Whats up with Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

A little more than a month ago I was eagerly anticipating the new season of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, one of the funniest and most unique shows on television.

Now? Wondering where all that unique humor went.

Five weeks into the season and ATHF is batting an anemic .200, 1 for 5. Clever, if wacky, plots have been replaced with an entire episode about 'Dicks'. However I was fine with the show, until last night. Each episode is 11 minutes long. Before this run they had produced three episodes in two years. (yes I know they were making an ATHF movie, its still been three episodes in two years) And after four episodes we get...a clip show. Maybe the clip show only took up half the episode, but considering how bad the rest of the episode was (Tera Patrick as a guest star?) it was still too much.

What happened? Looking back at previous seasons there were always the occasional stinker, but they were drowned out by the great, funny episodes. Did the writers get burnt out working on the movie? Or have they simply hit the wall creatively? I don't know why, but I still hope things turn around, and soon.