TV Funhouse

2000

Seasons & Episodes

  • 1

7.9| 0h30m| TV-MA| en
Synopsis

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 Centrals 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.

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Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
eskovan1 Those who didn't like or didn't 'get' this show simply suffered from a lack of imagination. They didn't like it for the same reason they don't like The Simpsons or, even more so, South Park.People see a cartoon or a puppet show and a switch in their brain closes. There are only certain things they expect from a cartoon character or puppet and they are incapable of accepting anything else.And the vulgarity of TV Funhouse (or South Park) seems so out of place in a puppet show (or cartoon) that they think that's all there is to the humor. Cartoon kids or puppets getting bleeped saying f---.And if that was all there was to the humor these shows wouldn't be funny. But its not all there was. The scripts for TV Funhouse were very well written, intelligent, complex and witty, and actually gave the puppet characters somewhat realistic personalities.The scripts were also, however, extremely warped, twisted and dark. And that's the other problem. Some people not only can't accept these kind of things coming from a traditionally kid's form of entertainment, they just refuse to accept the idea that humor can come from these things at all! When in fact, this is where the best laughs almost always come from. And TV Funhouse was no exception.So if your idea of humor stops at a drunken Lucy slurring, "Veta-viga-vega" a hundred times over and over then no, TV Funhouse is definitely not for you.But if you're not put off by a little (or a lot of) vulgarity and appreciate original, very politically incorrect satire then check out TV Funhouse. You won't be disappointed.
david_hands_of_fate No doubt canceled because of what must have been an avalanche of lawsuits, this show strove to offend everyone. The most shocking thing about this show really was that Comedy Central let it be killed. It was truly awesome. Robert Smigel is a vicious satirist in the tradition of Monty Python. Like Monty Python, much of his satire goes unnoticed, or people just don't see the irony in it. What few episodes were made are funny enough to make you wet your pants.
mythicfox First off, this show is fantastic, if you can appreciate the humor. Comedy Central puts out shows that try to be a lot funnier than they are... Sports Night is a perfect example. TV Funhouse is intended for people who grew up on gross cartoons like Ren and Stimpy, and are looking for an adult cartoon of that same flavor (since none of the current Ren and Stimpy knock-offs on Cartoon Network even come close). I've been searching for a show like that for years, and TV Funhouse really does the trick... my only complaint is that the host, Doug, just really bites. Typical Comedy Central Original Series trash (I don't count South Park as a Comedy Central Original Series, as it wasn't created by them). The rest is great, though.
athomas1 If you are sitting at home with your young son or daughter and happen to land on this show while changing channels, dont stop!! This is not for them!! Aside from that warning, this show is hilarious!! The plot of the show revolves around the Anipals and their wacky adventures absent of the shows host Doug, who stays back at the house and has adventures of his own. I recommend taping this show on video or TIVO so you can go back and catch the little things that you may have missed.