Product Details

• Actors: Doug Dale, Robert Smigel, Dino Stamatopoulos, Jon Glaser, Tommy Blacha
• Directors: Tom Warburton
• Writers: Robert Smigel
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Comedy Central
• DVD Release Date: July 22, 2008
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0014FAIWU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,269 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Comedy Central's TV Funhouse" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

Product Description

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete - What Else is Missing?, August 2, 2008

By	dinosaurbob (dinoworld) - See all my reviews

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wish it was still on, April 21, 2009

By	Cole Monster - See all my reviews

Tv funhouse was my favorite show when it was on and I really miss it. I have no idea why it was cancelled but i wish comedy central would put it back on. The christmas episode is my favorite with the vegas trip not far behind. There are some great cartoons as well like Wonderman and Oprahs boyfriend Steadman. Hillarious show that ended long before it was time. Dont miss this!

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars took long enough!, July 19, 2008

By	Craze Master Craze "N-E-W JERZ!*!*!*!" (Lambertville, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

- test subject monkey: "i have eight watches, none of them are fake!"
- terrorist bunny: "they will not help you this time, my friend!"

best-line-ever!