# Does anybody remember TV Funhouse? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660 "2008-06-29T16:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/1 "2008-06-29T16:56:31Z")
Robert Smigel creates these weird parody cartoons that often make it onto SNL (i.e. the ambiguosly day duo - a mock up of old Super Friends cartoons, in which the super hero and sidekick are, well, “ambiguosly gay”). This, you likely know of. But do you remember this completely demented kiddie show that appeared for a time on comedy central? It included such cartoons, but it was primarily a sort of fucked up Blue’s Clues, with a human host and his “anipals” (puppet animals). I recall an episode where they get wasted in Vegas, and another where the animals volunteer to be test subjects in a lab. At the time, my friends were aghast (and wildly happy) that this sort of thing could appear on TV. [Here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271320/) is a synopsis of the brief series. I ask because I would love to find old youtube clips, but my google-fu is failing me. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/2 "2008-06-29T17:23:15Z")
The Comedy Central website has some clips: [http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/tv\_funhouse/index.jhtml](http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/tv_funhouse/index.jhtml) They used to have more/longer ones, but it looks like it’s coming out on DVD in a few weeks, so the content is pretty limited now. I remember liking the show a lot, but all I can specifically remember is Triumph hanging out with Robert Goulet and the snake that always barfed up garbage in the shape of things. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/3 "2008-06-29T17:55:27Z")
I seem to remember watching the antics of the Anipals late at night when I was loaded. I remember puppet cat having sex with a rabbit (a real rabbit, who seemed pretty oblivious). The cat, in a sexual frenzy, coughs up a hairball on the rabbit’s back, and says “I always wanted to do that! God, I hate myself.” Did I dream that? Okay, after checking out the link, I see that I didn’t dream that scene. Jesus, I’m buying that DVD. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/4 "2008-06-29T17:58:03Z")
I remember it. As I recall, it was in between two shows that I liked, so I would tape them all in one batch and watch them the next day. A lot of it was boring, but every now and then, it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/5 "2008-06-29T18:05:38Z")
Robert Smigel is a twisted man. I remember that series all too well. ---
**Author:** ![trustno\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@trustno\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trustno_1)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/6 "2008-06-29T18:42:03Z")
When I saw this thread I thought it was the one I used to watch as a kid. There was a british show where there was a presenter with a funky mullet! (Pat Sharp) and kids could battle it out in a ball pit style game. There were twins who were Pats assistants. I remember the cheesy theme song like it was yesterday " funhouse its a whole lotta fun, prizes to be won, It’s a real crazy show where anything will go. Fun House, it’s a quiz, it’s a race, a real wacky place. Use your body and your brain, if you wanna play the game, Funhouse!" _shakes head in disgust at knowing all the words_ ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/7 "2008-06-30T15:25:00Z")
I remember it. The things that specifically stuck with me were Triumph lamenting because he was stuck inside a poodle he had sex with, Robert Goulet cutting off someone’s thumbs, and the turtle flushing himself down the toilet as his method of transportation. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/8 "2008-06-30T15:28:59Z")
[QUOTE=muldoonthief] I remember it. The things that specifically stuck with me were Triumph lamenting because he was stuck inside a poodle he had sex with, Robert Goulet cutting off someone’s thumbs, and the turtle flushing himself down the toilet as his method of transportation. [/QUOTE] “I’ll just take the tubes…” That was one of my favorite shows. I like things with evil acting puppets. Hell, I still miss Sifl and Olly on MTV too. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/9 "2008-06-30T18:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] That was one of my favorite shows. I like things with evil acting puppets. [/QUOTE] In that case, I invite you to [Meet the Feebles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Feebles) My memories of TV Funhouse are, let’s just say, hazy, but it was heinously wonderful. Also, S&O- Rock. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/10 "2008-06-30T18:11:47Z")
[QUOTE=tds1273] In that case, I invite you to [Meet the Feebles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Feebles) [/QUOTE] That’s actually what got me hooked back in the day on evil puppets. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/11 "2008-06-30T18:28:46Z")
The greatest one ever was the Christmas episode- especially the Harlem Globetrotters cartoon when they use the Wayback Machine to revisit, not THEIR first Christmas but THE First Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/12 "2008-06-30T22:54:43Z")
:: taps mike :: :: clears throat :: "\*UNDERAGE BICHON! She told me she was one! UNDERAGE BICHON! I schtupped her, now I’m done…\*" I loved TV Funhouse. Delighted to learn there will be a DVD soon. Brilliant television that was way over the heads of the average Comedy Central viewer. The good stuff always gets yanked too soon. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/13 "2008-06-30T23:53:37Z")
[QUOTE=trustno\_1] When I saw this thread I thought it was the one I used to watch as a kid. There was a british show where there was a presenter with a funky mullet! (Pat Sharp) and kids could battle it out in a ball pit style game. There were twins who were Pats assistants. I remember the cheesy theme song like it was yesterday " funhouse its a whole lotta fun, prizes to be won, It’s a real crazy show where anything will go. Fun House, it’s a quiz, it’s a race, a real wacky place. Use your body and your brain, if you wanna play the game, Funhouse!" _shakes head in disgust at knowing all the words_ [/QUOTE] yeah man, I saw the title and I burst into song, capable of reciting a twenty year old jingle within pico-seconds. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-tv-funhouse/454660/14 "2008-07-01T03:25:10Z")
I’m a fan.