Super Deluxe
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Description
Super Deluxe featured exclusive programming developed for the service by established and rising amateur comedianComedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
s. This included short comedic sketches, episodic series, and short films.
Artists could share concepts and performances in a forum or in a personalized area. Fans could communicate with them and express their sense of humor through community tools, such as videos, profiles, and messages.
Merger with AdultSwim.com
On May 7, 2008, Turner announced that Super Deluxe would be folding into its sister website, AdultSwim.com. As a result, the majority of the Super Deluxe staff were laid off. The Super Deluxe site was officially taken offline on December 17, 2008. A selection of edited videos from Aaron McGruderAaron McGruder
Aaron McGruder is an American cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip about two young African American brothers from inner-city Chicago now living with their grandfather in a sedate suburb, as well as being the creator and executive...
, Brad Neely
Brad Neely
Brad Neely is a American comic book artist and television writer/producer known for his work on books such as Wizard People, Dear Reader, I Am Baby Cakes, The Professor Brothers, and China, Illinois, and TV series such as South Park and China, IL.-Personal life:Brad Neely is originally from Fort...
, Y'all So Stupid
Y'all So Stupid
Y'all So Stupid is an alternative hip hop group based in Atlanta, Georgia. It was formed by H2O, Unkle Buk, Sha Boogie, Spearhead X and Logic in 1991. After performing extensively in Atlanta's underground circuit, the group was signed by Dallas Austin & L.A. Reid to Rowdy Records in 1992. Their...
, Tim & Eric, Poundcast, and Bob Odenkirk
Bob Odenkirk
Robert "Bob" Odenkirk is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is best known as the co-creator and co-star of the HBO sketch comedy series Mr...
are available on AdultSwim.com. The rest of the Super Deluxe library was eliminated.
Featured entertainers
- Aaron McGruderAaron McGruderAaron McGruder is an American cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip about two young African American brothers from inner-city Chicago now living with their grandfather in a sedate suburb, as well as being the creator and executive...
- Tim and Eric
- Bob OdenkirkBob OdenkirkRobert "Bob" Odenkirk is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is best known as the co-creator and co-star of the HBO sketch comedy series Mr...
- Maria BamfordMaria BamfordMaria Bamford is an American stand-up comedian and voice actor. She is best known for her portrayal of her dysfunctional family and self-deprecating comedy involving jokes about depression. Her comedy style draws upon surrealism and incorporates voice impressions that good-naturedly mock various...
- Freddy LockhartFreddy LockhartFrederick Douglas Lockhart is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. In 2006 he became known for his popular internet series on Superdeluxe known as Mixed Media, and in 2008 was cast alongside Frank Caliendo on the TBS series Frank TV.Lockhart was born in San Antonio, Texas...
- Richard BelzerRichard BelzerRichard Jay Belzer is an American stand-up comedian, author, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as John Munch, which he has portrayed as a regular cast member on the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as in guest...
- Comedy Death-RayComedy Death-RayComedy Death-Ray is a weekly "alternative" comedy show held every Tuesday in Los Angeles. CDR, as it is also known, was started by former Mr. Show writers/actors Scott Aukerman & B.J. Porter, who also perform as The Fun Bunch. The first show was on October 1, 2002 at L.A.'s M Bar...
- Fark TV
- Devin Flynn
- Dave FoleyDave FoleyDavid Scott "Dave" Foley is a Canadian comedian, writer, director, and producer best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio, A Bug's Life, and Celebrity Poker Showdown...
- Dave HillDave Hill (comedian)Dave Hill is a comedian, writer, musician and actor. He hosts the stage show The Dave Hill Explosion at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and Hollywood and recently starred in the television show The King of Miami on the MOJO HD network. The show is now airing on Film24 in the UK....
- Honor Student
- David Neher
- Lee Trimble
- The Kid From BrooklynThe Kid from BrooklynThe Kid from Brooklyn is a 1946 comedy film starring Danny Kaye and co-starring Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, and Eve Arden, about a milkman who becomes world boxing champion....
- Louis Katz
- Eugene MirmanEugene MirmanEugene Boris Mirman is a Russian-born American comedian, writer, and filmmaker. Mirman currently plays Yvgeny Mirminsky on Delocated, and voices Gene Belcher for the animated comedy Bob's Burgers.-Early life:Mirman was born in Russia to Jewish parents...
- Brad NeelyBrad NeelyBrad Neely is a American comic book artist and television writer/producer known for his work on books such as Wizard People, Dear Reader, I Am Baby Cakes, The Professor Brothers, and China, Illinois, and TV series such as South Park and China, IL.-Personal life:Brad Neely is originally from Fort...
- Olde English
- The Post ShowThe Post ShowThe Post Show is an interactive television series on G4 Network related to the NBC series Heroes.-Overview:The Post Show is a live, half-hour wrap-up show which premiered Saturday, November 3, 2007 on G4...
- Jonah RayJonah RayJonah Ray Rodrigues is an American actor, comedian and writer from Los Angeles.-Life and career:Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Ray later moved to Los Angeles...
- Mason Steinberg
- Nick SwardsonNick SwardsonNicholas Roger "Nick" Swardson is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and writer. He is best known for his recurring role as Terry Bernardino in the Comedy Central series Reno 911!, for his work in Happy Madison films, most notably the 2011 film Just Go With It, and for his new Comedy Central...
- DC Lugi (Dave Coyne)
- Quack! Media
- CHARGED
- Waco O'Guin
- Roger BlackRoger BlackRoger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4x400 metres relay gold medals at both the...
- Wayne Alan HaroldWayne Alan HaroldWayne Alan Harold is a video producer from northeastern Ohio.In the late 80s, Harold met Genuine Nerd Toby Radloff and that led to Toby starring in a series of MTV segments. In the 1990s, Harold co-created the cult horror films Killer Nerd and Bride of Killer Nerd...
- Toby RadloffToby RadloffToby Radloff is a former file clerk who became a minor celebrity owing to his appearances in Cleveland writer Harvey Pekar's autobiographical comic book American Splendor. He works at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cleveland. Radloff currently works as a courier.Radloff has a distinctive...
- Eric AppelEric AppelEric Appel is a writer and director currently residing in Los Angeles, California. He has written for MTV's Human Giant, The Andy Milonakis Show and Crank Yankers....
- Larry Wachs
- Norm MacdonaldNorm MacDonaldNorman Gene "Norm" Macdonald is a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He is best known for his five seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, which included anchoring Weekend Update for three years...