VH1 ILL-ustrated

Camp Chaos presents VH1 ILL-ustrated
Genre Animation
Satire
Sketch Comedy
Developed by Camp Chaos Productions
Starring Various
Voices of Various
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Spanish (SAP)
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel VH1
VTV
MTV2 (2006)
SBS (2007)
Audio format Stereo
Original run October 17, 2003 – June 25, 2004
External links
Website

VH1 ILL-ustrated is an animated series that aired on VH1 and was conceived by animation producer Bob Cesca that parodied pop culture and politics. This is the only project that Cesca's Camp Chaos Productions produced, besides Napster Bad. Recurring characters include satirical caricatures of Axl Rose (who works at a McDonald's restaurant, and screams people's orders), Michael Jackson (who leaves Earth in search of a place that will accept him and his monkey, Bubbles), among others.

The animated series were later aired on MTV2 (2006) and SBS (2007).[1]

Episode list

Season 1

  1. Episode 1 10/17/2003
  2. Episode 2 10/17/2003
  3. Episode 3 10/17/2003

Season 2

  1. Episode 4 5/17/2004
  2. Episode 5 5/18/2004
  3. Episode 6 5/19/2004
  4. Episode 7 5/20/2004
  5. Episode 8 5/21/2004
  6. Episode 9 5/28/2004
  7. Episode 10 6/4/2004
  8. Episode 11 6/11/2004
  9. Episode 12 6/18/2004
  10. Episode 13 6/25/2004

Types of Segments

The majority of sketches were a satirical view of world issues. Such examples include SpongeBong HempPants, a parody of Spongebob Squarepants, in which Spongebong is a reefer addict, and colored green to symbolize it, while Hashbrick (Patrick) is a brick of hash (a satire of the legalization of marijuana debate, which was just beginning to resurface at the time,) or a recurring parody of the Hanna-Barbara cartoon Yogi Bear featuring Al Gore as the ranger, and George Bush Jr. and Dick Cheney as the meddling bears who cause problems for Jellystone National Park, such as drilling for oil in the middle of a stream, when explicitly told not to by Ranger Gore.

Other segments are general satires of popular culture, such as Popeye in Anime, a parody of Popeye the Sailor Man as if it was drawn in Japanese Anime style, and a segment in which the Heavy Metal band Guns and Roses are working in a McDonalds and take orders to the tune of their most famous song, Welcome to the Jungle.

They also frequently poked-fun at their home station's (VH1) new series of shows having nothing to do with music, such as a segment called VH1's I Love 5 Seconds Ago, in which famous actors, actresses and singers would tell the best thing about five seconds ago. An example of this would be "I was wearing a total hipster shirt five seconds ago, and I still wear it now. Cool never goes out of style."

References

  1. ↑ "Ill-ustrated On MTV2 This Week". Camp Chaos. 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2008-06-15.

External links