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funniest parts and why this show is great

posted 18 years ago by nunojason
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I have all 8 episodes that I burned to a DVD and I have been re-watching them all. I gotta say this show gets BETTER and FUNNIER the more times you watch it.I adore this slice of gold. The funniest stuff off the top of my mind is Rocky the fish taking the kids on a trip to the cookie factory and saying "Be careful, it's very hot" no matter if the kids were handling cookie dough or a mound of butter and "Take as much as you can" as the kids were testing out the cookies.

Of course, when Hojo the turtle whips out his massive schlong at the sauna gets me everytime. I honestly was not expecting that the first time I watched it.

Mr. Bo (The chocolate Lab) travelling the pipes

THe Christmas episode where the hung-over puppet sheep had to play Santa Claus and the "kids" were puppies, kittens, and baby goats and the way they scamper off when the sheep hallucinates and tries eating the "green grass" kitten.

This show always succeeded in it's hilarity because of it's perfect balance of absurdness, grossness, sweetness, and vulagarity. THe similar show "Wonder Showzen" fails because it is too abrasive and is too over the top. Nothing there to offset the vulgarity.

Tv Funhouse is probablly the funniest thing ever seen on television.

[–] wlmmn 18 years ago

I have an episode still recorded on VHS; I think it's the one where the Anipals decide to get rich off of selling themselves to animal testing. The line "We're going to kill John Ritter!" has a much different tone now that he died shortly after this, but it's still hilarious in context.

[–] zootdingo 18 years ago

The JoKamel sketch always cracked me up. Using a very phallic-looking, Pokemonish Joe Camel with his "magic cigarettes" as a way to get around the laws that cigarette ads couldn't be geared toward minors. That was hilarious!

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[–] costasurf 18 years ago

one the funniest parts, when the anipals were taking spinal fliud and going on the town with "Hazy Shade of Winter" playing in the background.

[–] Astrolupine 9 years ago

Just marathoned the show and I'm trying to list as many as I can before I forget:

All the 'Mnemonics: Your Dear, Dear Friend' segments

Chickie's son getting lit on fire by the smoked spinal fluid.

Hojo whipping out his penis in the sauna.

Already listed, but when everybody goes down the pipes to the tune of limited animation.

The governor shooting back in the Policeman's Day skit.

Triumph and the poodle prostitute getting thrown out of the hotel balcony.

"I-HAVE-EIGHT-WATCHES. NONE-OF-THEM-ARE-FAKE."

The lobster Ani-pal (forgot his name) humping a cooked lobster in his apartment.

The exploding panda... and Doug's reaction right after.

And Doug getting drunk with the Puerto Rican delivery guy.

There's probably tons more I'm forgetting, but those listed are absolute winners to me.

"DO NOT WRECK THIS GIGANTIC DOOM."

[–] Wicked_Genius 9 years ago

I have them on DVD and just rewatched them again. STILL FUNNY!

Wonderman telling the ladies to be on the lookout for Henry Moore due to his Herculean physique, roguish good looks and colossal package.

The Black Sabbath cartoon.

Chickie's two kids. The nerdy one say to Chickie when Chickie is holding the bag of fluid, "liquid, yeah..." and the other one who gets caught jerking off

Hank the Lobster: "Regis Regis Regis, what a whore" and "modeling? Sounds gay"