A scripted comedy set in the fictional town of Timms Valley, Wisconsin, where the lives and livelihoods of its citizens are intertwined with the fate of the town's biggest employer, Timms Industrial Piping. When the company's founder and CEO goes missing in a plane crash, the lives of the characters are turned upside down. Shot in stop-motion animation with baby dolls repurposed as an array of adult characters, and modeled on 1980s primetime soaps like Dynasty.
Production
Baby dolls as executives is genuinely disturbing comedy gold.
Writing
Conrad nails Dynasty's melodrama while mocking its emptiness.
Director
Steven Conrad
Hank Azaria
Chaz Babcock
Maria Bamford
Genia Myers
Elizabeth Banks
Beth Billings-Timms
Lance Barber
2nd Executive
Dana DeLorenzo
Tokyo Board Member
Giancarlo Esposito
Pruit Normings
Kathryn Hahn
Daniel Myers
Nick Kroll
Tennis Pro
Matt Levin
1st Executive
John Lithgow
Ol' Gregory Timms
Kumail Nanjiani
Arjit Pondicherry
Mike O'Connell
Captain
Chris Pratt
Donovan Timms
Adam Scott
US Marshal Lonny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steven Conrad later created Patriot, explaining the shared DNA of deadpan absurdism and corporate dread.
This was originally a pilot for Adult Swim that never got picked up, making it a fascinating glimpse of what could've been.
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