Overview
- The special airs Dec. 19 at 11:00 ET/PT on Adult Swim and streams on HBO Max on Dec. 20.
- Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey co-create one act, with Patrick McHale and Pendleton Ward leading separate acts produced without cross-communication.
- Adventure Time alumni Jack Pendarvis and Kent Osborne serve as guides or “game masters” to help shape the segments into a single, unexpected narrative.
- A companion documentary, “Behind the Elephant,” premieres Dec. 20 alongside an encore airing and features interviews and production footage.
- First announced at the Annecy International Animation Festival, the project has been framed by Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen as a seasonal gift to viewers.