Comedy Central's TV Funhouse
by Tom Warburton
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Actor: Dino Stamatopoulos, Doug Dale, Jon Glaser, Robert Smigel, Tommy BlachaDirector: Tom Warburton
Brand: Paramount
Writer: Robert Smigel
Editor: David Zieff
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 30 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Comedy Central
DVD Reviews of Comedy Central's TV Funhouse
DVD Review: Even better than I remembered!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was so glad they finally released this on DVD. It was even better than I remembered! A must have for those of us with sick senses of humor.DVD Review: Rivals "Chappelle's Show" as Comedy Central's best...
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been waiting for this series to be released on DVD for eight years, since I bought my first DVD player, and finally, it has arrived. I simply cannot understand why it took so long, based on its presumably enormous cult following (basically, everyone that's ever seen it has been waiting for its DVD release as impatiently as I have), but let's not dwell on that any longer.
"TV funhouse" matches even "The Simpsons" (when I mention "The Simpsons," I mean the show that existed before season nine; it became a different series at that point (see: witless and aimed at the politically/socially unaware)) in pure knee-slapping, literally burst-out-loud-laughing hilarity, and it simply MUST be owned on DVD by anyone who enjoys, well, hilarious stuff! Stemming from SNL, one of the unfunniest shows on television for at least the last fifteen years, I was simply *shocked* to realize how amazingly funny it actually is; I stayed up on multiple occasions to watch the marathons, as did millions of others (despite the low "ratings"), and I have seen each episode at least ten times as a result. With each additional viewing, its brilliance becomes ever more apparent, and I will simply never be tired of it.
Why, might you ask? "TV Funhouse" is mostly a satirical commentary/parody of children's programming (Sesame Street, Mr. Rodgers, etc.) that takes the false image of perfect happiness and harmony and twists it into harsh reality (the implied psychosis of the host, animal mistreatment, etc.), and despite the reality of the images it presents, it's all absolutely hilarious, as previously mentioned. The program also mocks cartoons of the 60's/70's (Wonderman, Fetal Scooby Doo...absolutely priceless...), as well as other 50's-era "programming" (mnemonics, etc. ...hilarious).
I, for one, feel that a petition should be created to get this show back on the air ASAP! I will never understand, despite its squarely adult audience, why it never got the critical support it deserved, and why it was cancelled in its infancy as a result (especially as "The Simpsons" remains on the air, at least ten years ahead of the most recent time it could be deemed "funny" ("painful" is now the term I hear applied most frequently)).
In any event, should you be one of the poor, unfortunate souls that has never experienced Comedy Central's "TV Funhouse" (and for God's sake, I am NOT referring to the garbage of the same name on SNL that this ingenious creation "originated" from...), you simply MUST purchase this set now. Honestly, I don't know how anyone couldn't enjoy it, on one level or another (well, I suppose that animal rights' advocates might have some issues with it, but...). Buy it now!
DVD Review: Classic - and more than a little underrated
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever hear of Wonder Showzen? It was on MTV2 for two seasons and went way overboard on more than a couple of occasions. If you already know what I'm talking about and haven't seen TV Funhouse, you need this one now. Total comic nirvana - as in "analogous to the band that influenced scores of bands after it". This one went over the edge long (three years or so) before Wonder Showzen was warping minds.
Far more subversively offensive as well when you consider some of the skits/cartoons they had (JoKamel; The Baby, The Immigrant and The Guy On Mushrooms; Mnemonics; etc.).
DVD Review: One of the underappreciated shows form Comedy Central
Summary: 4 Stars
This show was basically a full-blown spin-off of the "Triumph The Comic Dog" character from Late Night with Conan O'Brien, as well as the "TV Funhouse" cartoons from SNL, and it shows, as Robert Smigel, the man behind the dog, has a whole show all to himself, and it's full of all the TV funhouse and vulgar puppet goodness you'd expect from a guy who did the same things on Saturday Night Live and Conan O'Brien.
Very graphic and obscene, but incredibly funny in a LOT of ways.
DVD Review: Incomplete - What Else is Missing?
Summary: 3 Stars
Just watched the first disc and was VERY disappointed that "The Harlem Globetrotters First Christmas" cartoon was left off the Christmas show. The TV Funhouse Christmas show is my favorite Christmas show of all time, but the DVD set is missing this excellent blasphemous cartoon. I thought I would finally be able to lose the DVD I burned of the Christmas show off cable, but now it looks like I'd better keep it commercials and all. It's a pity they would do this and expect people not to notice. For this reason alone I subtract two stars.
Description of Comedy Central's TV Funhouse
When you were a kid, cartoons were on Saturday mornings, TV show hosts were beloved, and puppets were friendly, caring and kind. Well, you're not a kid anymore. That's why Comedy Central's TV Funhouse, featuring host Doug and his Anipals, is packed with enough twisted cartoons, crass puppets, live animals and guest stars to send you to bed weeping over your lost youth.Fans of the groundbreaking Comedy Central series TV Funhouse know that "sophomoric humor" is no insult, but a high badge of honor. This series--only for grownups, Mom and Dad--took the conceit of a kids' show, complete with puppets, live animals, a goofy host, and cartoon, and peppered the whole menu with enough crass jokes of every stripe to reduce viewers to helpless giggles. The boxed set features eight full episodes, each of which has more gross, but hilarious, bits than an average Farrelly brothers or Judd Apatow film. Hapless host Doug (Doug Dale) tries to wrangle his kiddie-show "Anipals," who consist of real dogs and cats, but also crude, fouled-mouthed puppets like Chickie the Rooster, Fogey the Dog (voiced by subversive creator Robert Smigel), and his cousin, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who would go on to his own fame and fortune as Conan O'Brien's sidekick.
Each episode involves adventures of the Anipals--off to Tijuana for a cockfight (where Chickie comes out the worse for wear), Atlantic City to catch Triumph's gig and run into Robert Goulet (who appears, a great sport, as himself), to an animal lab where the Pals envision lucrative new careers for themselves. The humor is gross, and the outtakes in this set even more so (is there such a thing as animal porn?) Guest stars appearing gleefully include George Wendt and John Ritter, and memorable, but R-rated cartoons include the adventures of "Wonderman," and "Stedman." --A.T. Hurley
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