Max Simonet

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| occupation = Former producer at Adult Swim

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| notable_works = FishCenter Live
Bloodfeast
Tender Touches
Gēmusetto

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Maxime Simonet{{cite web|last=Templeton|first=David|title=Sonoma's Max Simonet making big splash on Adult Swim|url=http://www.sonomanews.com/entertainment/6667470-181/sonomas-max-simonet-wades-into?artslide=0|work=Sonoma Index-Tribune|publisher=Sonoma Media Investments, LLC|date=23 February 2017|accessdate=28 November 2017}} is a Franco-American writer, producer, editor, and voice actor for various shows who is best known for co-creating and hosting the internet talk show FishCenter Live, co-creating and starring in Tender Touches, and for creating and starring in Gēmusetto, all for Adult Swim. He is also the creator of [https://youtube.com/@FaraoneProductions Gilbert Garfield], an alternate reality game and web series hosted on YouTube.

Background

In 2007, Simonet graduated from Sonoma Valley High School. Simonet attended Hampshire College in Massachusetts. He later moved to New York, attempted stand-up comedy, and became a graphic artist for satirical news agency The Onion.

Career

Simonet co-created and hosted the American internet series FishCenter Live alongside Dave Bonawits, Andrew Choe, Matt Harrigan, and Christina 'Tina' Loranger, which streamed live weekdays on Adult Swim's website from 2014 to 2020.{{cite web|last=Argyle|first=Samuel|title=A fantasy getaway in a fish tank|url=https://theoutline.com/post/7254/fishcenter-live-appreciation|work=The Outline|publisher=theoutline.com|date=29 March 2019|accessdate=30 March 2019}}{{cite web|last=Cobb|first=Kayla|title=Cult Corner: 'FishCenter Live' Is The Most Delightfully Pointless Show on TV|url=https://decider.com/2017/05/10/cult-corner-fishcenter-live/|work=Decider|publisher=New York Post|date=10 May 2017|accessdate=29 November 2017}}{{cite web|last=Gay|first=Verne|title=Best TV shows you didn't watch in 2015: Hulu's 'Difficult People,' more under-the-radar series|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/best-tv-shows-you-didn-t-watch-in-2015-hulu-s-difficult-people-more-under-the-radar-series-1.11255847|work=Newsday|publisher=Edward Bushey & Debby Krenek|date=28 December 2015|accessdate=29 November 2017}}{{cite web|last=Kopcow|first=Chris|title=Adult Swim's 'FishCenter': A Beginner's Guide|url=http://splitsider.com/2015/05/adult-swims-fishcenter-a-beginners-guide/|work=Splitsider|publisher=The Awl|date=29 May 2015|accessdate=29 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831031731/http://splitsider.com/2015/05/adult-swims-fishcenter-a-beginners-guide/|archive-date=August 31, 2015|url-status=dead}} Simonet also developed Daytime Fighting League and co-hosted Bloodfeast with Bonawits for the website. Simonet co-created the 2017 television series Tender Touches, an animated spin-off of Bloodfeast, with Dave Bonawits and Lauren Payne, also voicing the main character Steve.{{cite web|last=Schwarz|first=John|title=Adult Swim To Premiere Five Nights Of "Tender Touches" – Bubbleblabber|url=https://www.bubbleblabber.com/adult-swim-to-premiere-five-nights-of-tender-touches/|work=Bubbleblabber|publisher=bubbleblabber.com|date=17 December 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}} Simonet also created Gēmusetto for Adult Swim, which premiered as the network's 2019 April Fools prank. In the series, Simonet voices the main character Makasu. In 2020, Simonet co-hosted the Adult Swim Podcast with Matt Harrigan. In May 2022, Max began posting Gilbert Garfield videos on YouTube. He left Adult Swim in October 2022. In 2024 he began streaming on Twitch.tv under the username Rat Cousin.