Doggy Fizzle Televizzle

Doggy Fizzle Televizzle

Directed by Jesse Ignjatovic
Format sketch comedy
Created by Vernon Chatman & John Lee
Starring Snoop Dogg (as the host)
The Snoopadelics
Don 'Magic' Juan
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 8
Production
Running time approx. 30 minutes (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel Music Television
Original run November 25, 2002 (2002-11-25) – August 3, 2003 (2003-08-03)
External links
Website

Doggy Fizzle Televizzle is a sketch comedy show that was produced by, and starred, the rap musician Snoop Dogg. It was aired on MTV in 2002 until 2003.

Snoop Dogg stated that according to the contract, the show was to air six times, but it turned out to be a series of eight parts. The second season was canceled due to payment negotiation issues, since Snoop Dogg asked for $1 million for his role, which MTV refused to pay him.[1]

In the beginning of every show Snoop is seen sitting bored in a leather armchair in an empty room while switching channels from Jerry Springer to a cart race then to black and white burlesque figure skating after that to a strip show and finally to a Richard Marx music video when he decides to change the situation and the idea of Doggy Fizzle Televizzle comes to his mind. This ends the intro and the main theme follows with Snoop rapping.

Contents

Controversy

Snoop Dogg and MTV faced a lawsuit on December 25, 2003 by Doris Burns, an actress who appeared in the show. Burns claimed she had been made to look like she had been engaging in sexual activity with another actor who was portraying her husband.

According to Burns, during the filming of the episode, the producers of the show had asked her to pretend she was having sex with her acting partner. The actress refused, but she agreed to wear a tank top and to hold the actor's hand while sitting on the bed. When the show actually aired on August 31, the scene was very different; Burns's torso was blurred, giving the impression of her being nude, and the actors's hands were made to look as if they were grabbing the others's genitals.

According to the Associated Press, Burns was accusing Snoop Dogg and MTV of breach of contract, fraud, invasion of privacy, and defamation. The actress was seeking unspecified damages caused on her and her 10 year old child with whom she was watching the airing of the episode.

Episodes

Here are the episodes with the list of segments long enough to be notable.

Episode 1 - Pilot

Intro: MTV News about Snoop is challenging Lance Bass to a space race, when gets kidnapped by UFOs.

Special guest appearances by Samuel L. Jackson, Killer Mike, Big Boi, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
Quotes:
  1. Q1:Snoop, are you involved in any charities?
    • Snoop:Man of course, you know me, I'm involved in a very important charity all the time. You know, once a year I treat two ladies to a ten seconds shopping spree at a 99-cent store. Check this out! (illustrative shortfilm)
  2. Q2:Snoop, what do you think about police brutality?
    • Snoop:Police brutality isn't too horrible. I think the way police are treated is disgusting, sick. Man, if you have ever seen the latest incident that happened in Inglewood. Rodney King tape looked like a pillow fight, it wasn't that serious.(illustrative shortfilm where neighbourhood people even kids are beating a police officer).
  3. Q3:Snoop, I know you're not a judge. But do you think R. Kelly is guilty?
    • Snoop:Man, you can trust what you can see on that tape. There's even a tape going around where people saying it's me. I swear it's not me on that tape for real. Besides she said she was 18. Judge for yourself. (illustrative shortfilm with a Snoop look-alike having sex with a grandma).

Episode 2

Episode 3

Quotes:
  1. Q1:Hey Snoop, are you recognized wherever you go?
    • Snoop:Oh yeah, that's why I have to wear disguise whenever I go out in public so I won't be bothered. Check it! (illustrative short film showing Snoop in the street in a crocodile costume).
  2. Q2:Hey Snoop! You're good with the ladies what can I do to keep my girl happy?
    • Snoop:It's real simple. All you gotta do is get her some nice every day. Like look at what I do (short movie with Snoop robbing a shop to get money for himself, candy and roses for his girls)
  3. Q3:Have you ever done any volunteer work?
    • Snoop:Actually I have. I recently joined this big brother program to show a kid what it's like to have a big brother.(illustration)
  4. Q4:I know you are not doing drugs any more. But I do wanna know what made you decide to quit?
    • Snoop:After what happened to me, I never even think about doing drugs.(the clip shows Snoop smoking weed and talking to a dollar)

Episode 4

Intro: Snoop reads a bedtime story from Big black Booty tales-book.

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8 - Best of

New sketches:

References

  1. ^ The Guardian, guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2008. Retrieved on April 25, 2008.

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