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Being an unapologetic cartoon nut, I get a kick out of Squidbillies on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. It's a 15-minute show about a family of hill-folk in the backwoods of Georgia, and for some reason they're squids. It takes all of the redneck stereotypes and super-sizes them, but since it's a cartoon (and a ridiculous one at that), it's hilarious rather than insulting. Give it a shot with no kids around and an adult beverage. For the season finale they're doing a special 30-minute (finally!) musical episode called America: Why I Love Her. Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers, Todd Snider, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Rhett Miller, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Hayes Carll are among the Americana artists in the animated hoedown, and who knows what kind of havoc the Cuyler clan will cause. Most likely it will involve a monster truck and copious amounts of party liquor. Check it out Sunday (July 18) at midnight ET on Cartoon Network.