Joe Cappa Never Intended Haha, You Clowns to Be So Wholesome
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Joe Cappa Never Intended Haha, You Clowns to Be So Wholesome
"It got to Smalls executive producer Dave Hughes, who asked if I could make a longer papier-mâché head video for Adult Swim and also told me about Smalls.All I had to do was pitch him an idea, and at that time, I was toying around with the idea of three boys who just really love their dad and think their dad is just the coolest."
"The new Adult Swim series from animator Joe Cappa follows a tight-knit family - three big beautiful boys (Preston, Tristan, and Duncan) and their buff dad - as they try to get by after the death of their mother. The show is based on a series of surreal shorts Cappa created for Adult Swim's Smalls programming block in 2023, which he's built out into a whole universe in this first season, giving Dad a job as a weatherman, casting June Squibb as Preston's elderly co-worker,"
Haha, You Clowns follows three large adult sons—Preston, Tristan, and Duncan—and their buff dad as they try to get by after their mother's death. The series expands surreal Smalls shorts into a season-long universe, giving Dad a job as a weatherman and adding June Squibb as Preston's elderly co-worker. Professional pool player Jeannette Lee voices a neighbor version of herself who offers sage advice over the fence. The show blends Simpsons-style animated comedy with Seventh Heaven story beats and outsider-art aesthetics rooted in papier-mâché visuals. Joe Cappa developed the characters while making viral Instagram and TikTok papier-mâché head videos.
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