ugh adult swim why do you cancel comedies with actual comedy
That aside Moral Orel is a great comedy adult swim. The show centers around a kid named Orel Puppington (nice word play Dino) who lives in the pseudo town of Moralton this very religion heavy town filled with on the surface normal people but as the show progresses we see the dark side of the people for instance the gym teacher coach stop frame(subtle dino) is a satanist who has a crush on orels father, Clay who is the alcoholic mayor of the town who basically hates everyone in the town except for the coach and Orel at times. So final verdict this is a brilliant show that may or may not have some religious stigma with it, also another legitimate problem with the series is most of the episodes follow the same flow its not until the the end of the second into the third and final season it breaks away from this. all in all i highly recommend it so check it out.moreless
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Moral Orel is a TV-MA clay-mation series on Cartoon Network's [adult swim] segment, which centres around the life of Orel Puppington, a young boy who consistently fails in his attempts to understand and abide by Protestant Christian values.
Orel takes his cues from the authority figures around him; his parents Clay and Bloberta, school coach Stopframe, Reverend Putty, and others. Unfortunately for Orel, he always misunderstands the actions of his mentors, who are mostly shown as bitter, jaded, and merely paying lip service to their religious beliefs.
These misunderstandings often lead to circumstances where Orel believes that he's following the Lord's wishes by doing things such as smoking crack, re-animating the bodies of dead townsfolk, practising euthanasia, or even impregnating sleeping women with a sperm-filled pastry bag. At the end of each episode, Orel's misbehaviour is discovered and he is taken to his father's study for a beating and a twisted explaination one might not expect from a responsible adult.
Season 2
The second season episodes of Moral Orel somewhat eradicated the repeated narrative structure seen in Season 1 episodes, which dramatically changed the way the stories unfold; creating a fresh new approach. The majority of episodes 11-30 focus primarily on other townsfolk and their relationship with Orel, whilst still creating twisted situations. The stop-motion animation improves enormously with the Season 2 episodes; creating a richer quality in picture, with more detail. New locations and townsfolk are also introduced and expanded upon.
Season 3
The third and final season took the show to the next level. These episodes revolve around events leading to and following the Season 2 finale, which proved to be the series' turning point. These episodes also incorporate elements of other episodes from the past two seasons, mainly from the viewpoints of other characters, ultimately tying the entire series together and wrapping it up nicely.
Overview & History
Although the show slightly resembles the visual animation of the 1960s series Davey and Goliath, Dino Stamatopoulos, creator of Moral Orel, has said that it is not a parody, stating that "there's no getting around that it's religious, but the word parody to a comedian is a dirty word, because one has to know what the show is parodying to like it."
The show originally stemmed from the concept for a send-up of a Leave It to Beaver-like 1950s family comedy, that would star Iggy Pop. The idea eventually grew and evolved into a cartoon.
"It's an incredibly tightly written show, with probably the strongest narrative structure of anything we have on the network."
- Nick Weidenfeld (Head of Development at Adult Swim)
Production Companies:
Fragical Productions
Williams Street
ShadowMachine Films
The name of Dino Stamatopoulos' production company "Fragical Productions" came from a song his daughter wrote about him being "fragical." The animation sequence for the company was animated by Dino himself and uses a fairy (magical) in a wheel-chair (fragile); making up the company's name. The "hello-goodbye" heard is said by his daughter, Tigger, and is a saying that she created.moreless
Orel takes his cues from the authority figures around him; his parents Clay and Bloberta, school coach Stopframe, Reverend Putty, and others. Unfortunately for Orel, he always misunderstands the actions of his mentors, who are mostly shown as bitter, jaded, and merely paying lip service to their religious beliefs.
These misunderstandings often lead to circumstances where Orel believes that he's following the Lord's wishes by doing things such as smoking crack, re-animating the bodies of dead townsfolk, practising euthanasia, or even impregnating sleeping women with a sperm-filled pastry bag. At the end of each episode, Orel's misbehaviour is discovered and he is taken to his father's study for a beating and a twisted explaination one might not expect from a responsible adult.
Season 2
The second season episodes of Moral Orel somewhat eradicated the repeated narrative structure seen in Season 1 episodes, which dramatically changed the way the stories unfold; creating a fresh new approach. The majority of episodes 11-30 focus primarily on other townsfolk and their relationship with Orel, whilst still creating twisted situations. The stop-motion animation improves enormously with the Season 2 episodes; creating a richer quality in picture, with more detail. New locations and townsfolk are also introduced and expanded upon.
Season 3
The third and final season took the show to the next level. These episodes revolve around events leading to and following the Season 2 finale, which proved to be the series' turning point. These episodes also incorporate elements of other episodes from the past two seasons, mainly from the viewpoints of other characters, ultimately tying the entire series together and wrapping it up nicely.
Overview & History
Although the show slightly resembles the visual animation of the 1960s series Davey and Goliath, Dino Stamatopoulos, creator of Moral Orel, has said that it is not a parody, stating that "there's no getting around that it's religious, but the word parody to a comedian is a dirty word, because one has to know what the show is parodying to like it."
The show originally stemmed from the concept for a send-up of a Leave It to Beaver-like 1950s family comedy, that would star Iggy Pop. The idea eventually grew and evolved into a cartoon.
"It's an incredibly tightly written show, with probably the strongest narrative structure of anything we have on the network."
- Nick Weidenfeld (Head of Development at Adult Swim)
Production Companies:
Fragical Productions
Williams Street
ShadowMachine Films
The name of Dino Stamatopoulos' production company "Fragical Productions" came from a song his daughter wrote about him being "fragical." The animation sequence for the company was animated by Dino himself and uses a fairy (magical) in a wheel-chair (fragile); making up the company's name. The "hello-goodbye" heard is said by his daughter, Tigger, and is a saying that she created.moreless
| S 3 : Ep 14 | Beforel Orel | Aired 11/19/12 | |
| S 3 : Ep 13 | Honor | Aired 12/18/08 | |
| S 3 : Ep 13 | Honor | Aired 12/18/08 | |
| S 3 : Ep 12 | Nesting | Aired 11/19/08 | |
| S 3 : Ep 11 | Sacrifice | Aired 11/17/08 |
 Carolyn Lawrence |
Orel Puppington |
William Salyers |
Reverend Putty |
Tigger Stamatopoulos |
Shapey Puppington, Block Posabule |
 Dino Stamatopoulos |
Billy Figurelli, Various |
 Scott Adsit |
Clay Puppington, Doughy, Various |
Britta Phillips |
Bloberta Puppington, Nurse Bendy, Miss Sculptham |
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Beforel Orel
S 3 : Ep 14
Aired 11/19/12 (22:33)
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Honor
S 3 : Ep 13
Aired 12/18/08
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Nesting
S 3 : Ep 12
Aired 11/19/08
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Sacrifice
S 3 : Ep 11
Aired 11/17/08
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Moral Orel TV Special
02/12/122Reply
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People actually like to make fun of the Lord?
05/02/1128Reply
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season 4
01/02/094Reply
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Season 3 will be final season of Moral Orel...
01/01/099Reply
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Season 3 / episode 2 (grounded)
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