Too Many Cooks: Adult Swim’s towering achievement in surreal, satirical comedy

ADULT Swim has pretty much broken the internet with this darkly surreal parody of ‘80s sitcom intros. It’s the best 11 minutes you will spend today.

This video will break your brain

IN CASE you missed it: ‘Too Many Cooks’, an 11-minute parody of ’80s sitcom title sequences, has been generally breaking people’s brains the past few days.

Beginning on October 28, the video aired on Adult Swim at 4 in the morning over several consecutive days, and has since won over the internet with its out-there surrealism, biting satire, and bizarre regurgitation of shopworn tropes.

Be warned: the song will stick in your head.

The less said about the video the better — part of its strange power is rooted in the viewer’s oscillation between amusement, boredom, and disbelief — but suffice to say it’s a sprawling genre send-up that starts weird and only gets weirder.

It’s also an impeccably crafted, richly referential text, so repeated viewings yield even deeper pleasures. The man behind the masterpiece is Casper Kelly, who answers some key questions over at Vulture.

This article originally appeared on Slate and was republished with permission.