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  • Format: Animated, Box set, PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Revolver Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Sep 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001D12ZKI
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,016 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Season 1 of the toy murderin', attention span shatterin' stop-motion mayhem is packed with pop culture p*ss-takes including Zombie Idol and Jesus fighting his nemesis Kill Bill style. Guest starring Scarlett Johansson, Sarah Michelle Gellar & Hulk Hogan

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Ostensibly about a dead chicken reanimated by a mad scientist and forced to watch endless bad television, ROBOT CHICKEN actually exists as a madcap exercise in cramming as many inane pop-culture references, gags, and juxtapositions into a 11-minute time period as is humanly possible. Created by actor Seth Green (AUSTIN POWERS, FAMILY GUY, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) and ToyFare editor Matthew Senreich (the two met and bonded over their mutual love for action figures and collectible figurines), the Cartoon Network show uses stop-action animation and a host of dolls and action-figures to perform outrageous send-ups of television, film, and postmodern America. The premises are zany and zip by with supersonic speed: The Batmobile races the General Lee in '3 Fast 3 Furious', a teeny-bobber gets a fashion makeover in 'Pimp My Sister', and Michael Jackson returns from space to expose his evil alter ego in 'Where's Michael'. This release contains all 20 episodes from the show's debut series, with such guest star voice-actors as Scarlett Johansson, Burt Reynolds, Ryan Seacrest, Mark Hamill, and Macaulay Culkin.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars It's aliiive!!!!, 5 Dec 2008
By KM (England) - See all my reviews
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"Completely mad" is an understatement when describing `Robot Chicken'! It is from the mind of Seth Green (of Family Guy/Austin Powers/Buffy fame) that this strange creation has been created and it is some of the most funny and insane animated comedy that I have seen for a long time. It basically is a load of short clips, ranging from a matter of seconds to a couple of minutes, featuring some of your favourite toys from yesteryear, like Thundercats, GI Joe, He-Man, Star Wars, DC and Marvel superheroes, Transformers as well as some very cleverly made custom ones, in the most bizarre situations imaginable.

I've only seen series 1 so far and already I am completely addicted! If you're a fan of other adult animated series like Family Guy, South Park and Clerks, I can't recommend this highly enough as it is pure genius and real laugh-a-second humour. There's some really good voice-cameos to spot in there too from the likes of Seth McFarlane, Mark Hamil, Scarlett Johansan, Macaulay Culkin and Hulk Hogan.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I was crying with laughter, 5 Oct 2008
By Beedo Sookcool (Torbay, Devonshire, England) - See all my reviews
Last time I visited the States in 2006, both my girlfriend and my best buddy had recorded some "Robot Chicken" episodes for my enjoyment. And enjoy them, I did! This show is the brainchild of Seth Green (y'know, Scott Evil from the "Austin Powers" films, Oz from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and Chris Griffin from "Family Guy") and a bunch of guys from the hilarious and informative but largely unknown-outside-the-USA magazine "ToyFare," which is geared towards the adult collectors of action figures, toys, and other pop-culture memorabilia . . . with the appropriate sense of humour.

"Robot Chicken" (apparently named after a dish from a Chinese restaurant's menu) is a sketch show done entirely in stop-motion animation (with just a little CGI assistance) using toys both off-the-shelf and custom-made. The basic idea, told in the opening credits, is that a mad scientist finds a road-killed chicken, turns it into a cyborg, and forces it to watch lots and lots of television with frequent channel-changes. (We don't know WHY he decided to do this; he is a MAD scientist, after all. Probably following up Dr. Forrester's work from "Mystery Science Theater 3000.") We see what the chicken sees, staticky channel-flips and all.

The show relentlessly mocks pop culture for the most part, but just about anything seen on television is fair game. One particular nature documentary, about lemmings, had me doubled over, unable to catch my breath, and crying with laughter. Each of the 20 episodes lasts 15 minutes, and the sketches range from 2-second "channel flips" to drawn-out masterpiece parodies of "Kill Bill," illegal race-rally movies, the "Karate Kid" films, and tributes to the cartoons of the 1970s and 1980s. And, of course, Reality TV and Blooper Reel shows also get it squarely and repeatedly in the neck (and deservedly so). If you're a fan of "Family Guy," or "South Park" you will also love this. It's got the same quick-fire, edgy, push-the-envelope-to-see-what-we-can-get-away-with feel to it. And it succeeds wonderfully.

While a lot of the voices are done by Seth Green and his small cadre of close actor buddies, Seth has used his celebrity pull to get some other big-name stars onto the project, including Scarlett Johansson, Mark Hamill (playing both himself AND Harrison Ford in an "Armageddon" spoof, amongst others), Sarah Michelle Gellar, Burt Reynolds, Dom Deluise, and half the casts of "That 70's Show" and "Family Guy" as well . . . amongst many others too numerous to mention.

If I go into much more detail, I'll spoil the best gags. Suffice it to say that the quick-fire sketches, which range from the occasional "Aawww! Cute!" kind to the "Holy Cow! Did they just do that on TV and get away with it?!!" variety will keep you entertained, if not gasping for air as your lungs leak out the splits in your sides. Some familiarity with American TV helps, including those cheezy Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas and Easter specials they broadcast for over 20 years, and the Canadian-imported "You Can't Do That On Television."

There are a good number of DVD extras, including outtakes, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes stuff, and several sketches from the prototype show, "Sweet J Presents." The sound on some of these extras is quite low, so you'll have to turn up the volume on some of them. I've also looked for DVD Easter Eggs, but didn't find any.

This is incorrectly billed as "The follow-up to 'Robot Chicken: Star Wars'". "Robot Chicken" had been going for YEARS in the States before they got the go-ahead to do their "Star Wars" special. It's only because our version of Cartoon Network over here doesn't carry any of the good [adult swim] stuff that these DVD releases are bass-ackwards, as the Americans would say.

So, gentle viewers, I give this release my highest recommendation: I own it and love it, and I'm fairly certain you will get a kick out of it as well.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutley hilarious!, 1 Oct 2008
By J. L. Bartlett (UK) - See all my reviews
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This is by far my favourite programme, its got some amazing jokes and the animation is spot on! If u don't know anything about it basically it's a quick fire sketch programme done entirely with dolls, toys and plasticine models. It main creators are seth green and matthew senreich (not sure of the spelling!), and they take piss out of EVERYTHING! they often get the real actors in to do their own voices and u will be surprised just how much the models look like the actors they are supposed to be. they clearly put alot of work into this programme and it deserves to be recognised for this and the quality comedy that comes along with it. Can't wait for series 2 and 3 to be released! unfortunately its hard to review this properly as nothing i can say will do it justice, u just have to see it for urself! u can find clips of it on youtube so u can see what its like before u buy it which is handy because i can see that not everybody will "get it". although i have to say if u dont find this funny u seriously need to get a sense of humour!
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