Fat Guy Stuck in Internet is an Adult Swim original series created by John Gemberling and Curtis Gwinn, it is based on the duo's previous web-series, Gembering. It is one of the first fully live-action shows to be produced by Williams Street to air on the network, the series was renamed from it's original title Gemberling by Adult Swim, which they mention in an interview with The New Yorker not liking. .