
JUST KIDDING TV Funhouse looks like children's TV, but there's a more adult sensibility at play beneath the surface
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DVD Release Date: Jul 22, 2008
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After the success of Saturday Night Live's ''TV Funhouse'' segments, Robert Smigel hatched this short-lived, off-color variety show, which approximates Pee-wee's Playhouse minus all good vibes. The conceit: Host Doug Dale gamely introduces each episode's theme, then his foulmouthed ''anipals'' abandon him for, say, a cockfight or a brothel. Onslaughts of scatological and sexual humor follow. Pitch-perfect cartoon parodies like ''Fetal Scooby-Doo'' and ''Wonderman'' might attract tykes, but beware: Even the EXTRAS blue episode commentaries and outtakes are strictly adults-only fare. B
Posted Jul 18, 2008
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