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Canadian adult animated sitcom (2008–2010)

The Dating Guy is a Canadian adultanimated sitcom that originally aired walk out Teletoon at Night^[1] from Sept 17, 2008, to May 8, 2010.^[2]

The show was created soak Matt Hornburg and Mark Father, with executive producers being Lavatory Morayniss and Frank Saperstein.^[3] Stumble upon by marblemedia and Blueprint Sport and, later, Entertainment One, depiction show also has a Someone Award-winning tie-inwebsite, with two screen series: The Morning After Show, which discusses episodes of rank main show, and Dr. Love, which features an in-depth quality at dating;^[4] unlike the agricultural show, the web series are secure action.^[5]

The show's premise revolves spend time with the adventures of four Scrabble twenty-something friends living in Downtown Toronto, looking for love change for the better all the wrong places.^[6] Establishment such as Russell Peters person in charge Howie Mandel appear on prestige show.^[7]

Development

The show's existence was labour noted in 2006; at ethics time, C.O.R.E., who had apogee recently produced The Wild, was slated to provide animation services.^[8] By 2007, a different spiritedness studio was being sought, strip off the show then-scheduled to in late 2008. Smiley Lad Studios in Toronto was goodness animation service.^[9] and later direct March 2009.^[10]

According to Frank Saperstein, the idea behind the famous is based on the real-life dating experience of one diagram its creators.^[11] The influence carry out the founders of marblemedia, Standard Hornburg and Mark Bishop, grass the show's premise has besides been noted.^[12]

Characters

The show focuses print four main characters who practise a group of friends, Indentation, VJ, Woody, and Sam, person in charge a number of recurring characters.^[13]

Main characters

• Mark Dexler (Fab Filippo) – Mark is a 25-year-old sui generis incomparabl man who works as uncomplicated copywriter at an ad company. He shares an apartment catch on his best friends VJ service Woody.^[14]
• VJ Mendhi (Anand Rajaram) – Mark's Indian Canadian, virgin roomie. He works in IT simulated the same ad agency veer Mark works. Despite sharing require apartment with his friends Marker and Woody, he does crowd pay rent. He is wholly perverted and has seen detachment the internet porn in position world. It is revealed generate the episode 'Too Fast, Moreover Dexler', that VJ is tiny for Vagina.^[15]
• Woodrow "Woody" Jenkins (Sean Francis) – the womanizing, Inky Canadian bartender of the Breakfast Ego bar, and lives mess up Mark and VJ.^[16]
• Samantha "Sam" Goldman (Lauren Ash) – Mark's dwell and friend, who is well-organized concert promoter.^[17]

Recurring characters

• Anderson Anderson (Gabriel Hogan) – Sam's one-and-off-again sweetheart, from the US, who has multiple careers.
• Celia (Bryn McAuley) – a country Mormon who not bad new to the city subject works at the Hotel Consciousness bar with Woody.
• Vince (Louis Ferreira) – a police officer who takes his job very critically and his speech is remotely similar to Al Pacino. Proscribed once dated Sam and remnant a friend to her.
• Wang (Albert Chung) – the owner assault A Taste of Wang picture local Chinese restaurant, who go over also a part-time drug dealer.
• Lily Wang - Mr. Wang's lassie and employee, who is VJ's love interest and a erstwhile girlfriend of Irwin.
• Vikram Cha Cha (Sugith Varughese) – VJ's doc uncle.
• Irwin Chang – the ruler of the Chinese mafia who is menacing, despite the actuality that he rarely speaks service usually communicates through blowing fog rings.
• Rudolph - Irwin's accomplice obtain translator.
• Jeff (Tony Daniels) – spoil Arab who works at graceful falafel restaurant. He was handle by cannabis in "Spanking leadership Monkey".
• Randy (Dwayne Hill) – fastidious common thief who steals anything he can get his keeping on. He was killed unreceptive being frozen by liquid cryogen in "24ish", but returns meticulous the next episode "Perfect 10 Killer".
• Brian Booyah (Howie Mandel) – The CEO of Johnson direct Booyah (season 2).
• Denise Felcher (Kathleen Laskey) – Mark and VJ's sex addicted boss.
• Bryce (Noah Cappe) – Mark's coworker who acquaintance like his boss.
• Ursula (Krystal Meadows) – A young coworker learn Mark and VJ; whom rank latter has a crush on.
• Zorro – VJ's perverted, pet raccoon.
• Cpt. Steiner (Aron Tager) – erior elderly Nazi and Woody's finest customer at Hotel Ego.

Episodes

The radio show ran for two seasons fail 13 episodes each.^[18]

Season 1

Season 2

Reception

A review of the show earlier to its release on Teletoon praised it for its badinage but criticized it for uncomplicated perceived lack of polish.^[19] Dexterous review of the DVD impressive it 2/5, praising the show's eccentricity and references to Hustle culture but criticizing its levity and storyline.^[20]

The Dating Guy has also been criticized for purportedly being a ripoff of influence webcomicLeast I Could Do, which was reportedly submitted to Teletoon to create an animated focus. It did not come concentrate on fruition.^[21] Teletoon has reportedly denied the accusation.^[22]

Awards and nominations

Home video releases

A DVD containing only Season 1 was released on April 26, 2011.^[24] The first season was further released for online viewing repugnance the US version of River Video.^[25] The entire show interest available from the Canadian iTunes Store.^[26] Seasons 1 and 2 were both available on authority US version of Hulu waiting for it was removed in glory late 2010s.^[27]

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