Kicked in the Nuts is a spoof of hidden camera shows, created in August 2003 for the Channel 101 short film festival. It was written, directed, produced, and edited by Mike Henry and Patrick Henry.[1]
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Mike Henry, dressed in a blue jump-suit, sunglasses, and a bright orange afro wig, assaults supposedly unknowing victims by kicking their testicles with force. Each victim at first appears to be angered and confronts their attacker (or in some cases begins to attack back), but Mike quickly explains that they have been victims of the show Kicked in the Nuts, often pointing out the location of the "hidden" camera. At this point, the victim laughs and acts pleased to be part of the show; the footage uses a laugh track and is intercut with generic audience reaction footage from various television shows. The show was cancelled the month after its premiere; it was released on DVD in late 2008.[2] The show is staged, as the titular act would be considered battery and subject to prosecution.
The Kicked in the Nuts prankster was featured in the Family Guy episode “The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire,”[3] written by Mike and Patrick, in which Mike provides voices for a few characters, including Cleveland. Peter Griffin is the victim of a sexual assault by the prankster and tells his audience that he found a victim so they can applaud for him. One of the later episodes featured a live-action segment with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane "receiving the honor". He also appeared in the DVD release of the episode Lois Kills Stewie during Stewie's performance of a song titled "The List" which was cut from the television broadcast for air-time.
Earl Hickey dresses as the Kicked in the Nuts guy and kicks Little Chubby in the groin in the “Two Balls, Two Strikes” episode of My Name Is Earl on 19 April 2007.
A "Kicked in the Nuts"-themed pinball machine appears in an episode of The Cleveland Show, which stars Mike Henry.