A Series of Tactical Errors
The Mr. Dictator Pageant suffers some setbacks, a senator apologizes for indiscretions behind his podium, and a presidential candidate campaigns with the blues.
Oct 21, 2008•42 min
Pure Imagination
Darkly comic short stories and improvised skits concerning such topics as Neil Armstrong's Giant Leap for Mankind Pancake House, Tragedy Karaoke Night, and the lunar robot band Infinitron Superdroid, all set to hypnotic music.
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Episodes
Stimulus
A father gives his daughters an ill-fated lesson on capitalism, a couple argue about purchasing a holographic video system, and a man promises the girl of his dreams one economic stimulus payment's worth of passion.
Oct 14, 2008•39 min
Jokes Have I Known
A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar . . .
Oct 07, 2008•46 min
The Pride
A young lion's hapless father aspires to be King of the Jungle.
Sep 30, 2008•49 min
Monster
Werewolves and a reluctant Monster's Bride struggle with the indignities of the modern age.
Sep 23, 2008•39 min
The Unseen Seagal
Synopses of lesser known Steven Seagal films and the Greatest Love Story Ever Told.
Feb 24, 2008•33 min
Curriculum Vitae
Gotta go to work, gotta go to work, gotta have a job.
Feb 17, 2008•36 min
Post-Christmas Special
Five elves from different socioeconomic backgrounds discuss life in the North Pole.
Feb 10, 2008•31 min
True to Life
"What's the Most Humiliating Thing You Would Do on Television for Fifty Dollars?" and other pressing questions posed and pondered by reality TV producers and contestants.
Dec 16, 2007•33 min
What's with the Cape?
Lobster Boy, Slime Girl, Awesome Jr., the Amazing Fireball, and the lover of the Blue Flash discuss the harsh realities of lives spent battling evil in spandex.
Dec 09, 2007•41 min
People Ain't No Good
An unpopular girl attempts to win Show and Tell, an obese supermarket bagger wallows in the shadow of his famous brother, and a seven year old is abandoned by his Mother in the Repository for Unwanted Infants.
Dec 02, 2007•38 min
The Mannequin
A Driver's Ed instructor from the Bone 'n Gristle District takes affluent kids driving through Jesustown, human mannequins endure innumerable indignities at a failing department store, and a cloud watching enthusiast battles depression.
Nov 25, 2007•34 min
Guy Meets Girl
The World's Greatest Lover holds court at a dive bar, a lady-in-waiting dissuades a knight from slaying dragons for her, and other awkward interactions between the sexes.
Nov 18, 2007•35 min
The Museum of Impossible Loves
A museum curator guides visitors through exhibits detailing his failed romantic relationships, a woman falls in and out of love with a menu writer, and a high school student becomes enamored with a local musician who only knows one song.
Nov 03, 2007•38 min
Act Now and You Shall Never Know Sadness or Fear
Advertisers make questionable product claims for Auxiliary Morale Boosting Reengagement Rings and Six Speed Oscillating Toothbrushes, among others, and trouble ensues when a vending machine only dispenses root beer to the pure of heart.
Oct 28, 2007•37 min
Advanced Techniques for Beginners
How to dress for success, how to play better golf, and the loneliness of the octagonal pizza deliveryman.
Oct 20, 2007•35 min
Factory Love
The Playboy of Assembly Line Three, the Numbers Department, and more stories of love in the time of Avian Flu.
Sep 22, 2007•33 min
The Caretaker
An embattled cemetery caretaker struggles to appease the living and the dead.
Nov 11, 2006•43 min
Trick or Treat
A neighborhood eccentric creates elaborate jack-o-lanterns, a timid office worker dresses as Zorro for a company Halloween party, and a man inspects trick-or-treat candy for health violations.
Nov 09, 2005•45 min
Submarine High School
A year in the life of three students attending the U.S.S. Dubuque High School, embedded in a functioning nuclear attack submarine.
Nov 09, 2005•27 min
My Dear Persephone
An astronaut leaves his beloved space station to fight real estate development in outer space.
Nov 09, 2005•36 min
Out of Time
A police officer lives his fantasy of being a cowboy, a millionaire abandons his mansion for the life of a hunter-gatherer, and a Mississippi high school girl dreams of marrying the Prince of Denmark.
Nov 09, 2005•28 min
Nothing Touches Me
An insurance adjuster allergic to the human touch loathes his coworkers and trains to break the world record for holding one's breath underwater.
Nov 09, 2005•35 min
The Little Lady
An aging TV weatherman struggles to appeal to the youth demographic, a married man secretly lusts after the eleven inch tall wife of a casual acquaintance, and the lawns of a small Midwestern town are plagued with mysterious holes.
Nov 09, 2005•40 min
The Ugly Kennedy
The son of a woman obsessed with the Kennedy family leaves home to join a traveling carnival.
Nov 09, 2005•29 min
The Janitor
A recent high school graduate hired by the same school he once attended finds solace from his daily grind in the nurse's office and an out of the way service elevator.
Nov 09, 2005•31 min
The Highway
A recently married couple adopts a highway, an awkward introvert works as a professional dater, and a young man receives a Russian mail order bride as a birthday present.
Nov 09, 2005•36 min
Fortune Falls
Two stories set in small Wisconsin towns: a former Olympic pairs figure skater works as a carhop on rollerskates at a retro 50's diner, and a young man works for a maze company.
Nov 09, 2005•37 min
Fashion is Exhausting
Three Midwesterners stumble through the Miami fashion scene and the Wisconsin Miss Teen Dairy Pageant.
Nov 09, 2005•31 min
Do the Evolution
Three first year teachers in Topeka, Kansas are ordered by law to teach intelligent design in conjunction with evolutionary theory.
Nov 09, 2005•30 min
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