# The Oblongs (2001)

> A slightly nonfunctional, close-knit family living beside a polluted swamp sticks together through missing limbs, growths and everyday hardship.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/2441

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 13
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: animation, comedy
- Created by: Angus Oblong, Jace Richdale
- Network: The WB, Adult Swim
- Cast: Jean Smart, Will Ferrell, Pamela Adlon, Lea DeLaria, Jeannie Elias, Randy Sklar, Jason Sklar, Billy West
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219446/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: irreverent, gross-out, deadpan, warm, scrappy

## What critics say

Mixed audience reception, with viewers appreciating the grotesque family humor while finding the crude style uneven.

## Synopsis

The Oblongs (2001-2002) is an American adult animated comedy series created by Angus Oblong and Jace Richdale for The WB and Adult Swim. The show follows the Oblong family, led by the blunt, scrappy matriarch Pickles Oblong (Jean Smart) and her hapless husband Bob Oblong (Will Ferrell), who live next to a polluted swamp that has left them with missing limbs, mysterious growths and other mutations. Their everyday struggle is simply staying afloat, keeping jobs, avoiding trouble and holding the household together, and each episode builds its humor from small domestic schemes and the grotesque side effects of living in a toxic neighborhood. Pamela Adlon voices several roles, including son Milo, and Billy West and Mark Hamill appear among the supporting voices. Its two seasons total thirteen half-hour episodes, a short run that ended with the series canceled. The tone is irreverent, crude and gleefully unpretentious, with a deadpan warmth underneath the gross-out gags. Fans of Home Movies and other offbeat animated family comedies will find the same blend of working-class satire and sincere affection for a misfit household.

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