Mission Hill (1999)
TV Show
First aired
Two former Simpsons showrunners, Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, made this animated sitcom about Andy French, an aspiring cartoonist stuck selling waterbeds, whose 17-year-old brother moves into the city loft he shares with his roommates. The WB aired a few episodes, paused it, aired a few more and canceled it in 2000; Adult Swim later broadcast the rest.
Only 13 of a planned 18 episodes were finished, so the story of these characters just stops, though each episode stands alone well enough. What earns it a place is the tone: an adult cartoon about being broke and directionless in your twenties, drawn in bright neon colors with nods to old rubber-hose cartoons. Repeats are where its following grew, and it holds up.
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