11 minSeason 5 • Episode 8
LatestThe cast looks back over five years of "A Legacy of Laughter" in the style of one of those tacky TV reunion specials but of course since this IS Sealab, not all goes well.
The year is 2021. Deep below the ocean's surface, looms a vast, magnificently high-tech compound: Sealab. A multi-national scientific station with an annual budget in the trillions, manned by a motley collection of malcontents and screw-ups who were unfit for work in the private sector. They really don't get any research done, but instead spend their time bickering among themselves or just plain goofing off. The crew have manipulated their luckless leader, Captain Murphy, into submission, and are content to ride the government clock, raking in fat, hazardous-duty paychecks.
Writing
Improvised dialogue that veers into beautiful nonsense
Production
Recycled Hanna-Barbera animation becomes surrealist art
Acting
Harry Goz's Murphy: unhinged, pathetic, iconic
Creators
Matt Thompson, Adam Reed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sealab pioneered Adult Swim's '12-minute chaos' format and launched Adam Reed's empire (Archer, Frisky Dingo). Without Murphy screaming about pod six, modern animated comedy doesn't exist.
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