The Goddamn George Liquor Program
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[[Image:GeorgeLiquorTower.jpg|thumb|right|[[George Liquor]]]]
'''''The Goddamn George Liquor Program''''' is a 1997<ref name ="wired">{{cite web | title = In His Way, John K. Will Challenge the World | publisher = WIRED | url = http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1997/10/7566 |accessdate = 2008-01-01}}</ref><ref name ="ads">{{cite web | title = John K's Guide to Surviving the End of Television | publisher = Cold Hard Flash| url = http://www.coldhardflash.com/2007/04/john-ks-guide-to-surviving-end-of.html |date = April 23, 2007 |accessdate = 2008-01-01}}</ref><ref name="johnkbio">{{cite web | title = Director: John Kricfalusi| publisher = Hoytyboy Pictures| url = http://www.hoytyboy.com/directors/Director_John_K/JOhn_K_Bio.html |date = |accessdate = 2008-02-09}}</ref> [[Adobe Flash]] cartoon series created by [[John Kricfalusi]] and starring the animated [[George Liquor]]. Liquor was [[Spin-off|spun out]] to his own web-based cartoon during the days when the [[Spümcø]] studio had an online presence. [[Michael Pataki]] voiced Liquor in the series. Spümcø produced eight one-minute shorts. <ref name ="flashimation">{{cite web | title = Flashimation: The Context and Culture of Web Animation| publisher = | url = http://old.siggraph.org/artdesign/gallery/S06/paper1.pdf |accessdate = 2008-02-06}}</ref>
Premiering on October 15, 1997,<ref name ="wired"/><ref name ="ads"/> ''The Goddamn George Liquor Program'' was the first cartoon series to be produced exclusively for the Internet.<ref name ="awardinfo">{{cite web | title = 27th Annual Annie Award Nominee Showcase: Goddamn George Liquor Program | publisher = AWM.com | url = http://www.awn.com/annieawards/george.php3 |accessdate = 2007-12-14}}</ref> George appeared on the series with his nephew, [[Jimmy The Idiot Boy]]; Jimmy's cousins, Slab and Ernie; Jimmy's love interest, Sody Pop; and George and Jimmy's pet dog, Dirty Dog. Without the control of a [[Television network|network]], the series could be made as Kricfalusi wanted.<ref name ="awardinfo"/> In 1999, ''The Goddamn George Liquor Program'' won an [[Annie Award]] for "Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Interactive Production."<ref name ="annie27">{{cite web | title = ASIFA-Hollywood's 27th Annual Annie Awards | publisher = ASIFA Hollywood | url = http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/annies99.html |accessdate = 2007-12-14}}</ref>
==Characters in the George Liquor universe==
The following characters in the George Liquor universe appear in ''The Goddamn George Liquor Program''. <ref name="Chars1">"[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/04/george-liquor-storybible.html George Liquor Storybible]," ''All Kinds of Stuff''</ref><ref>"[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/04/george-liquor-bible-2-more-characters.html George Liquor StoryBible 2 - more characters]," ''All Kinds of Stuff''</ref>
* '''[[George Liquor|George Liquor, American]]''' - Liquor is an ultra-patriotic American.
* '''[[Jimmy the Idiot Boy]]''' - Jimmy is an incredibly stupid teenage boy.
* '''Sody Pop'''<ref name ="wired"/> - Sody is a 15-year old [[Canada|Canadian]] who is Jimmy's love interest.
* '''"Slab 'n' Ernie"''' - Slab and Ernie, two bullies, are George's nephews and Jimmy's cousins.
* '''"Dirty Dog"''' - "Dirty Dog," the "neighborhood watchdog," does not like cats. In the first episode of ''The Goddamn George Liquor Program'' "Dirty Dog" [[defecation|defecates]] on a lawn, upsetting the [[sun]].
Other characters in the George Liquor universe:
* '''Mable''' - Mable was George Liquor's wife. After she died, George Liquor preserved her torso and legs and nailed the parts to a trophy stand with the buttocks facing the room.
* '''Merle''' - 30-year old Merle, a "health nut," is Sody's older sister. Merle tries to seduce George Liquor.
* "'''The Bad Catholic Girls'''" - Three [[Catholic school]] teenage girls who [[smoking|smoke]] try to "corrupt" Jimmy.
* '''Mildrew''' - Mildrew, Slab and Ernie's mother, is married to Frank, George's brother. George Liquor sometimes flirts with her.
* '''Cigarettes the Cat''' - [[Cigarette|Cigarettes]] is Jimmy's pet [[cat]].
* '''Victor Lugnuts''' - Lugnuts operates "Victor Lugnuts' House of [[Meat]]s."
* '''Victor Produce''' - Lugnuts's rival, Victor Produce, operates a [[vegetable]] store.
* '''Eddie the Town Atheist''' - Eddie, an [[atheist]], is Lugnuts's son. George tries to convince him to adopt Christianity.
* '''General "Buck" Neckfold''' - Neckfold, a general at [[The Pentagon]], is one of George Liquor's friends.
* '''Nutty the Friendly Dump''' - Jimmy [[defecation|defecated]] Nutty. Nutty has [[corn]] kernels for eyes.
* '''Dr. Stump''' - Stump, George Liquor's family doctor, proscribes [[amputation]] as treatment for various ills.
* '''Harvey Whiteman, the Barber''' - Whiteman is George Liquor's [[barber]].
* "'''The Lord'''" - [[God]] is one of George Liquor's "[[fishing]] buddies."
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060110232431/http://www.retecool.com/spumco/ List of episodes available online]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/george_liquor "George Liquor" Yahoo! Group.]
*[http://mag.awn.com/index.php?article_no=468<ype=columns&page=2 Animation Sites: Some Stellar Attractions]
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