Comic-Con 2010: Childrens Hospital Panel
July 29, 2010 by Trisha Leigh
Filed under Television
Childrens Hospital began as a web series on TheWB.com. Since that outlet no longer exists, the show looked for another home and found one on Adult Swim. The premise of the series is basically to poke fun at all the serious hospital dramas that have taken over both television and film in recent years. For example, the main character (played by Rob Corddry), dresses up like a clown à la Patch Adams. Instead of being funny and lovable, putting the children at ease, he often frightens them. I won a t-shirt adorned with his clown face. It is quite possibly the scariest t-shirt ever.
The show is over the top and ridiculous satire, but the cast is noteworthy and filled with comic geniuses. The actors confirmed that they do not watch nor will they ever be fans of the shows they make fun of every week. The recurring cast contains Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Ken Marino, Rob Huebel, Megan Mullally, Erinn Hayes, Ed Helms, and the voice of Michael Cera.
The Childrens Hospital panel at Comic-Con was packed with the entire cast and a room full of fans who not only love a good laugh, but appreciate being in the presence of talented comics. The cast entered the room at a run, sprinting around and giving out high-fives. We settled in to watch the first Adult Swim produced episode, which had me rolling my eyes and chuckling at about even intervals. Then again, I’m not so big on this kind of humor. Still, I found more than one reason to laugh.
Actors teasing one another never fails, though, and many of the cast members spent a good amount of time teasing Rob Corddry over his role in Hot Tub Time Machine. At one point, Lake Bell asked him, “how it felt to be part of a motion picture that single-handedly brought down a major studio.” They were lively and one of the more entertaining panels I sat through during my four days in San Diego.
They ended the session with another video, promising hilarious outtakes from the set. Instead we gaped at a five minute long video that included nothing but up close, in your face birthing scenes. Yup. Regular birth. C-Section births. Up close. Blood. Fluid.
So it’s safe to say, if your going to tune in for this one you’d better have a strong stomach.
Childrens Hospital airs Sunday at 10:30pm ET/PT on Adult Swim.
Photo courtesy Bilal Mian and Poptimal.com
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