Three Busy Debras
Three Busy Debras is an American surreal comedy television series created, written by, and starring Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha, and Mitra Jouhari.
It premiered on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim on March 30, 2020 and ended on May 23, 2022, with a total of 16 episodes over the course of two seasons.
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| Genre | Surreal humor |
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| Directed by | Anna Dokoza |
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| Theme music composer | Joshua Moshier |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 (and 1 unaired pilot) (list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | Nathan M. Miller |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
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| Network | Adult Swim |
| Release | March 30, 2020 – May 23, 2022 |
Premise
Three Busy Debras follows "the surreal day-to-day lives of three deranged housewives, all named Debra, in their affluent suburban town of Lemoncurd."
Cast
- Sandy Honig as Debra
- Alyssa Stonoha as Debra
- Mitra Jouhari as Debra
Production
The concept originally began as a play which was created by and starred Mitra Jouhari, Sandy Honig, and Alyssa Stonoha. It was later extended to a web series.
On May 8, 2018, Adult Swim announced that it had ordered a pilot of the show, written by Sandy Honig and directed by Anna Dokoza. On May 7, 2019, Adult Swim gave the quarter hour comedy a series order.
On February 12, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on March 29, 2020.
The show is executive produced by Amy Poehler and Kim Lessing through Paper Kite Productions. Show creators Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, Alyssa Stonoha and director Anna Dokoza also serve as executive producers through Mail Lizard. Alive and Kicking, Inc. produces the series.
The creators have cited a number of influences on the show including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Real Housewives, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Clue and Looney Tunes.
On May 31, 2020, Adult Swim renewed the series for a second season. On July 26, 2022, it was announced that the show would not be returning for a third season.
Episodes
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 6 | March 30, 2020 | May 4, 2020 | |
| 2 | 10 | April 25, 2022 | May 23, 2022 | |
Pilot
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| "Pilot" | Anna Dokoza | Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari | Unaired |
Season 1 (2020)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | 1 | "A Very Debra Christmas" | Anna Dokoza | Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari | March 30, 2020 | 0.525 | |
| The ladies set out to do damage control after killing Debra's pool boy. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Cartwheel Club" | Anna Dokoza | Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari | April 6, 2020 | 0.549 | |
| Debra, Debra, and Debra all try out for a club, and only Debra and Debra get in. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Sleepover!" | Anna Dokoza | Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari | April 13, 2020 | 0.515 | |
| Debra and Debra have a sleepover at Debra's house. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Barbra" | Anna Dokoza | Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari | April 20, 2020 | 0.552 | |
| Debra and Debra befriend Debra's sister Barbra. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "ATM (All the Money)" | Anna Dokoza | Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari | April 27, 2020 | 0.502 | |
| A naturally occurring ATM starts erupting free money into the Lemoncurd economy. Everyone is thrilled, except for the Debras. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Debspringa" | Anna Dokoza | Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari | May 4, 2020 | 0.618 | |
| Each Debra lives a different life for a day per their annual tradition of "Debspringa" (their take on the Amish tradition of Rumspringa). Debra becomes a politician, Debra becomes a high school student and Debra has a romantic fling with her brother. | |||||||
Season 2 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
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| 7 | 1 | "The Milk Drought" | Kati Skelton | Mitra Jouhari | April 25, 2022 | 0.265 | |
| The Debras learn that Lemoncurd is experiencing a milk drought and head to the milk reservoir to take all the milk they deserve. | |||||||
| 8 | 2 | "The Great Debpression" | Maegan Houang | Mitra Jouhari | April 25, 2022 | 0.195 | |
| Debra wakes up Debpressed, which doesn’t work for Debra and Debra. | |||||||
| 9 | 3 | "The Honorable Order of the Debras" | Maegan Houang | Alyssa Stonoha | May 2, 2022 | 0.201 | |
| When Debra goes missing, Debra and Debra must step in to save her before it's too late, or worse. | |||||||
| 10 | 4 | "To Have Debra, To Hold Debra" | Kati Skelton | Alyssa Stonoha | May 2, 2022 | 0.153 | |
| A story in three brunches. | |||||||
| 11 | 5 | "Operation: Seal Team Debra" | Kati Skelton | Sarah Sherman | May 9, 2022 | 0.225 | |
| Debra gets a hobby, and Debra and Debra really don't like that for her. | |||||||
| 12 | 6 | "Who Has Done It?" | Jake Honig | Sandy Honig | May 9, 2022 | 0.165 | |
| It was a dark and stormy night. Or was it? Find out on this week's episode of Three Busy Debras. Or will you? | |||||||
| 13 | 7 | "Debra Gets a Boyfriend" | Sandy Honig | Evan Waite | May 16, 2022 | 0.221 | |
| Debra falls in love while Debra and Debra take a well-deserved day off. | |||||||
| 14 | 8 | "Women's History Hour" | Sandy Honig | Mitra Jouhari & Diana Tay | May 16, 2022 | 0.181 | |
| It's Women's History Hour, and the children of Lemoncurd aren't happy about it. | |||||||
| 15 | 9 | "Nonna" | Jake Honig | Alyssa Stonoha | May 23, 2022 | 0.221 | |
| Debra, Debra, and Debra meet Nonna at Nonna's Nonnaria. Mamma mia! | |||||||
| 16 | 10 | "The Meteor" | Jake Honig | Mitra Jouhari | May 23, 2022 | 0.206 | |
| Debra, Debra, and Debra come to terms with their own mortality as a very rude meteor hurtles toward Lemoncurd. | |||||||
Notes
References
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