Here is a television event that will surely captivate (and inevitably disappoint) the imaginations of the wide spectrum of American society, all the way from stoners to geeks, embracing oppressed and marginalized minorities such as insomniacs and nightworkers.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is now one of the most storied and venerable programs on the revolutionary Adult Swim programming block. They originally appeared on the show that started it all, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and have the honor of being the brand’s first (and so far only) movie stars.

Sure, ATHF has taken its lumps for inspiring the random absurdity and vulgar taboo raping atmosphere that pervades much modern comedy. For that alone it should be admired, but it ignores the sound character dynamics that anchor the dada adventures of a sentient trio of fast foodstuffs. While the ten-minute episodes routinely spin wildly into mortifying and apocalyptic comic disasters, the key appeal is the sitcom-sound bickering between wise, paternal Frylock, selfish, destructive, dim Master Shake, and the adorably infantile innocent Meatwad. They’ve also got one of the best wacky neighbors in television history, landlord Carl, who is not an anthropomorphic fast food dish, but simply the best portrayal of a middle-aged Jersey asshole that television has ever achieved.

Given the random, no-set-rules nature of ATHF, it would seem like no “stunt” could really outdo the gonzo spirit of the series itself. And that is true, but the new episode this week will be at least aesthetically novel (and maybe not very good, as the series creators considered dumping it to the internet in the TV version of a DVD extra). This Sunday at 11:45 PM, the new episode of Aqua Teen will be…wait for it…in live action. Even though indications and common sense lead me to believe this may be a disposable lark (which isn’t too out of line with the average episode), my curiosity has the better of me, especially considering the inspired cast:

Making the girls want to scream will be auto-tune idol T-Pain as Frylock.

Sure, many of my friends, considering themselves arbiters of quality and substance in pop music (silly and pretentious idea, I know, but I love them anyway), find Tallahassee-bred icon T-Pain disgusting, but I cannot deny his charisma and utter uniqueness as a (digitized) pop voice. Anyway, nobody can convince me that Buy U A Drank is not an operatic, delicious serving of cultural junk food (so his casting is appropriate).

Making the homies say “ho” will be cult comedy legend H Jon Benjamin as Master Shake.

While Benjamin may be more of a gimme, seeing as he’s, like, the official go-to voice for any good offbeat comedy project, he’s still the best at what he does and, dammit, he deserves this.

No idea who’s doing Meatwad, and Carl is some contest winner, but the Pain/Benjamin combo is enough to command my attention for ten minutes. This should be fun.