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Hopeless Pictures is an American animated comedy series starring the voice of Friends actress Lisa Kudrow, Seinfeld guest actor Bob Balaban, and produced and broadcast by the IFC. The cartoon follows fictional film producer Mel Wax, voiced by Michael McKean, in a spoof of the Hollywood movie industry. Stylistically the show makes use of the audio from scripted telephone conversations combined with on-screen gags surrounding the cartoon characters speaking.
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2005-10-21
S1E9 — Season Finale
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Michael McKean
Lisa Kudrow
Sandy
Bob Balaban
Martin Mull
Patrick Bristow
Paul Reubens
Paul Dooley
Jonathan Katz
Jennifer Coolidge
Traci
Nora Ephron
Rob Reiner
Futterman
Winnie Holzman
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