Robin is a 1996 adult animated TV sitcom created by Swedish cartoonist Magnus Carlsson and narrated by Dave Avellone in the English dub. It was mainly aimed at an adult audience.
Plot Every episode focused on the title unemployed bachelor, in his early twenties and his best friend Benjamin, who is African-Swedish. While neither seems to do anything constructive with their lives, they are involved in various misadventures, mostly resulting in a non-sequitur ending. The following episode will feature no mention of past encounters.
The two (or frequently, Robin alone) will have run-ins with the law, encounter drunks, flashers and other uneven characters.
Influence In 1997, after the screening of Robin on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, British rock band Radiohead approached Magnus Carlsson to make a music video for their song, titled "Paranoid Android" 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. from
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 from followmearound.com
Episodes The Bums Drafted The Party The Mime Artist Frogman Plumbing The Crow Drug Demo The Fire Party With a Chair Grannie The Dentist The Lonely Hearts Ad Plastic Surgery Snowboarding Harry at The Barber's The Shaveonologist The Film Buff The Pinch The Record Company Down Under Mooning Harry The Smoker The Exhibitionist The Film Director The Foster Grandfather Weird Things Divine Service Uncle Harry Shopping
Censorship The show was banned in Singapore and MTV's US version censored elements like nipples and urine streams.
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