Moral Orel

September 23, 2024 2:49 PM

One of Adult Swim's less-cherished series, Moral Orel is a meek survey of modern America's interpretation of Christianity.

At the time I felt that the series dissolved into narrative incoherence as it progressed, but the bitter satire has held up remarkably well. All episodes currently viewable on Youtube. Greetings from Moralton!

posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon (4 comments total)

One of my favorite shows in the genre of starts out bitterly hilarious and ends hilariously bitter.
posted by funkaspuck at 4:42 PM on September 23 [2 favorites]

Worth noting that it was created and voice-acted (at least the title role) by Dino Stamatopoulos, probably best known as Star-burns (i.e. the recurring role of the guy with star-shaped sideburns) from Community, but also a writer on many other comedy shows.
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:33 PM on September 23 [3 favorites]

I really liked this series. If nothing else, I have it to thank for introducing me to The Mountain Goats.
posted by jordemort at 8:33 PM on September 23 [5 favorites]

Thanks for the recommendation; I'd never watched this. It is intensely bitter.
posted by phooky at 6:19 PM on September 24