0ur opinion:Description:Uncut, uncensored and unrelenting, Greg the Bunny stars Seth Green and Eugene Levy and is rude, crude, and stuffed with attitude. TV wasn’t ready for him. Are you? The complete series on DVD includes two never aired episodes and much more. Puppets are people too!
:Cheers to Fox for even putting
Greg the Bunny on the air, and jeers to Fox for yanking it after a mere season (an ignominious fate it shared with
The Ben Stiller Show and
Andy Richter Controls the Universe). Ripe for discovery, this cult-worthy 2OO2 series took its cue from
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and anticipated the subversive Tony Award-winning Muppet spoof
Avenue Q by imagining a world in which puppets (or, to be more PC: 'fabricated Americans') live amongst humans. Greg, a sweet-natured bunny, lives with his best friend Jimmy (Seth Green), a slacker whose father, Gil (the inestimable Eugene Levy), is the director of the 'struggling,' 'low-rated' children's show
Sweetknuckle Junction. Greg prevails upon Jimmy to get him a job on the show, but Greg inadvertently finds himself replacing the star. the washed-up Rochester Rabbit. Jimmy signs on as the production assistant to watch over Greg, and to pursue the icy network executive, Alison (comedy siren Sarah Silverman). Rounding out the human cast is gun nut Junction Jack (Bob Gunton) and ditzy, puppet-loving (and we mean that literally) Dottie (Dina Walters).
The puppet ensemble is no less impressive than the 'fleshies.' There's Count Blah, a vampire with a
Sesame Street complex and a penchant for punctuating his sentences with 'blah'; Warren 'Professor Ape' Demontague, a soused monkey with thespian pretensions (and an ongoing feud with neighbor Corey Feldman); Tardy Turtle, an appellation which, unfortunately, does not just refer to his lack of speed, and Susan, a monster who makes Janet Reno look like Salma Hayek. Profanity and crude behavior emanating from puppets is certainly good for some easy laughs (prepare for the worst when adorable laundry icon Snuggles enters a bathroom stall in the episode 'Father & Son Reunion'). But
Greg the Bunny plays it smart as well, with sly in-jokes and movie references (catch the
King Kong homage when an enraged Demontague jumps on Gil's shoulders in 'Blah Bawls'). The show only got better and funnier as its lone season unfolded, making its cancellation that much more keenly felt. A
Family Guy-type resurrection seems unlikely, but what about a Count Blah spinoff? Until then, this features-stuffed two-disc set, complete with clips from Greg's humble public-access beginnings, cast and in-character commentaries, behind-the-scenes segments, and a new Tardy featurette, will really sock it to you.
--Donald Liebenson
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* l heart Greg the Bunny ...
Thank you, Dan Milano! This blending of fabricated Americans and fleshies have given me hours of joy and laughter. Love you and love your show. "Wait for Tardy!"
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Wonderfully well-produced
Plenty's been said here about the excellent show here, but the DVD producers aren't getting enough credit. Greg the Bunny narrates his own DVD menus with a series of monologues that perfectly fit the mood of the series. Plenty of extras/deleted scenes. Plenty of director commentaries, including a commentary on the lengthy deleted scenes. The only downside is that the producers, writers, etc are all a touch more boring than some.
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HlLARl0US!!!
This is hilarious! l still don't understand why it only ran for one season. l hear rumors of a come back... l sure hope so!
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* hassle free ...
While there is always a chance things can go wrong this transaction like the vast majority was as uneventful as it should have been.
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hilarious, blah.
0ne of the great one season wonders in tv history this show is as good the fifth time you watch the episodes as the first. The extras left me a little disappointed but the show is just so original and funny it doesn't matter. l got it for 12 bucks with free shipping so the price really cant get any better either.
