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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Common Side Effects has been renewed for a second season by Adult Swim
Mushroom fans rejoice. Adult Swim has ordered a second season of its animated hit Common Side Effects. This is happening just ahead of the finale of the first season, which airs this weekend. For the uninitiated, Common Side Effects is something of an odd duck. It's a cartoon, but it's more of a thriller than a comedy. Mike Judge (Silicon Valley, King of the Hill) and Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation) are onboard as executive producers, so there are some jokes. I guess it could be called a dramedy, but comedic thriller seems more apt. The plot follows two former high school lab partners who discover a mystical mushroom that can cure just about every disease. This forces them to go on the run from the DEA, big pharma and shadowy business entities. The animation style is certainly unique, and may not be for everyone, but the show really comes into its own after a few episodes. The voice cast includes Mike Judge, who played both Beavis and Butt-Head, and Martha Kelly, who starred in the animated Carol & the End of the World. She's also fantastic in Baskets and absolutely terrifying in the second season of Euphoria. The remaining cast includes Joseph Lee Anderson, Dave King and Emily Pendergast. Along with the renewal announcement, Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen called the show a 'boundary-pushing and genre-defining piece of television.' He also praised fans for 'lighting up socials to spread the word.' Common Side Effects was created by Steve Hely, who wrote for American Dad and 30 Rock, and Joe Bennett, who made the criminally underrated (and now cancelled) Scavenger's Reign. The pair said their goal for the show is 'to transform planet Earth and restore the human spirit' but that they'll 'settle for a second season.'
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Susan Powter Recalls Being Recognized by Louie Anderson While Driving for Uber Eats: 'He Knew Who I Was'
Susan Powter is getting candid about her unexpected run-in with a beloved, multi-hyphenated comedian. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Thursday, Feb. 27, the '90s wellness influencer, 67, shared the time she saw the late Louie Anderson, just three months before the Baskets star died in 2022. Powter, who now lives a modest life in Las Vegas as an Uber Eats driver, tearfully began, 'It was the winter time. Cold and dark. Delivering is hard, and I got a huge order. It was a big order. And I went into a gated community, which I go into all the time, and that's hard, seeing houses that I used to live in. Like, I used to live there. That affects me, but not that much.' She admitted that while delivering is already a hard gig, it was especially difficult that day because she knew the customer personally, before she was forced to adopt a quaint Nevada lifestyle. 'I ring the doorbell of this big order, and Louie Anderson opens the door—and he knew who I was. He looked right at me and he knew. And I knew he knew," she remembered. "He had just had that huge resurrection with that show [ Baskets ] he did. He did such a good job. He was such a nice man." The two didn't exchange words, though Powter said she felt bad for delivering the large order. As she noted, 'food was the trial' for Anderson. 'I could feel the shame and the shame,' she recalled. Although the two knew each other when the former fitness juggernaut was in the entertainment business, she said she appreciated that he didn't mention anything about her identity when they came face to face. 'I was so grateful to him for being so honorable,' she said. 'He knew who I was, and you could feel it.' Three months later, Anderson died at the age of 68 after battling blood cancer. At the height of her career, Powter, known for her popular Stop the Insanity! infomercial, was on her way to becoming a household name in the lifestyle space. She wrote multiple books, sold hundreds of copies of her workout program and motivational audio cassettes, was a revered motivational speaker and nutritionist, and hosted a self-titled talk show, which aired for less than one year. In a 2024 interview with PEOPLE, the And Then Em Died… Stop the Insanity! A Memoir author added that she, on average, sold nearly $50 million in products annually. However, due to bad money management and trusting the wrong people, Powter hit rock bottom. 'Someone else was handling it. I never checked balances," she told the publication. 'I should have questioned. I fully acknowledge that. I made a mistake.' Although Powter's name has been picking up some buzz since filmmaker Zeberiah Newman proposed the forthcoming documentary, Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter, on her life and story, she said she understands nothing will change overnight and continues to deliver for Uber Eats for financial security. 'I've got 4,800 total trips,' she shared. 'I'm a hard worker and I take care of that food and I'm proud of the work I put in."
