Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe Anipals ditch the Funhouse to enter the lucrative, glamorous world of laboratory animal testing, as Doug celebrates Chinese New Year's Day and makes fireworks with a panda.
In this spin-off of the Saturday Night Live TV Funhouse cartoons, happy-go-lucky Doug hosts a children's show in the vein of Pee-wee's Playhouse, wherein he chooses a theme for the day (Caveman Day, Western Day, Spaceman Day, Mexicans Day, etc.) and encourages his puppet friends, the Anipals, to participate. Of course, the depraved felt animals are far more interested in other activities, including going to a cockfight, visiting a bordello, becoming lab tests, and even getting (literally) high on Christmas cheer!
Writing
Smigel's brain should be in a museum.
Practical Effects
Puppets doing crimes you'll never unsee.
Direction
Adult Swim before Adult Swim existed.
Creators
Dana Carvey, Robert Smigel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
TV Funhouse predates Adult Swim by a year and essentially blueprinted its whole aesthetic — filthy animation for insomniacs who grew up on Saturday morning cartoons.
Robert Smigel created this after years of SNL's 'TV Funhouse' cartoons got rejected by networks; Comedy Central finally said yes and immediately regretted the ratings.
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