Greg the Bunny

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Greg the Bunny is a sitcom that aired on the American television network Fox in 2002. It starred Seth Green and a hand puppet named Greg the Bunny, originally invented by the team of Sean Baker, Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano. Milano and Chinoy wrote and co-produced the Fox show. In the show, Greg was the co-star of a children's television show called Sweetknuckle Junction (a parody of Sesame Street). Like The Muppet Show, Greg the Bunny treated puppets as though they were real creatures within the reality of the show, although in this show, they were treated as a racial minority, sometimes struggling against second-class citizenship. The show was spun off from The Greg the Bunny Show a series of short segments that used to air on the Independent Film Channel, which were based on the cable access show called "Junktape".

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[edit] History

The show began life as Junktape, a half-hour, bi-weekly cable access show created by Sean Baker, Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano. The show aired on New York City's Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Monday nights at 11:30 PM. Eventually, the show got the attention of the Independent Film Channel and given its own series of regular segments starring one of Junktape's main characters, Greg the Bunny. The Greg the Bunny Show on IFC involved Greg and other characters introducing independent films being screened by using skits that parodied the films.

The Fox show made its debut in March 2002. It was soon cancelled and its last episode aired in August 2002, with two episodes unaired. Its failure was largely ascribed to the show runner and networks' seeming cluelessness as to the direction they wanted the show to take. The network promoted Greg the Bunny as a puppet show for adults, but within the show itself, they insisted on toning down its edgier aspects. The creators felt these changes caused the show to lose something, and gave it much more of a traditional sitcom feel. The show runner and network also wanted to focus the show more on the human cast, while the creators maintained that the puppets were the heart of the show. Despite these problems, the series acquired a significant cult following, and was eventually released on DVD in 2004 that is only available in Region 1 format.

In August 2005, Greg the Bunny returned to the IFC, in a series of short segments, both old and new spoofing movies such as Annie Hall, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Fargo, Easy Rider and Pulp Fiction. The cast for these segments primarily features puppets Greg and Warren Demontague, with appearances from Count Blah, new character Pal Friendlies, and returning character The Wumpus. Tardy the Turtle and Susan were unable to appear in the IFC series because they were the property of Fox.

[edit] Appearances in other shows

Greg the Bunny made a guest segment on "Mad TV" (episode 719, aired 2002): in it, Greg, the jaded pro, deals with an audition for a minor part from his psychotic first drama teacher.

Greg the Bunny appeared in an episode of Duel Masters.

Peter also mentioned Greg the Bunny in the Family Guy episode "North by North Quahog", when he was mentioning the shows that Family Guy was cancelled to "make room for" (shows that were cancelled and their entire run was between the original cancellation and return of Family Guy).

Recently tvshowsondvd.com reported that the IFC series is coming to DVD for a release of October 24, 2006.[1]

Following the 2005 format, six new episodes will begin airing on IFC in November 2006 along with remastered versions of select "classic" IFC episodes.

November 11, 2006- Season two premieres on IFC.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Episodes (FOX)

  1. "Welcome To Sweetknuckle Junction"
  2. "Sock Like Me"
  3. "Dottie Heat"
  4. "SK-2.0"
  5. "Piddler On The Roof"
  6. "Rabbit Redux"
  7. "Father & Son Reunion"
  8. "Jimmy Drives Gil Crazy"
  9. "Greg Gets Puppish"
  10. "Surprise!"
  11. "The Jewel Heist"
  12. "The Singing Mailman"
  13. "Blah Bawls"

[edit] Trivia

  • Greg the Bunny originally had buttons for eyes and his mouth did not move. When Greg moved to Fox he was given a moving mouth but between episodes six and seven his eyes were changed for glass eyes, which were used to give Greg more expressive looks. However the original Greg with button eyes and no moving mouth was used again when he returned to IFC in August 2005.
  • Singer Daniel Johnston and his band were approached to write the theme song, but it was rejected.

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