How come Adult Swim has never been popular with the female

>>87307638

comedy requires logic

Women can't into comedy

>>87307638
There are girls that don't like Venture Bros?

>>87307638
Comedy for the majority of the female demographic is really a riddle, neets you say to you that Melissa McCarthy is the way, but her movies don't work well either and go more to the Seth Rogen audience. Even in romantic comedies the comedy isn't the real material. People say that most womans can cope much with a fictional word if they can't have at least some positive only projection (see Sex in the City). Exagerations of realistic tragedies can hit their personality, they can't get sad if they see Gandalf or Obi Wan dies, but they cry if a romantic plot ends bad (with hit close to home).

Most then can find fun of fictional tragedy, but they can laugh if happens in the real world. But most of my girl friends don't have this problem

>>87307638
I don't know, I don't talk to women

>>87307888
...are you a caveman?

>>87307638
[as] is for the DUDEWEEDLMAO college crowd, only 7% of that is girls

>>87307638
Why do you assume it hasn't?

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>>87307956
Did you just assume my homininae definition?

>>87307638

who gives a fuck about demographics ? if adult swim makes something good people with taste will watch it regardless of gender

>>87307888
>neets you say to you that Melissa McCarthy is the way
...?que?

Last time I checked Rick and Morty is pretty popular with females on tumblr:

https://www.tumblr.com/search/rick+and+morty
https://www.tumblr.com/search/rick+sanchez

Because there aren't any cartoons about fat cunts talking about what whores they are,

>>87308031
Most of 4chan say that Melissa McCarthy comedies are popular because it panders to Tumblr community (which is pretty much just screwball Adam Sandler tier stuff), but they are just middlep-busters who don't much success with any demographic in particular

Most of the shows just aren't funny, honestly. Very low effort, very low return. I've enjoyed Boondocks, Moral Orel, Superjail, Venture Bros, etc. Shows that actually seem to invest in their appearance and writing on a professional level.

Most of the original lineup, especially what they'll play during the hours people are more likely to be awake, is crasser, lower effort stuff like Squidbillies, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, etc. that all feels specifically made for teenage boys and/or stoners. The humor's just not there for me but for some reason, based on sentiments I've seen around here, guys just eat those shows up.

>>87308177
>middlep-busters

Sorry, i meant to say "middle-of-the-year-busters"

>>87308181
You best not be talking shit about ATHF around here, son.

>>87307638

Girls want love stories, girls want relationship drama, girls unrequited love stories, girls want to ship multiple different characters.

Guys dont give a fuck about any of that. Guys want a good novel story or something weird or something funny.

Its shows written for girls by girls that fail the Bechdel test, a test made up by a lesbian, to show that men must be shoehorned into everything. Straight women are the most unimaginative, top40 pop loving, manga loving drool dolls ever. Thats why they dont like nor get Adult Swim.

Women love Rick & Morty. Most of them I know like Eric Andre too, and a few like Sealab, Space Ghost, and other classics.
The issue is the sensibility tends to be pretty abstract, surreal, and removed from reality. Many women are more emotional beings, they like having something to connect and relate to (I as well really, it's why I prefer character-based situational comedy over sketch shows).
Rick & Morty is their most traditionally structured and written show to date. Venture Bros has drama, characters you can care about, and one hell of a story, but it's pretty involved and nerdy. Not a normie show

>>87308033
>>87308431
But they like it for weird fujo reasons

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>>87307638
Clearly it's an example of patriarchal oppression of women due to the comedy not being explicitly directed towards women, rather than women just having different standards of humor than men!

>>87310746
normies still like game of thrones?

>>87311193
It's turned "meh".

>>87308325
>source: My dick
This is the most bro-centric opinion I've seen touted all day.
But I really don't know what woman find funny. It's a mystery.

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>>87308181
I've never seen someone be so verbose about saying, "The things you like are dumb and the things I like are smart" while finding a way to be more pretentious about it.

So well done on that.

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>part of the female demographic
>majority of friends are female
>all of us love adult swim
>ATHF, Brak Show, Superjail, Venture Bros, Robot Chicken, Sealab 2021, all funny as fuck
>Toonami
>Rick and Morty is very popular with both demographics
>Xavier Renegade Angel is the funniest show ever made, and I find that more girls "get" it than guys
>everyone I know is hype as shit for samurai jack

But to answer the question: it's not socially acceptable for girls over a certain age to watch really anything animated (except for disney movies) because they're expected to "grow out of cartoons" moreso than boys.

>>87307638
Women in general prefer more inoffensive comedy. Most of them are pretty PC anyway.

>>87308033
They just want to cuddle poor traumatized Morty and fuck old badass nihilistic sarcastic Rick.

>>87307638
Women are expected to be sophisticated and dainty, more or less. [as] makes no pretense about how crude it is.

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>>87307638
>im-fucking-plying
Come on girls, post best boys

>>87307638
The cunts already took over MTV, destroying our chances for another season of Beavis and Butthead. Keep them the fuck away from [AS].

all the chicks i know want to fuck the monarch and rick

Women a shit

Because women just don't get comedy, nor are they funny. You've got to bring up their crazy mother or some shitty past boyfriend to get a reaction out of them.

>>87307638

Women don't get high like dumb stoner guys do, and [as]'s demographic is and always will be dumb stoner guys.

>>87308033
There's a difference between popular with the female demographic and popular with females on tumblr

>>87315667
>>87307957
You fuckers do realize that A LOT of girls smoke weed, right?

>>87315532
Why the monarch?

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>>87315093

Of course.

I think the main problem is that girls are more into anime/manga than cartoons in general. Osomatsu-san sold a shit ton in japan, mostly thanks to women.

>>87317249
But not a lot of girls do acid.

>>87310455
>Eric Andre show
>fujo reasons

k

>>87318822
>bad guy
>killer abs
>nice butt
>dem eyebrows

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>>87318898
That's cause the Matsus are super cute and have the class of the It's Always Sunny gang. Probably why South Park is popular in Japan too.

I love adult swim shows and other girls definitely give me the side eye for it when it comes up, but it's cool- my soul is lighter for laughing a bunch at silly cartoon characters.

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Blame Mike Lazzo. [as] has the lowest percent of females writers for any major network. He said something along the lines of "when you bring women in the writing room you don't get comedy, you get conflict."

He backpedaled on his statement a bit (while not expressing the want to change, or recognize it as, a problem) and in it he said woman like "Amy Schumer" prove him wrong that women can make good comedy.

I don't really think that it's "women don't get comedy" or "women only want romance" or something. I mean, that's true for some but I don't think it's the majority.

I think >>87311983 is right. Can't speak for everyone but I've noticed women tend to be way less likely to watch cartoons and are more hostile when the subject's brought up. "Of course I don't watch cartoons, I'm an adult" etc. Again, not true for everyone but I've seen that attitude a lot in person and on the internet.

Also some cartoons being popular among girls online while others aren't might be because the most vocal fangirl types are shippers anyway. Some people watch shows just for "slash potential" or some shit, and so they'll gravitate toward the ones that offer male pairings where both characters aren't totally ugly. Other women might like shows but since they aren't shipping anything there might not be a lot of fandom shit from them.

t. a gril

>>87321623
>"Of course I don't watch cartoons, I'm an adult"
but why do so many femininist want gay/diff. race couples in cartoons and vidya games if they don't watch/play it?

>>87317249

Weed? Sure. But how many of them do the Really Good Shit? 'cause to fully enjoy [as] programming, you have to be blazed so far out of your mind that you're basically having an out-of-body experience.

>>87321734

They want it there for those who do consume that media.

>>87321734
Those are the more fandom/online types, where people are generally more likely to watch cartoons or be more open about the stuff they like.

I meant IRL or on non-fandom websites you're probably going to see fewer women talking about watching cartoons, unless it's in the sense of "oh, I liked that when I was a kid."

>>87321623

>tend to be way less likely to watch cartoons

Maybe it's just the crowd that I hang with, but I think it's less that they're less likely to watch it and more that they're less likely to admit that they watch it unless they're with close friends

because women are vapid

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>>87323626
>Implying [as]'s programming is highly sophisticated and incomprehensible to the simple minded

I like most of the shows aired on there as well, but let's not kid ourselves.

Air Free Swim Club & Osomatsu-San, that will fix that.

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>>87324185
Adult Swim's entire "thing" for a while has been making avant garde television.

You can call it "DUDE WEED" if you want to but the fact is that they have highly skilled artists over there making their content, and something like Fox ADHD tries to copy it, it falls flat.

>>87311983
>they're less likely to admit that they watch it unless they're with close friends
>>87311983
>it's not socially acceptable for girls over a certain age to watch really anything animated

The fuck is this shit, I never heard of this.

>>87320688

>also has the attention of one of the most sought after demographics which is 18-30 males which most advertisers thought they had lost to stuff like video games

>>87307638
Super jail, The Boondocks, The Venture Bros, Aqua Teen, and Rick & Morty are all popular among women.

So I don't know what the hell you're talking about OP.

>>87321623
Yeah, I think it's this. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. People think women don't watch cartoons, so women don't watch cartoons. And if they do, they don't mention it.

Real talk - I do not get women. Don't misunderstand, I've been romantically involved and had some success but more often than not I feel like it's entirely by luck. They'll say how funny I am and then take fairly blase observational humor hyper-personally. I actually asked my girlfriend to explain to me how I'm funny and she couldn't, it was like that scene from Goodfellas.

So jokes aren't funny to women, I guess, but they like funny guys? It's a mystery.

>>87325161
I think it's matter of people not caring to evaluate what exactly they find funny, and then when being asked to give a coherent answer on something they took for granted on the spot, they blank out.

>>87324789
Yea but the DUDE WEED shows like Off the Air is a very small part of their programming and aired late at night- most of as is bizarre, cheap animated comedies and fox reruns. Stuff like the Eric Andre Show tries to bridge that gap imo.

I like both but most let's not kid ourselves, people don't think of avant garde art when they hear adult swim. I'm glad they make it though, can't get anything else like it on tv.

>>87307638
Who's saying its not?

>>87320688
>he said woman like "Amy Schumer" prove him wrong that women can make good comedy.
I fail to see the problem.

>>87321792
So speaking for someone else.
Glad to know we have people putting words in people's mouths en masse.

>>87308181
Buddy, I get that you're from /lit/, but we have a containment board there for a reason.

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[as] has always been watched by girls, nigger, it's nothing new. They just don't mention it. Just because they don't talk about it, doesn't mean that they don't watch it.
Next you'll tell me girls don't like horror movies.

B

Do you guys find Lucille Ball to be funny?

>>87308177
Melissa Mccarthy is just female Chris Farley
She's actually rather funny
>inb4 people have a Jeph Loeb tier reaction over muh dead fatman

>>87330004
What is she funny in?

>>87308325
The Bechdel test is a joke, intended so by the author
Bechdel is actually really moderate compared to third wave tumblr feminists

>>87330059
I thought Spy was really funny and while I thought the movie was bad I thought she was funny in identity theif

>>87329946
Yes, mostly because her comedy was mostly situational/relied on wordplay rather than "lol she fell down".
It also helped that she played the goofy ditz of a wife when she was very objectively the smarter one in real life.

>>87329946
She was okay, but I'm a lowbrow idiot so I think Tina Fey is hilarious and I wanna impregnate her

>>87325161
Realer talk:

Has any woman actually made you consistently laugh? Like is there any woman in your life that you can confidently say is funny?

Forget about celebs and comedians for a moment.

>>87330875
An aunt, a perpetually drunk sass machine

When media called [as] machist just to gain money.

>>87330875
Yeah, plenty.

I mean I was never into the "women aren't funny" meme, though I think male and female humor at least professionally can be pretty different.

Tjader the f BC

>>87330875
Yea my dad's sister and two of my friends
Though women tend to be unfunny

That's a pretty big assumption you're making.
I think literally all of my female friends love the Venture Brothers.

>>87315093
Dean a shit
Hank a best

>>87307638
>>87307638
adult swim has never been popular with any demographic

eric andre show is only good thing on adult swim and they even tried to ruin that with "new" cameras. Thank god they can't poison the comedy beast that is eric andre.

>>87320688
who is this and who cares what he says

He appears to be venting based on personal experiences that have nothing to do with comedy. The horrendous backpedal with that unfunny slipper as a reference proves this idiot, whoever he is, is an idiot.

>>87338347
From wikipedia: Michael "Mike" Lazzo (born April 10, 1958[1]) is a television producer and the senior executive vice president in charge of Adult Swim at Williams Street.

You'll notice his name in the credits for a lot of adult swim shows.

>>87338389
I guess I can blame him for the quality of adult swim shows, then. I mean Really.. her? I don't even wanna say her name cos it makes me gag. He's out of touch, and that's no surprise.

>>87307638
just because

>>87338541
Why are you so angry, bro?

>>87335836
Well you know what? You're fucking shit.

>>87330875
My sister and I share a similar sense of humor and her comedic timing is on point. My best friend's wife. That's about it.

There's a woman at my office who clearly thinks she's funny but is really just grating.

B

>>87330565
>Tina Fey
She isn't funny at all, guys just say that because they want to put their penors in her jewish vagoo

>>87307638
Aren't women too busy partying and being whores to watch TV?

>>87344274

>>>/r9k/ is that way friendo

>>87317249
A lot more girls I know claim that weed does absolutely nothing for them than guys. And even then, weed "culture" is mostly a dude thing.

ITT: friendzone

>>87344312
Or, you know, you could just go outside and observe things. Is that too hard for you?

>>87311470
>But I really don't know what woman find funny.
Whatever the guy whom she finds attractive thinks is funny. Girls have no sense of self.

>>87325096
They're also the best shows

>>87345307
They love vagina jokes

>>87307638
much of the average female demographic want things like mean girls.

>>87308325
is this a real opinion or an elaborate troll?

>>87347845
Everyone loves Mean Girls

Mike lazzo doesn't hire a lot of female creators.

>>87338541
You sound like a child. Nobody likes her but she's not friggin voldemort.

>>87324789
I wish adult swim had done Major Lazer rather than fox. I just feel like it would last longer on there.

>>87307638
Because it's for people with taste, obviously.

>>87314230
I also want to and I'm pretty sure I'm a dude

>>87329946
I only saw I Love Lucy, but that was her crowing achievement so i guess it's a good test of saying that i enjoyed her work. Aside from the mention of the stars of that era which would date it was all still pretty clever and funny.

>>87330875
None at all.

Because women already have cartoon network.

>>87311983
> it's not socially acceptable for girls over a certain age to watch really anything animated (except for disney movies) because they're expected to "grow out of cartoons" moreso than boys.

As a grill who got roasted at a family get together for liking cartoons (ignoring the fact that my Father and Brother watch them) I can say this is absolutely true

>>87327754
Welcome to social justice!

>>87311983
>>87351925
Guy in his early 20s here, recently got a mini-rant from my sister who's in her late 30's about watching "All that animated shit" because she feels that it's concentrated retardation that no self-respecting adult should watch.

BTW this applies to literally anything billed as an adult animated comedy that she's laid eyes on over the years. The Simpsons, Archer, Rick & Morty, South Park, Bojack Horseman, American Dad, Family Guy, Futurama, Bob's Burgers, Brickleberry, Drawn Together, Beavis and Butt-Head, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch etc.

This was triggered because I happened to mention not being able to watch those hidden camera prank shows in big block chunks without getting burnt out.

I'm sure if she saw even half of the stuff Adult Swim has put out over the years she'd vomit. The majority of her intake is reality shows and soaps.

Luckily she's the only person in my life who's that much of a joyless fuck. GF loves that sorta stuff, including shows that are on [as].

>>87351925
I'm sure it wasn't as bad as you're making it sound

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>>87307638
Yes.

>>87353818
Never had a bunch of middle aged women pick you apart, have you?

>>87325507
>Yea but the DUDE WEED shows like Off the Air is a very small part of their programming and aired late at night
Most of their original content is absurdist artisty stuff.

>Brak Show
>Aqua Teen Hunger Force
>Minioriteam
>Tom goes to Mayor
>Tim and Eric
>MDE World Peace
>Squidbillies
>12 oz Mouse
>Perfect Hair Forever
>Xavier Renegade Angel
>Drinky Crow Show
etc

>>87354701
Can't say I have, please tell us more about it

>>87307638
Do women really not like adult swim? Every single girl that I know does

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>>87354913
Not today buddy

>>87307638
>Adult Swim
answered right in the question

>>87355232
That bad, huh?

>>87320157
I would fuck Eric Andre

>>87355287
Girls put on a bikini but never actually jump into the pool?

>>87307679
>>87307694
nailed it

Until recently AS is all:

>Seth Macfarland reruns: dark humor which women don't like
>Absurdist/surreal shows: women don't like
>Toonami: women don't like

>>87352493
>hating on Daria

No sir this will not stand.

>>87357355
This.
Adult Swim's lineup is horrible now. They arent even airing Halloween themed stuff unless its of a FOX or Aqua Teen rerun that was already in that spot.

>>87307638
They are too busy getting creampied in the night to watch adultswim

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>>87307888
>>87307956
>>87308007
It's that much funnier reading it in his voice.

Okay, let's shift gears a little bit here. What Adult Swim shows do you know of that females like?

I can testify Rick and Morty for one. Bob's Burgers (though it's syndicated) as well. I once met a British girl who liked Home Movies. Any others?

>>87358522
If I knew what women liked, I wouldn't be here.

>>87358309
Two of those things are good though.

>>87358522
The ones I've met like Rick and Morty, Venture Bros, Superjail, ATHF and like one who liked Boondocks.

>>87358730
Which ones?

>>87358827
Absurdist/surreal shows and Toonami.

>>87358863
Yeah, but Toonami's lineup is flooded with far too much shonen nonsense and flavor of the month shit for my liking. It's a far cry from late 00s ASA, but still. And the surrealist/absurdist stuff also isn't given much screentime at all.

My problem is more with the sheer quantity of FOX shows and the limited number and range of originals AS actually airs.

>>87358934
I dont mind the shonen stuff on there but yeah i can agree with the abundance of Fox shows, fuck that. They pull good ratings though so i dont expect them to go anywhere.

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>>87308007

>>87350396
His art style would have fit adult swim well too