''Stankervision'' is a sketch-comedy program, created by
Waco O'Guin
Waco O'Guin (born June 24, 1975) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, animator, writer, and producer. He is the co-creator, executive producer, and a cast member of the Comedy Central animated series ''Brickleberry'' along with fellow wr ...
and
Roger Black
Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is a retired English athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain and England. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic G ...
, that aired on
MTV2
MTV2 (formerly M2) is an American pay television Cable television, channel owned by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global.
The channel launched initially as an all-music video service, once the original MTV had started to sh ...
. It premiered July 8, 2005 as part of the channel's "Sic 'Em Friday" programming block. ''Stankervision'' is a repackaged version of "The DAMN! Show", a sketch comedy show that was created in
Athens, Georgia
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in 1998.
Yucko the Clown
Roger Black is an American insult comedian, actor, voice actor, animator, writer and producer known for his character Yucko the Clown.CNN /ref>
Format
Among the regular sketches are Yucko the Clown approaching people on the street and insulting them with profanity and lewd gestures,
mime
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s who start out acting like "normal" mimes, then turning to violent behavior (one such sketch, for example, has one mime making a withdrawal from an ATM, only to be held up and "shot" by a second mime, who in turn is accosted by two "police" mimes and beaten – all in the view of the public), and "Dear ''Stankervision''", where questions are posed to the creators, Waco and Roger (one such "letter" asks how
laxative
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s work, which is followed by actors in costume displaying the effects of taking pills to relieve constipation).
''Stankervision'' also features some cartoons, but in ''Stankervision'' style. One regular such cartoon is about the adventures of "
Inebriated
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the
Koala
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", which was created by
Waco O'Guin
Waco O'Guin (born June 24, 1975) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, animator, writer, and producer. He is the co-creator, executive producer, and a cast member of the Comedy Central animated series ''Brickleberry'' along with fellow wr ...
in 1993 and is introduced as "everyone's favorite
eucalyptus
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-eating
marsupial
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", to which the koala replies "Eucalyptus? You can lick THIS!" as he points to his crotch.
Cancellation
On October 7, 2005,
Howard Stern
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announced on his radio show that ''Stankervision'' was not picked up for a second season by MTV. Cast member Yucko the Clown e-mailed Stern confirming this, stating that the show had the highest ratings for that block of time on MTV2 and was not sure why the show was not picked up for a second season.
On January 26, 2006, Yucko stated on Stern's
Sirius
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channel (on the post-show wrap-up program) that the show had been cancelled not because of its content, but problems with sponsors.
Cast
*
Roger Black
Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is a retired English athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain and England. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic G ...
* Greg Epps
*
Waco O'Guin
Waco O'Guin (born June 24, 1975) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, animator, writer, and producer. He is the co-creator, executive producer, and a cast member of the Comedy Central animated series ''Brickleberry'' along with fellow wr ...