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Adult Swim is bumping different now

by Adam Finley, posted Jan 23rd 2006 1:37PM

I've been watching Adult Swim from the very beginning, and it's been interesting to watch as the late night cartoon block has expanded and become more popular with viewers. Back in the old days of Adult Swim there were no clever "bumps" like you see now, but rather footage of elderly people using a public pool. That was scrapped for the "bumps," those black backgrounds displaying clever sayings. At first these tended to be silly and rather aloof, much like the shows themselves. Over the last year or so, however, I've noticed they've been used more and more to give viewers a look at the inner machinations of the network and its staff. The bumps have become more chatty and, dare I say, almost blog-like in some respects. Is this good or bad? It's really neither, it's just something I've noticed. Though it's that kind of frank approach that keeps most Adult Swim viewers glued to the set even when during the commercial breaks.

 

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Chris

My all-time favorite is Aquaman dancing in the drive-thru lane. Or Aquaman dancing anywhere for that matter.

February 09 2006 at 2:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KBarrick

Between the "ALL KIDS OUT OF THE POOL!" format and the current BUMP one was the "Instructional diagrams of how to save people."

It was..uh... less than good and lasted thislong.

January 26 2006 at 10:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Annie W.

Oh man. I remember those old people. That [as] theme tune used to get stuck in my head too. Actually, I searched for that tune for many years and didn't find it until about three months ago, haha.

I like the bumps. They're fun. And they remind you to go to sleep because if you're too tired to read, you should probably go to bed.

January 23 2006 at 4:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jamie

I am not familiar with the old style but i do finds the bumps quite amusing sometimes.

January 23 2006 at 2:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Manda

Of course Williams Street does have a blog:

http://www.adultswim.com/williams/blog/

And many of the employees keep blogs in the Fan Collective. I confess to being a regular stalker of Andy Merrill's blog. That guy is wacky.

January 23 2006 at 2:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
B

I like the old-style better, where they were silly and sometimes answered viewer mail. Personally, I don't care what the William street office looks like or what it's like to run the show.

January 23 2006 at 2:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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