Southies is an animated television pilot

Television pilot

A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...

 for Cartoon Network's

Cartoon Network

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 late night programing block, Adult Swim

Adult Swim

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. Southies was written by Will Hayes and created by Will Hayes and animation director Carl W. Adams, who had previously worked on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an American animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995 to December 24, 1999,–with a final set of three shelved episodes airing in 2002–starring Jonathan Katz, Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman...

, Home Movies

Home Movies (TV series)

Home Movies is a dialogue-driven American animated series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004. The plot surrounds eight-year-old Brendon Small , who makes films with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis in his spare time...

, and Assy McGee

Assy McGee

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. The main cast consists of all amateur "Boston non-actors" .

The pilot episode eventuality aired on Adult Swim's "DVR theater" on January 19, 2011. It is currently unknown if Southies will be picked up for further episodes.

History

Southies was created by Will Hayes and animation producer Carl W. Adams, who was a South Boston native himself. The voice cast of Southies consists of amateur Boston natives. The pilot episode for Southies was written by Will Hayes and first released on V Cast Video

V CAST

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in summer of 2009. Southies was later posted online on Adultswim.com in 2010 as part of the network's "Big, Uber, Network, Sampling" contest, in which eight different pitch pilots were posted on AdultSwim.com and fans voted for their favorite to air on television. Southies lost in the finale round of the contest.

The pilot episode of Southies eventually aired on Adult Swim's "DVR theater" on January 19, 2011.

Pilot episode

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External links

• Carl W. Adams interview about Southies at Adultswim.com