Robot Chicken, Season 1
starring: Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Tom Root, Chad Morgan
directed by: Seth Green, Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Matthew Senreich
directed by: Seth Green, Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Matthew Senreich
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Studio: Turner Hm EntertainmRelease Date: 11/14/2006Rating: Nr
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Take the stop-motion animated toy action of Kablam! and the pell-mell-paced gag barrage of, say, Laugh-In and you've got the fast and furiously funny Robot Chicken, the addictive addition to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night lineup. Co-created by geek-God Seth Green and filmmaker Matthew Senreich, Robot Chicken episodes run a scant 12 minutes or so, which invites repeat viewings to catch what you missed during the channel-flipping mayhem through TV, movie, and commercial parodies, and non-sequitur blackouts, all acted out by dolls and action figures. To truly appreciate this series, it helps to have a Family Guy grasp on pop-culture trivia, although you need not remember the failed TV series Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place to enjoy "Two Kirks (Admiral James T. and Cameron), a Khan and a Pizza Place." Suffice to say, if you grew up with the Transformers, Voltron, He-Man, and the Care Bears, you'll cackle loudly at Robot Chicken. Each episode is hit and miss, with moments that border on mad genius, such as The Diary of Anne Frank re-imagined as a vehicle for Hilary Duff, or a sketch involving the Tooth Fairy and a little boy whose happiness is short-lived as his parents brutally bicker off camera. It may just live up to its billing as "the darkest sketch in television history."
Other moments to remember: actress Rachael Leigh Cook (voiced by herself) gets carried away during a "This is your brain on heroin" PSA; the shape-shifting superhero adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; a popsicle-stick adaptation of Debbie Does Dallas; and a Behind the Music devoted to Muppet house band the Electric Mayhem. Robot Chicken's coolness cache extends to its voice cast, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, Mark Hamill, and Macauley Culkin. This two-disc set hatches a wealth of archival goodies, including deleted scenes and "animatics," behind-the-scenes footage of animation meetings, and alternate audio takes. Robot Chicken is a fowl ball! --Donald Liebenson
Studio: Turner Hm EntertainmRelease Date: 11/14/2006Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
Take the stop-motion animated toy action of Kablam! and the pell-mell-paced gag barrage of, say, Laugh-In and you've got the fast and furiously funny Robot Chicken, the addictive addition to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night lineup. Co-created by geek-God Seth Green and filmmaker Matthew Senreich, Robot Chicken episodes run a scant 12 minutes or so, which invites repeat viewings to catch what you missed during the channel-flipping mayhem through TV, movie, and commercial parodies, and non-sequitur blackouts, all acted out by dolls and action figures. To truly appreciate this series, it helps to have a Family Guy grasp on pop-culture trivia, although you need not remember the failed TV series Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place to enjoy "Two Kirks (Admiral James T. and Cameron), a Khan and a Pizza Place." Suffice to say, if you grew up with the Transformers, Voltron, He-Man, and the Care Bears, you'll cackle loudly at Robot Chicken. Each episode is hit and miss, with moments that border on mad genius, such as The Diary of Anne Frank re-imagined as a vehicle for Hilary Duff, or a sketch involving the Tooth Fairy and a little boy whose happiness is short-lived as his parents brutally bicker off camera. It may just live up to its billing as "the darkest sketch in television history."
Other moments to remember: actress Rachael Leigh Cook (voiced by herself) gets carried away during a "This is your brain on heroin" PSA; the shape-shifting superhero adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; a popsicle-stick adaptation of Debbie Does Dallas; and a Behind the Music devoted to Muppet house band the Electric Mayhem. Robot Chicken's coolness cache extends to its voice cast, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, Mark Hamill, and Macauley Culkin. This two-disc set hatches a wealth of archival goodies, including deleted scenes and "animatics," behind-the-scenes footage of animation meetings, and alternate audio takes. Robot Chicken is a fowl ball! --Donald Liebenson
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- Some funny stuff...
Robot Chicken is a different show that is much welcomed. It has lots of ideas and they attack lots of different subjects with their stop motion antics.
The only minor problem is that because of the young age of its creators
their material is often geared at young adults. Yes they do touch subjects
that older people will reckonize and enjoy. Bottom line, if they expand
their reach, their audience will also expand. Good creativity.
Enjoy
Rating: 
- Assenting Review ~6 Stars ******~
Robot Chicken, Season 1 is funny. I like it a lot. That's all I have to say. The End. Well, and the review below this one sux.
Below is information I included to be helpful to your in your purchasing decision.
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Product Description
Old-school stop-motion animation and fast-paced satire are the hallmarks of this eclectic show created by Seth Green and Matt Senreich. Action figures find new life as players ... Read More
Rating: 
- Dissenting Review: The Decline and Fall of TV
Robot Chicken is not, as an Amazon review says, a mixture of Laugh In and KaBlam!. It would be if someone other than Seth Green had made it, but those shows, to their eternal credit, were PG rated, and Robot Chicken is not. Any truly creative souls can work within the limits and boundaries of a G or PG rating. Look at Lucille Ball. Robot Chicken is the latest in the decline and fall of Cartoon network and Adult Swim. What began as very creative, post-modern humor, with Williams Street and Space Ghost, ... Read More
Rating: - Awesome show!
This show is an ingenius and hilarious collection of skits that parody pop culture of recent and many years before with excellent stop-motion animation and clay animation done by action figures and puppets. It is created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich as it brings toys to life on the small screen in ways you can't imagine. This is one of AdultSwim's most popular and creative shows as it's sort of a animated version of SNL, MADTV or Monty Python but made for adults even to the child of ... Read More
Rating: - Bawk-bawk-WOW!!
Indeed, that is what you will say, if you've never seen Robot Chicken before.On the surface, each episode seems like crudely done stop motion animation--but delve a little deeper.The real magic is in the tightly written (and gloriously gloriously violent!!) episodes that revel in the non-sequitor and the from way way out of left field references you may pick up on.A typical episode has two main running stories that last about 3-5 minutes with a veritable crapload of Laugh-In style gags thrown in. ... Read More
- Some funny stuff...Robot Chicken is a different show that is much welcomed. It has lots of ideas and they attack lots of different subjects with their stop motion antics.
The only minor problem is that because of the young age of its creators
their material is often geared at young adults. Yes they do touch subjects
that older people will reckonize and enjoy. Bottom line, if they expand
their reach, their audience will also expand. Good creativity.
Enjoy
- Assenting Review ~6 Stars ******~Robot Chicken, Season 1 is funny. I like it a lot. That's all I have to say. The End. Well, and the review below this one sux.
Below is information I included to be helpful to your in your purchasing decision.
***********************************************************************
Product Description
Old-school stop-motion animation and fast-paced satire are the hallmarks of this eclectic show created by Seth Green and Matt Senreich. Action figures find new life as players ... Read More
- Dissenting Review: The Decline and Fall of TVRobot Chicken is not, as an Amazon review says, a mixture of Laugh In and KaBlam!. It would be if someone other than Seth Green had made it, but those shows, to their eternal credit, were PG rated, and Robot Chicken is not. Any truly creative souls can work within the limits and boundaries of a G or PG rating. Look at Lucille Ball. Robot Chicken is the latest in the decline and fall of Cartoon network and Adult Swim. What began as very creative, post-modern humor, with Williams Street and Space Ghost, ... Read More
- Awesome show!This show is an ingenius and hilarious collection of skits that parody pop culture of recent and many years before with excellent stop-motion animation and clay animation done by action figures and puppets. It is created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich as it brings toys to life on the small screen in ways you can't imagine. This is one of AdultSwim's most popular and creative shows as it's sort of a animated version of SNL, MADTV or Monty Python but made for adults even to the child of ... Read More
- Bawk-bawk-WOW!!Indeed, that is what you will say, if you've never seen Robot Chicken before.On the surface, each episode seems like crudely done stop motion animation--but delve a little deeper.The real magic is in the tightly written (and gloriously gloriously violent!!) episodes that revel in the non-sequitor and the from way way out of left field references you may pick up on.A typical episode has two main running stories that last about 3-5 minutes with a veritable crapload of Laugh-In style gags thrown in. ... Read More
