Barnacle Bill’s Semi-Factual Nautical Tales is a fun new Australian TV series from Doug Bayne—he’s one half of the team behind the ultra-dirty, totally hilarious “Oglaf” comic—and Craig Anderson (The Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting, Double the Fist). It’s “loosely” inspired by Carl Sagan’s famous Cosmos series, except that unlike the late scientist, they’ve got no budget for decent special effects and not much actual knowledge about the matters they cover.  Bayne says:

“Then I started thinking ‘I can make animations and know nothing at all about science - I’m like a profoundly ignorant Carl Sagan. I can use animation to share my ignorance with the world.’”

The duo describe their series as “an incredible voyage of discovery.”

Bayne’s “Oglaf” partner, illustrator Trudy Cooper is also involved with the production, which goes out at 11:40pm on Friday nights on ABC1. You can watch each short episode after they’ve aired on ABC’s website.
 

 
Thank you Taylor Jessen!