Series synopsis
The Legend of Neil is an American sci-fi & fantasy comedy television series that premiered on Comedy Central on July 24, 2008. It ended on October 27, 2010. It was created by Sandeep Parikh. It stars Felicia Day, Robert Hoffman, Mike Rose and Tony Janning.
The Legend of Neil is a comedy web series distributed by Comedy Central's partner Atom.com and is a parody of the Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda. Sandeep Parikh of The Guild fame directs the series. Tony Janning writes for the series, and acts as the title character Neil. Felicia Day and Mike Rose, who have worked with Parikh on the set of The Guild, appear as recurring characters.
The series follows Neil, who is sucked into the world of The Legend of Zelda while playing the game. As he trav ...
Premise
The Legend of Neil is a comedy web series distributed by Comedy Central's partner Atom.com and is a parody of the Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda. Sandeep Parikh of The Guild fame directs the series. Tony Janning writes for the series, and acts as the title character Neil. Felicia Day and Mike Rose, who have worked with Parikh on the set of The Guild, appear as recurring characters.
The series follows Neil, who is sucked into the world of The Legend of Zelda while playing the game. As he travels Hyrule he is mistaken for the hero of the game, Link. The series is "full of self degrading, foul humor", such as when Neil is being sucked into the game he is masturbating and strangled himself with his NES controller.
The series began as a four-minute YouTube video posted in 2007. The video went viral, receiving several million views. Its popularity led to Atom.com financing a web series based around the video.
The first season was released in 2008. According to Fox Business before the premiere of the second season, "With nearly one million plays, the hit Web series by creator Sandeep Parikh built one of the Web's most enthusiastic fan bases in 2008." In the run-up to the August 2009 premiere of the second season, MTV2 planned to air the complete first season. The series was also nominated for multiple Streamys at the 1st Streamy Awards in 2009.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Felicia Day as Fairy
- Robert Hoffman as Captain Lynel
- Mike Rose
- Tony Janning as Neil
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 25 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 5 | August 16, 2010 | October 10, 2010 |
| Season 1 | 6 | July 24, 2008 | September 4, 2008 |
| Season 2 | 7 | July 28, 2009 | October 19, 2009 |
| Season 3 | 7 | July 25, 2010 | October 27, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Gloffice: The Plight of Blight Legend Of Neil parodies a classic 'The Office' moment. |
August 16, 2010 |
| 2 |
Armos Banter The Sklar Brothers play the Armos' who do what any brothers would do: f*ck with each other. After all, the next 5000 years will go by in the blink of an eye! |
August 30, 2010 |
| 3 |
Elf Vs. Wild Todd (Totally Rad Show's Alex Albrecht) gives us a little tour of the Hyrulean wilderness. |
August 12, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Beginning Never masturbate while playing Nintendo |
July 24, 2008 |
| 2 |
First Blood Delicious – like heart cookies from a dead body. |
July 31, 2008 |
| 3 |
The Fairy's Obession May the way of the hero lead to fairy poontang. |
August 7, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Link To The Past Ah, at last… the legend continues with Season Two. Neil finds himself back inside the game world. Now, can he only get to any other levels? What the F, Link?! |
July 28, 2009 |
| 2 |
Death In Store Neil goes for broke playing the "money making game". |
August 11, 2009 |
| 3 |
The Musical Hyrule bursts into song in a very special musical episode. Fairy's in peril, Gannon has to vent, and Neil's got to get through Level 2-- all without missing a beat. It all kicks off with Felicia Day's Fairy getting nasty with some of her favorite things. |
August 25, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Quitters Never Continue Continue or Quit? Neil is back, but are Hyrule's constant threats of danger, death and loneliness worse than... New Jersey? |
July 25, 2010 |
| 2 |
The Gloffice A perfect 'Legend Of Neil' parody of everyone's favorite awkward office show, 'The Office.' |
August 9, 2010 |
| 3 |
Fairyhood Neil learns about fatherhood in the toughest way possible: from a litter of newborn fairies. |
August 22, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Comedy Central |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 24, 2008 |
| Last aired | October 27, 2010 |
| Runtime | 10 minutes |
| Status | ended |