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{{Infobox television
| image                = Snake N Bacon title screen.jpg
| image_size           = 250
| caption              =
| genre                = [[Comedy]]
| creator              = {{ubl|[[Michael Kupperman]]|[[Scott Jacobson]]|[[Rich Blomquist]]}}
| writer               = {{ubl|Michael Kupperman|Scott Jacobson|Rich Blomquist}}
| director             = Rich Blomquist<br />Scott Jacobson
| starring             = {{ubl|[[Dan Bakkedahl]]|[[Tim Lagasse]]|[[Kristen Schaal]]|[[David Rakoff]]}}
| voices               = {{ubl|Chelsea Clark|[[Bill Hader]]|[[Greg Hollimon]]|Kristen Schaal|[[Peter Serafinowicz]]|[[Brian Stack (comedian)|Brian Stack]]|[[James Urbaniak]]}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Franklin Bruno]]
| opentheme            = "Snake 'n' Bacon"
| endtheme             = "Snake 'n' Bacon" {{small|(Instrumental)}}
| composer             = Franklin Bruno
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| network              = [[Adult Swim]]
| executive_producer   = {{ubl|Rich Blomquist|Michael Kupperman|Scott Jacobson}}
| producer             = {{ubl|Jackie Stolfi|[[Robert Smigel]] <small>(consulting producer)</small>}}
| editor               = Rick Broat
| cinematography       = Bill Berner
| company              = Fayettenam Records Corp.<br />[[Williams Street]]
| runtime              = 11 minutes
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2009|5|10}}
| related              =  
}}

'''''Snake 'n' Bacon''''' is a [[comic book]] and [[cartoon]] duo created by [[United States|American]] [[cartoonist]] and [[illustrator]] [[Michael Kupperman]] (also known by his [[pseudonym]] P. Revess).<ref name="reeling">{{cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/snake-n-bacon-set-the-audience-reeling_100191109.html |title=''Snake 'n' Bacon'' set the audience reeling |date=11 May 2009 |publisher=Thaindian Newsportal |access-date=27 May 2009}}</ref> Originally only in print [[comics]], the characters were brought to television on May 10, 2009, when they were broadcast on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block in a ''Snake 'n' Bacon'' [[animation|animated]] show, but after its pilot the show was not picked up by Cartoon Network for Adult Swim.<ref>Richard Pachter "Kupperman's dementedly absurdist comic pastiches may be too smart for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, which passed on the pilot for his bizarro creation Snake N' Bacon, but this brilliant, anarchic collection of errant dips into the cultural gestalt is laugh-out-loud hilarious. Like stuff that's fearless, brilliant and non-linear? Thrizzle is for shizzle." [Funny, classic and poignant works to savor in Tales Designed to Thrizzle, Vol. 1'] Aug. 13, 2009 Merced Sun-Star</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Unable to verify source; direct quotes belong in article, source belongs in reference using correct syntax.|date=April 2012}} The ''Tales Designed to Thrizzle, Vol. 1'' collection was published in 2009 by [[Fantagraphics]].<ref>ANGELA ASHMAN [http://www.villagevoice.com/events/michael-kupperman-1302609/ Michael Kupperman]; FINE 'TOONING, See Michael Kupperman's latest works in 3-D August 18, 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813132839/http://www.villagevoice.com/events/michael-kupperman-1302609/ |date=13 August 2009}}</ref>

==Characters==
The characters in the comics were a parody of popular comedy teams. One of the characters is a [[snake]], while the other is a strip of [[bacon]]. Other characters in the comic were Criminal District Attorney and Underpants-On-His-Head-Man.<ref name="revue">{{cite news |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/comix-review-revue/Content?oid=6530 |title=Comix Review Revue |date=21 February 2001 |publisher=The Stranger |access-date=12 May 2009}}</ref> Utterances by Snake and Bacon are limited to hissing (on Snake's part) and making bacon-related comments (on Bacon's part) such as "I'm real bacon" and advice such as "Wrap your dog's pill in me."<ref name="wu"/> Still, their communications are filled with sexual innuendos.<ref name="reeling"/>

The characters "highlight what is perhaps Kupperman’s greatest comedic skill{{em dash}}the ability to sell surreal ideas in the most serious way possible, highlighting the humor all the more vividly," according to one reviewer.<ref name="alphabet">{{cite web |last=Cronin |first=Brian |title=The Comic Book Alphabet of Cool&nbsp;-&nbsp;K |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=17 May 2009 |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/16/the-comic-book-alphabet-of-cool-k/ |access-date=27 May 2009}}</ref> Kupperman did cartoons for [[Robert Smigel]]'s TV Funhouse TV series before returning to comic book making with a series for [[Fantagraphics]] called ''Tales Designed to Thrizzle'', using many of the characters from ''Snake 'n' Bacon'' (including the titular pair) and new characters, such as Hercules ("the public domain superhero") and The Mannister, a man who can transform himself into the shape of a banister.<ref name="alphabet"/>

When the cartoon came to television, it combined animated and live-action sequences,<ref name="wu">{{cite web |last=Wu |first=Annie |title=Have you experienced Snake 'N' Bacon? |work=[[TVSquad.com]] |date=15 May 2009 |url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/15/have-you-experienced-snake-n-bacon/ |access-date=27 May 2009}}</ref> with the help of such people as [[James Urbaniak]] ("Bacon"), [[Dan Bakkedahl]], [[Bill Hader]], [[David Rakoff]], [[Kristen Schaal]], [[Peter Serafinowicz]], and [[Brian Stack (comedian)|Brian Stack]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Murray |first=Noel |title=Program note: Snake 'N' Bacon on Adult Swim Sunday night |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=8 May 2009 |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/program-note-snake-n-bacon-on-adult-swim-sunday-ni,27788/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510062910/http://www.avclub.com/articles/program-note-snake-n-bacon-on-adult-swim-sunday-ni,27788/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 10, 2009 |access-date=11 May 2009}}</ref> It was followed on the Cartoon Network schedule by "a spiritual cousin", the British comedy ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]''.<ref name="reeling"/>

==Influences and comedic approach==
[[Michael Kupperman|Kupperman]] has created several memorable cartoon characters, written for [[DC Comics]], and has been influenced by [[Surreal humour|absurdity]] and [[surrealism]].<ref name="reeling"/> Kupperman is said to use [[Absurdism|absurdist]] humor that includes straightforward jokes, pointing out through humor the absurdities of the past that just weren't visible to readers at the time, mimicking "silly" directions people put in books about how to use them, and putting famous people in silly situations.<ref name="reeling"/>

==Pilot summary==
The title of this episode is "Psst! Wanna See a Crime Scene?" After being woken up by The Green Fairy ([[Kristen Schaal]]) in the [[cold open]]ing, Snake and Bacon ([[Tim Lagasse]]) visit a crime scene were a murder took place. Later, a detective ([[Dan Bakkedahl]]) shows Snake and Bacon all of the evidence from the scene, as collected by the Police Vac. After examining the evidence, Snake discovers that the murderer was hiding underneath a [[penny]]; Snake and Bacon are ordered to attack the murderer, who appears to admire them. Later, the district attorney ([[David Rakoff]]) congratulates them for their achievement. It's at this moment Snake has a realization that the district attorney has been flying above them and spying on them the whole time.

'''Sketches:''' "The Head", "The Saga of Teen Grandpa", "Toad to Perdition", "Rabid District Attorney", and "District Attorney of a 1000 Faces"

==Books==
*{{cite book
  | last = Kupperman
  | first = Michael
  | author-link =
  | title = Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret
  | publisher = HarperCollins
  | date = 2000
  | location = New York
  | pages =
  | url =
  | doi =
  | id =
  | isbn = 0-380-80790-4}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Olson |first=Ray |date=2000-11-15 |title=Rev. of ''Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret'' |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28671316_ITM |work=[[Booklist]] |access-date=2009-05-11}}</ref>
*{{cite book
  | last = Kupperman
  | first = Michael
  | title = Tales Designed to Thrizzle: Volume 1
  | publisher = [[Fantagraphics Books]]
  | date = 2009
  | location= Seattle
  | isbn= 978-1-60699-164-0}}
*{{cite book
  | last = Kupperman
  | first = Michael
  | title = Tales Designed to Thrizzle: Volume 2
  | publisher = [[Fantagraphics Books]]
  | date = 2013
  | location= Seattle
  | isbn= }}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.adultswim.com/shows/snake-n-bacon/index.html ''Snake 'n' Bacon''] at Adultswim.com
* {{IMDb title|1579245}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110417075525/http://post.creativegroup.tv/Fay%5F031908SNB/ TV episode]

{{Adult Swim pilots and specials}}
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