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The excuse is that they want to end it before it becomes "slop" ... if
that was true, they wouldn't even have bothered to make the first
episode of this utter garbage show. Thankfully it's going!!
Adult Swim's 'Smiling Friends' to End After Season 3
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Adult Swim's animated comedy "Smiling Friends" is ending after
its third season. Creators and stars Michael Cusack and Zach
Hadel revealed the news in a video posted to Adult Swim's X
account.
"I'm gonna cut right to the chase," Hadel said at the top of
the message. "This is not a bit, this is not a joke. Michael
and I are here to announce that 'Smiling Friends' will be
ending after Season 3 is done."
"To be perfectly honest, after we finished Season 3, Zach and
I just both had the same feeling where we felt pretty burnt
out after putting years and years into this, but also pretty
accomplished," Cusack added. "We just came to this feeling
where we were like, 'I think that could just be it,' after
Season 3."
Hadel explained that from the very beginning, he and Cusack
wanted to put "110%" into "Smiling Friends" and then "go out
on top." He said it was better to leave the audience "wanting
more" than to have fans think, "'That show is still on the
air? Oh god.'"
"We wouldn't want to be doing more seasons half-hearted or
burnt out or not feeling it," he added. "That's not fair to us,
and it's not fair to the audience to give you guys fucking
slop. That sucks."
Cusack explained that ending "Smiling Friends" was "our
decision," and that Adult Swim has been "very supportive."
"When we told them exactly this, they said, 'If you're not
feeling like making a cartoon, we're not going to stop you. Go
have a break. Either come back or don't," Cusack continued.
"That's the other thing, we could come back in the future and
make more episodes if we want, if we feel like it. And they've
been super cool and said they would let us do that. But maybe
not. Who knows?"
The pair went on to announce that two unreleased Season 3
episodes will air April 12 on Adult Swim. Hadel clarified they
are "not finales," but rather "little stragglers" that didn't
make it into the initial season rollout.
"We know this is very disappointing," Cusack concluded, "It's
been very hard to even record this recording for it because it's
just a very difficult thing to say for us. We hope you
understand and we hope you've enjoyed what we've done. It's been
amazing. The fans have been so good. It's been the best. It's
been the ride of a lifetime. But I hope you see where we are
coming from."
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