History WesternAnimation / WhatItsLikeBeingAlone

* CanadaEh: Downplayed. The series is produced in Canada and vividly flaunts its origins with the presence of a Canadian flag flying on the roof of Gurney Orphanage and the explicit statement that the show is set in the province of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador]]. However, it otherwise doesn't engage much with Canadian culture and stereotypes, with the notable exception of "Red, White and Orphanage", where the relationship between Canadians and Americans is poked fun at by the writers.

Canadian animation is full of obscure and often eccentric series, and one show that definitely tops the list of such cartoons is this one -- an adult-oriented {{claymation}} cartoon created by Creator/BradPeyton that aired on Creator/{{CBC}} for a single season of 13 episodes between June 26 and September 18 of 2006.

Canadian animation is full of obscure series, and this is a show definitely tops the list of little-known cartoons.

''What It's Like Being Alone'' is an adult-oriented {{claymation}} cartoon that aired on Creator/{{CBC}}. The show was created by Creator/BradPeyton.

''What It's Like Being Alone'' suffered from poor ratings during its time on air, even despite the attention it got from critics for its sheer bizarreness and dark humor. As a result, the series was short-lived, running for a single season of 13 episodes between June 26 and September 18 of 2006. It was not the only series on CBC at the time to suffer from this however, as 2006 in general proved to be an unusually unsuccessful year for CBC's programming (in part related to the cancellation of ''Series/ThisIsWonderland'' that year).

However, Brad Peyton shows no regret for his work on the show and seems quite happy with the final results. He even eventually returned to Canadian television animation with much more kid-friendly material in Creator/WildBrain's ''WesternAnimation/DrDimensionpants'', which debuted on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in 2014. And heck, despite having faded into total obscurity, the show has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_It%27s_Like_Being_Alone a surprisingly well-researched and well-written article on Wikipedia]], so evidently, this strange little series has left its own unique mark on the world of Canadian animation.

* {{Greaser}}: Cool Carl, the only orphan to ever successfully be adopted from the orphanage, is one of these. In "Armie Loves Cigarettes", Armies decides to start imitating him in hopes of being successfully adopted. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that his smoking addiction actually killed him immediately after he was adopted, so his parents returned to Gurney Orphanage and had his body buried at the nearby cemetery.]]