The Midnight Gospel
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The Midnight Gospel
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What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that The Midnight Gospel is an adult cartoon co-created by Pendleton Ward, whose credits also include the popular kids' animated series Adventure Time. The show has a unique format: The main character hosts a futuristic type of podcast and interviews a different subject each episode, often on philosophical topics. These interviews often take place amidst other action -- the first episode takes place during a zombie apocalypse, for example -- so the result is like a chaotic mashup of Rick & Morty and Howard Stern. Just because it's animated doesn't mean it's for kids: There's plenty of gory violence and frequent full-frontal nudity, while the interviews contain a lot of profanity ("f--k," "s--t," "a--hole, "damn") as well as frank discussions about drug use, death, and other complex topics.
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What's the Story?
Clancy is an extradimensional technology farmer and the host of the popular spacecast THE MIDNIGHT GOSPEL. On each episode, he visits a simulated universe and interviews one of its inhabitants.
Is It Any Good?
It's tough for anyone to do more than one thing at a time, and this series is often trying to do many, many different things at once. The animation is a psychedelic riff on Rick & Morty-style shock humor that motors along during a philosophical podcast interview and then, every so often, someone breaks into song. Sure. Chaos is the engine that drives The Midnight Gospel, and though there are fleeting moments of beauty or humor, it's mostly a wild, directionless ride. Teens who enjoy the absurd and esoteric may find it up their alley, but overall, it's got too much going on.
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TV Details
- Premiere date: April 20, 2020
- Cast: Duncan Trussell
- Network: Netflix
- Genre: Science Fiction
- TV rating: TV-MA
- Last updated: February 27, 2022
Our Editors Recommend
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Rick and Morty
Ribald, drunken animated comedy is too edgy for most teens.
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Adventure Time
Original, if nonsensical, hilarity; expect minor weapons.
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Waking Life
Love-it-or-hate-it film best for older teens.
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