''Robin'' is an adult

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sitcom created by Swedish cartoonist

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and narrated by Dave Avellone.

Characters

*Robin is the main lead who lives in a run down apartment and collects welfare/workfare. *Benjamin is Robin's best friend. He is a self-described "Cheegro" and drinks heavily.

Plot

Every episode focused on the titular unemployed Swedish bachelor, in his early 20s and his best friend Benjamin. While neither seem to do anything constructive with their lives, they are involved in several misadventures, mostly resulting in a non sequitur ending. The following episode will feature no mention of past encounters. The pair (or frequently, Robin alone) will have run-ins with the law, encounter drunks, flashers and other uneven characters.

Influence

In 1997, after seeing Robin on

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, British rock band

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approached Magnus Carlsson to make a

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for their song "

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" with Robin in it. Carlsson accepted and came up with the original idea for the video after locking himself in his office, staring out the window at a bridge and listening to nothing but Paranoid Android repeatedly. During the video of Paranoid Android, the band makes a cameo appearance at a bar, where they are sitting at a table drinking and watching a person with a head coming out of his stomach dancing on their table.Hidden Guide to OK Computer
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. The band were also fans of Robin. The video shows a man who works as a DJ, and whose son watches him via webcam, before his father gets a recording contract.

Audio production

The 30 episodes of Robin were recorded and mixed in Toronto by Jim Longo and Kevan Staples of Rhythm Division. All the elements used in the compositions by Magnus Carlsson were re-recorded at McClear Pathe and produced by Rhythm Division and Magnus. All music editing, audio post-production, sound effects, narration assembly and final mixing were performed at Rhythm Division. At the last minute it was decided that the characters needed to have some voice. Seeing as there was no budget or time the non-language voices of all the characters were supplied by Magnus, Jim and Kevan.

Television episodes

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0149516, Robin 1990s adult animated television series 1990s animated comedy television series Swedish animated television series 1990s Swedish television series 1996 Swedish television series debuts 1996 Swedish television series endings 1990s German animated television series 1996 German television series debuts 1996 German television series endings Television shows set in Stockholm