List of ''Off the Air'' episodes

Off the Air is an American anthology television series that airs on Adult Swim. Every episode is composed of surreal videos of different media and purposes – animated and live-action short films, clips from feature films and other television series, stock videos, music videos, abstract loops – presented continuously and in succession. These videos are arranged around a single vague theme, as expressed in the episode's title,[1] and are accompanied by songs by various artists.[2] Dave Hughes, the creator of the series, also serves as its editor.[3] He and the rest of the series' producers also commission artists to produce works to be featured in an episode.[1][4][5]

Twenty-four episodes have aired over six seasons since Off the Air premiered on January 1, 2011. Every episode excluding the fourth episode "Space" has had a time slot of 4 a.m., which has contributed to the series' obscurity and status among fans of Adult Swim.[1] Three special episodes have been produced: "Dan Deacon: U.S.A.",[6] "Seramthgin", and "Dan Deacon: When I Was Done Dying".[3] The twentieth episode "NEWNOW" is a celebration of New Year's Day and the series' fifth anniversary featuring five original songs, and an extended play based on the episode is set to be released by Williams Street Records.[2]

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
15January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)June 1, 2012 (2012-06-01)
24August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28)October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01)
33December 31, 2013 (2013-12-31)April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22)
44September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)
54July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)December 29, 2015 (2015-12-29)
64May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)January 31, 2017 (2017-01-31)

Episodes

The closing credits of every episode itemize the featured videos and songs as well as their respective artists; generic stock footage is often employed,[7] and suppliers (including Corbis, Getty Images, and iStock) are additionally credited. In the following lists, semicolons (;) separate videos that are intermixed or are superimposed. Material commissioned for an episode are marked with a dagger (dagger). Characters from Space Ghost Coast to Coast also make an appearance in some segments: Space Ghost is marked as (SG), Moltar is marked as (M) and Zorak is marked as (Z). Segments are shown in an episode with more than one excerpt and so are marked with a plus (+) and the number of the segment that has been previously shown earlier in an episode.

Season 1 (2011–12)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Animals"January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)101N/A

22"Food"May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)102N/A

33"Dance"September 3, 2011 (2011-09-03)103N/A

44"Space"November 5, 2011 (2011-11-05)104N/A

Note: Space Ghost's quote is specifically sampled from the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"

55"Body"June 1, 2012 (2012-06-01)1051.1[9]

Season 2 (2012–13)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
61"Falling"August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28)2010.8[10]

72"Color"October 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)2021.1[11]

83"Nightmares"December 22, 2012 (2012-12-22)2031.3[12]

94"Light"October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01)2040.9[13]

Season 3 (2013–14)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
101"Nature"December 31, 2013 (2013-12-31)3021.0[14]

112"Robots"January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)3011.2[15]

123"Worship"April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22)3031.0[16]

Season 4 (2014–15)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code		 Viewers
(millions)
131"Hair"September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)401N/A

Note: Gerald Bald Z of Perfect Hair Forever makes a cameo in the "Hair Growth Experiment" segment.

142"Sports"December 23, 2014 (2014-12-23)4031.1[17]

153"Death"December 30, 2014 (2014-12-30)4021.0[18]

164"Transportation"January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)404N/A

Season 5 (2015)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code
171"Liquid"July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)501

182"Conflict"October 27, 2015 (2015-10-27)502

193"Holes"November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24)503

204"NEWNOW"December 29, 2015 (2015-12-29)504

This episode celebrates New Year's Day and the show's fifth anniversary, setting six original songs by various artists to miscellaneous videos.

The following artists provided additional animated loops: Zachary Zezima; Kevin Eskew; Annapurna Kumar; Julia Newhide; Jack Turpin; Alan Jennings; Andrew Benson; Allegra Jones; Adriana Trukillo; Benjamin Janos-Szabo Hunter; Rachel Seropian; Tim Brown; Gina Maune; Dina Kelberman; Kaylee SooHyun Lee; Ana Mouyis; Sian Bliss; and Maureen Kuo.

Season 6 (2016–17)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
211"Shapes"May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)601N/A

222"Clowns"September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)602N/A

The clowns in the "Night Clowns" segment have been performed by the following actors: Chris Brown, Gilbert Moreno, Jeanne Wesson, Erin McDowell, Chris Croasdale, David Gregory, Ben Bladon, Brandon Hughes, Daniel Price, Jacob Sharpe, Yelandria Phillips, John Clifton, Marjory McKinnon, Anna Thornton and Allison Cohen.

233"Work"November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)6030.6[19]

244"Words"January 31, 2017 (2017-01-31)604N/A

Specials

TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
"Dan Deacon: U.S.A."July 6, 2013 (2013-07-06)S011.0[20]

This 22-minute music video sets the last four songs of the Dan Deacon album America to videos pertaining to landscapes in the United States:

  1. El hombre y la Tierra excerpt; Radical Updatesdagger by Andrew Benson
  2. Cityscape Chicago by Eric Hines
  3. Space Station footage supplied by Image Science and Analysis Laboratory at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center; Groosland by Dutch National Ballet, footage provided by Poorhouse International, Ltd.; CGI space objectsdagger by Adam Bruneau
  4. American Harvest film supplied by Prelinger Archives
  5. Head On by Lior Ben Horin
  6. Murmuration by Liberty Smith and Sophie Windsor Clive
  7. Cy's Sunrise Lefts by Cyrus Sutton and Korduroy.tv
  8. Moonwalk performance by Dean Potter, cinematography by Reel Walter Productions, Ltd.
  9. Primavera concert videos by Tom Bingham, Gill Austin, Jonathan Rej, and Jeff Crocker
  10. Stone Mountain Ghillie Suitsdagger feat. Cody DeMatteis and Zach White, cinematography by Alan Steadman
"Seramthgin"November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01)S020.8[21]

This special plays the episode "Nightmares" in reverse.[7] Everything shown is also inverted, including the "[adult swim]" logo.[22]

"Dan Deacon: When I Was Done Dying"
"DDWIWDD"		March 24, 2015 (2015-03-24)S03N/A

This five-and-a-half minute music video sets the song "When I Was Done Dying" by Dan Deacon from his album Gliss Riffer to original animations by nine artists (in chronological order):

  1. Jake Fried
  2. Chad VanGaalen
  3. Dimitri Stankowicz
  4. Colin White
  5. Taras Hrabowsky
  6. Anthony Schepperd
  7. Masanobu Hiraoka
  8. Caleb Wood
  9. Kokofreakbean

References

  1. 1 2 3 McManus, Austin (June 2014). "Dave Hughes". Juxtapoz. 21 (6). pp. 82, 89.
  2. 1 2 Amidi, Amid (December 18, 2015). "Off the Air, the Best Animation Anthology Since Liquid TV, Is Celebrating Its 5th Anniversary". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Price, Stephen (April 4, 2015). "Interview: Dave Hughes 'When I Was Done Dying'". Stash. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ Skidmore, Maisie (April 8, 2015). "Like Spongebob Squarepants on Acid! New Animated Psychedelia by TGNSF". It's Nice That. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Armstrong, Annie (July 31, 2015). "Trippy Mutants: A Stop-Motion Love Story". The Creators Project. Archived from the original on August 3, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ Martins, Chris (July 3, 2013). "Dan Deacon and Adult Swim Deliver Bong-Bait in 'USA' Short Film". Spin. Archived from the original on August 2, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Nectoux, Gaspard (May 2015). "Les yeux déchirés par Off the Air". Cahiers du cinéma (in French) (711). p. 62.
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuo0ghR4tFw
  9. ↑ Pucci, Douglas (June 18, 2012). "Adult Swim Ratings (June 4–10, 2012)". Son of the Bronx. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
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  19. ↑ Welch, Alex (November 9, 2016), "Tuesday cable ratings: Highest election-night ratings in cable news history", Tribune Media Company, retrieved November 12, 2016
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