Long Recorded Family

Long Recorded Family is a Caroline adult animated television series created by Andy Muttons for the Fox Broadcasting Company and Der S.

History
In Early 1990, After the Success of the Simpsons, FOX wanted to make a new TV show based on the Simpsons. Fox Contacted Andy Muttons (who was a Producer for shows on Der S.) and asked if he wanted to create a show, He agreed. The pilot first aired a few months later During Commercials. it was only 2 minutes long and featured a clip which would later become the 1st episode. In September 1990, Fox ordered 15 episodes of the show, and eventually earned a spot in the 1991 schedule.

On October 6th 1991, The Pilot of Long Recorded Family titled: " Great Pilot Episode" aired on fox at 7:30pm/6:30pm central to 350 Million Viewers. After generally positive reviews and high ratings, Fox renewed Long Recorded Family for five further seasons.

Plot
The show centres around 6 Family Members Living their life in the fictional city of "Wellnots" which is located in Southern Caroland.

Each Episode centres around the family's antics around the show's main setting. With a Mixture between slice of life and Pure Fantasy.

Usually, The show runs for 21-24 Minutes Long. In the theme song, the cast starts singing about weird things, and then there's a door gag (simmilar to the couch gag in the Simpsons) where a character (either from the show or outside the show, or sometimes a real person) comes out the door introducing the shows name and doing the jazz hands.

Main Cast

 * Hugo Record: A 54 Year Old Man who Loves to have a good ol' argument, He used to have a job at "All drink Fountains" Until he Quit to have his first child.
 * Elma Record: A 53 Year old Woman who is the Wife of Hugo, who is the Homemaker and the dream wife for everyone in the town. On rare occasions, Elma wears fuzzy house slippers, Hugo affectionately calls his wife "Elly"
 * Salli Record: The Oldest Child of the Family, and College Graduate, Salli is happily married and carefree.
 * Aida Record: Middle Child of the Family who is Depicted to be Serious, She often gets scared, even if it's something minor.
 * Jake Record: Youngest Member of the Family, sarcastic and wisecracking. His Catchphrases are: "I Can" and "Boring!"
 * Joey Dianne Record: Husband of Salli, Joey is often the clown of the family. Often trying to pull their leg.

Broadcast
From 1991 Up until 2012, Long Record Family Aired on Fox, However, To Focus more on it's Recent show at the time: Bob's Burgers, Long Recorded Family Moved to FX until 2016 where it moved yet again to FXX. Currently, FXX Airs newer episodes whilst Freeform airs Repeats of the shows.

In the UK, the show was screened on Channel 4 in Late 1991 up until 2003, Where the show would air On E4, As of 2022, the show airs on E4 and E4 Extra in the UK.

In Ireland, The show aired on Network Two (Now Known as RTE Two). From 2006, the show Started to air on Channel 6 (Later Known as 3e) RTE Two Began to air LRF again due to 3e Rebranding to Virgin Media Two.

In New Zealand, The show airs on TVNZ 2. Whereas in Australia, the show aired on Nine Network up until 2017 where it now airs on 9 Go!

In Germany, It airs on Pro7, Comedy Central, Pro7 Maxx and Pro7 Fun. But in Other German Speaking Countries, it currently airs on 6 Plus TV in Switzerland, and ORF 2 in Austria.

In Canada, Long Recorded Family Airs on Global for Newer Episodes, and Much for Reruns.

Crossovers

 * The Samethings: Complete 999th Season (1996)=Crossover with the Simpsons
 * King of the Stars and the Moon and the Sky (Hill be there) (1999)=Crossover with King of the Hill
 * Another Family Show (2009)=Crossover with Family Guy
 * American Record (Parts 1 and 2) (2016) =Crossover with American Dad
 * Bob's Got no Buns (2019) =Crossover with Bob's Burgers
 * Crossover sci-fi hype show (2022)=Crossover with Futurama