{"id":30820,"date":"2021-12-14T19:21:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=30820"},"modified":"2021-12-14T19:21:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:21:59","slug":"smiling-friends-delivers-happiness-to-adult-swim-fans-this-winter-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/14\/smiling-friends-delivers-happiness-to-adult-swim-fans-this-winter-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Smiling Friends&#8221; Delivers Happiness to Adult Swim Fans This Winter [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adult Swim will be turning frowns upside down with<strong><em> Smiling Friends<\/em><\/strong>, its newest animated comedy series premiering Sunday, January 9th @ Midnight ET\/PT with two new episodes.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H3_Ii6IxCJI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Smiling Friends<\/em> follows the employees of a small company dedicated to bringing happiness to a bizarre yet colorful world. 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