# Robot Chicken is Twisted Toyfare Theater!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-is-twisted-toyfare-theater/289411>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 10, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-is-twisted-toyfare-theater/289411 "2005-02-10T15:58:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-is-twisted-toyfare-theater/289411/41 "2005-03-29T12:10:29Z")

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With great power to parody comes great responsability. The disclaimer stating that it is a parody protects against all most all threats they will face on their long journey. Godspeed, you kings of the ocean.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-is-twisted-toyfare-theater/289411/42 "2005-03-29T14:20:18Z")

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Well, it’s a parady so it’s protected, but Schultz’s estate is sue happy I wouldn’t be suprised if they try to sue. It will certainly get thrown out, since as said parody and satire are protected, but that doen’t mean they won’t try.

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**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-is-twisted-toyfare-theater/289411/43 "2005-03-29T19:57:15Z")

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> So far, the guest voices for the show that I know of have included Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Mark Hamill, and Seth Macfarlane.

IIRC, Sarah Michelle Gellar voiced herself in the “… and that’s how Buffy season 8 would have gone,” which was hilarious.

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-is-twisted-toyfare-theater/289411/44 "2005-03-29T20:22:42Z")

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Heck, the very first episode had the “this is your brain on drug commercial” voiced by the same girl as the original, Rachel Leigh Cook.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-is-twisted-toyfare-theater/289411/45 "2005-03-29T23:09:26Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> Well, it’s a parady so it’s protected, but Schultz’s estate is sue happy I wouldn’t be suprised if they try to sue.

Although Jean Schulz did complain about a _Saturday Night Live_ parody of _A Charlie Brown Christmas_, nothing was really done about it.

As for “Schulz’s estate,” they do not own the characters- United Feature does. And as far as I know, they really haven’t sued anyone over a bona fide TV or magazine parody (_MAD_ magazine parodied the strip so many times that the Schulz Museum recently had an exibit about them), but if you misuse Snoopy or Dilbert on your website, the letters will come a-flyin’.

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