"Unedited Footage of a Bear" Is the Weirdest Adult Swim Infomercial Yet
In its goofiness and free-association, Adult Swim's 4 a.m. Infomercials series feels tailor-made to late nights spent with too much weed. "Unedited Footage of a Bear," the latest installment of the series that "Too Many Cooks" made famous, feels more akin to bath salts.
Ostensibly, "Unedited Footage of a Bear" parodies of the type of amateurish documentary footage that goes viral anytime someone with a smartphone comes in contact with a car crash or sufficiently large wild animal. Then, a commercial for allergy medicine starts, and things take a turn for the dark and violent.
The clip was directed by Alan Resnick and Ben O'Brien, both of Baltimore's weirdo art/music/comedy scene (O'Brien also runs my favorite Twitter account of 2014) and features a great song from Ed Schraeder's Music Beat. Watch it above, and be sure to read the fine print.