Comedy Central has added a pair of animated projects to its list of series in development. If all goes as planned, the home of South Park and Drawn Together will also house an anime spoof titled Ghost Foot and a superhero send-up dubbed Freak Show. The network’s 2006 development slate, its largest to date, was announced today by Lauren Corrao, exec VP of original programming and development.
A parody of popular Japanese action cartoons, Ghost Foot promises convoluted storylines, hyper-violent battle scenes and, of course, a magic foot. The show is written and created by Steve Kerper (HBO’s Hard Core TV) and is being produced by Kerper and Asterisk (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central’s TV Funhouse). Comedy Central has ordered an animatic for the program.
Network execs will also evaluate an animatic for Freak Show. From the minds of David Cross (Arrested Development, Mr. Show) and Jon Benjamin (Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, Home Movies). This animated series will chronicle the exploits of a band of freak show performers who also happen to be second-rate superheroes. When the world-famous justice squad rejects a mission from the government, the freak squad is on the case. The poor-man’s Justice League will consist of Siamese twins Tuck and Benny, The World’s Tallest Nebraskan, Primi the Premature Baby, The Bearded Clam and The Log Cabin Republican. The show is being produced by Radical Axis (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies).
Also among the projects being considered for 2006 is Public Nuisance from Morgan Spurlock, star and creator of the hit documentary Super Size Me. Like his award-winning film, the series will include animated segments as Spurlock and his band of activist pranksters explore hot social topics such as sex in America, celebrity culture and the separation of church and state. Public Nuisance is produced by Warrior Poets and co-produced by Sony Pictures Television. Spurlock will serve as exec producer.
Other highlights of the new slate include Happy Madison’s Gay Robot, a live-action adaptation of a character featured on Adam Sandler’s comedy album Shhh… Don’t Tell, and Parallel Ent.’s Naked Trucker, a variety talk show pilot based on the long-running L.A. stage show The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show, featuring Dave “Gruber” Allen (Freaks and Geeks) and former Saturday Night Live player David Koechner (Waiting…, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy).
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