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[American adult animated comedy series of animated shorts] [date=March 2025]
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_LOAFY_ is an American adult animated comedy series of animated shorts created
by former SNL cast member and comedian Bobby Moynihan and made by Cartuna,
which partnered with the company, Big Breakfast.[1] It premiered on Comedy
Central's digital platforms on August 8, 2020.[2]
** Plot
This series is a comedy about a "weed-dealing manatee who runs a drug empire"
while in his water tank at the Center Park Zoo, a run-down zoo which is
adjacent to the Central Park Zoo.<ref name="uproxx" /><ref name="cartuna"
/>[3][4]
** Cast and characters
*** Main
- Bobby Moynihan as Loafy, a manatee who smokes weed and runs a drug empire from his Center Park Zoo tank. [5] <ref name="THR" /> [6] Moynihan also voices a character named Beauregard, who has an extreme humpback. <ref name="Valdez" />
- Jason Mewes as Neck, a stoner masai giraffe and friend of Loafy. <ref name="360mag" /> [7]
*** Recurring
- Ron Funches as Beef, Loafy's son, who he is trying to raise money for. [8] <ref name="Milligan" />
- Gina Gershon as Slippy Parker, a chimpanzee and friend of Loafy. <ref name="uproxx" /> [9] Moynihan called her perfect for the part. <ref name="moynihan" />
- Cecily Strong as Becca, a human woman who is Loafy's caretaker and girlfriend. <ref name="360mag" /> [10]
- Eugene Cordero as Scrooge, a "horny" tarsier who is Eli's ex. [11] [12] <ref name="Valdez" />
- Will McLaughlin as Colonel, a bald eagle who wears a hat emblazoned with a U.S. flag . <ref name="360mag" /> [13]
- Shannon O’Neill as Penelope, an emperor penguin . [14] [15]
- Jay Pharoah as Zookeeper Dan. <ref name="Milligan" /> [16] Pharoah also voices a character which looks like Will Smith . <ref name="Valdez" />
- Tom Green as Homeless Guy, a beggar who has a pet rat . <ref name="uproxx" /> <ref name="salrob" />
- Eli Newell as Eli, Scrooge's human ex. <ref name="moynihan" /> [17]
- Kevin Smith as Mar Camel, a camel whose name is a play off Mark Hamill . <ref name="Milligan" /> [18]
*** Guests
- Taran Killam as Punk Kid #2 and Hypnotist Hwayne <ref name="moynihan" /> [19]
- Nina West as Gloria <ref name="Milligan" /> [20] [21]
- Hannah Simone as Simone, a reticulated python <ref name="Milligan" />
- Joe Gatto as himself [22]
- Brian Quinn as himself [23]
- Sal Vulcano as himself [24]
** Production
*** Development
In an interview with Helen Raptis of AM Northwest in August 2020, Moynihan
said he is a fan of manatees and he wanted to "try something in animation"
where he could mix improvisation and animation together.<ref name="moynihan"
/> He was inspired by a show he loved as a kid, Dr. Katz on Comedy Central,
and that similarly, Loafy can't go anywhere, saying that "what better person
to talk to than your weed dealer?" In the same interview, he stated that 75%
of the series was completed before the COVID pandemic, including recording all
the other cast "two days before the lockdown" in New York City. He clarified
that "Loafy was recorded before the pandemic," but made and animated remotely
after the pandemic. He said that he wanted to make a "fun thing to make
people laugh."
The same month, Moynihan, in another interview, said that he has always loved
manatees, that his wife adopted a manatee for him for one Christmas named
Chessie, which was "the first manatee found in the Chesapeake Bay".[25] He
further stated that the idea for the show came about after he did UnMade for
IMDb, and voiced a manatee in that short. He additionally stated that the
concept for the show made him laugh, with people breaking into a "really
shitty zoo" next to the Central Park Zoo to get their weed, and said he really
did the show because he missed improvising with his friends and loves
animation, so he wanted to mix both. He stated that those who don't smoke
weed will enjoy the "comedy and improv and lots of fun comedians and amazingly
talented people," but for those who smoke weed "it’ll help tremendously." He
also stated he found it fun "make up dumb weed names" and stated that he was
happy to do it on a small level, noting the show gets "weirder" from episode
to episode, evolving into something he is ultimately satisfied with.
*** Release
In late October 2019, it was reported that Comedy Central had ordered eight
episodes of the show, with Moynihan noted as writer, creator, and executive
producer, along with green lighting other shows. Steve Elliott, Comedy
Central's VP of Digital Original Development, said at the time that the "world
needs a weed-dealing manatee and more Bobby Moynihan — not necessarily in that
order."[26] Each episode is composed of a 5-6 minute short and a
behind-the-scenes segment.
*** Crew
The show is produced by Cartuna, a New York animation studio.<ref
name="cartuna" /> The head of the company, Big Breakfast, Luke Kelly-Clyne, is
an executive producer on the show.[27]
*** Casting
In an interview, Moynihan stated that he asked friends who were either "SNL
Buddies" or part of the Upright Citizens Brigade and other people he hadn't
worked with in the past to voice characters on the show and that they would
give them a "loose basis," would "play around," then edit it down into
manageable clips which would be used in the episodes.<ref name="moynihan" />
In another interview, Moynihan called most of the cast members "very, very
close friends of mine" that he wanted to work with people on the show, while
he met Gina Gershon and Tom Green in the past, saying that Green was fantastic
and "knocked it out of the park" with his performance.<ref name="uproxx" />
Those on the cast, apart from Moynihan, Gershon, and Green, included Cecily
Strong, Taran Killam, Jay Pharaoh, and Jason Mewes, among many others.
** Notes
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** References
[Reflist]
** External links
- [11237954]
- Official Comedy Central page for the show (see https://web.archive.org/web/20200828012657/http://www.cc.com/shows/loafy)
- Official YouTube episode listing (see https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7nPL1U-R5p_ZIpHYXS84aJO-zToDVEI)
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