Viceland animates comedians' raucous nights out in new show Party Legends

Viceland has released a trailer for its new animated talking heads show Party Legends featuring a cast of some of the most popular comedians and famous faces spilling their funniest and most embarrassing party stories. The cast includes Margaret Cho, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bridgett Everett, TJ Miller, Arrested Development’s Alia Shawcat, and Portlandia’s Fred Armisen.

Production studio Starburns Industries, known for its work on Rick and Morty, Community, Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole and Anomalisa, has provided the animation work for all six episodes, charged with capturing the manic, booze-fuelled fables. Each is dutifully reenacted and embellished upon, intermittently cutting to the comedian’s expressive narration.

Working across hand drawn illustration, digital and collage, each party-made-legend is uniquely animated evoking each of the storytellers’ differing comedic styles. Filmmaker and music video-director Lance Bangs directs the show, which will air from 7 July on Viceland.