Greg the Bunny
Greg the Bunny is an American television sitcom that originally aired on Fox in 2002. It starred Seth Green and a hand puppet named Greg the Bunny, originally invented by the team of Sean S. Baker, Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano. Milano and Chinoy wrote and co-produced the Fox show. The show was spun off from "The Greg the Bunny Show", a series of short segments that aired on the Independent Film Channel, which were based on the Public-access television cable TV show "Junktape". A show spin-off, called "Warren the Ape", premiered on June  14, 2010, on MTV. Plot. In the FOX show, Greg was the co-star of a children's television show called "Sweetknuckle Junction". Like "The Muppet Show", "Greg the Bunny" treated puppets as though they were real creatures within the reality of the show. Although in this show, they were treated as a racial minority (who prefer to be called by the politically correct term "fabricated Americans"), sometimes struggling against second-class citizenship. Characters. Puppets. There have been many puppets that have been used on the show. The ones who are exclusive to the show have been designed and built  at Animated Engineering McAvene Designs. Several of these puppets that appeared on the FOX Show were reused from "The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth" like some members of the Gingivitis Gang appearing as background crew members. Background and production. "Junktape" was a half-hour, bi-weekly Public-access television show created by Sean S. Baker, Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano. The show aired on New York City's Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Monday nights at 11:30 pm. Eventually, the show got the attention of the Independent Film Channel and given its own series of regular segments starring one of the main  characters from "Junktape", Greg the Bunny. "The Greg the Bunny Show" on IFC involved Greg and other characters introducing independent films being screened by using skits that parodied the films. The Fox show made its debut in March 2002 and its last episode aired in August 2002, with two episodes unaired. Its failure was largely ascribed to the show runner and networks' seeming cluelessness as to the direction they wanted the show to take. The network promoted "Greg the Bunny" as a puppet show for adults, but within the show itself, they insisted on toning down its edgier aspects. The  creators felt these changes caused the show to lose something, and gave it much more of a traditional sitcom feel. The show runner and network also wanted to focus the show more on the human cast, while the creators maintained that the puppets were the heart of the show. Despite these problems, the series acquired a significant cult following, and was eventually released on DVD in 2004. In August 2005, Greg the Bunny returned to the IFC, in a series of short segments, spoofing both old and new movies such as "Annie Hall", "Miller's Crossing", "Barton Fink", "Fargo", "Blue  Velvet", "Easy Rider" and "Pulp Fiction". The cast for these segments primarily features puppets Greg and Warren Demontague with appearances from Count Blah, new character Pal Friendlies, and returning character The Wumpus. Tardy the Turtle and Susan were unable to appear in the IFC series because they were the property of FOX. Episodes. The episodes appear in production code order on the DVD release. IFC shorts (2005). "Greg the Bunny" returned as a series of 12-minute shorts that aired on IFC, starting in August 2005. Home media. The original "Greg the Bunny: The Complete Series" DVD was released October  19, 2004. The IFC series was partially released as "Greg the Bunny: Best of the Film Parodies" October 24, 2006. The remainder of the IFC series released as "The Passion of Greg the Bunny: Best of the Film Parodies, Vol. 2" May 6, 2008.