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Take the stop-motion animated toy action of Kablam! and the pell-mell-paced gag barrage of, say, Laugh-In and you've got the fast and furiously funny Robot Chicken, the addictive addition to Comedy Central's Adult Swim late-night lineup. Co-created by geek-God Seth Green and filmmaker Matthew Senreich, Robot Chicken episodes run a scant 12 minutes or so, which invites repeat viewings to catch what you missed during the channel-flipping mayhem through TV, movie, and commercial parodies, and non-sequitur blackouts, all acted out by dolls and action figures. To truly appreciate this series, it helps to have a Family Guy grasp on pop-culture trivia, although you need not remember the failed TV series Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place to enjoy "Two Kirks (Admiral James T. and Cameron), a Khan and a Pizza Place." Suffice to say, if you grew up with the Transformers, Voltron, He-Man, and the Care Bears, you'll cackle loudly at Robot Chicken. Each episode is hit and miss, with moments that border on mad genius, such as The Diary of Anne Frank re-imagined as a vehicle for Hilary Duff, or a sketch involving the Tooth Fairy and a little boy whose happiness is short-lived as his parents brutally bicker off camera. It may just live up to its billing as "the darkest sketch in television history."
Other moments to remember: actress Rachael Leigh Cook (voiced by herself) gets carried away during a "This is your brain on heroin" PSA; the shape-shifting superhero adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; a popsicle-stick adaptation of Debbie Does Dallas; and a Behind the Music devoted to Muppet house band the Electric Mayhem. Robot Chicken's coolness cache extends to its voice cast, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, Mark Hamill, and Macauley Culkin. This two-disc set hatches a wealth of archival goodies, including deleted scenes and "animatics," behind-the-scenes footage of animation meetings, and alternate audio takes. Robot Chicken is a fowl ball! --Donald Liebenson
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Old-school stop-motion animation and fast-paced satire are the hallmarks of this eclectic show created by Seth Green and Matt Senreich. Action figures find new life as players in frenetic sketch-comedy vignettes that skewer TV, movies, music and celebrity. It's television especially formulated for the Attention Deficit Disorder generation. DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Audio Commentary:On all episodes by creators Seth Green and Matt Senreich.
Comparison Scenes:FX/Wire to Animation Comparisons & Animatic to Episode Comparisons
Deleted Scenes:Includes deleted animatics and scenes from 4 episodes.
Featurette:Behind the scenes of Robot Chicken with the cast and crew.
Gag Reel:Pee Gag Reel.
Other:See the Animation Meetings for three episodes.
Outtakes:Includes alternate audio takes from cast and guest stars.
Photo gallery
Audio Commentary
Audio Commentary:On all episodes by creators Seth Green and Matt Senreich.
Comparison Scenes:FX/Wire to Animation Comparisons & Animatic to Episode Comparisons
Deleted Scenes:Includes deleted animatics and scenes from 4 episodes.
Featurette:Behind the scenes of Robot Chicken with the cast and crew.
Gag Reel:Pee Gag Reel.
Other:See the Animation Meetings for three episodes.
Outtakes:Includes alternate audio takes from cast and guest stars.
Photo gallery
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Chris Sharp
Format:DVD
Robot Chicken,the brian child of family guy voice actor Seth Green is a stop animation serries that mocks everything and anything under the sun.You will not find another serries that has sekeltor farting in a car with his fellow super villans or will you see the pure insanity of grown men playing with dolls. Robot chicken is part of Cartoon networks Adult Swim lineup and runs around 11 mins per show. This is deffinalty for the more mature and twisted crowd (as is almost all the adult swim shows.
This DVD will not disapoint and is worth the hard earned money.This 2 disk set contains the first season of this show. A must have.
This DVD will not disapoint and is worth the hard earned money.This 2 disk set contains the first season of this show. A must have.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By elfdart
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
i enjoy this show. it's funny... i want to say it's like an r rated simpsons, but it's more arbitrary and it mocks things more openly. i'm guaranteed at least one chuckle per episode and though sometimes i feel like one or two skits are trying too hard, for the most part it's a great way to pass the time. i like that a lot of the skits are short (like the flipping of the channels they show in the beginning) because any longer and they'd loose their appeal, so cudos to the writers on that one, and sadly i enjoy that it promotes the short attention span because i like thinking, a lot, but sometimes a break's nice. and finally i like what they mock and i think they do a good job of it.
By Tony Gray
Format:DVD
i love this show bravo and kudos
but i have one prob there is a song in the voltron served bit
thats a techno rap song that i have stuck in my head thats on the dvd version but not on the aired version its not the dmx song does anyone know what it is
it goes
"let me see you work it work it"
but i have one prob there is a song in the voltron served bit
thats a techno rap song that i have stuck in my head thats on the dvd version but not on the aired version its not the dmx song does anyone know what it is
it goes
"let me see you work it work it"
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