Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultra Blue

Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultra Blue (2009)

Learn about a revolutionary new drug (not to mention Nazi gold and chest rashes) in this informative (and fake) infomercial.

Date of release
2009-03-11
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
11m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jeff Buchanan

Casting

Interesting facts

Paid Programming is an American television pilot created by H. Jon Benjamin and David Cross for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. It originally premiered in the United States, unannounced, on November 2, 2009 at 4:30 am (EST), at the specific request of Benjamin and Cross. Paid Programming is an informercial parody which, by design, features lesser known actors from Central Casting. Although it was not picked up for a full series it was re-aired numerous times and has received positive reception.

Production

Paid Programming was created and written by H. Jon Benjamin and David Cross, and directed by Jeff Buchanan. The pilot episode was first announced at Dragon*Con 2009 in September 2009, where it was described as an "infomercial within an infomercial"; no other information was revealed at that time.

Despite the pilot failing, the network greenlit more fake infomercials in 2012.

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