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TV Funhouse
Genre	Animated television series
Creator(s)	Robert Smigel
Starring	Doug Dale Robert Smigel Jon Glaser Dino Stamatopoulos David Juskow Tommy Blacha Frank Simms
Theme music composer	Steven Gold
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert Smigel Dino Stamatopoulos Lou Wallach
Running time	ca. 25 Min
Broadcast
Original channel	Comedy Central
Picture format	NTSC 480i
Audio format	Monaural
Original run	December 6, 2000 – January 24, 2001
Chronology
Related shows	Saturday Night Live
Links
Official website
IMDb profile

TV Funhouse is the title of a recurring skit on NBC's Saturday Night Live featuring cartoons created by longtime SNL writer Robert Smigel, as well as a short-lived spinoff series that ran on Comedy Central. The spinoff series was somewhat of a twisted Pee-Wee's Playhouse-style kiddie show, hosted by Doug Dale and his "Anipals" puppet animal friends, including Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. Every episode had a different theme to it (e.g., "Hawaiian Day" or "Astronaut Day") and saw the Anipals usually getting into some sort of trouble, not wanting to do whatever their happy-go-lucky host had in mind for the day. TV Funhouse frequently satirizes public figures and corporations. In between the host segments, they would show either parodies of 1950s educational films or cartoons most frequently drawn in the flat, low-budget style of Saturday morning Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the 1970s and 80s. 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Recurring SNL TV Funhouse skits

• The X Presidents – features former US Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush as crime-fighting superheroes, imbued with superpowers by a "hurricane-powered dose of radiation" received at a celebrity golf tournament. Each of their wives is a member as well. Richard Nixon and other presidents departed in 2000 and 2001 appear. Bill Clinton, despite his status as a living former president, is not a member since he did not receive the hurricane-powered dose of radiation. In one episode, Clinton is shown unsuccessfully attempting to establish himself with the cabal. The X Presidents has been adapted to comic books by Random House Comics. Reagan himself is no longer a member of the X Presidents but does appear as an Ex-X President. With Ford's death in late 2006, it is apparent that he too is now an Ex-X President.

• The Ambiguously Gay Duo – the vaguely effeminate superheroes Ace and Gary (performed by Stephen Colbert, and Steve Carell respectively). All the shorts were re-written from The Dana Carvey Show.

• The New Adventures of Mr. T – a parody of the Ruby-Spears animated series, The Adventures of Mr. T, depicting the former A-Team star, as desperate to find work, aggressively auditioning for unlikely parts in classical theatre, and tampon commercials.

• The Michael Jackson Show – a parody of typical Hanna-Barbera productions, highlighting the misadventures of Michael Jackson and his odd friends. Including in this rag-tag crew are an aged Emmanuel Lewis, an anthropomorphic llama, and the living skeleton of Joseph Merrick (The Elephant Man).

• "Fun With Real Audio" – are segments with recordings taken of actual events (e.g. presidential debates and celebrity interviews), re-arranged for comedic effect, and set against a backdrop of outrageous animation.

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Disney parodies

One of the animated shows for Saturday Night Live, entitled Titey, pokes fun at the glaring revisionism some accuse the Walt Disney Company of crafting. The skit imagines a Disney version of the anthropomorphic Titanic, with Napoleon and Anne Frank as characters, having the ship victorious over the iceberg which sunk the real Titanic. Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Annelies Marie Anne Frank (June 12, 1929 – beginning of March, 1945) was a European Jewish girl (born in Germany, stateless since 1941, but she claimed to be Dutch as she grew up in the Netherlands) who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam...

The 10 February 2001 episode, Ray of Light parodies the controversy over Ray Lewis's involvement in an Atlanta homicide. Although Lewis went on to become the Super Bowl XXXV MVP, he was unable to utter the famous line, "I'm going to Disney World." The skit was involved with Disney "making it up" to Lewis by placing him in various Disney animated movies. Lewis would often be shown fleeing the scene of a dead Disney character. Ray Anthony Lewis (born May 15, 1975 in Bartow, Florida) is an American football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. He was the first linebacker to win Super Bowl MVP since 1971. ... Date January 28, 2001 Stadium Raymond James Stadium City Tampa, Florida MVP Ray Lewis, Linebacker Favorite Ravens by 3 National anthem Backstreet Boys Coin toss Marcus Allen, Ottis Anderson, Tom Flores, Bill Parcells Referee Gerald Austin Halftime show Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Nelly, Mary J. Blige and *NSYNC Attendance 71,921... The Super Bowl MVP, or Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, is an award given at the conclusion of the Super Bowl, the National Football Leagues championship game, to the player deemed to have made the most significant positive impact on the outcome of the game. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, three water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... This is a list of theatrical animated feature films produced and/or released by Walt Disney Productions/The Walt Disney Company: // Official canon (Walt Disney Animated Classics) The following is a list of the forty-eight feature films part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) canon, also known as... This list does not count characters in Pixar or other computer-animated films, but includes those from the comics, theme parks, animated films, and animated series. ...

Bambi 2002, another poke at Disney, imagines a sequel to the original movie where Bambi's mother turns up alive. The title character fights stylized terrorist types and performs a rap music number in the forest. Also in the sketch are moments involving some of Disney's darker issues as well as pornographic humour. This article is about the 1942 Walt Disney film. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ...

On 15 April 2006, Smigel again parodied Disney's practice of supposedly "vaulting" their films, and urban legends of alleged racism and anti-Semitism. This segment briefly circulated on YouTube until 17 April 2006 when all were removed due to copyright claims. April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... An urban legend or urban myth is a kind of modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ...

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NBC special

On April 29, 2006, NBC aired a full-length, 90-minute SNL "best of" special for TV Funhouse. The special, was hosted by The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Ace and Gary with a cameo from Jimmy Fallon.[1] Because animations were created in fullscreen rather than widescreen, and the need to animate Ace and Gary over live action segments, the special was the only episode of the season not broadcast in high-definition. April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Full screen is a term used to describe a video release of a widescreen film which has subsequently been altered in order to create a 4:3 aspect ratio, rather than maintain the original theatrical aspect ratio through the use of letterboxing with black bars at the top and bottom... The inner box (green) is the format used in most pre-1952 films and pre-widescreen television. ... Projection screen in a home theater, displaying a high-definition television image. ...

The special was released on DVD October 24, 2006.

Comedy Central series

• 1- 1 101 6 Dec 00 Western Day
• 1- 2 102 13 Dec 00 Hawaiian Day
• 1- 3 103 20 Dec 00 Christmas Episode
• 1- 4 104 27 Dec 00 Mexicans Day
• 1- 5 106 3 Jan 01 New Year's Resolutions
• 1- 6 105 10 Jan 01 Safari Day
• 1- 7 108 17 Jan 01 Astronaut Day
• 1- 8 107 24 Jan 01 Chinese New Year's Day

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See also

• List of SNL TV Funhouse

Main article: TV Funhouse ...

External links

• Saturday Night Live