Quantum Leap-style comedy with Joe Biden

Barack Obama and his vice president Joe Biden are set to become time-travelling adventurers in a new animated comedy series.

Creator Adam Reid raised an initial $108,000 from crowdfunding to develop Barry & Joe: The Animated Series.

And now comic and talk-show host  Conan O’Brien has joined the project as an executive producer.

The series has been described as ‘Jonny Quest meets Quantum Leap, if Jonny and Hadji were actually former Democratic leaders and the entire Hanna-Barbera writing staff were on mescaline during development' and will focus on the 'bromance' between the two main characters and their desire to make a better world.

The show’s villain is Trump – who is never seen, but represented by a tiny orange hand.

Reid said: ‘My nerdy heart is exploding,’ at the thought his idea could become reality. ‘It’s bananas.’

He told Newsweek: ‘It’s an escapist liberal fantasy, but it’s also kind of about things we care about and characters we care about. I think the goal is that people laugh and feel catharsis at the same time.’

But he said it would not be a direct reaction to current events, as the news moves too quickly.

Published: 2 Dec 2017