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Suit up with America's best superhero carnival freaks; Siamese twins Tuck and Benny, the Half-Woman/Half-Clam, the Log Cabin Republican, Primi the Italian Premature Baby, and the World's Tallest Nebraskan-on David Cross's wickedly weird animated series. When the government's top agents and superheroes are busy, the Freak Squad is a go! Whether its saving the world, or saving their Mom n' Pop carnival from corporate thugs, they always declare victory-because failure is not an option for the Freak Squad, it's a guarantee. This one-of-a-kind animated series includes the talented voices of Will Arnett, Todd Barry, Jon Benjamin, David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Jon Glaser, Kristen Schaal and Bob Odenkirk.
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Seven Episodes from 2006: Animated Madness From The Mind Of David Cross Courtesy Of Comedy Central
May 21, 2012
As Comedy Central was enjoying the success of its Big Brother mash-up "Drawn Together," they launched another show that brought forth an oddball assortment of animated characters that worked and cohabitated together. In 2006, "Freak Show" hit the air in a pairing with the indefatigable "South Park" and the results were somewhat mixed. This is one of those shows that you will either love or you will hate. There is little middle ground in the popular consensus of this program and it was not renewed after its seven episode run. All of the episodes are assembled in this Complete Series DVD set (actually just one disc). Before you get too excited, though, the complete series was only 7 episodes at approximately 22-23 minutes each. The current list price of $39.95 before discounts and sales seems pretty steep for just over 2 1/2 hours worth of programming, so I'd certainly recommend keeping your eyes peeled for a reasonable sales price before investing.
Are they circus performers? Are they super heroes? Are they spies? "Freak Show" features the voices of an incredibly funny and talented group of individuals and is created by the great David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin (animation's greatest voice ever). If you are familiar with Cross, in particular, and understand his sensibilities when they are at their weirdest, there's a good possibility that you'll enjoy "Freak Show." A band of carnival creatures joins forces to perform low level assignments for the Pentagon and no job is too small! Seriously, meter reading and rolling the mileage on a used car are examples of their dubious missions. Members of the team include Siamese twins (Benjamin and Cross) with the ability to separate, a clam (Janeane Garofalo) with a debilitating secret weapon, The World's Tallest Nebraskan (Brian Stack) who can miniaturize on command, a premature baby (Cross again) with laser accurate projectile vomit, and a Log Cabin Republican (Jon Glaser) with a strange alter ego.
The seven episodes included:
1) Pilot
2) Glaucoma
3) Git to Gitten'
4) Separate But Equal
5) Elections
6) Mohel-Me-Not, Part One
7) Mohel-Me-Not, Part Two
In the end, "Freak Show" may not be for everyone. Its animation is purposefully lackluster. It attempts to combine the infantile with the satiric and the results can be quite amusingly odd. Not every political barb hits its target, but each episode is better than the last and it's undeniably appealing and strange throughout. As it only lasted one season, it was never given a chance to grow and develop. Recommended especially for Cross fans. "Freak Show" can be a real mess, but that's part of its charm. KGHarris, 5/12.
Are they circus performers? Are they super heroes? Are they spies? "Freak Show" features the voices of an incredibly funny and talented group of individuals and is created by the great David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin (animation's greatest voice ever). If you are familiar with Cross, in particular, and understand his sensibilities when they are at their weirdest, there's a good possibility that you'll enjoy "Freak Show." A band of carnival creatures joins forces to perform low level assignments for the Pentagon and no job is too small! Seriously, meter reading and rolling the mileage on a used car are examples of their dubious missions. Members of the team include Siamese twins (Benjamin and Cross) with the ability to separate, a clam (Janeane Garofalo) with a debilitating secret weapon, The World's Tallest Nebraskan (Brian Stack) who can miniaturize on command, a premature baby (Cross again) with laser accurate projectile vomit, and a Log Cabin Republican (Jon Glaser) with a strange alter ego.
The seven episodes included:
1) Pilot
2) Glaucoma
3) Git to Gitten'
4) Separate But Equal
5) Elections
6) Mohel-Me-Not, Part One
7) Mohel-Me-Not, Part Two
In the end, "Freak Show" may not be for everyone. Its animation is purposefully lackluster. It attempts to combine the infantile with the satiric and the results can be quite amusingly odd. Not every political barb hits its target, but each episode is better than the last and it's undeniably appealing and strange throughout. As it only lasted one season, it was never given a chance to grow and develop. Recommended especially for Cross fans. "Freak Show" can be a real mess, but that's part of its charm. KGHarris, 5/12.
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