Robert Smigel plays Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Clinton on “Late Night With Conan O’Brian.” He is the alter ego of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. And he is the mastermind behind the “Saturday TV Funhouse” shorts that have peppered “Saturday Night Live” over the past several years. Robert Smigel is a genius.
SNL: Best of Saturday TV Funhouse provides loads of new footage featuring the Ambiguously Gay Duo interacting with most of “Saturday Night Live’s” players from last season. (The pair have apparently developed over the years an unsavory fascination with departed cast member Jimmy Fallon.)
The show also features all or part of no fewer than 25 classic segments:
* 1 “Are You Hot? For Cartoons!”;
* 2 “The Ambiguously Gay Duo Vs. The Ice Creature”;
* 3 “Saddam & Osama” (featuring a promo for “Batman Vs. The Jews”);
* 4 “Bambi 2002” ;
* 5 “Sexual Harassment and You”;
* 6 “Fun With Real Audio: Tom Snyder stalks Dolly Parton”;
* 7 “The All New Adventures of Mr. T”
(“I’m back!” declares the title character. “And I need work!”);
* 8 “The Narrator That Ruined Christmas”
(The snowman from “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” visits Ground Zero. );
* 9 “Fun With Real Audio: Jesus on the Loose”;
* 10 “The Peanuts Gang Discovers Its Superpower”;
* 11 “Michael Jackson” (One of the best: A chimp, a llama and the elephant man’s skeleton serve as Jackson’s sidekicks as the king of pop is tempted by the scent of a boy set on a windowsill to cool. And there’s a pair of special eyeglasses that makes Tara Reid and Lindsay Lohan look like Webster.);
* 12 “Journey to The Disney Vault”;
* 13 “The Smurfette Show”;
* 14 “X-Presidents Vs. The Constitution”;
* 15 “Fun With Real Audio: Repurposed Speeches”;
* 16 “Christmastime For The Jews.” (Darlene Love celebrates the yearly exodus of gentiles from Manhattan.);
* 17 “Safety Tips From the Ambiguously Gay Duo.”;
* 18 “Divertor” (Genius satire about a superhero who distracts the media from an enormous deficit by making celebrities commit bizarre acts.);
* 19 “Fun With Real Audio: Survivor Roundtable”;
* 20 “Find the Black People At The Knick Game”;
* 21 “A Belated Black History Moment.” (Dennis Haysbert remembers pioneering cartoons “The Hoke and Daisy Show” and “Ladysmith Black Mambazo in Outer Space.”);
* 22 “Heteroy: A Christian Coalition Cartoon” (featuring a promo for the “Cele-Bots”!);
* 23 “Shazzang!” (A jolly but demented genie maims and mutilates his masters’ enemies);
* 24 “Anatominals!” (Lorne Michaels rethinks his deal with Satan.);
* 25 “FCC” (Naked cartoon characters get their genitals blurred).
As a bonus, there’s a live-action Smigel short titled “Wheaty The Wheatan Terrier,” starring Stephen Colbert. It’s a Lassie parody employing what appears to be a lot of home movie footage.
SUPERCOOL EXTRA #1: audio commentary by Smigel, Ace & Gary alter egos Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert, Al Franken, James Carville, the real Bryant Gumbel and the real Mr. T!!
SUPERCOOL EXTRA #2: More than an hour of bonus cartoons, including some never before seen!
It’s only $13.99!!
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