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Robert Smigel and Dino Stamatopoulos Open Up Their TV FUNHOUSE to Mr. Beaks!!

TV Funhouse ruled by Sulla	Jul 28th, 2008 09:39:40 PM
I LOVED that show. Gotta pick up the dvd. Hehe "Mice again."
I love TV Funhouse by Kneprock	Jul 28th, 2008 09:48:39 PM
does that make me ambiguously gay?
With all due respect... by fiester	Jul 28th, 2008 09:52:32 PM
LUCKY LOUIE was complete shit and not funny whatsoever. I do, however, quite like TV Funhouse.
Great interview by slowgraffiti	Jul 28th, 2008 10:02:42 PM

It was kinda weird to me as a younger-ish person... by iamnicksaicnsn	Jul 28th, 2008 10:07:26 PM
do you think it would appeal to someone now in their 20s? I've always enjoyed the Triumph stuff (except his cd, it didn't have the charm), but I didn't get the show back when it was on...
Appeals to Me, iamnicksaicnsn by mrbeaks	Jul 28th, 2008 10:33:33 PM
And I'm in my mid-thirties.
I must get this dvd by tbransonlives	Jul 28th, 2008 10:54:13 PM
"The baby the immigrant and the guy on mushrooms" and the mnemonics skit were always my favorites.
Oh forgot by tbransonlives	Jul 28th, 2008 11:13:21 PM
Great interview, one of the best I've read on this site.
True Comedy Legend by dvanhorne	Jul 28th, 2008 11:15:53 PM
Schmigel oozes talent out of every pore. He would make a helluva talk show host. Could you imagine Late Night with Schmiegel following The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. That would be a huge victory for real comedy. Leno and his chin are both annoying as hell.
We need to see the pilot by bilster50	Jul 28th, 2008 11:33:10 PM
Smigel promised to show the funhouse pilot at the show, but they ran out of time. He promised to leak it somewhere for the fans to see it. Can cool news get it on their site. Smigel said it was better than the show itself. it's a bozo clown style sketch.
Porn For Kids! by RenoNevada2000	Jul 29th, 2008 12:20:35 AM
Can't believe you didn't ask about the whole Porn For Kids flap...
Porn For Kids! by RenoNevada2000	Jul 29th, 2008 12:20:37 AM
Can't believe you didn't ask about the whole Porn For Kids flap...
Thanks Beaks by PotSmokinAlien	Jul 29th, 2008 01:05:13 AM
This is the shit I'm talking about.
HBO killed Lucky Louie by therealkumar	Jul 29th, 2008 01:28:20 AM
because of the cocksuckers at Entertainment Weekly
I always thought I was high watching TV Funhouse by ConanBaltar	Jul 29th, 2008 02:32:16 AM
But damn did I love it! I'll never forget that fish character who would lay eggs on shit. And this kid would always throw water on the fish cause it would run out of air.
I'm 28 by BadMrWonka	Jul 29th, 2008 02:47:57 AM
and what appeals to me in terms of what I'll purchase, are things that made me laugh 10 years ago... like farts...
DON'T TOUCH GOULET! by MCVamp	Jul 29th, 2008 07:03:36 AM
Nice, Beaks. I've watched every minute of the TV FUNHOUSE discs and they still entertain me to no end. One of the most surreal shows I've ever seen, and every episode takes me back to very late nights where I kept putting off sleep for another 30 minutes to see what the fuck those puppets were going to do next.
Have already ordered my copy by Drunken Rage	Jul 29th, 2008 07:57:05 AM
"Stedman! Stedman! Not just Oprah's boyfriend! If you cross him you're a dead man! Stedman!" That is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. And as mean-spirited as anything Michael O'Donoghue ever did.
Sorry, Drunken Rage.... by 2for2true	Jul 29th, 2008 10:21:29 AM
Good as TV Funhouse is (and I just bough my copy & watched it all this weekend), it can't even approach O'Donoghue's bite and sarcasm. Go get some of the old Lampoon's 'Best of' stuff and check out Children's Letters to the Gestapo: Dear Herr Hitler - How are you able to fit all those jews into your oven? I can barely fit a small snackcake into mine. Anybody know if Triumph will follow Conan to the Tonight Show?
Gigglesnort Hotel kicks ass by INWOsuxRED	Jul 29th, 2008 10:29:12 AM
I ordered some tapes from the guy who made it and he drew characters all over the FedEx box.
Triumph and Conan by PotSmokinAlien	Jul 29th, 2008 12:20:21 PM
It would be suicide to leave Triumph in the dust when Conan goes to 11:30. He's the most mainstream thing Conan's got going for him, weirdly enough.
TV Funhouse Box Set is incomplete... by Quake II	Jul 29th, 2008 03:04:06 PM
It really pissed me off but I know of at least 1 cartoon that was NOT included in this set. In fact, it was completely edited out of the episode. The Harlem Globetrotters meet Jesus cartoon (the funniest in the series btw) is GONE. The host Doug even introduced it as "Have a look at this" and then...no cartoon. WTF? I have the Christmas episode on VHS taped from Comedy Central and have the uncut episode. Lame.
Quake II by mrbeaks	Jul 29th, 2008 03:48:45 PM
The Globetrotters cartoon belongs to SNL.
mrbeaks...But they showed it on TV Funhouse by Quake II	Jul 29th, 2008 04:49:25 PM
(the Christmas episode). It's just a bummer it was removed from the episode.
It's okay Quake... by MCVamp	Jul 29th, 2008 04:51:54 PM
I made the same rant when it was released last week. Apparently the both of us need to pick up the SNL-Best of TV Funhouse DVD.
WONDERMAN! by INWOsuxRED	Jul 29th, 2008 09:22:55 PM
fights a constant battle to stop crime...and to get his alias laid.
NICE INTERVIEWS. I HOPE YOU LADIES HAD FUN by thegreatwhatzit	Jul 30th, 2008 12:11:43 AM
That's my impersonation of a "bad hombre" from a Gary Cooper movie. I forget the title. This has nothing to do with TV FUNHOUSE. I'm gone. Sorry...
He owes a lot to O'Donoghue by jackofhearts29	Jul 30th, 2008 12:29:29 AM
.. but Smigel is funnier. He has the instinct for the punchline without the neurotic itching to piss everybody off.. his offensiveness feels completely natural, not forced. O'Donoghue was brilliant and he was right for his time though
What a hack! That fucking guy's still doing that shit!? by ironic_name	Jul 30th, 2008 08:38:53 AM

No Mr .Show Questions for Dino? by Aquatarkusman	Jul 31st, 2008 02:53:53 PM
He was, after all, the guy who co-wrote the "Audition" scene, and acted in it ("Kid... you got the goods!")
LUCKY LOUIE by Mace Tofu	Jul 31st, 2008 03:43:31 PM
Picked it up at BIG LOTS for $3 this week. $3! 13 episodes. I would of passed on it at the store but I had read this interview so I thought it was fate this show was in the $3 bin at Big Lots.
Ace and Gary by skani	Jul 31st, 2008 11:47:54 PM
You want funny, I'll give you funny. A gay couple of super heroes with a phallic car. And it goes into mountains and stuff in such a way as to suggest anal sex. Ha! Comedy! Ha!

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