ABC Family Channel, owned by the Walt Disney Co, is playing against type in a press kit to promote its edgy new animated series, “Slacker Cats.”
Disney, which is famous for its immaculate presentations of its G-rated products, sent out a booklet describing the new show with an apparent coffee stain on the cover and containing the un-Disney-like phrase “half-assed” to describe the antics of the two feline main characters.
The pilot, created by “The Book of Bunny Suicides” cartoonist Andy Riley and “Little Britain” writer Kevin Cecil, makes reference to faking purrs, mind-altering drugs, “kitty” porn and credit card theft, in the first 15 minutes.
ABC Family has scheduled the launch of its “outrageous and decidedly grown up” foray into animation waaaayyy past kids’ bedtimes — at 10 p.m. Aug. 13.
(By Gina Keating in Los Angeles)
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Slacker cats is a funny show. Probably the only show with any real humour left on anything from Disney.
ABC family was originally supposed to appeal to the 14+ group, and was to be called XYZ. This didn’t happen, because they were REQUIRED to keep the name “family” in the network.
It’s ABC family, not ABC kids. It’s hardly vulgar at ALL compared to what your kids will see in the real world.
- Posted by Finite InfinityIve started watching Slacker Cats and it’s funny….The animation is also good.
- Posted by LimeLinuxI like the characters,especially Buckley and look forward to more episodes.