Matthew "Matt" Harrigan is an American television

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, producer, and

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who is best known for his work on shows like the ''

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'' and ''

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''. He was also the

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of ''

FishCenter Live ''FishCenter Live'' (also shortened to ''FishCenter'' or ''FC Live'' or just ''FCL'') was an American talk show hosted by Dave Bonawits, Andrew Choe, Matt Harrigan, Christina Loranger, and Max Simonet. It premiered on the official website of Adu ...

''.

Career

Harrigan has worked as a producer on several shows for

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and was the founder of the short lived studio Williams Street West. He was the

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

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creative director. He also wrote numerous episodes of the series, ''

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'' (including the entirety of the eighth season). Harrigan's animated television series ''

Assy McGee ''Assy McGee'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Matt Harrigan and Carl W. Adams for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. The series features a police detective named Assy McGee, a parody of tough-guy cop cha ...

'' premiered in November 2006. In addition, he performed the voice of the regular character, Liquor, in ''

12 oz. Mouse ''12 oz. Mouse'' is an American adult animated television series created by Matt Maiellaro for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. The series revolves around Mouse Fitzgerald, nicknamed "Fitz" (voiced by Maiellaro), an alc ...

'', the Major Shake Replicant in two episodes of ''

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'' and the voice of Linda in the ''

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''. He is the creator of ''

'' and

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ed it alongside Dave Bonawits, Andrew Choe, Christina Loranger, and

Max Simonet Maxime Simonet is a Franco-American writer, producer, editor, and voice actor for various shows who is best known for co-creating and hosting the internet talk show ''FishCenter Live'', co-creating and starring in ''Tender Touches'', and for cre ...

from 2014 to 2020, and, as the VP of Digital Content for the network, led the development of the Adult Swim Streams, a free

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consisting of several online-exclusive originals, of which ''FishCenter Live'' was the flagship program. Harrigan was one of many Adult Swim employees to be laid off in November 2020, a move that led to the discontinuation of the Adult Swim Streams.

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

References

External links

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