Moral Orel (2005– )

A parody of past religious geared animated shows starring Orel, an optimistic God fearing young boy in a world of cynicism.

Creator:

Dino Stamatopoulos

Stars:

Carolyn Lawrence, Scott Adsit, Britta Phillips

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Carolyn Lawrence	...	Orel Puppington (39 episodes, 2005-2008)
Scott Adsit	...	Clay Puppington (38 episodes, 2005-2008)
Britta Phillips	...	Bloberta Puppington (38 episodes, 2005-2008)
Tigger Stamatopoulos	...	Shapey Puppington (31 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jay Johnston	...	Coach Stopframe (30 episodes, 2005-2008)
William Salyers	...	Reverend Putty (28 episodes, 2005-2008)
Dino Stamatopoulos	...	Billy Figurelli (15 episodes, 2006-2008)

Storyline

A parody of past religious geared animated shows starring Orel, an optimistic God fearing young boy in a world of cynicism.

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Plot Keywords:

parody | religious | reference to god | prayer | black comedy | 

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Taglines:

He just wants to do good.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Adult Swim [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 December 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fragical Productions, Moral Oral LLC, ShadowMachine Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

11 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some of the characters have names that are related to claymation. Examples: Doughy, Shapey, Reverend Putty, and Coach Stopframe.

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Quotes

Orel: Look, Sampson! Crack! Hurrah!

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Crazy Credits

During the closing credits of each episode, Orel is seen animating a different stop-motion movie, each starring Jesus or God.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Elves (2011)

User Reviews

Amazing.

Moral Orel, created by Dino Stamatopoulos, is my favorite television show of all time. The show depicts (at least in the first season) young Orel Puppington growing up in Moralton trying to be a good protestant by sticking to the moral code and lost commandments, unfortunately screwing it up in the process, only to be corrected (in his study with belt in hand) by his supposedly good father figure and father, Clay. In the later seasons, though, it turned much, much darker, focusing on the dramatically repressed citizens of Moralton. In the final season, however, they abandoned the brighter episodes to much more depressing story lines (did I mention this is all done, very well I might add, in stop-motion animation?).

The show has ended, much to Moral Orel fan's dismay, but it was a pretty bad decision. Moral Orel was VERY well written and funny throughout, less we forget dramatic, offensive and blasphemous. Let me warn those of you whom are offended by parody of religion, TURN BACK NOW. This show parodies religion every episode somehow, whether subtle or blatant. For those of us who can take a joke, Moral Orel is over, but Orel shall forevermore live within our hearts knowing the ending. He was canceled before his time, yes, but we have 43 episodes of amazingly done animation. This show is nothing like anything else on Adult Swim, since it contains very few vulgar words (nothing needed to be censored), it's overall style is comparable to Davey and Goliath. Watch it and enjoy one of the best achievements in American television in only eleven minutes.