Korgoth of Barbaria

Infobox Television
show_name = Korgoth of Barbaria


caption =
rating = TV-14
format = Action Comedy
runtime = 22 minutes approx.
creator = Aaron Springer
Genndy Tartakovsky
executive_producer = Aaron Springer
starring = Diedrich Bader
Corey Burton
Craig Raisner
Tom Kenny
country = United States
network = Cartoon Network (US)
first_aired = June 3, 2006
last_aired =
num_episodes = 1
imdb_id = 0810644

"Korgoth of Barbaria" was a pilot episode for an American animated television series created by Aaron Springer, storyboard writer and director for "Dexter's Laboratory", "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" and "SpongeBob SquarePants". The pilot episode first aired in the United States on June 3, 2006 at 12:30 AM (EST) on Adult Swim. On June 18, 2006, Adult Swim ran a bumper announcing "Korgoth" was officially picked up as a series. Later events, including a formal petition to revive the show, would indicate that it was dropped before production began.

As of Comic Con 2006 the show was scheduled to release sometime in spring of 2007. However, as of December 29th, 2007, the only mention of the show on the Adult Swim website is an intro graphic with the words "you couldn't handle more than one anyway."

The pilot episode followed the exploits of the eponymous Korgoth (voiced by actor Diedrich Bader), and parodied Conan the Barbarian, as well as the sword and sorcery subgenre in general. The show was set in a post-apocalyptic world where sorcery and the remnants of technology exist simultaneously, similar to Thundarr the Barbarian. The heavy metal/thrash metal musical theme was composed by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002626/ Lee Holdridge] .

ummary

From the [http://www.adultswim.com Adult Swim] website::cquote|In a dark future wasteland, the great cities have risen and fallen, primordial beasts have reclaimed the wilderness and thieves and savages populate sparse, dirty towns. From the frozen north emerges a warrior known as Korgoth, and his merciless savagery may be his only key to survival. Korgoth of Barbaria was the pilot episode of an animated fantasy-action-adventure-comedy from Aaron Springer. The half-hour pilot aired on September 25th at 11:00PM EDT.

Characters

*Korgoth - voiced by Diedrich Bader
*Narrator - voiced by Corey Burton
*Specules - voiced by Corey Burton
*Gog-Ma-Gogg - voiced by Craig Raisner
*Stink/Scrotus/various others - voiced by John DiMaggio
*Hargon/various others - voiced by Tom Kenny
*Orala - voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1555732/ Susan Spano] -

Pilot: 2006

ee also

*Adult Swim
*List of programs broadcast by Adult Swim

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810644/ IMDB entry]
* [http://www.korgothcentral.com Korgoth Central] the first fan site for the show.
* [http://www.petitionhosting.com/petitions/korgoth Bring Back Korgoth!] a petition to bring back the show.