Too Many Cooks

TV Short
2014
TV-MA
11m

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Jim Fortier, John Garry, Nick Gibbons, Ava Kelly, Michael Kohler, Linda Miller, Tara Ochs, Dave Willis, Casper Kelly, Dan Triandiflou, Mary Kraft, Adam Pinney, John Curran, Candace Mabry, Brandon Betts, John Crow, Shawn Coleman, Paul Painter, Katie Adkins, Matt Foster, Aimee Holmberg, Nilsa Castro, Morgan Burch, Steve Bowlin, Cameron Boling, Matt Sparks, Ben Peck, Katelyn Nacon, Jayla James, Matt Burke, Ali Froid, Edward Kercado, Aidan Gudmundson, Jennifer Giles, William Tokarsky, James White, Oz Shaw, Mary McGahren, Michael D. Jenkins, Cynthia E. Jenkins, Amy Rollins, Aurangzeb Haq, Derick Huffmaster, Jeffrey Kim, Jonathan Jackson, Heather Kelly, Maggie Kelly, Rachel DeJulio, Jeremy Harrington, and Layla Rae Neal in Too Many Cooks (2014)

Dark Comedy Parody Sitcom Slasher Horror Comedy Horror Sci-Fi Short

A series of montages that parodies the introductory title sequences of generic 70s, 80s and 90s TV shows of various genres slowly turns into an absurdist meta slasher and then the parody bec... Read allA series of montages that parodies the introductory title sequences of generic 70s, 80s and 90s TV shows of various genres slowly turns into an absurdist meta slasher and then the parody becomes even weirder.A series of montages that parodies the introductory title sequences of generic 70s, 80s and 90s TV shows of various genres slowly turns into an absurdist meta slasher and then the parody becomes even weirder.

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8.4/10

5.7K

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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10jessezass

It's definitely different.

The first time I watched Too Many Cooks on Adult Swim I feared that I had suffered a stroke. I temporarily lost my grip on reality and thought perhaps I'd slipped into an acid flashback. I saved it on the DVR and made my wife watch it to confirm that I was actually seeing this twisted madness. Then I shared it with others via YouTube allowing the creeping insanity to spread far and wide. Like vines crawling up the back of your spine and tapping into your brain linking us all through a maddening vision we see Too Many Cooks as a new horizon..... Okay, maybe not all of that but it's twelve minutes of your life you'll never get back and you'll be a changed person from the experience.

10films-22537

Not what I expected

I heard this was an interesting short that was on adult swim that I should watch. I'm glad it wasn't spoiled for me. It's aided a lot by not knowing what's coming. A must watch if it wasn't spoiled for you and a highly recommend if it was.

10NMM929

Best thing I've ever seen

Everyone I show it to, became high after! I became a cook and so did my cohort.

I'm so shocked Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim didn't have anything to do with this. There's no way to describe how amazing it was, I'll never forget it and God bless the Cooks!

1egingell

If I could give it a zero, I would.

This is easily the worst thing I've ever seen. It was worse than "The Heart, She Hollers" and that show is just terrible. It isn't even a show - it's just fifteen minutes of 80s/90s era opening credits which includes a creepy serial killer randomly lopping people's heads off with a machete. A has some off the wall programs like "Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell", "Lucy, Daughter of the Devil", "Metalocalypse", "Superjail", "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", and "Squidbillies" which are all pretty bad in their own right, but at least they have an edge and some semblance of a plot that makes them work. But this "show" is just bad on bad.

8CosmicWizard

Impressive

Technically-skilled extrapolation of multiverse theory. Responds well to many different lenses of analysis, speaking to the vast competence of the writer and director. Additionally, this was clearly an enormous project and must have required great coordination. The cast is wonderful.

Certainly an art piece above all else. Not pleasant to watch.

Trivia
The fast-moving end credits are the actual credits of the short. Slowed down, they reveal that each of the 67 actors that appear play characters with actual names. Only eight of the names are not variations on "Cook" and some of those are related synonyms, like "Bake," "Broil," and "Simmer."