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'''''The Funday PawPet Show''''' is ''"the '[[Internet|Net]]'s first and only regularly scheduled four hour [[puppet]] show"''.{{Fact|date=March 2007}} It is streamed over the Internet Sunday nights from 19:00 to 23:00 [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] from [[Kissimmee, Florida]]. The show started in November [[1999]], and is hosted by a variety of puppet characters. ''The Funday PawPet Show'' has sparked a few imitations in the [[United States|US]] and various other countries. Groups such as Fluff and Such Productions, Pawpets West, and Pawpets North Coast have been inspired by the Funday Pawpet Show. The show is also performed live at the [http://www.ppmp.info/ Megaplex] [[furry convention]], held in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]. Other puppetry events, such as ''Lionel Scritchie's Dormitory'' at [[Eurofurence]] were inspired in part by the Funday Pawpet Show.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pawpet.de/lsd.html| year=[[July 3]] [[2001]]| title=PawPet.de - Furry Pawpetry in Europe}}</ref>
'''''The Funday PawPet Show''''' is ''"the '[[Internet|Net]]'s first and only regularly scheduled four hour [[puppet]] show"''.{{Fact|date=March 2007}} It is streamed over the Internet Sunday nights from 19:00 to 23:00 [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] from [[Kissimmee, Florida]]. The show started in November [[1999]], and is hosted by a variety of puppet characters. ''The Funday PawPet Show'' has sparked a few imitations in the [[United States|US]] and various other countries. Groups such as [[WikiFur:Fluff & Such|Fluff & Such Productions]], [[WikiFur:PawPets West|PawPets West]], and [[WikiFur:Pawpet North Coast|PawPet North Coast]] have been inspired by the Funday Pawpet Show. The show is also performed live at the [http://www.ppmp.info/ Megaplex] [[furry convention]], held in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]. Other puppetry events, such as ''Lionel Scritchie's Dormitory'' at [[Eurofurence]] were inspired in part by the Funday Pawpet Show.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pawpet.de/lsd.html| year=[[July 3]] [[2001]]| title=PawPet.de - Furry Pawpetry in Europe}}</ref>


==Cast and characters==
==Cast and characters==
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* [[WikiFur:Funday PawPet Show|Funday PawPet Show]] at [[WikiFur:|WikiFur]]
* [[WikiFur:Funday PawPet Show|Funday PawPet Show]] at [[WikiFur:|WikiFur]]
* [[WikiFur:Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends|Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends]] at [[WikiFur:|WikiFur]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 18:11, 27 March 2007

Funday PawPet Show
Created byRandy "Yappy" Fox
StarringKuddlePup (K.P.)
YappyFox
JakRabbit (J.R.)
Scott Garron (Simba)
Liesl Muckey
Terry Sender
Herbie Hammil
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes326 (as of March 25 2007)
Production
Running time240 minutes
Original release
NetworkInternet
ReleaseNovember 1999 –
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The Funday PawPet Show is "the 'Net's first and only regularly scheduled four hour puppet show".[citation needed] It is streamed over the Internet Sunday nights from 19:00 to 23:00 Eastern Time from Kissimmee, Florida. The show started in November 1999, and is hosted by a variety of puppet characters. The Funday PawPet Show has sparked a few imitations in the US and various other countries. Groups such as Fluff & Such Productions, PawPets West, and PawPet North Coast have been inspired by the Funday Pawpet Show. The show is also performed live at the Megaplex furry convention, held in Jacksonville, Florida. Other puppetry events, such as Lionel Scritchie's Dormitory at Eurofurence were inspired in part by the Funday Pawpet Show.[1]

Cast and characters

K.P.
Ezra (sheepdog), Tod Ferret (ferret)
Yappy Fox
Rummage (raccoon), Randy Fox (fox), Scritch (ferret)
J.R.
Poink T. Ferret (ferret)
Simba
Crappy Doo Shorts (sheepdog), Spider (cow), Cow (spider), Arthur Braunsweiger (bobcat), Carrot (vegetable), JavaFrog (frog)
Herbie
Mutt (sheepdog), Scream Guy (phantom), Forrest (twig)
Liesl
Puddin' (sheepdog), Lilly Voop (fox), Audrey (ewe)
Terry
Shak (shark), Temp Ferret (ferret)
Bandit
A real Border Collie dog, owned by the show's creator, Randy "Yappy" Fox.

Frequently occurring show activities

ArtJam
The viewers are asked to contribute some (self-made) images on a chosen theme.[2]
Picture Captions
The viewers are asked to send in a suitable caption for a picture that is shown. The captions are broadcast towards the end of the show.[3]
Roll Call
One of the cast reads the nicknames of those in the show's IRC channel while the "Jarabe tapatío" is played.[citation needed]
Spits-or-Swallows
The cast eat and/or drink something their viewers have sent in.
Subservience
Inspired by Burger King's The Subservient Chicken, this segment consists of a cast member who appears on camera and performs actions based on suggestions from the audience. Usually featuring fursuiters, there have been exceptions, such as Episode 315's Subservient Rasvar.[citation needed]
The Pink Flamingo Challenge
Show visitors are treated to some sort of pastry (preferably of a chocolatey nature) which they are encouraged to eat while viewing a short clip from the ending to the movie Pink Flamingos (in which "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" is played, while Divine chews and swallows dog feces). Since this portion of the film is disturbingly graphic, only the audience's reaction is shown to viewers. On some occasions, a substitute food item (such as a burrito) is offered; on rarer occasions, such as a fursuiting guest, no item is offered.[citation needed]
Pawpet Match Game
Played in a similiar fashion to the 1970s Match Game Show, with the additional rule that since his answers are so bizarre, anyone matching Shak's response instantly wins.[citation needed]
Shout Outs
Announcements (such as happy birthday wishes) the viewers have sent in are read (after Picture Captions).[citation needed]

Memorable shows

The Funday Pawpet Show has had many shows with unusual or memorable topics. Frequent themed shows celebrate major holidays such as Christmas, New Years, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July and Christmas in July.[citation needed] On many occasions, the cast has gone out to various sites to film sequences. Some of the most memorable include trips to conventions such as Fx and MegaCon to interview many of the guest celebrities. The cast has done interviews with the children (now grown up) from the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In that show, "Mutt" keeps getting thrown from one star to the next for asking them "stupid questions".[citation needed] Other celebrities that have been interviewed on the show include: Jason Marsden (Max Goof from "A Goofy Movie"), Jay North (Dennis the Menace), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett from "Star Wars"), and Noel McNeal (Bear from "Bear in the Big Blue House"). The show also has "bumpers" or intros done by various individuals including the accapella group, Toxic Audio.[citation needed]

The show has many recurring gags. On the Easter shows, the viewers are challenged to find new and creative ways to destroy chocolate rabbits in "Chocolate Bunny Deaths".[citation needed] During the Christmas and Christmas in July shows, the cast takes part in white elephant gift exchanges on the air, from which some cast members have gone home with things like edible underwear, half of a sub sandwich, and a 5 pound container of lard.[citation needed] The Halloween show has recently featured video of purple monsters attempting to scare the Trick or Treaters that appear at the front door of the house where the show is filmed.[citation needed]

"The Ferret Takeover Show"
Inspired by the movie Being John Malkovich, the cast one by one enter a strange back door in the stage and transform into ferrets.[4]
"The Drunk Show"
Inspired by an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati and intended to celebrate the show's 21st episode (the drinking age in Florida, although for various reasons the topic was ultimatly pushed back to the 23rd show), the cast (all of whom agreed to give up their car keys and spend the night in the studio) took one shot of Rumplemintz for every half hour of broadcast time. This show is arguably the most controversial episode of Pawpets - those who've seen it ether love it or hate it.[citation needed]
"The Sinkhole Show"
Another controversial show. This Halloween show ran a quick disclaimer at the very beginning of the broadcast stating that "the show is a dramatization." The disclaimer was run only once. During the course of the broadcast, cast members began talking about a sinkhole that had really formed elsewhere in Orlando. Later, the cast began to describe a fictitious sinkhole forming in the front yard of the house that was threatening to destroy it. At the end of the program, the cast tipped over the stage and severed all connections and feed lines..making it appear as if the house had indeed fallen into a sinkhole.[citation needed]
"The Arthur Awards"
Named after the Pawpet Show character Arthur Bronswager, this is a parody of the Oscars held on the Sunday night closest to the show, and features categories such as "Best Running Joke" and "Best Song they Never Play on the Show Anymore". Topics are selected about two months prior to the show, and viewers were able to vote on them from the Pawpet Show website.[5]
"9/11 Special"
On the night of September 11 2001 the cast quickly assembled for an impromptu show to help calm people and find out who in the community was directly affected by the 9/11 tragedy. This is the only show that was intentionally never made available for the weekly download. Viewers sent the cast thank you letters and awards for their efforts.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PawPet.de - Furry Pawpetry in Europe". July 3 2001. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ "Funday PawPet Show: Art Jam".
  3. ^ "Funday PawPet Show: Picture Captions".
  4. ^ Rob, Taylor (2003-06-22). "Funday Pawpet Show #173 - Flashbacks - June 22nd, 2003 - Timeline". Retrieved 2007-03-27.
  5. ^ Rob, Taylor (2003-04-16). "PawpetShow#163-Arthur Awards!-Timeline". Retrieved 2007-03-27.
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