Super Deluxe

Super Deluxe
Type of site	Entertainment
Available in	English
Founded	January 17, 2007; 18 years ago
Dissolved	October 19, 2018
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, U. S.
Owner	Turner Broadcasting System
Founder(s)	Wolfgang Hammer
Key people	Wolfgang Hammer; (President);
URL	superdeluxe.com
Launched	Old iteration:; January 17, 2007 – December 17, 2008; (700 days); New iteration:; December 9, 2015 – October 19, 2018; (1045 days);
Current status	Defunct

Super Deluxe was an entertainment company owned by Turner Broadcasting. Founded by Wolfgang Hammer in 2007, the company's main output was in online video, television series, and documentaries.^[2]

History

Turner Broadcasting System announced the launch of Super Deluxe, a digital comedy website, in October 2006.^[3]^[4] Super Deluxe was first launched on January 17, 2007 and featured digital shorts by comedians including Bob Odenkirk, Maria Bamford, Tim Heidecker, and Eric Wareheim.^[5] The website was folded into Adult Swim.com on May 7, 2008.^[6]^[7]

Revival

Super Deluxe was relaunched as a new entity in late 2015.^[8] The "new" Super Deluxe was a separate entity from its original incarnation, only connected by name.^[9] The network features short form videos including comedic shorts, political satire, animation, and music videos. The Super Deluxe production studio focuses on television series and feature films.^{[citation needed]}

Among these videos are Donald Trump related videos by Vic Berger, a frequent collaborator for the comedy duo Tim & Eric. Each of these videos remixes various debate appearances with air horns and crowds chanting Trump's name.^[10]^[11] During both the 2016 Republican National Convention and the 2016 Democratic National Convention, both Berger and Tim Heidecker covered the events on the Super Deluxe channel.^[12]^[13]^[14] Berger also created an "Oscar bait" version of the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton for Super Deluxe.^[15]

In 2017, Vicente Fox, the former President of Mexico, appeared in a series of videos on the channel. In these videos, Fox criticized Trump on a variety of issues, including his proposal to build a wall between America and Mexico and his Cinco de Mayo taco bowl tweet.^[16]^[17]^[18]

In September 2018, it was announced that Super Deluxe, alongside Blink Industries and Conaco, would be producing new episodes of the British web series Don't Hug Me I'm Scared.^[19]

On October 19, 2018, Turner Entertainment announced that it would be shutting down Super Deluxe, citing duplication with other WarnerMedia lines of business.^[20]^[21]

On August 9, 2019, American entertainment company Fullscreen acquired the rights to Super Deluxe and has rebranded the company as Tatered, focusing on similar content as its predecessor.^[22] The first Tatered video was uploaded on August 26, 2019, announcing the rebrand and future content.^[23]

Series produced for Super Deluxe

Various Super Deluxe programs have featured celebrities such as Billie Eilish, Maria Bamford, Richard Belzer, Norm MacDonald, Bob Odenkirk, Tim & Eric, Chelsea Peretti, Nick Swardson, Nathan Fielder, Oliver Tree, Toby Radloff, and Mike Krol.

First iteration (2007–2008)

All listed video series from December 16, 2008.^[24] Many of these series have made their way to individual YouTube channels, acquired by other networks, or evolved into larger shows.

["(Layers)"]
Adventures With The Ambersons
All My Exes
Belzervizion
Black Supaman
Bobby's Beautiful Bed & Breakfast
Bobby-Q
Boxland
Bronx World Travelers
Cakey!
Can't Sleep
Chasing Donovan
Children's Guide To Growing Up
China, IL
Chunklet Invades Austin
Chunklet T.N.A. - Rolling Deep
Comedy by the Numbers
Country Public Broadcasting System
Crazy Ass Mofo
Curious Crackhead
Cat's in Pajamas^[25]
Danger Squad Action Kickass Team
David Neher's Homemade Show
DCLugi TV
Derek and Simon: The Show
Diary Of A Lonely DJ, The
Doing His Best James Dean
Fark TV
Formaldehyde Theatre
Freddy Lockhart's Mixed Media
Good Side Of Bad News
Grandma's Inter-web Show
Hawaiian Tropic
I Am Baby Cakes
I Hate My Roommates
Inhuman Resources
Kill Me Now
Killer Mike's Grind Time Sports Show Bang! Bang! Bang!
Kinda Like News
Kitten vs. Newborn
Life 101
Little Michael Jackson And Me
Making Friends with Chelsea Peretti
Maria Bamford Show
Mater P Theatre
Maximus Puss
Miss Artemis: Pet Regressor
Norm MacDonald Presents: The Fake News
Party Animals
Penelope Princess of Pets
Position of the Day
Powerloafing
Psych Ward
Real Scientific
Robots vs. Dragons
Sam's Home
Scream Engine IV
Sexus
Sourced Out
Space Talk From Dimension Eugene
Standrea
Subconscious Channel
Super Amazing Innovations
Super Deluxe Newsletter
Super Deluxe Podcasts
The Freeloader's Guide To Easy Living
The Hands Of God
The Law Of The Jungle
The Littlest Panther
The Post Show
The Professor Brothers
The Snuz Brothers
The Ted Zone
The Wayne & Toby Show
This Is Now
Tim and Eric Nite Live!
Tim And Eric Not Live
Time Suck
Too Soon?
Treasure Trail
Ulysses S. Grant
Viral Vidiocy
W's World
What's Your Story?
Whiskers and Mr. Fancy
Y'all So Stupid
You Asked For It

Revived iteration (2015–2018)

Series ended when Super Deluxe was closed

Cheap Thrills (2017–2018)
Memesplaining (2018)
Sex Stuff (2018)
Thrift Haul with Fat Tony (2017–2018)
On Blast (2018)
Animefit9000 with Caleon Fox (2018)
Free 4 Me (2018)
Robot Takeover (2018)
Food Land (2018)

Former series

AnimeFit 9000 (2018)
Caring (2016)
Dark Day (2016)
David (2016)
Disengaged (2015–2016)
Fridays (2016)
Future You (2016)
Kick Me (2018)
Magic Funhouse! (2016; moved to Fullscreen)
Mind Jack (2016)
Riders (2016)
Total Hack (2018)
Turnt Beauty (2016–2018)
Xtra Sauce (2018)
YoMeryl’s Panic Attacks (2017)

Produced TV Series

Chambers
This Close
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (unaired TV pilot)^[26]

References

^ Spangler, Todd (June 15, 2016). "Turner's Super Deluxe Developing Edgy TV Comedies with Stephen Gaghan, Other Partners". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
^ Le Tellier, Alexandra (December 6, 2016). "Sundance Invites Three Super Deluxe Projects to Premiere at the 2017 Film Festival" (Press release). Los Angeles, CA: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
^ "TBS to launch 'Net comedy outlet next year". United Press International. 2006-10-30. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
^ "Turner site to offer TV-quality comedy". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2006-10-31. Archived from the original on 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
^ Gutelle, Sam (1 January 2008). "Review of Super Deluxe". Tubefilter. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ Kramer, Staci D. (7 May 2008). "Another One Bites The Dust: Turner Folds Comedy Site SuperDeluxe Into AdultSwim.com". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ Adams, Erik (14 March 2013). "Going beyond "Washington" with the online cartoons of Brad Neely". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ Wallenstein, Andrew (6 October 2015). "Turner Reboots Digital Content Venture Super Deluxe (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ Times, Los Angeles (7 January 2016). "Turner chief Kevin Reilly talks about reinventing TBS and TNT in this 'hairy' time in TV". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ Chen, Adrian (7 April 2016). "A Political Satirist for the Internet Election". The New Yorker. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ Collins, Sean (7 January 2016). "Vic Berger IV Is Vine's Strangest Political Satirist | VICE | United States". Vice. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ Jagannathan, Meera (July 30, 2016). "Vic Berger, Tim Heidecker explain absurdist 'Election Special'". Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ Blevins, Joe (July 26, 2016). "The Vic Berger Election Special ventures awkwardly into Trump territory". Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ Pitchel, Samantha (August 2, 2016). "Watch Ti Heidecker and Vic Berger's Two-Part Convention Special". Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Chan, Melissa (28 February 2016). "Watch the Fake Oscar Bait Trailer For 'Straight Outta Compton'". Time. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ Hensch, Mark (May 24, 2017). "Vicente Fox to Trump: You're president for 'the wrong reason'". The Hill. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ Strutner, Suzy (June 7, 2017). "Former Mexican President Scorches Trump Over Taco Bowls". HuffPost. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ Reichard, Raquel (June 9, 2017). "Watch Vicente Fox Remind Trump That Mexico Will Not Pay for His Wall". LATINA. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ Neilan, Dan (September 14, 2018). "Surrealist horror web series Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is coming back". News. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
^ Spangler, Todd (19 October 2018). "Turner Shuts Down Super Deluxe, Citing Duplication With Other WarnerMedia Units". Variety.
^ James, Meg (19 October 2018). "AT&T pulls the plug on Turner's Super Deluxe studio - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times.
^ Wright, Megh (2019-08-09). "Fullscreen Acquires Super Deluxe, Rebrands It 'Tatered'". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
^ "This is Tatered 🥔". YouTube. August 26, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
^ "Hilarious Videos With a Few Stand Up Comedians & Some Funny Cartoons | Super Deluxe". 16 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Cat's in Pajamas". Vimeo.
^ "dont-hug-me-im-scared-shorts-being-turned-into-a-series-with-super-deluxe-and-conaco". Cartoon Brew. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

External links

Official website

[1] Spangler, Todd (June 15, 2016). "Turner's Super Deluxe Developing Edgy TV Comedies with Stephen Gaghan, Other Partners". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved June 15, 2016.

[2] Le Tellier, Alexandra (December 6, 2016). "Sundance Invites Three Super Deluxe Projects to Premiere at the 2017 Film Festival" (Press release). Los Angeles, CA: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved December 22, 2016.

[3] "TBS to launch 'Net comedy outlet next year". United Press International. 2006-10-30. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-04.

[4] "Turner site to offer TV-quality comedy". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2006-10-31. Archived from the original on 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2016-06-04.

[5] Gutelle, Sam (1 January 2008). "Review of Super Deluxe". Tubefilter. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[6] Kramer, Staci D. (7 May 2008). "Another One Bites The Dust: Turner Folds Comedy Site SuperDeluxe Into AdultSwim.com". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[7] Adams, Erik (14 March 2013). "Going beyond "Washington" with the online cartoons of Brad Neely". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[8] Wallenstein, Andrew (6 October 2015). "Turner Reboots Digital Content Venture Super Deluxe (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[9] Times, Los Angeles (7 January 2016). "Turner chief Kevin Reilly talks about reinventing TBS and TNT in this 'hairy' time in TV". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[10] Chen, Adrian (7 April 2016). "A Political Satirist for the Internet Election". The New Yorker. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[11] Collins, Sean (7 January 2016). "Vic Berger IV Is Vine's Strangest Political Satirist | VICE | United States". Vice. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[12] Jagannathan, Meera (July 30, 2016). "Vic Berger, Tim Heidecker explain absurdist 'Election Special'". Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[13] Blevins, Joe (July 26, 2016). "The Vic Berger Election Special ventures awkwardly into Trump territory". Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[14] Pitchel, Samantha (August 2, 2016). "Watch Ti Heidecker and Vic Berger's Two-Part Convention Special". Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[15] Chan, Melissa (28 February 2016). "Watch the Fake Oscar Bait Trailer For 'Straight Outta Compton'". Time. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[Mexico-16] Hensch, Mark (May 24, 2017). "Vicente Fox to Trump: You're president for 'the wrong reason'". The Hill. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

[17] Strutner, Suzy (June 7, 2017). "Former Mexican President Scorches Trump Over Taco Bowls". HuffPost. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

[18] Reichard, Raquel (June 9, 2017). "Watch Vicente Fox Remind Trump That Mexico Will Not Pay for His Wall". LATINA. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

[19] Neilan, Dan (September 14, 2018). "Surrealist horror web series Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is coming back". News. Retrieved September 14, 2018.

[20] Spangler, Todd (19 October 2018). "Turner Shuts Down Super Deluxe, Citing Duplication With Other WarnerMedia Units". Variety.

[21] James, Meg (19 October 2018). "AT&T pulls the plug on Turner's Super Deluxe studio - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times.

[22] Wright, Megh (2019-08-09). "Fullscreen Acquires Super Deluxe, Rebrands It 'Tatered'". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-06-29.

[23] "This is Tatered 🥔". YouTube. August 26, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved June 29, 2019.

[24] "Hilarious Videos With a Few Stand Up Comedians & Some Funny Cartoons | Super Deluxe". 16 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[25] "Cat's in Pajamas". Vimeo.

[26] "dont-hug-me-im-scared-shorts-being-turned-into-a-series-with-super-deluxe-and-conaco". Cartoon Brew. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

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