Paid Programming (2009)

Original title

Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultra Blue

Directed by

Jeff Buchanan

Genre

comedy television program

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a parody of late night infomercials. It was made for Adult Swim and uses little known actors who feel like they came from central casting.

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What happens

Paid Programming (also known as Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultrablue or Icelandic UltraBlue) is an American television pilot created by H. Jon Benjamin and David Cross for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. It originally premiered in the United States, unannounced, on November 2, 2009 at 4:30 am (EST), at the specific request of Benjamin and Cross. Paid Programming is an informercial parody which, by design, features lesser known actors from Central Casting. Although it was not picked up for a full series it was re-aired numerous times and has received positive reception. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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