Casper Kelly

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Casper Kelly
Kelly in 2025
Notable workToo Many Cooks
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
Adult Swim Yule Log
Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out
V/H/S/Halloween
Mandy (2018 film)

Casper Kelly is an American writer, director, and producer.

Career

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Kelly is the co-creator of the Adult Swim live-action series Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, the Adult Swim animated series Stroker & Hoop, and the Adult Swim Infomercials episode Too Many Cooks, which he also directed. Too Many Cooks was released online and went viral, amassing over two million views within five days of its release.[1] He also co-directed and co-wrote another Infomercials episode in 2018 titled Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough which subverts livestreaming gaming culture.[2] He has written episodes of Squidbillies, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Nickelodeon's CatDog.

He is also a fiction writer. His book, More Stories About Spaceships and Cancer, a collection of short stories, was published in 2012. His short story, The Sensitive Person's Joke Book, was published in the web literary magazine Necessary Fiction.[3]

In 2022, he wrote and directed the horror comedy film Adult Swim Yule Log, also known as The Fireplace, which premiered on Adult Swim on December 11.[4]

In 2023, he created Star Trek: Very Short Treks. A promotional series for the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series

In 2024, he wrote and directed the horror comedy film Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out, which premiered on Adult Swim on December 6.

On 23 July 2025, Variety revealed that Kelly was among the filmmakers who directed a segment for V/H/S/Halloween, Shudder's 8th instalment in their horror anthology V/H/S franchise. The film was released in October 2025.[5]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Creator Notes
1998 CatDog No Yes No No 2 episodes
1999 Thanks a Latte No Yes No No
1999 The Scooby-Doo Project Yes Yes Yes No
2000 Cartoon Cartoon Fridays No Yes Yes No
2000–2004 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law No Yes Yes No 2 episodes
2001 What a Cartoon! No Yes No No Major Flake: Soggy Sale
2001 Night of the Living Doo Yes Yes Yes No
2001 Big Game XXIX: Bugs vs. Daffy No Yes Yes No
2003–2010 Aqua Teen Hunger Force No Yes No No Story elements
2004–2005 Stroker & Hoop No Yes Yes Yes
2005 Sunday Pants No Yes No No
2008–2014 Squidbillies No Yes No No
2011, 2013–2019 Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Yes Yes Yes Yes
2014 Too Many Cooks Yes Yes Yes Yes
2017–2018 The Truth No Yes No No
2018 Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough Yes Yes Yes Yes
2019 Archer No Yes No No
2020 Danny Ketchup Yes Yes Yes Yes
2023 Agent Elvis No No Yes No
2023 Star Trek: Very Short Treks No Yes Yes Yes

Film

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2010 Please Please Pick Up Yes Yes Yes
2018 Mandy Yes Yes No Cheddar Goblin segment
2022 Adult Swim Yule Log (also known as The Fireplace) Yes Yes Yes
2024 Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out Yes Yes Yes
2025 V/H/S/Halloween Yes Yes No "Fun Size" segment

Actor

Year Title Role
2011 Pleasant People Chris
2016 Frankenstein Created Bikers Deputy Maddox
2011, 2013–2019 Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Self
2017 The Cry of Mann Postmaster
2018 Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough Gamer 1

References

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  1. ^ Snetiker, Marc (November 7, 2014). "'Too Many Cooks' creator tries to explain his awesomely bizarre Adult Swim short". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  2. ^ Marnell, Blair (June 26, 2018). "Too Many Cooks Creator Returns With Mindbending Twitch Streamer Parody". Nerdist. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Kelly, Casper (September 24, 2011). "Necessary Fiction – The Sensitive Person's Joke Book". Necessary Fiction. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Valdez, Nick (December 12, 2022). "Adult Swim Fans Are Totally Shocked By the Yule Log". ComicBook. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  5. ^ Earl, William (July 23, 2025). "Shudder Announces 'V/H/S/Halloween' With Directors Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza and More (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
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