Korgoth of Barbaria is an American animated television series created by Aaron Springer, storyboard writer and director for Dexter's Laboratory, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Spongebob Squarepants. The pilot episode first aired in the United States on June 3, 2006 at 12:30 AM (EST) on Adult Swim. On June 18, 2006, Adult Swim ran a bumper announcing Korgoth was officially picked up as a series.
As of Comic Con 2006 the show was scheduled to release sometime in spring of 2007. However, as of December 29th, 2007, the only mention of the show on the Adult Swim website is an intro graphic with the words "you couldn't handle more than one anyway."
The series follows the exploits of the eponymous Korgoth (voiced by actor Diedrich Bader), and parodies Conan the Barbarian, as well as the sword and sorcery subgenre in general. The show is set in a post-apocalyptic world where sorcery and the remnants of technology exist simultaneously, similar to Thundarr the Barbarian. The heavy metal/thrash metal musical theme is composed by Lee Holdridge.
rgoth: I've dated girls uglier than you for breakfast.
rgoth: [surprised] Hairy balls of the Gods!
rgoth: Hairy balls of the gods!
heme narration] rrator: The Great Cities have risen and fallen. Civilization's grip on mankind has grown weak and arthritic. Dark forces seek to renew forgotten covenants, and primordial beasts reclaim the wilderness. Out of the frozen north, a man emerges - a man of a barbaric age, whose merciless savagery may be the only key to his survival. They call him Korgoth!
g-Ma-Gogg: Tell me, do you know of the wizard Specules? rgoth: I despise all weavers of the black arts. Speaking of which, could you pass the gravy?
