Thursday, October 06, 2005

Drawn Together : WHAT THE F*&#@ !!!


Conceptually, Drawn Together is something that should have been right up my alley: a spoof on the Big Brother / The Real World concept done with cartoon figures taken from various genres.

There's Captain Hero, an action hero. Wooldoor Sockbat, a guy who looks alot like a certain sea sponge with geometrically designed trousers. Spanky Ham, an internet download toon. Princess Clara, a naively innocent racist straight out of a place similar to Cinderella. Foxxy Love, a musician via Josie and the Pussycats . Xandir, a videogame elf who's on a never-ending quest to save his girlfriend (even though he's gay). Toot Braunstein, a Betty Boop with extra poundage and a cutting problem. And finally, there's the cute, unintelligible and sociopathic Ling-Ling who's clearly Pinkachoos brother .

This uncensored and unrated version is the first I've actually seen of the series. I expected South Parkish antics -- I wasn't going into this blind -- and some raciness (even the full-frontal bits.) Even "I can't believe they just said that" bits are funny -- even hilarious -- and several of the exchanges in the show hit that mark exceedingly well:

King: You're a princess!

Clara: But I long for more.

King: Of course you do -- because that's what princesses do! Or die in a car crash in France.

Wooldoor: If anybody needs me, I'll be in the clock tower.

Bucky Bucks: No business is successful without the help of Mexicans.

What I wasn't prepared for was Spanky Ham defecating in melons and masturbating to Jell-o fights; or seeing God inside a glory hold curiously tapping a penis; or Charlie Brown in a bondage mask.Oh, there's humor to be had! Lots of it, in fact. Who didn't already know that Snaggletooth and Elmer Fudd were gay?

The words OVER THE EDGE don't begin to describe this 2 DVD gem, if you thought South Park was as far as you could GO, you were sadly mistaken...TRUST ME...

If you get chuckles from defecating on pizza or considering sexual relations with the mentally disabled, you'll likely get enjoyment from Drawn Together. If nothing else you'll show it to your friends just to see them get UNCOMFORTABLE...

The Bonus Features are on the second disc. Under "Deleted Scenes" the viewer can see a character by character introduction of who's who, a variation on the Foxxy / Toot Jell-o wrestling scene, and an alternative method of smuggling Mexicans into the country.

The "Censored/Uncensored Game" is a series of statements made by a character, with the viewer determining whether this statement was originally censored or uncensored -- which also unlocks a phone conversation between the creators and their agent, in which much yelling ensues.

You can check out the Episode Guide and get an idea of how different this collection is, and be warned, NONE OF THIS PRODUCT IS FOR CHILDREN...

I CRYED I laughed so hard during the viewing on the first episode, thinking all the time "THERE IS NO WAY ANY OF THIS WAS SHOWN ON TELEVISION"...but apparently I WAS WRONG...AGAIN...

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