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PFFR
PFFR is an American production company and art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City and consisting of Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Alyson Levy and formerly Jim Tozzi until 2009. The group has been active since 1998. Work The group's portfolio of work includes two albums, one 7-inch EP and one download-only EP (plus a string of live performances as a band), various art exhibits such as ''An Attack On All Americans or the Tyranny Of Weed'' shown at the LFL Gallery in New York and the script for the film ''Final Flesh''. In 2010, they held an exhibition/video screening of a selection of their work entitled ''PFFR Presents Legacy IIX'' which took place at the Synchronicity Space in Los Angeles, CA between April 3 and May 1. PFFR are also active in television comedy. They wrote, directed, produced and starred in the MTV2 variety show ''Wonder Showzen'' (2005–2006) and the Adult Swim CGI series '' Xavier: Renegade Angel''. For both these shows, Chatman and Lee are the direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonder Showzen
''Wonder Showzen'' is an American adult puppet black comedy television series that aired between 2005 and 2006 on MTV2. It was created by Vernon Chatman and John Lee of PFFR. Described as a children's television series for adults, the show's format is a parody of educational PBS Kids shows such as ''Sesame Street'' and ''The Electric Company'' (e.g. use of stock footage, puppetry, and clips of children being interviewed). In addition to general controversial comedy, it satirizes politics, religion, war, violence, sex, racism and culture with black comedy. Production ''Wonder Showzen'' was created by Vernon Chatman and John Lee, who originally made an early concept of it back in 1999, and pitched to the USA Network in 2000, but after a few minutes of viewing, executives there quickly concluded it did not fit the network's programming style. However, Viacom was re-branding MTV2 and made ''Wonder Showzen'' part of its new programming lineup. It aired as part of Sic 'Em Fridays, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renegade Angel
''Xavier: Renegade Angel'' is an American adult animated comedy television series created by Vernon Chatman and John Lee, who are also the creators of ''Wonder Showzen''. The show was produced by PFFR, with animation by Cinematico. It premiered on November 4, 2007, on Adult Swim and November 1, 2007, on the Adult Swim website. ''Xavier'' features an elaborate and nonlinear plot following the musings of an itinerant humanoid pseudo-shaman named Xavier. The show is known for its use of ideologically critical dark comedy as well as surrealist and absurdist humor presented through a psychedelic and satirically New Age lens. The program is also normally rated TV MA for intense, graphic, often bloody violence, as well as strong sexual content, use of racially/ethnically offensive language, and grotesque depictions in a comedic manner. Characters * Xavier (voiced by Vernon Chatman) is a well-meaning yet naïve and oblivious faun-like shaman wanderer with delusions of grandeur who speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Problem Solverz
''The Problem Solverz'' is an American animated television series created by Ben Jones for Cartoon Network. It follows Alfe, Roba, and Horace; a group of detectives in their troubled town, Farboro. The aforementioned characters were designed while Jones attended college in the 1990s; he later founded the art collective Paper Rad with Jessica and Jacob Ciocci. The characters were featured in Jones' and the collective's animations and comics before the creator pitched a pilot in 2007 to Adult Swim featuring the trio, collaborating with PFFR and Williams Street. The network's executives referred Jones to Cartoon Network, who commissioned a series featuring the same characters. The series was produced in Adobe Flash, with around fifteen animators employed at Cartoon Network Studios and the co-production of Mirari Films. ''The Problem Solverz'' was first aired on April 4, 2011. The first season consisted of nine episodes, concluding on September 29, 2011. A second and final s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United We Doth
''United We Doth'' is the third studio album by American art collective PFFR, released on July 29, 2003, by Birdman Records Birdman Records is an independent record label based in South San Francisco, California, that was founded in 2000 by David Katznelson, former A&R vice president of Warner Bros. Records. History Birdman Records is the flagship label of the Bird .... The album cover art was designed by Scott Hug. The last track is unlisted, the tracks "Japoney Appoe" "Superfine" "P.F.R. Booms" and "Party Ice" originally came from the group's first album "rock rocker rocketh" while "Sparse Party" "Total Dicks" "Feels Like $" "Un Phit Psonique" and "Our Concern" came from their second album "injustice center" released back in 2002. Track listing References 2003 albums PFFR albums Birdman Records albums {{2003-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Chatman
Vernon Chatman (born October 31, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician, and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City. He created the television series ''Wonder Showzen'', ''Xavier: Renegade Angel'', ''The Heart, She Holler'' and ''The Shivering Truth''. He also produces, voices characters, and writes for ''South Park''. Early life Chatman was born in Manhattan, New York. He is of mixed race, half Euro-American and half African-American. Chatman attended San Francisco State University, from which he graduated in 1994. Career In 1996, Chatman began his career as a stand-up comedian and eventually a comedy writer, producer, musician, and television creator. Chatman previously wrote for television shows such as ''The Chris Rock Show'' (for which he won an Emmy), ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', ''That's My Bush!'' and ''The Downer Channel''. Before ''Wonder Showzen'', he and long-time friend and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lee (producer)
John Michael Lee is an American television producer, writer, director, voice actor, and musician best known for his work on the MTV2 comedy series '' Wonder Showzen'' as a member of the rock band/art collective PFFR. Career Lee is of Chinese ancestry and is long time friends with fellow PFFR member and television producer Vernon Chatman. They met as undergraduates at San Francisco State University. Along with Chatman, Lee is the co-creator, writer, director and star of '' Wonder Showzen''. He voices Wordsworth, one of the main puppet characters and provides various other voices on the show. The pair also co-created Snoop Dogg's 2002 MTV sketch show ''Doggy Fizzle Televizzle''. In addition, Lee is the co-creator of '' Xavier: Renegade Angel'', also with Alyson Levy, Chatman and Jim Tozzi. He also worked as a creative consultant on the Adult Swim series ''Superjail!'' in 2009. In 2011, Lee, Levy and Chatman created the Adult Swim mini-series '' The Heart, She Holler'' starring P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Tozzi (PFFR)
James Michael Tozzi (born October 19, 1967) is an American artist, commercial director, producer, voice actor and musician best known for his work on the MTV2 comedy series ''Wonder Showzen'' and the Adult Swim show '' Xavier: Renegade Angel'' and as a member of the rock band/art collective PFFR. Bio Jim Tozzi grew up in Everett, a city to the north of Boston. The most distinctive thing about this town was the smell of freshly roasted peanuts due to the Teddie Peanut Butter factory. The factory's emblem, a grinning cartoon bear with a bucket, would be one of the first influences of advertising on Jim. He went to Everett public school: always an outsider, he preferred drawing weird cartoons and watching monster movies to playing sports. In his early teens, Jim borrowed a super 8 camera from his Aunt and began experimenting. Lacking a tripod, he would tape the camera down onto the kitchen table and animate various toys, Star Wars figures and clay monsters. He also created a li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter
''Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter'' is an American television series that originally ran as a five episode mini-series on Adult Swim, created by and starring Jon Glaser. The series originally aired consecutively each night between December 7, 2015 and December 11, 2015. Produced by PFFR, the same production company used for Glaser's other projects '' Delocated'' and '' Jon Glaser Loves Gear''. The first season was filmed in and around Palisades, New York. Glaser stated in a November 2015 interview that the series could go beyond just a mini-series if enough interest is generated. Turner issued a press release on May 12, 2016 confirming that ''Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter'' would be returning for another season. Season 2 premiered on May 22, 2017, running a new episode each night until its conclusion on May 26, 2017. Main cast * Jon Glaser as Neon Joe * Steve Little as Cleve Menu * Scott Adsit as Sonny Cocoa (Season 1) * Steve Cirbus as Sheriff Dalton (Season 1) * Stephanie March a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delocated
''Delocated'' (or known in the title card as ''Delocated New York'') is an American sitcom that premiered on February 12, 2009 on Adult Swim. The original pilot for the show was aired on April 1, 2008. Jon Glaser plays a man in the Witness Protection Program who moves his family to New York City. The family exploits the situation by starring in a reality TV show about being in the Witness Protection Program (in which, initially, they all wear disguises for their faces and voices; later, only "Jon" does). Eugene Mirman co-stars in all seasons as Yvgeny, a Russian mafia associate and aspiring stand-up comic hired to kill "Jon." This series is produced by '' Wonder Showzen'' and '' Xavier: Renegade Angel'' creators and rock band PFFR. It leans decidedly towards deadpan humor while still reflecting the black humor typical of their other shows. It is presented as if it were the fictional reality show which it portrays. In the first seven episodes, ''Delocated'' had an eleven-minute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart She Holler
''The Heart, She Holler'' is an American horror comedy television series created by Vernon Chatman and John Lee from PFFR PFFR is an American production company and art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City and consisting of Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Alyson Levy and formerly Jim Tozzi until 2009. The group has been active since 1998. Work The group's por ... for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The series premiered on November 6, 2011 and ended on December 11, 2014, with a total of 28 episodes over the course of 3 seasons. Plot The series, described as "Southern Gothic drama" and "an inside-out blend of soap opera and Political correctness, politically incorrect Surreal humour, surrealist comedy", is about the long-hidden and feral child, isolated son of the Heartshe dynasty (Patton Oswalt) returning to run the town and being locked in conflict with sisters Hurshe (Kristen Schaal and Amy Sedaris) and Hambrosia (Heather Lawless). Character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shivering Truth
''The Shivering Truth'' is an American adult stop-motion animated anthology horror comedy television series created by Vernon Chatman and directed by Chatman and Cat Solen. The show is produced by Solen with PFFR and ShadowMachine, and features a wide range of voice talents besides Chatman, including Janeane Garofalo, Jonah Hill, Trey Parker, David Cross, Jordan Peele, Kyle Mooney, Julia Davis, Tierra Whack, Will Forte, and Josh Gad, amongst others. ''The Shivering Truth'' premiered on December 10, 2018 on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim, with the pilot episode having been released online on May 22, 2018 on the Adult Swim website. In November 2019, Adult Swim renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on May 10, 2020. Overview When announced in a press release by Adult Swim in May 2017, ''The Shivering Truth'' was described as "a delicately crafted, darkly surreal anthology comedy, a miniature propulsive omnibus cluster bomb of pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart, She Holler
''The Heart, She Holler'' is an American horror comedy television series created by Vernon Chatman and John Lee from PFFR for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The series premiered on November 6, 2011 and ended on December 11, 2014, with a total of 28 episodes over the course of 3 seasons. Plot The series, described as " Southern Gothic drama" and "an inside-out blend of soap opera and politically incorrect surrealist comedy", is about the long-hidden and isolated son of the Heartshe dynasty ( Patton Oswalt) returning to run the town and being locked in conflict with sisters Hurshe ( Kristen Schaal and Amy Sedaris) and Hambrosia ( Heather Lawless). Characters The Heartshe family * Hurlan Heartshe ( Patton Oswalt) – Secret son of Hoss Heartshe, hidden away "since the minute he was born" in a cave, where he lived for 40 years without any human contact, nor ever seeing the light of day, until he is brought out to run the town of Heartshe Holler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |