People keep asking me about the insane Christmas animated shorts that aired on MadTV. If you haven't seen them, you're missing something.
Raging Rudolph
The Reinfather
A Pack of Gifts Now--this is my favorite!! Rudolph plays Martin Sheen's character in Apocalypse Now, with Hermey as Dennis Hopper's reporter and bald Santa as Brando. "The Ho-Ho-Horror." THIS is why I love Christmas TV.
These shorts were animated in stop-motion by Corky Quakenbush--check out his site: Space Bass Films. These animated shorts are certainly worth owning.
Among other things, he also animated the intro to Denis Leary's Merry F#$%in' Christmas Special which will air at 3 am (EST) on Comedy Central, Dec. 25th and at 2: 30 am (EST) Dec. 26th.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas Special
It's that time of year again! Prepare yourself for the purposefully offensive yet funny holiday celebration from the foul-mouthed, chain-smoking, actor/comic Denis Leary.
SET YOUR DVRs: Saturday, Dec. 5th at 2:30 am (EST) on Comedy Central.
I mention this special in several places in the book. This is where you can see the animated parody of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' twisted into "It's Jihad, Farley Towne." A radical muslim Linus takes the unhappy Charlie Brown...er, uh...Farley Towne under his influence and persuades him to express his newfound radicalism by bombing the children's Christmas pageant. Believe me, it just gets crazier from there.
It's Jihad, Farley Towne
This TV special also spoofs the movie Super Size Me and the reality series 30 Days with filmmaker Morgan Spurlock himself attempting to watch the 1988 made-for-TV movie A Very Brady Christmas twice a day for 30 days straight. And a parody of the old beer commercials with Billy Dee Williams shilling for "Colt 45D" a malt liquor that is also a cold medicine.
Pay close attention to the opening segment's stop-motion animation. This segment was created by animator Corky Quakenbush--the same creator behind MadTV's legendary Raging Rudolph, The Reinfather and A Pack of Gifts Now.
More about this special can be read in my book on pages 67 and 85-86. Did I mention it features guest stars Carmen Electra and William Shatner as well? Don't miss it.
SET YOUR DVRs: Saturday, Dec. 5th at 2:30 am (EST) on Comedy Central.
I mention this special in several places in the book. This is where you can see the animated parody of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' twisted into "It's Jihad, Farley Towne." A radical muslim Linus takes the unhappy Charlie Brown...er, uh...Farley Towne under his influence and persuades him to express his newfound radicalism by bombing the children's Christmas pageant. Believe me, it just gets crazier from there.
It's Jihad, Farley Towne
This TV special also spoofs the movie Super Size Me and the reality series 30 Days with filmmaker Morgan Spurlock himself attempting to watch the 1988 made-for-TV movie A Very Brady Christmas twice a day for 30 days straight. And a parody of the old beer commercials with Billy Dee Williams shilling for "Colt 45D" a malt liquor that is also a cold medicine.
Pay close attention to the opening segment's stop-motion animation. This segment was created by animator Corky Quakenbush--the same creator behind MadTV's legendary Raging Rudolph, The Reinfather and A Pack of Gifts Now.
More about this special can be read in my book on pages 67 and 85-86. Did I mention it features guest stars Carmen Electra and William Shatner as well? Don't miss it.
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