''The Goddamn George Liquor Program'' is a 1997

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cartoon series created by

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and starring the animated character

George Liquor George Liquor (often taking his epithet as George Liquor, American) is a cartoon character created by John Kricfalusi. Liquor is most famous for his appearances on ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. He is considered Kricfalusi's signature character and ...

. It was originally developed as a web-based cartoon by

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's then-new

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, in partnership with

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studio. After failing to receive approval for publishing from

, all properties were released to Spümcø, and the web-based cartoon was

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directly by the Spümcø studio.

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reprised his role as Liquor from ''

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''. Spümcø produced eight one-minute shorts. The budget for each episode was $25,000 Premiering on October 15, 1997, ''The Goddamn George Liquor Program'' was the first cartoon series to be produced exclusively for the internet. George appeared on the series with his nephew,

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; Jimmy's cousins, Slab and Ernie; Jimmy's

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, Sody Pop; and George and Jimmy's pet dog, Dirty Dog. Without the control of a

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, the series could be made as Kricfalusi wanted. ''The Goddamn George Liquor Program'' won the 1999

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for "Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Interactive Production". Later the show was being developed as a series of cartoon commercials for

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. The new series remained unreleased after

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discontinued the Pontiac Vibe auto line in 2009.

Characters

The following characters appear in ''The Goddamn George Liquor Program''.George Liquor Storybible
, ''All Kinds of Stuff'' * George Liquor, American – Liquor is an ultra-patriotic American. *

– Jimmy is an incredibly stupid teenage boy. * Sody Pop – Sody is a 15-year-old

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girl who is Jimmy's love interest. But George Liquor tells her to stay away from Jimmy. * "Slab 'n' Ernie" – Slab and Ernie, two bullies, are George's nephews and Jimmy's cousins. * "Dirty Dog" – "Dirty Dog", the "neighborhood watchdog", does not like cats. In the first episode of ''The Goddamn George Liquor Program'' "Dirty Dog" defecates on a lawn, upsetting the

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. Other characters who appear in comic: * Mable – Mable was George Liquor's wife. After she died, George Liquor preserved her torso and legs and nailed the parts to a trophy stand with the buttocks facing the room. * Merle – 30-year old Merle, a "health nut", is Sody's older sister. Merle tries to seduce George Liquor. * "The Bad Catholic Girls" – Three

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teenage girls who

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, trying to "corrupt" Jimmy. * Mildrew – Mildrew, Slab and Ernie's mother, is married to Frank, George's brother. George Liquor sometimes flirts with her. * Cigarettes the Cat –

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s is Jimmy's pet

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. * Victor Lugnuts – Lugnuts operates "Victor Lugnuts' House of

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s". * Victor Produce – Lugnuts's rival, Victor Produce, operates a

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store. * Eddie the Town Atheist – Eddie, an

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, is Lugnuts's son. George tries to convince him to adopt Christianity. * General "Buck" Neckfold – Neckfold, a general at

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, is one of George Liquor's friends. * Nutty the Friendly Dump – A piece of

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that Jimmy carries around and treats as a friend, with corn kernels for eyes. * Dr. Stump – Stump, George Liquor's family doctor, prescribes

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as treatment for various ills. * Harvey Whiteman, the Barber – Whiteman is George Liquor's

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. * "The Lord" –

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is one of George Liquor's "

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buddies".

References

External links

List of episodes available online"George Liquor" Yahoo! Group.
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