# MTV2's "Wonder Showzen"--WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877 "2005-07-10T20:40:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877/1 "2005-07-10T20:40:57Z")
Let me begin by saying that when it comes to comedy, I am no prude. I love everything by John Waters, ditto “South Park” and “Team America”; and on TV, I think “ILL-ustrated” is very funny (though “TV Funhouse” was better). That being said, several publications (including the very mainstream TV Guide) have been raving about this show. It has been described as “edgy” and “pushing the envelope”. Last week, I watched the “Mother Nature” episode. If you saw it, you know what I’m talking about; if you didn’t, consider yourselves fortunate. As I stated before, I do not offend easily. However, this actually made me physically ill! My question is, am I getting old, or do others see this as nothing more than a steaming dog turd on the sidewalk of comedy? I await your opinions. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877/2 "2005-07-10T20:46:46Z")
I’ve never seen the show, but [here](http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=21727) is a brief article with some info about it. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877/3 "2005-07-10T20:52:05Z")
That was the one with the puppet fucking the box full of severed female gential parts, removed from Mother Nature as she underwent a sex change, right? Geeze, how else can you broach the subject for a children’s show? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877/4 "2005-07-10T21:01:46Z")
> [@Hunter Hawk](#): > > I’ve never seen the show, but [here](http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=21727) is a brief article with some info about it. From the interview: > [@](#): > > Do you have any background in television? > > VERNON: I’m one-quarter television on my father’s side. I found that quite amusing. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877/5 "2005-07-10T21:34:31Z")
I haven’t seen the offensive parts yet, but it is definitely some serious weird. I liked the episode where they decided to run the episode backwards after about the first 12 minutes. So they did. Backwards, for 12 minutes. Somewhere, that fried a stoner’s brain. I also like the episode wheree God committed suicide. whistlepig ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877/6 "2005-07-10T21:48:16Z")
> [@whistlepig](#): > > I liked the episode where they decided to run the episode backwards after about the first 12 minutes. So they did. Backwards, for 12 minutes. Somewhere, that fried a stoner’s brain. I found that unforgivably boring. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877/7 "2005-07-11T02:14:03Z")
I saw the episode that had one of the characters suffering from cooties. If you’ve seen it, you know what I’m talking about. It was truly some funny stuff. The surreality was refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877/8 "2005-07-11T14:11:25Z")
I can’t watch it regularly because it skeeves me out too much, but in small doses I think it’s hilarious. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv2s-wonder-showzen-wtf/311877/9 "2005-07-12T00:35:27Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > I can’t watch it regularly because it skeeves me out too much, but in small doses I think it’s hilarious. > > –Cliffy I watched every episode in one day, one after the other. I may be clinically insane now.