“This show could only be animated.
If you tried to do it another way, it would just be incredibly offensive,” Youssef said.
“The fact that its drawn signals to the audience that youre looking at this from a different angle.
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It allows us to push the humor and lean into the absurdity while tackling something real.”
That absurdity is evident in just the first few episodes.
“When we started making this in 2020, it felt like a time capsule,” he explained.
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“But by the time were putting it out in 2025, it feels like right now.
That heightened surveillance state, the fear of being perceived as a threatit never really went away.
It just changed shape.”
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That energy has always been there, just under the surface."
The collaboration, he says, was a natural fit.
“Pam is one of the best riffers Ive ever worked with.
She just gets it.
Wed be bouncing ideas back and forth, and shed find the most unexpected angles to mine for comedy.
Like, my grandma is always watching TV, right?
So I was like, What if she literally always has it with her?
Even on a bus?
Even when people think its a bomb?”
And just likeSouth Park, the voice cast gets used for multiple roles.
And for everyone else?
As long as you like your humor utterly absurd and pitch dark, its justfunny as hell.
“On a surface level, its just really funny.And thats the most important thing.
