Penguins Behind Bars (found Adult Swim exclusive pilot of animated series; 2003)
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Status: Found
Date found: 20 Dec '17
Found by: Anonymous
Penguins Behind Bars is a pilot created for Adult Swim that aired in 2003. It was adapted from a 1989 novel of the same name by Janet Perlman.
Details
The pilot was created as an animated adaptation to a book made by the same creator.
The pilot was only aired once in 2003, due to poor ratings it was not greenlighted or aired again. The only existing evidence of the pilot were trailers and a leaked script.
The creator, 'Janet Perlman', stated that she didn't have the right to release the short itself - it was up to Cartoon Network because they owned it. Purchasable copies have appeared online - however, it is unknown if these are legitimate.
Discovery
On the 20th of December, 2017, an anonymous person who works at a university in Canada found the entire pilot and leaked it online in a jumpshare link. Even though the link to the original jumpshare post is broken for right now, YouTube user vulgar managed to reupload the pilot onto his channel on the 21st of December, 2017.