Sometimes controversial but always hilarious, Robert Smigel's "TV Funhouse" cartoons have contained some of Saturday Night Live's most memorable material in recent years. Ace and Gary, "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" (voiced by Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert), host this critically acclaimed collection, which features hits like "X-Presidents," "Saddam and Osama," "The Narrator That Ruined Christmas," "Smurfette," "The New Adventures of Mr. T," "Fun With Real Audio" and more, with appearances by the full cast of SNL. No subject is off limits. Learn what's really inside the Disney vault, what Jewish folks do on Christmas Eve, and what makes Michael Jackson float. As Mr. T would say, "If you believe in yourself, drink your school, stay in drugs, and don't do milk, you can get work!"
Writing
Smigel's specific, vicious satire—no cartoon has been this mean since.
Production
Hand-drawn crudeness that aged better than every CGI comedy since.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
TV Funhouse aired when SNL's live show struggled; these shorts became the reason people stayed up. Smigel essentially built Adult Swim's entire aesthetic before Adult Swim existed.
The real audio clips in 'Fun With Real Audio' were pulled from actual talk radio and court recordings—Smigel fought NBC legal for months to clear some of them.
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