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. Every episode is composed of surreal videos of different media and purposes – animated and live-action short films, clips from feature films and other television series, stock videos, music videos, abstract loops – presented continuously and in succession. These videos are arranged around a single vague theme, as expressed in the episode's title, and are accompanied by songs by various artists.

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, the creator of the series, also serves as its editor. He and the rest of the series' producers also commission artists to produce works to be featured in an episode. Forty-two episodes have aired over eleven seasons since ''Off the Air'' premiered on January 1, 2011. Every episode had a time slot of 4 a.m., which has contributed to the series' obscurity and status among fans of Adult Swim. Three special episodes have been produced: " Dan Deacon: U.S.A.", "Seramthgin", and "Dan Deacon: When I Was Done Dying". The twentieth episode "NEWNOW" is a celebration of

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and the series' fifth anniversary featuring six original songs.

Series overview

Episodes

The closing credits of every episode list the featured videos and songs as well as their respective artists; generic stock footage is often employed, and suppliers (including Corbis,

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, and

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) are additionally credited. In the following lists, material commissioned for an episode are marked with a dagger (). Segments are shown in an episode with more than one excerpt and so are marked with a plus (+) and the number of the segment that has been previously shown earlier in an episode.

Season 1 (2011–12)

Season 2 (2012–13)

Season 3 (2013–14)

Season 4 (2014–15)

Season 5 (2015)

Season 6 (2016–17)

Season 7 (2017)

Season 8 (2018–19)

Season 9 (2019)

Season 10 (2020)

Season 11 (2021)

Season 12 (2022)

Specials

References

External links

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