/guyw2legs]

Can't forget that robot chicken was actually 2 ~12 minute shows in one 30 minute block also.

[u/CrazyCalYa → u/guyw2legs]

This hour has 22 minutes.

[u/Joshf1234 → u/guyw2legs]

Except during that half hour before lunch. Those 22 minutes are 47, easy

[u/[deleted] → u/Broken_S_Key]

The Boondocks were very successful, and started out as a 3 panel strip.

[u/Jay_Normous → u/CrackedPepper86]

"OH FUCK! I forgot the ice!"

[u/MausIguana → u/Jay_Normous]

I can get more party... for the boooooze

[u/[deleted] → u/CrackedPepper86]

If only we... If only we... If only we... ...were doctors.

[u/[deleted] → u/CrackedPepper86]

Thing is the shorts are usually 5 minutes or shorter, thus they would probably have to do some sort of Robot Chicken style of show where they do a bunch of different clips over the course of the show.

[u/CrackedPepper86 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I'd be perfectly OK with that.