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• Actors: Passion of Greg the Bunny
• Directors: -
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Shout Factory
• DVD Release Date: May 6, 2008
• Run Time: 200 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00153ZS3K
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #40,780 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Greg The Bunny and his (tor)mentor, Warren The Ape Demontague, are back! Back for a second season of mutual humiliation as they parody some of our favorite films. This time around Greg and Warren swap fur in Wacky Wednesday, are anything but soft in Blue Velveteen and rock out with their socks out in Plush: Behind The Seams. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus Features:
* Fur On Asphalt The Greg The Bunny Reunion Special Starring SARAH SILVERMAN, SETH GREEN, ADAM GOLDBERG, JON FAVREAU and BOB GUNTON, to name a few
* Supper With Friends Warren s The Ape uncut pilot
* Loose Stitching: On The Set Of GTB featurette
* Episode Commentaries by Series Creators Dan Milano, Sean Baker, and Spencer Chinoy
* Webisodes
* GTB music video - "Dignity on Ice"
* Original IFC GTB Teaser
* Clips from Greg The Bunny's early days on public access
* Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
* Gag Reel

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREG'S PASSION IS BRUTALLY FUNNY!, May 21, 2008

By	Remy Norton (Hollywood) - See all my reviews

Greg the Bunny, Warren "the ape" Demontague, and the gang are back with Volume 2 of their Best of IFC shorts on DVD. I am a huge fan of G the B and have really been looking forward to this follow-up, and it's so good that I almost forgive them for making me wait this long for it. This volume contains some extras that us fans have been waiting a long time for!

Count Blah, Pal Friendlies, and The Wumpus return, as do some of the human cast from the Fox show. Lurking behind-the-scenes as always are Spencer and Sean, the human producers of the GTB show who the audience never quite sees on camera. Overall there is less Count Blah this time around, but Warren fans should be pleased, the usually drunk, helmet-clad monkey gets a lot of screentime on this DVD!

The disc contains 6 amazing episodes from Season 2 of their IFC movie parodies:

In "Wumpus the Monster" (parodying Patty Jenkins' Monster) we find out why many people are not willing to work with monsters. I love the very first scene in which we see the GTB cast and crew wrapping up shooting their version of A Clockwork Orange which i can only imagine would be incredible. Wumpus dressed as a droog is just one hilarious example of the fantastic puppet costuming that just keeps getting better this season. Gilbert Gottfried makes an appearance and gives Greg some bad advice... and pays dearly for it!

"Sockville" lampoons Lars Von Trier's minimalist film Dogville, and recreates the films look with chalkboard sets. Following an accident on the GTB set, Greg enters a strange dreamworld, gets exploited by a sexually repressed town, and when pushed too far, eventually unleashes chaos with a piece of chalk.

In "Blue Velveteen" the GTB gang take another swipe at David Lynch, and this episode is even better than their Eraserhead parody "Daddyhood" (on Vol 1). Definitely a contender for best episode. Again we are teased at the intro with a peek at Greg and Warren remaking Dune, which is only one of many, many references to amost all of Lynch's work. One of the things these guys do best is interweaving their references, which is extra satisfying to film geeks. Warren as Dennis Hopper is a must-see, but beware, the puppet menage a trois involving John "the Elephant Man" Merrick is hard to erase from ones mind!


Next up is "PLUSH - Behind the Seams" which is a great sendup of VH1's Behind the Music series. Greg and Warren's band, Plush, expose their creative process and face the skeletons in their closet while recording their new material. Plush's recording sessions are one of the highlights of the DVD, as is his reunion with former bandmember Skuzz Mulligan, who was paralyzed by Warren's recklessness. The episode concludes with a classic '80s style music video.

"Wacky Wednesday" is possibly my favorite GTB episode yet (i remain hopeful for more). This episode lampoons the ALL-TIME beaten-zombie-horse of plots, the classic body switching story that has been told and retold since F. Anstey's 1882 novel, Vice Versa, and in my opinion the best version since FACE OFF. This time, it's Greg and Warren who switch bodies. Seeing Greg inside Warren and Warren possessing Greg is a great example of the way these guys experiment with puppetry. Also, it must have been quite a challenge for Dan Milano, who performs both puppets and both voices, sometimes simultaneously! Greg has to impersonate Warren while testifying to keep himself out of jail and it's just painfully funny, as is Warren auditioning as Greg to land a Cadbury ad. This episode also shows how Greg and Warren's agent/lawyer Pal Friendlies can do just about anything! And if that wasn't enough, Gilbert Gottfried makes his second appearance on the DVD attempting to return a malfunctioning mogwi to a Chinatown shop.

"The Passion of the Easter Bunny - Fabricated American Movie" is another contender for best episode. Greg is inspired by Mel Gibson and decides to direct and star in his own Biblical Epic, telling the story of the crucifixion, resurrection, and alien abduction, of the Easter Bunny. This incredibly blasphemous parody simultaneously satires American Movie, (Mark Borchardt's hilarious documentary on the making of a low budget horror film). Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank of A.M. help Greg make his film, and experience déjà vu while trying to get Count Blah to deliver his lines. Watch this episode again with commentary for the truth behind the ending and a valuable lesson in filmmaking which is a perfect compliment to Borchardt's film: sometimes destiny takes your film to a place you never expected.

The last of the episodes included is "Fur on the Asphalt", the 30 minute reunion special that served as the transition story from the Fox series, relaunching the IFC film parody format. This special takes Greg and Warren to Vegas, searching for Count Blah on a mission to resurrect the series, meanwhile parodying Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Rain Man, Shawshank Redemption, Casino, and IFC's celebrity dinner show "Table for 5". Lots of guest appearances in this special including GTB Fox cast members Sarah Silverman, Seth Green, and Bob Gunton! Also Jon Favreau, Adam Goldberg, Martha Plimpton, Lou Ferrigno, and Clint Howard, yes CLINT HOWARD! All those guest stars are great, but the best part is seeing Warren at the tables. Filmed at a real casino, Warren has the fever and with Gregs help they become high rollers!

This DVD is also CRAMMED with Bonus Materials: Webisodes (Learn something new about Pal Friendlies past!); Gag reel (these puppets are disturbingly promiscuous); Deleted scenes; commentary by cast and creators; behind-the-scenes clips and photos; Plush's first music video; and the UNCUT "Supper with Friends" is incrediblly funny. But the crown of gems on the extras page are the NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN clips from Junktape, the original public-access show on which Greg was introduced. Seeing the original Greg puppet out on the streets of NYC interacting with the public is something many of us die hard GTB fans have only seen snippets of on the internet before now... if at all!

I also found some easter eggs, and I'll just say, they're worth hunting for!

I obviously love this DVD and highly suggest you pick one up. A must-have for any GTB fan or film geek! I only hope that someday they release ALL of the GTB IFC episodes. I want a BOXED SET!

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't stop laughing..., August 5, 2008

By	R. Starr "Lonestarr" (Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just got this for myself and can not stop laughing. If you like "push the envelope" humor and are not easily offended this is for you. I find myself thinking about certain aspects of the special features and wondering where these guys come up with these things. My favorite character is Pal Friendlies. I can't wait to see his buddy film with Alf and Will Smith, as long as you bring the Will Smith.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Oversteps the boundaries of good taste, February 18, 2009

By	Genevieve Hayes (Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"The Passion of Greg the Bunny" is the second and (presumably) final volume of Greg the Bunny film parodies (not to be confused with the half-hour, Fox "Greg the Bunny" TV series, starring Seth Green and Sarah Silverman). Each of the parodies is approximately 10 minutes in length, and as with Volume One of the parodies, they are very uneven in quality. There are six parodies in total: Wumpus the Monster (Monster), Sockville (Dogville), Blue Velveteen (Blue Velvet), Plush: Behind the Seams (Behind the Music), Wacky Wednesday (Freaky Friday) and The Passion of the Easter Bunny (The Passion of the Christ). Some of the parodies are very funny, such as "Blue Velveteen" and "Sockville", but "Plush: Behind the Seams" is so boring that I had difficulty sitting through the whole 10 minutes, and "The Passion of the Easter Bunny" is downright offensive. I understand that Greg the Bunny is notorious for its offensive content, but having Greg the Bunny parodying Jesus really is overstepping the boundaries of good taste...by about 25 steps.

In addition to these parodies, this disc also contains a number of special features, the most notable being "Fur on the Asphalt", the half-hour "Greg the Bunny" reunion special (with appearances by Seth Green, Sarah Silverman and Bob Gunton, but not Eugene Levy), which, in spite of its cast, is closer in style to the parodies than to the Fox show. It is essentially a number of parodies strung together.

It seems that people either have a strong preference for the "Greg the Bunny" parodies or for the Fox series. If you're one of the parody fans, then this is definitely worth your while. If, on the other hand, you preferred the Fox series to Volume One of the parodies, then perhaps you should rent this first before you buy it.