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Kevin Spencer (TV series)

An animated series about a sociopathic teenage delinquent.

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Kevin Spencer is a Canadian adult animated satirical black comedy television series created by Greg Lawrence. It aired on CTV and The Comedy Network from January 17, 1999 to November 6, 2005, and originated from shorts that premiered on the Burly Bear Network in 1997-98. The series follows 16-year-old Kevin Spencer, described by the show's theme song as a 'chain-smoking alcoholic sociopath', along with his parents and his supposedly imaginary friend Allen the Magic Goose.

Plot and characters

The show centers on the Spencer family in the town of Cornolia, later called Landville. Kevin is a 16-year-old sociopathic juvenile delinquent addicted to alcohol, cough syrup, and tobacco, who lives with his parents and shows ambivalence toward them. He rarely attends high school and is mentally unstable, prone to random outbursts of violence, signs of insanity, and a complete disregard for life. Kevin often struggles with simple tasks, yet occasionally makes articulate statements about society, culture, politics, and education, possibly indicating he is a savant.

Throughout most of the series, Kevin almost never speaks; the narrator describes his thoughts and reactions. Kevin speaks in Season 2, Episode 17 (Dreamland), but only in his dreams and with a female-sounding voice. In the Season 4 finale 'Beach Blanket Bloodbath', he screams 'FUCK OFF!!', and in the series finale he says 'Goodbye Allen'.

Streaming

Ocnus Productions sold the rights to the show to Netflix around May or June 2011, and all eight seasons were made available on Netflix's US streaming service on July 15, 2011. The show did not appear on Netflix's Canadian version and was removed from Netflix entirely by July 17, 2012. Seasons 1-2 were later added to Hulu the same year. All eight seasons are currently available on The Roku Channel, Plex, Tubi, and YouTube.

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