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词条 Too Many Cooks (short)
释义

  1. Premise

  2. Development and production

  3. Reception

  4. Legacy

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox television
| show_name = Too Many Cooks
| image = Too Many Cooks.png
| caption = The main title screen, with a font similar to that of Full House[1]
| genre = Dark comedy
Surreal humor
| creator = Casper Kelly
| writer = Casper Kelly
| director = Casper Kelly
| starring = {{ubl|Ken DeLozier|Tara Ochs|Katelyn Nacon|Linda Miller|William Tokarsky|Katie Adkins}}
| opentheme = "Too Many Cooks", {{small|performed by Shawn Coleman, Cheryl Rogers, Michael Magno, and Patty Mack}}
| composer = Shawn Coleman
Michael Kohler
| country = United States
| language = English
| channel = Adult Swim
| executive_producer = {{ubl|Casper Kelly|Ashley Kohler|Keith Crofford|Mike Lazzo}}
| producer = {{ubl|Alex Orr|Brandon Betts|Tony Holley (co-producer)}}
| editor = Paul Painter
| cinematography = Adam Pinney
| company = Williams Street
| distributor =
| runtime = 11 minutes
| picture_format = 9 HDTV
| audio_format = Stereo
| released = {{Start date|2014|10|28}}
| related = Infomercials
}}

Too Many Cooks is a surreal dark comedy short that originally aired as a special during Adult Swim's "infomercials" block on October 28, 2014, at 4:00 am Eastern Time.[2][3] It was created, written, and directed by Casper Kelly, and produced by Williams Street. After its original airing, the piece became a viral video online and was repeated each night at midnight Eastern Time during the week of November 11, 2014.

Premise

The video begins as a parody of opening credits sequences of 1980s and 1990s American situation comedies, then television crime dramas, prime time soap operas, Saturday-morning cartoons, superhero live-action series, slasher films and science fiction television shows, with each of them gradually bleeding into one another. Particular focus is put on a slasher film villain, who is hidden in the background of several early shots but eventually starts killing the other characters with a machete. The opening credits sequence ends after about ten minutes and transitions into the "episode", with all the characters from the opening standing in the one house; the short ends roughly ten seconds later, cutting to closing credits before a full line of dialogue can be spoken.[4]

Development and production

According to Kelly, he conveyed the concept of the short to his Squidbillies writer-producer friend Jim Fortier, who in turn described it to Adult Swim executive Mike Lazzo, who loved the idea. The footage was filmed over a period of three days in October 2013 with a cast completely composed of extras from the Atlanta area.[5] Post-production took a year, with Kelly recruiting friends and co-workers to help with the process.[5]

While the video depicts the opening credits of a fictional television show, most of the cast members' real names were used.[5][6][7][8][9][10] According to Katie Adkins, actors were not presented with a clearly explained script, but rather coached on the go, in a somewhat nonchalant manner.[11]

Among the series openings parodied are those of Full House, Wonder Woman, The Brady Bunch, Dallas, Falcon Crest, ALF, G.I. JOE, Roseanne, Family Matters, T. J. Hooker, and the Law & Order franchise.[12] The short briefly mentions avant-garde film director Lars von Trier.[13]

Reception

Upon its release by a third party on YouTube, Too Many Cooks became a viral video,[14] with Rolling Stone calling it an "instant cult classic".[15] Director Rian Johnson said that, "no joke", Too Many Cooks should have been nominated for an Academy Award for best short.[16][17] Comedians including Penn Jillette, Simon Pegg, Zach Braff, and Richard Kelly tweeted their positive reactions to Too Many Cooks.[18]

David Sims of The Atlantic wrote that Too Many Cooks relied on "the classic anti-comedy premise of taking so long with something that it goes from being funny, to being not very funny, to being boring, to suddenly becoming hilarious again. More than that, it's an excellent piece of non-narrative sketch comedy that sets out boundaries for its own weird reality and then goes about breaking them over and over again."[19] Dr. Julian Darius called it "a sublime postmodern masterpiece" and analyzed its metafictional aspects.[20]

Legacy

CNN created a parody of the video in March 2015, using it to mock the number of potential candidates in the 2016 United States Presidential Election.[21]

In June 2018, Adult Swim published a short film by Casper Kelly and Nick Gibbons titled Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough, which parodies livestreaming gaming culture. Kelly described this short as his spiritual successor to Too Many Cooks.[22][23]

Cops (TV program) Season 28, Episode 18 is titled after the show.

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/nov/10/too-many-cooks-can-you-spot-all-the-references-to-other-tv-shows |title=Too Many Cooks: can you spot all the references to other TV shows? |last=Donahue |first=Anne T |date=November 10, 2014 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=November 16, 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.adultswim.com/videos/infomercials/too-many-cooks/ |title=Infomercials - Too Many Cooks |date=October 28, 2014 |work=Adult Swim |accessdate=November 17, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite tweet |author=Shawn Coleman |user=shawncoleman |number=526814175251939330 |date=27 October 2014 |title=There's a new family on the block-- the PROGRAMMING block! TV! Too Many Cooks, tonight at 4am on @adultswim http://t.co/7T4wvXfVmm |access-date= 13 November 2014}}
4. ^{{cite news |work=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/videos/watch-adult-swims-too-many-cooks-20141107 |title=Watch Adult Swim's Demented, Surreal Sitcom Parody 'Too Many Cooks' |first=Ryan |last=Reed |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
5. ^{{cite news |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/11/07/too-many-cooks-casper-kelly/?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_Speakeasy |title=Inside Adult Swim's 'Too Many Cooks' |first=Mike |last=Ayers |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
6. ^{{cite news |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/11/07/adult-swim-too-many-cooks/ |title='Too Many Cooks' creator tries to explain his awesomely bizarre Adult Swim short |first=Marc |last=Snetiker |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
7. ^{{cite news |publisher=Entertainment Tonight |url=http://www.etonline.com/tv/153634_this_is_the_most_insane_viral_video_you_ll_ever_watch_and_obviously_you_need_to_watch_it/ |title=This Is the Most Insane Viral Video You'll Ever Watch |first=John |last=Boon |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
8. ^{{cite news |work=New York Magazine / Vulture |url=http://www.vulture.com/2014/11/too-many-cooks-behind-the-scenes.html |title=Behind the Scenes of the 'Too Many Cooks' Video |first=Jesse David |last=Fox |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
9. ^{{cite news |publisher=MTV News |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1991470/too-many-cooks-behind-the-scenes/ |title=Learn The Story Behind The Insane 'Too Many Cooks' |first=Kevin P |last=Sullivan |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
10. ^{{cite news |publisher=Esquire |url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/too-many-cooks-took-over-internet |title=How the Bizarre Adult Swim 'Infomercial' Too Many Cooks Took Over the Internet |first=Ben |last=Collins |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/15/too-many-cooks-katie-adkins-on-what-its-like-when-your-wacky-short-film-goes-viral |title=Too Many Cooks' Katie Adkins on What It's Like When Your Wacky Short Film Goes Viral |last=Goldman |first=Eric |date=November 14, 2014 |work=IGN |accessdate=November 16, 2014}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/television/adult-swims-amazing-11-minute-credits-sequence-will-warp-you-permanently-161291/ |title=Adult Swim's Warped Viral Sitcom Parody References a Stunning 30+ Shows and Movies |last=Thielman |first=Sam |date=November 7, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2015}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cooks-see-insane-viral-video-747482 |title='Too Many Cooks': See the Insane Viral Video Hollywood Is Buzzing About |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |date=November 7, 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=November 16, 2014}}
14. ^{{cite news |work=IGN.com |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/07/adult-swims-too-many-cooks-takes-sitcom-parody-to-the-next-level |title=Adult Swim's Too Many Cooks Takes Sitcom Parody to the Next Level |first=Eric |last=Goldman |date=November 6, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
15. ^1 2 {{cite news |work=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/too-many-cooks-casper-kelly-20141107 |title='Too Many Cooks' Creator Casper Kelly on the Making of an Instant Cult Classic |first=David |last=Fear |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
16. ^{{cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-too-many-cooks-takes-social-media-by-storm-20141107-story.html |title='Too Many Cooks' takes social media by storm |first=Day |last=Patrick Kevin |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
17. ^{{cite news |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cooks-see-insane-viral-video-747482 |title='Too Many Cooks': See the Insane Viral Video Hollywood Is Buzzing About |first=Seth |last=Abramovitch |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/09/living/too-many-cooks-video/ |title=This weekend's trending video: 'Too Many Cooks' |last=Grinberg |first=Emmanuella |date=November 9, 2014 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=November 10, 2014}}
19. ^{{cite news |work=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/the-less-you-know-about-adult-swims-viral-sensation-too-many-cooks-the-better/382529/ |title=The Less You Know About Too Many Cooks, The Better |first=David |last=Sims |date=November 7, 2014 |deadurl=no}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=http://sequart.org/magazine/52159/too-many-cooks-is-a-sublime-postmodern-masterpiece/ |title='Too Many Cooks' is a Sublime Postmodern Masterpiece |last=Daris |first=Julian |date=November 12, 2014 |publisher=Sequart Organization |accessdate=March 11, 2015}}
21. ^{{Cite web |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/03/cnn-made-a-2016-version-of-too-many-cooks.html |title=CNN Made an Election 2016 Version of 'Too Many Cooks' for Some Reason |first=Margaret |last=Hartmann |date=March 19, 2015 |accessdate=March 19, 2015 |work=New York Magazine}}
22. ^{{cite web |last=Singer |first=Matt |url=http://screencrush.com/final-deployment-4-casper-kelly-nick-gibbons-interview/ |title=Interview: Casper Kelly and Nick Gibbons on 'Final Deployment 4' |date=June 28, 2018 |work=ScreenCrush |accessdate=September 8, 2018}}
23. ^{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Andrew |url=https://uproxx.com/tv/final-deployment-4-adult-swim-too-many-cooks-gaming/ |title=The Guys Behind Adult Swim's 'Too Many Cooks' Return To Take On Gamers |date=June 28, 2018 |work=Uproxx |accessdate=September 8, 2018}}

External links

  • Too Many Cooks at Adult Swim
  • {{IMDb title|3534838|Too Many Cooks}}
  • {{youtube|QrGrOK8oZG8|Too Many Cooks}} (Adult Swim's official channel)
{{Adult Swim pilots and specials}}

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