Adult Swim’s Too Many Cooks is the weirdest sitcom to never exist

Adult Swim viewers who are still awake at 4 a.m. may have recently happened upon Too Many Cooks, a 12-minute video, airing in an “Infomercials” slot, that is a clever sitcom spoof that slowly metastasizes into a full blown case of deconstructive insanity. The brainchild of Casper Kelly, Too Many Cooks begins as an exaggerated parody of ’70s and ’80s sitcom intros like Eight Is Enough, Just The Ten Of Us, and Too Close For Comfort. But just as one gets tired of the joke of the ridiculously long list of cast members, Kelly’s short expands beyond its roots into other genres, including detective shows, primetime melodramas, cartoons, and space opera fare—all while leaving a growing pile of dead bodies in its wake.