Comedy Central Series
| TV Funhouse | |
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The TV Funhouse Panel at Comic-Con in 2008. L to R: Robert Smigel, Dino Stamatopoulos, Bob Odenkirk and Tommy Blacha with Doug Dale on laptop screen |
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| Also known as | Saturday TV Funhouse |
| Format | Animated television series Sketch comedy |
| Created by | Robert Smigel Dana Carvey |
| 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 |
| Producer(s) | Samantha Scharff Tanya Ryno, for SNL |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Comedy Central |
| Picture format | NTSC 480i |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | December 6, 2000 (2000-12-06) – January 24, 2001 (2001-01-24) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Saturday Night Live |
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| Website | |
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. 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. The Comedy Central version of TV Funhouse premiered in December 2000 and was not picked up for a second season. Interviews with Smigel indicate that Comedy Central believed in the show but was disappointed in how it went over budget every episode. Smigel has also expressed how difficult the show was and how tedious the puppet-live animal segments were to shoot. The show was released on DVD July 22, 2008 under the title Comedy Central's TV Funhouse.
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