Dear Kyle, This is the Adult Swim Promo Writer’s Test. We are looking for people who get it. You have one week! [adultswim] Dear [adultswim], I’m a gay dude. I get it all the time. Even more than you. See you Monday. [kylekeyser] CHARACTER SPOT Write a :30 spot focusing on your favorite character from any Adult Swim show. Video Audio Text is white on black TEXT: January is National Prune Breakfast Month. Music. We salute HERBERT Family Guy Clip HERBET: (Herbert reading bedtime story to Chris) (reading to Chris) …AND THEY TOLD PETER TO STAY AWAY FROM THE WOLF BUT HE DIDN’T LISTEN TO THEM ‘CAUSE HE’S HIS OWN MAN (squints towards Chris) AND HE KNEW THAT SOMETIMES THE THINGS THAT SEEMED THE MOST DANGEROUS TURNS OUT TO BE THE MOST FUN (closes book, looks at Chris) YESSIR, IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR YOUNG PETER (HERBERT starts to whistle, long, and with lips curled, eyes wide and staring at Chris) CHRIS: ARE YOU A PEDOPHILE? [END CLIP] TEXT: Call your gramps. [adult swim] HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ADULT SWIM Write a :30 spot for our holiday time. It can be any holiday of your choosing. Video Audio Text is white on black; Images full screen Music. TEXT: Eleanor Roosevelt TEXT: Heidi Klum TEXT: Wilma Flintstone TEXT: Joan Crawford What a nation of great mothers. Oh, and this one… TEXT: Mike Lazzo (He’s the guy who took away your anime) Happy Mothers Day. [adult swim] Music out. GENERIC LINE UP SPOT Pick any night of the week and write a :30 promo for the shows on that night. Video Audio Video is full screen/zoomed in Text is bold, overlay Video: 1982 workout video Music. “Move Your Boogie Body” Jazzercise w/ Judi Sheppard & friends. TEXT OVERLAY: Your Late Nite Wednesday Line Up 12a Robot Chicken 12:15a Xavier: Renegade Angel 12:30a Aqua Teen 12:45a Squidbillies “Oh yeah, feel the burn.” TEXT OVERLAY: 1a Tim and Eric Awesome Show 1:15a Tom Goes 1:30a Oblongs 2a King of the Hill “Work it, and up.” CUT TO BLACK/TEXT: You’re welcome. [adult swim] Music out. SEASON LAUNCH SPOT There’s a new season of Squidbillies starting May 32nd. Write a generic :30 spot to entice people to watch this show. Video Audio Clip of Early Cuyler then freezeframe: Clip audio with music underlay. Squidbillie Music full. TEXT Early is a squid. Clip of Rusty Cuyler, freezeframe: Clip audio with music underlay. Squidbillie Music full. TEXT Rusty is his backwood’s son. Clip of Ruby/Granny, freezeframe: Clip audio with music underlay. Squidbillie Music full. TEXT Their granny hangs from a walker. On freezeframe: TEXT She’s a nymphomaniac. TEXT SQUIDBILLIES SEASON PREMIERE SATURDAY, MAY 2nd @ 12am Music out. Quick Ruby clip Audio: “But no anal” [adult swim] BONUS SERIES LAUNCH SPOT Ken Burns The Civil War is coming to Adult Swim. Write a :30 spot for the series launch. Video Audio Stills zoom slowly from left/right Voiceover is deep; Music is dramatic (i.e. Ken Burns Effect) Overall tone: Epic Music. From the first people to put real dudes on a cartoon network… To the first to manufacture actual weapons of mass destruction… Adult Swim brings you… Ken Burns’ THE CIVIL WAR. The 11-hour epic that inspired Apple’s iMovie, And explains why Obama never had a chance in the south. TEXT OVERLAY: Sunday, at midnight, only on... Shown in entirety! [adult swim] Music out. Quick Clip From King of the Hill (1997) HANK HILL: You know, Mr. Holloway, Texas has changed a lot since the 1850s. ESSAY TIME The way we promote our shows is, we think, very different from what you see on other networks. We want to know, in a brief paragraph, what you think about what we do and why you want to be a part of it. .