{"id":37370,"date":"2022-05-18T17:53:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=37370"},"modified":"2022-05-18T17:53:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:53:28","slug":"sacha-baron-cohen-greg-daniels-mike-judge-and-michael-koman-to-develop-animated-comedy-special-chelm-the-smartest-place-on-earth-for-hbo-max-and-cartoon-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/18\/sacha-baron-cohen-greg-daniels-mike-judge-and-michael-koman-to-develop-animated-comedy-special-chelm-the-smartest-place-on-earth-for-hbo-max-and-cartoon-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacha Baron Cohen, Greg Daniels, Mike Judge, and Michael Koman to Develop Animated Comedy Special, &#8220;Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth,&#8221; for HBO Max and Cartoon Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37372\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sacha-Baron-Cohen.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sacha-Baron-Cohen.webp 675w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sacha-Baron-Cohen-300x279.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/>HBO Max and Cartoon Network announced today that Sacha Baron Cohen (Academy Award-nominated <em>Borat<\/em> and <em>Who Is America?<\/em>) has teamed up with Greg Daniels (<em>King of the Hill<\/em>) and Mike Judge (<em>King of the Hill<\/em>) of the newly formed Bandera Entertainment, as well as Michael Koman (<em>SNL<\/em>, Co-Creator of <em>Nathan for You<\/em>, and Executive Producer of HBO&#8217;s <em>How To with John Wilson<\/em>) to bring their fresh wit to new, younger audiences with the family-oriented animated special, <strong><em>Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the mythical &#8220;Town of Fools&#8221; and originally told in Yiddish, <em>Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth<\/em> shares the absurdist humor and interpretive questioning that is a nod to Jewish intellectual traditions. 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