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Every single episode makes me laugh, but S2 E7 made me cry no less than 5 times because it was Just. So. Goddamn. Beautiful. Especially since I am a person with a permanent disability, with a life partner who also has a permanent disability.

So many stories attempt to do what this show does, and 99% of them fail in their attempts to make any kind of coherent, non-horrible statement. To have made something so beautiful with such difficult subject matter is an inspiration. An extraordinary success. Idk why more people aren't talking about this show!

Empathy is not required for kindness. People with severe mental illness deserve love and care. Autistic romance is like a beautiful growing garden. Platonic friendship can change the galaxy. And sometimes a handsome himbo who stocks vending machines forms a beautiful friendship with a sapient space whale who is also an ambulance!

Also, it's a great show if you're a monsterfucker. 🥰

Adult Animation Recommendation: The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

"The series centers on two intergalactic surgeons and best friends as they treat illnesses throughout the galaxy." 2024 release, 2 seasons, ongoing(?)

Given the all-star cast, it's surprising that this has such little attention. It's a delightfully fun scifi comedy with wonderful LGBT+ representation. Beyond the surface of raunchy morbid humor lies touching narratives about anxiety, trauma, ableism, and friendship.

Poster art courtesy Amazon Studios. There’s a new futuristic animated comedy on the way, and it’s going to be on Amazon. In The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, two aliens tackle anxiety-eating parasites, illegal time loops, and deep-space STIs. I had the chance to sit down with The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy‘s creator, Cirocco Dunlap, who’s also the showrunner and one of the executive…

Baymax! Trailer 2

Big Hero 6′s Baymax is getting his own series on Disney+ where Baymax takes to the streets of San Fransokyo to help others. According to series creator Don Hall, Baymax “sets out to fix a physical issue that he's identified, and in the process, gets to a deeper, more emotional place and can be almost transformative in that role.” (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Baymax! stars the voice talents of Scott Adsit (Baymax), Ryan Potter, Maya Rudolph, Emily Kuroda, Lilimar, Zeno Robinson, and Jaboukie Young-White. Cirocco Dunlap serves as screenwriter.

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy coming to Prime Video in February

Prime Video announced the premiere date and revealed the series key art and first-look images for The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (previously announced as The Hospital). All eight episodes of the adult animated sci-fi comedy from creator Cirocco Dunlap, and Maya Rudolph, Danielle Renfrew Behrens and Natasha Lyonne’s Animal Pictures, will debut on February 23, 2024. The Second Best…

It's time for Beginnings, the podcast where writer and performer Andy Beckerman talks to the comedians, writers, filmmakers and musicians he admires about their earliest creative experiences and the numerous ways in which a creative life can unfold.

On today's episode I talk to writer and performer Cirocco Dunlap. Originally from San Francisco, Cirocco was a child actor for a short time, most notably in the movie James and the Giant Peach. As a writer, she's written a number of humor essays for places like the New Yorker, as well as a children's book and also for a number of TV shows including Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Tick, and Man Seeking Woman. Currently she writes for Netflix's Big Mouth and TBS's upcoming show Miracle Workers.

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