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Adult Swim Shares Smiling Friends/April Fool's Day Highlights (VIDEO)

Adult Swim released April Fool's Day highlights, including Michael Cusack's & Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends as puppets and a Season 2 preview.

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  • Adult Swim's April Fools' Day featured Smiling Friends as puppets with a Season 2 preview.
  • Smiling Friends Season 2 to premiere on May 12, available next day on Max.
  • Puppet episodes and a compiled video shared on YouTube by Adult Swim.
  • Creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel actively interacted on social media during the event.

If you didn't get a chance to check out Adult Swim's April Fool's Day 2024 special broadcast and you're a fan of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, then you missed out on some pretty cool stuff. First up, we were treated to puppet versions of S01E02: "Mr. Frog" (directed by Georgia Kriss and written by David Hootselle), S01E03: "Shrimp's Odyssey" (directed by Georgia Kriss and written by Jakub Zieba), and S01E08: "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back" (directed by Bob Dorian (uncredited) and written by David Hootselle). Following that, the first episode of the second season was screened – and that accompanied the news that Smiling Friends Season 2 will debut on Adult Swim on May 12th (and the following day on Max). But all is not lost!

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Image: Adult Swim Screencap

While the new episode has been pulled from YouTube, you can check out a preview of it above. Thankfully, Adult Swim, Cusack, and Hadel were kind enough to share the puppet episodes online – both as individual episodes and a compilation video:

Smiling Friends Season 2 Set for May 12th: Adult Swim April Fool's Day

Here's a look at the first "remixed" episode of Adult Swim's Smiling Friends:

And yes, the show's creators are checking out what's going on and checking in on social media:

And now, we have a multimedia take on S01E03: "Shrimp's Odyssey" (directed by Georgia Kriss and written by Jakub Zieba):

Meanwhile, let's check in with Cusack and Hadel…

Next up, we have a new take on what might be our favorite episode in a lineup of great episodes, S01E08: "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back" (directed by Bob Dorian (uncredited) and written by David Hootselle) – with the following clip including the great moment when Charlie chops that demon in the throat (Charlie did warn him):

Meanwhile, the show's creators continue to make their social media presence known…

What's that you said? You thought you weren't going to get some really new adventures? Well, that's where you would be wrong – with Pim & Alan teaming up to help a video game character who Pim has been fanboying over for years. Meanwhile, Charlie finds himself handcuffed by the Smiling Friends policy of doing anything to make the client smile – and it gets bad. We won't spoil it other than to say that Charlie loses his nose, and Mr. Boss goes a little mad…

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Image: Adult Swim Screencap

Here's a clip from the new episode that aired tonight:

After getting the Season 2 date reveal bumper, we were treated to a look at this from earlier in the week – some really great work:

And Cusack & Hadel are looking forward to seeing all of you this May – and hope you enjoyed the season's first episode:

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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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