Friday, September 12, 2025

420 Weird Shows: 301-360

Weirdos stick together. A good place to start is something else by someone you already like. Here's ~170 names of people who have contributed to multiple projects from this list:

J.J. Abrams, Douglas Adams, Jon Amiel, Eric Andre, Danny Antonucci, Nick Antosca, Fred Armisen, Japhet Asher, Scott Aukerman, Chuck Austen, Richard Ayoade, Alan Ball, Julian Barratt, Zal Batmanglij, Derrick Beckles, Matt Berry, Michael Ian Black, Steve Blackman, Katja Blichfeld, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, James Bobin, Pam Brady, Charlie Brooker, Peter Browngardt, Crarrie Brownstein, Amanda Bynes, Louis C.K., Robert Carlock, Marc Ceccarelli, Vernon Chatman, Jemaine Clement, Sacha Baron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, David Cross, Michael Cumming, Michael Cusack, Carlton Cuse, Greg Daniels, Andrew Davenport, Hugh Davidson, Julia Davis, Paul Dini, Derek Drymon, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Ben Edlund, Chris Elliott, Garth Ennis, Sam Esmail, Jane Espenson, Ana Fabrega, David Feiss, Tina Fey, Nathan Fielder, Noah Fielding, Eric Fogel, Jantje Friese, Mark Frost, Rich Fulcher, Bryan Fuller, Neil Gaiman, Zach Galifianakis, Mark Gatiss, Brett Gelman, Jon Glaser, Donald Glover, Evan Goldberg, Brian Graden, Tom Green, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Ben Gruber, Dan Guterman, Zach Hadel, Lisa Hanawalt, Dan Harmon, Matt Harrigan, Noah Hawley, Tim Heidecker, Tim Hill, Alex Hirsch, Joel Hodgson, Dave Hughes, Christian Jacobs, Michael Jacobs, Nick Jennings, Ben Jones, Ian Jones-Quartey, Dave Jeser, Mitra Jouhari, Lisa Joy, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, Tom Kenny, Sam Kieth, Michael Koman, Jonathan Krisel, Mike Lazzo, John Lee, Craig Lewis, Maatt Lucas, John Lurie, Ashley Lyle, David Lynch, Matt Maiellaro, Brit Marling, Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, Arthur Mathew, Craig McCracken, Patrick McHale, John McNamara, Will McRobb, Vic Michaelis, Chris Morris, Grant Morrison, Hiro Murai, Brad Neely, Bart Nickerson, Eric Notarnicola, Kayvan Novak, Baran bo Odar, Bob Odenkirk, Thurop Van Orman, Howard Overman, Trey Parker, Steve Pemberton, Amy Poehler, Robert Popper, Dan Povenmire, Jackson Publick, Shaun Pye, J.G. Quintel, Adam Reed, Nicolas Winding Refn, Simon Rich, Jace Richdale, Erick Richter, Seth Rogen, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Ruegger, David Salzmann, Amy Sedaris, Fred Seibert, Hiroshi Seko, Peter Serafinowicz, Rod Serling, Reece Shearsmith, Kevin Shinick, Michael Showalter, M. Night Shyamalan, Matt Silverstein, Paul Simms, Ben Sinclair, Frank Spotnitz, Dino Stamatopoulous, Rebecca Sugar, Matt Thompson, Paul Tibbitt, Julio Torres, Jim Tozzi, Jeff Tremaine, Duncan Trussell, Chris Viscardi, Pendleton Ward, David Wain, Taika Waititi, Michael Waldron, Vincent Waller, Eric Wareheim, Dave Willis, Anne Wood, Weird Al Yankovic, and Graham Yost.

There's also spinoffs and other related shows if you somehow need more recommendations. Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, At Last the 1948 Show, Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe, Birdgirl, Do Not Adjust Your Set, Gen V, Man to Man with Dean Learner, The New Pope, The Patrick Star Show, Rick and Morty: The Anime, Ripping Yarns, Rutland Weekend Television, Soul Quest Overdrive, The Spoils Before Dying, W / Bob & David, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, and The Xtacles to name a handful.

TV movies, pilots, and specials are all disqualified, so here's some projects that didn't make this list:

Jena Friedman has two TV specials in her Soft Focus (2018) series that are the closest things you find tonally to her show True Crime Story: Indefensible, her standup, and confrontational yet humorous interviews like you might find in Da Ali G Show or Who is America?

Bryan Fuller has an incredible track record. However, there's some pilots of his that weren't picked up. Check out The Amazing Screw-On Head (2006), High Moon (2014), and Mockingbird Lane (2012).

Dan Harmon co-created the '99 cult classic pilot Heat Vision and Jack.

Tom Kenny did voicework for Korgoth of Barbaria (2006), a Mike Lazzo produced cartoon that Adult Swim didn't feel they could justify the price tag for at the time. Tom Kenny was also in the improv TV movie / inside joke that not quite everybody was in on, Windy City Heat (2003).

Bob Odenkirk did a post-Mr. Show pilot called Next! (2001) and also developed the Derek and Simon (2005) webseries.

Scott Aukerman and Zach Galifianakis co-created the webshow Between Two Ferns.

420 Weird Shows: 301-360

Pushing Daisies (2007)
Q... (1969)
Raised by Wolves (2020)
Red Dwarf (1988)
The Red Green Show (1991)
Regular Show (2010)
The Rehearsal (2022)
The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991)
Reservation Dogs (2021)
The Resort (2022)


Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)
Rex the Runt (1998)
Rick and Morty (2013)
Riget aka The Kingdom (1994)
Riverdale (2017)
Robot Chicken (2005)
Rocko's Modern Life (1993)
Room 104 (2017)
Round the Twist (1989)
Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983)


Russian Doll (2019)
Sally4ever (2018)
The Sandman (2022)
Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
Sapphire & Steel (1979)
Sasuke (1997)
Saul of the Mole Men (2007)
Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024)
Scavengers Reign (2023)
Sealab 2021 (2000)


Search Party (2016)
Second City Television aka SCTV (1976)
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (1998)
Sense8 (2015)
Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
Servant (2019)
Severance (2022)
The Shivering Truth (2018)
Silo (2023)
The Singing Detective (1986)


Small Wonder (1985)
Smiling Friends (2022)
Snuff Box (2006)
Soul Mates (2014)
South Park (1997)
Space Dandy (2014)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
The Spoils of Babylon (2014)
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Squidbillies (2005)


Station Eleven (2021)
Stella (2005)
Steven Universe (2013)
Strangers with Candy (1999)
Super Duper Sumos (2002)
Super Milk Chan (2000)
Superjail! (2007)
Susunu! Denpa Shonen (1998)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Tales from the Loop (2020)


The exciting conclusion, next time on 420 Weird Shows.

1 comment:

  1. There we go, my G.O.A.T TV show. Did you watch it back in the day then?

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