Paramount Home Entertainment sent us the latest promo trailer from the upcoming Comedy Central series “TV Funhouse”.
It’s a children’s show gone awry as COMEDY CENTRAL presents Robert Smigel and Dino Stamatopoulos’ outrageous groundbreaking series, “COMEDY CENTRAL’s TV Funhouse.” Described as “a broken kid’s show for adults” by series creator Robert Smigel (the man behind the popular “Saturday Night Live” filmed shorts “The Ambiguously Gay Duo” and “X-Presidents” and “Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog” on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”), “COMEDY CENTRAL’s TV Funhouse” combines puppet animals, live animals, short films and animation. Released via COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, “COMEDY CENTRAL’s TV Funhouse” DVD arrives in stores nationwide on Tuesday, July 22 and will also be available at www.shop.comedycentral.com
“COMEDY CENTRAL’s TV Funhouse” DVD is a two-disc set featuring all eight uncensored episodes and includes the following bonus materials: commentaries by creators Smigel and Stamatopoulos and host Doug Dale, appearances by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on COMEDY CENTRAL, dirty outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage and video commentary with Anipals Chickie, Jason, Xabu and Dave.
“COMEDY CENTRAL’s TV Funhouse” centers around Doug (played by Doug Dale), the cheerful host of the show, and “the Anipals,” a stable of puppet animals and live animals. The Anipals have their own personalities and neuroses including Xabu, the puppet dog who constantly chases its tail to no avail and Hojo, the puppet turtle who travels through toilets. Doug tries to present a themed show for children each week, but his foul-mouthed Anipal friends always seem to desert him, becoming involved in wild adventures and real-life situations, ranging from childbirth in the emergency room to road trips to Tijuana and Atlantic City. Back on the set, Doug is left alone to introduce the animated cartoons and filmed shorts.
“COMEDY CENTRAL’s TV Funhouse” featured shorts and cartoons created exclusively for the network. One example of an animated short included is “Wonderman,” featuring a superhero on a “coitus mission” for his “Clark Kent” type alter-ego and a short film titled “Mnemonics, Your Dear Dear Friend” set up as an instructional film to help students remember their facts through outrageous mnemonic devices.