FishCenter Live (also shortened to FishCenter or FC Live or just FCL ) is a discontinued American talk show created by Mike Lazzo and hosted by Dave Bonawits , Andrew Choe, Matt Harrigan , Christina Loranger, and Max Simonet . It premiered on the official website of Adult Swim in September 2014 and started airing on television in February 2015. The series ended on November 25, 2020, following the shutdown of Adult Swim's livestream division.
26-665: For other uses, see Dottie (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] Look up Dottie or Dotty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dottie or Dotty is a feminine given name or nickname (most often a short form of Dorothy ) which may refer to: People [ edit ] Dottie Alexander (born 1972), keyboardist for of Montreal, an American indie pop band Dottie Ardina (born 1993), Filipino professional golfer Dotty Attie (born 1938), American painter and printmaker Dottie Wiltse Collins (1923–2008), American pitcher in
52-445: A music video for the song "Social Cues" from their eponymous album . It was shot at FishCenter Live with additional direction from Matt Shultz . In the episode broadcast Thursday, 13 December 2018, a parody of the original Star Trek ' s USS Enterprise was featured called the "USS FishCenterprise NCC-1065." 1065 is a reference to the street number for Williams Street , which produces content for Adult Swim . What
78-590: A bizarrely simple cult-hit web-and-television show." In 2016, two Dragon Con cosplayers , claiming an association with Adult Swim and Cartoon Network and wore " Make FishCenter Great Again " hats, dressed as the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks . Images of the cosplay were widely shared on social media sites as Facebook , Reddit , and Twitter . Bleeding Cool ' s Rich Johnston speculated they were cosplaying as
104-608: A premiere of a Rick and Morty episode was delayed due to an episode of FishCenter Live on the same live stream . Critical reception has been positive. Adweek ' s Jason Lynch called FishCenter Live "its flagship livestreaming show." The Comedy Bureau received the series favorably with "you'll find, while giggling the whole way through, that you do get sort of invested in the individual fish." Decider ' s Kayla Cobb said "[i]t's weird, but it works." Ranked sixth in their list of best "unknown" television series of 2015 , Newsday ' s Verne Gay reviewed ""FC Live"
130-507: A stage name of American singer Belinda Carlisle (born 1958) Another stage name of English rapper and broadcaster Amplify Dot Fictional characters [ edit ] Dottie, main character in Dottie's Magic Pockets Dottie Hinson, character in A League of Their Own Dottie Thorson, character in American crime drama television series The Huntress Dotty Cotton , on
156-441: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Dottie (disambiguation) Dottie or Dotty is a feminine given name, nickname and stage name. Dottie may also refer to: FishCenter Live FishCenter Live was presented as a weekday call-in talk show narrating over footage of tropical fish swimming around in a fish tank . The fish are ranked according to their points, which are awarded when
182-499: Is insane — as such, a perfect distillation of all that is Adult Swim." The Outline ' s Samuel Argyle said " FishCenter border[s] on the avant-garde. JamBase ' s Andy Kahn called it "wacky." The Guardian ' s Mark Lawson critiqued "Ambitiously, this is a phone-in show, although disappointingly, the fish don't take the calls, but swim in tanks that surround the presenters." The A.V. Club ' s Erik Lindvall said FishCenter "the latest weird thing" to come from
208-522: Is our version of a sports show? What is our version of a relationship Q&A show? You can test these things out, just as we did with FishCenter , in an office with a couple microphones. — Mike Lazzo , Adult Swim executive FishCenter Live was originally released in September 2014 on Adult Swim's official website. The show came about when staff decided to film the tropical fish swimming around their aquarium as an idea for developing content for
234-578: Is to appear on FishCenter Live . George Clanton and Nick Hexum played the song "Aurora Summer". 100 Gecs later included their performances on the show in the digital version of 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues , released on July 10, 2020. The final band to play on the show was Dawes , who appeared on the November 12, 2020 episode. On 24 October 2019, American rock band Cage the Elephant released
260-820: The 1950s American variety television series The Dotty Mack Show Dottie Martin (born 1937), First Lady of North Carolina Dottie Peoples (born 1950), American gospel singer Dottie Pepper (born 1965), American golfer (as Dottie Mochrie) and television golf broadcaster Dottie Rambo (1934–2008), American gospel singer and songwriter born Joyce Reba Luttrell Dottie Ray (1922–2016), American journalist and radio host Art and Dotty Todd (1913–2000), American husband-and-wife singing duo Dottie West (1932–1991), American country music singer and songwriter Dottie Potter Zenaty , field hockey coach at Springfield College, Massachusetts, from 1970 to 2003 Amplify Dot (born 1988), British broadcaster, also known as Dotty Stage name [ edit ] Dottie Danger,
286-571: The 2016 Galaxy series. Due to Sir Squirt's death the second place fish for the Winter season, being Hamburger, was declared the Super King representative. ^† Ale was represented by TX Cupper in the 2018 Galaxy series due to Ale's untimely death earlier in the year. The callers, fish, and guests compete for points in various games: Games created for guests have included: 100 gecs , Alvvays , George Clinton , Carach Angren , Consider
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#1732772263442312-992: The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Dottie Dodgion (1929–2021), American jazz drummer and singer Dottie Frazier (1922–2022), American diver, designer, and dive shop owner Dottie Green (1921–1992), American player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Dottie Hunter (1916–2005), Canadian player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Dottie Lamm (born 1937), American feminist, women's rights activist, educator, author, and speaker Dotty Lynch (1945–2014), American academic, journalist and political pollster Dotty Mack , star of
338-751: The American television series FishCenter Live Dotty, a donkey awarded the PDSA Certificate for Animal Bravery or Devotion in 2011 See also [ edit ] Dot (given name) [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dottie&oldid=1232560320 " Categories : Given names Feminine hypocorisms English feminine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
364-560: The Source , Dinosaur Jr. , John Maus , Dying Fetus , Billie Eilish , Yung Lean , Daughters , Hard Working Americans (HWA), Colin Hay , Le Butcherettes , Los Lobos , Morbid Angel , Pigeons Playing Ping Pong , Rainbow Kitten Surprise , David Sedaris , Tower of Power , Trampled by Turtles , and Turkuaz played on FishCenter Live . Alvvays' played the song "Not My Baby" from their sophomore album Antisocialites . HWA played
390-501: The UK soap opera EastEnders Dotty , Leah’s stuffed elephant she got from the fair in Shimmer and Shine Dotty, title character of Dotty Dripple , an American comic strip (1944–74) Dotty, title character of Dear Dotty , a British 1954 television series Dotty, a rabbit villager in the video game series Animal Crossing Animals [ edit ] Dottie, a fish in
416-462: The fish complete a number of challenges. These challenges include "Coin Quest," floating over coins that are superimposed on the video feed. The show was hosted by Dave Bonawits , Andrew Choe, Matt Harrigan , Christina Loranger (since 2019), and Max Simonet , employees from the digital department room of Adult Swim . An original incarnation of the show involved a straight video feed of
442-430: The fish tank, without narration. Commentary and a phone number for call-in segments were later added. Initially, callers were mostly other Adult Swim employees; when the competition portion was added, the hosts saw an increase of outside callers. Starting in 2015, both Dave Bonawits and Max Simonet began hosting another show for the streams, a New York Times crossword solving show initially called Crossword . The series
468-588: The game Rampage , while Facebook commenters drew a connection with the anime Terror in Resonance . Australian channel 9Go! promoted their Australian adaption of FishCenter (known as FishCentre ) airing at 12:00 on the channel, along with the Adult Swim block they have on the channel. Unlike the American version of FishCenter , FishCentre was not live and consisted of scripted shorts no longer than 2 minutes in length, with voices super-imposed onto
494-482: The layoffs ultimately resulted in the cancellation of the Adult Swim streams. Following two more weeks of programming, FishCenter Live , and the Adult Swim streams as a whole, ended on November 25, 2020, with a two-part finale declaring TZ2 as the last Galaxy King. The live stream then became a silent feed of the fish tank until its eventual removal in January 2021. ^* Sir Squirt was represented by Hamburger in
520-516: The network "in a streak of really weird things", describing it as a "wonderful, web-based world of piscine sports". Live for Live Music ' s Ming Lee Newcomb described FishCenter Live as "eccentric" and "bizarre." Ranked fourth in their list of "[t]he 26 Weirdest Adult Swim Shows Ever," Deadspin ' s Sheldon Pearce commented "Adult Swim employees came up with this one, which means it's definitely on-brand if nothing else." In reviewing Tender Touches , Geek ' s Jose Rodriguez said
546-656: The pilot had "more in common with Xavier: Renegade Angel or FishCenter ." Reviewing their Alvvays performance, Uproxx ' s Derrick Rossignol declared "every band should be on it, because at the very least, it's one of the most bizarre live internet shows you can possibly watch." Later, while reviewing the Post Malone episode, Rossignol followed-up with "a totally bizarre, daytime, aquatic, call-in web show that doesn't make much sense, and that's what makes it great." In an interview with host Max Simonet , Sonoma Index-Tribune ' s David Templeton remarked "[it's]
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#1732772263442572-401: The program first place across all targeted demographics in its time slot during the second week of March 2015. The network observed some of these viewers as confused Twitter users, wondering if the show was a prank. After these airings, live viewership rose from 120 to 5,000. The success led to the creation of a separate live stream dedicated to the network's Toonami block. In August 2017,
598-482: The show's final two weeks in November. The show was reduced to just three days a week in September, running two hours every Tuesday through Thursday, while also being simulcasted to YouTube and Twitch. On November 10, 2020, parent company WarnerMedia announced a large round of layoffs, with Adult Swim being affected. Among the laid off staff were all of the FishCenter Live hosts, except for Max Simonet, and
624-502: The songs "Burn Out Shoes" and "Half Ass Moses". HWA was on tour promoting their live album We're All In This Together . Post Malone was also a guest twice and did Trivia on frequent FishCenter guest Kelvin Taylor (actor) , along with being bitten by Mom after drinking 9 beers on his first appearance. Waka Flocka Flame and DJ Whoo Kid played on FCL as well. Fish-themed Joy Division cover band , Koi Division, said their dream
650-467: The website's online streaming channels. New episodes were presented on weekdays. The show was added to the network proper in February 2015, broadcast at 4 a.m. These airings are condensed versions of the live version, consisting of 11-minute highlights from each day. In the first week of its televised broadcast, the show garnered 2.6 million viewers in total. In a press release, the network ranked
676-566: Was re-titled Bloodfeast in 2016, and later received two television spin-offs: Tender Touches and Gēmusetto Machu Picchu . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the show was done remotely starting in March 2020, with the hosts talking through Zoom . During this time, two hosts left for extended hiatuses: Dave Bonawits left from late April to early June for parental leave , while Andrew Choe left in late July after feeling burnt out, returning for
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