I love drug humor, and this is about as high-larious as it gets. In this brand new episode of the Adult Swim show “Aqua Teen Hungerforce,” aired on November 26, and posted by Drizzzle00, the Mooninites come back from the moon to spread their usual brand of felonious cheer to Shake, Meatwad, Carl, and Frylock through a bong full of “Moonauana.”
For those of you who don’t know, Aqua Teen Hungerforce is an animated show created by a production group called Williams Street who is certainly not of sound mind and body. Interestingly, there are two differing theories regarding who the good people of the group truly are. Some say they are a collection of captive apes scientifically altered to exhibit their unusual creativity through inexpensive animation software. Others have hypothesized they are actually a group of 11-year-old children armed with an internet connection, a warped sense of humor, and access to vast fields and amber waves of designer hydroponics. Either way, “ATHF,” and the groups other shows like “Perfect Hair Forever,” are a sickening cry for help from whichever camp is responsible for this Sunday night guilty pleasure, and should be viewed with vigilant caution—or at least a head full acid.
These are not your parent’s cartoons —although “The Gummy Bears,” “Scooby-Doo,” and “The Smurfs” would tend to disagree— and shouldn’t be watched with younger siblings, nieces, or nephews present. Like hobos performing on big city street corners, there is no higher purpose to their act. They simply want you to look and sympathize with the utter depravity of their unfortunate condition and throw some loose change in their tattered hat. Reinforcing this kind of behavior is perhaps the worst thing you can do for them I should warn, but sometimes peace of mind can be had by knowing you’ve tried something, anything, to help these unfortunates get well—even when you know there is more than a great chance they’ll take the money and spend it on acquiring the drugs that have placed them at the mercy of our pity in the first place. Sometimes, however, you have to take your chances. And I can think of worse ideas than giving the brilliantly talented apes of Williams Street your viewership every once in a while…and who knows? Maybe you’ll eventually end up as addicted as I am—to the cartoon, I mean.