Penguins Behind Bars (found Adult Swim exclusive pilot of animated series; 2003)
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Status: Found
Date found: 20 Dec. 2017
Found by: Anonymous
Penguins Behind Bars is a pilot created for Adult Swim that aired in 2003. It was adapted from a 1989 novel of the same name by Janet Perlman.
Plot
The pilot of Penguins Behind Bars follows the story of Doris Fairfeather, a female penguin who is framed by her "boyfriend" Charlie Abaloney as a pearl stealer and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. In there, she met a few other jailbirds such as Madam Milly, an experienced jailer, and Flotsam, a much crazier jailbird. There are other important characters in the pilot special as well, such as Matron Hruffwater, one of the wardens and side antagonists, and Babs and her "slave-girls," who serve as the main antagonists to Doris. In the prison, Doris discovers that Charlie is running for mayor of the unnamed town, and it is up to Doris to solve that problem along with other problems with adjusting to a new setting.
History
The animated pilot was only aired once in 2003 (around the time the Venture Brother's pilot was aired), and due to poor ratings it wasn't greenlighted or aired again. The creator, 'Janet Perlman', stated that she didn't have the right to release the short itself; it was up to Cartoon Network because they owned it. Purchasable copies have appeared online, however, it is unknown if these are legitimate copies or not.
The pilot didn't gain traction online until September 20th, 2016, when YouTuber and somewhat frequent LMWW user Rebeltaxi made a transcript of what he saw during the only airing, along with his opinions on the pilot.[1]
Discovery
On the 20th of December, 2017, a Tumblr user named ken--f posted a blog post on Pan-Pizza's Tumblr page who says that his friend who works at a university in Canada found the entire pilot and leaked it online in a jumpshare link.[2] Even though the link to the original jumpshare post is broken for right now, YouTube user vulgar managed to reupload the pilot onto his channel on the 21st of December, 2017.
Video
External Links
- The IMDb page for the pilot. Retrieved 23 Dec '17
References
- ↑ Pan-Pizza's transcript. Retrieved 23 Dec '17
- ↑ The blog post that has the (now defunct) jumpshare link. Retrieved 23 Dec '17