Hospital Clowns

Adult Swim makes you laugh at sick children

The history of television has been filled with numerous powerful, touching, lovingly-crafted medical dramas.

Childrens Hospital is not one of them.

The demented fever dream of former Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry, Childrens Hospital takes the kind of doctors you see on shows like Grey’s Anatomy, ramps up their sex and stupidity—and then sticks them in front of sick children. Premiering Sunday at 10:30 pm on Adult Swim, the series stars Corddry as a doctor who paints his face like a clown and insists on treating children with the healing power of laughter, rather than, say, surgery. The rest of the amazing comedic ensemble includes Henry “Arthur Fonzarelli” Winkler, Megan “Will & Grace” Mullally, Rob “Human Giant” Huebel, Lake “How to Make It in America” Bell and Nick Offerman, aka Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation.

The show actually first debuted back in 2008 as a Webby-award winning online series. Adult Swim will re-air those genius original episodes before the series segues into freshly commissioned ones. (The new eps take over on August 22.)

Now that most actual medical dramas are on summer hiatus, you can think of Childrens Hospital as your substitute for House.

If House was a sexaholic, face-painted moron.

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