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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 12142
Released: October 19, 2004 |
| Our Price: $11.71 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Uncut, uncensored and unrelenting, Greg the Bunny stars Seth Green and Eugene Levy and is rude, crude, and stuffed with attitude. TV wasn’t ready for him. Are you? The complete series on DVD includes two never aired episodes and much more. Puppets are people too!
Description of Greg the Bunny - The Complete Series:
Cheers to Fox for even putting Greg the Bunny on the air, and jeers to Fox for yanking it after a mere season (an ignominious fate it shared with The Ben Stiller Show and Andy Richter Controls the Universe). Ripe for discovery, this cult-worthy 2002 series took its cue from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and anticipated the subversive Tony Award-winning Muppet spoof Avenue Q by imagining a world in which puppets (or, to be more PC: "fabricated Americans") live amongst humans. Greg, a sweet-natured bunny, lives with his best friend Jimmy (Seth Green), a slacker whose father, Gil (the inestimable Eugene Levy), is the director of the "struggling," "low-rated" children's show Sweetknuckle Junction. Greg prevails upon Jimmy to get him a job on the show, but Greg inadvertently finds himself replacing the star. the washed-up Rochester Rabbit. Jimmy signs on as the production assistant to watch over Greg, and to pursue the icy network executive, Alison (comedy siren Sarah Silverman). Rounding out the human cast is gun nut Junction Jack (Bob Gunton) and ditzy, puppet-loving (and we mean that literally) Dottie (Dina Walters).
The puppet ensemble is no less impressive than the "fleshies." There's Count Blah, a vampire with a Sesame Street complex and a penchant for punctuating his sentences with "blah"; Warren "Professor Ape" Demontague, a soused monkey with thespian pretensions (and an ongoing feud with neighbor Corey Feldman); Tardy Turtle, an appellation which, unfortunately, does not just refer to his lack of speed, and Susan, a monster who makes Janet Reno look like Salma Hayek. Profanity and crude behavior emanating from puppets is certainly good for some easy laughs (prepare for the worst when adorable laundry icon Snuggles enters a bathroom stall in the episode "Father & Son Reunion"). But Greg the Bunny plays it smart as well, with sly in-jokes and movie references (catch the King Kong homage when an enraged Demontague jumps on Gil's shoulders in "Blah Bawls"). The show only got better and funnier as its lone season unfolded, making its cancellation that much more keenly felt. A Family Guy-type resurrection seems unlikely, but what about a Count Blah spinoff? Until then, this features-stuffed two-disc set, complete with clips from Greg's humble public-access beginnings, cast and in-character commentaries, behind-the-scenes segments, and a new Tardy featurette, will really sock it to you. --Donald Liebenson
Greg the Bunny - The Complete Series Reviews:
Pee your pants funny 
2009-09-22 - I was a big fan of this show when it aired originally, and was so-o-o happy to find it on amazon. This program was way ahead of its time, and is, for the most part, pee in your pants funny. Not intended for young children, it is highly recommended for adults. I even bought a second copy to give as a gift!
So much potential wasted 
2009-07-04 - While the start was uncomfortable and rocky to watch, there was still palpable potential even in the lowest ranking episode. As the series drew to a close was when it started to show its full potential as an entertaining force to be reckoned with. It's a huge shame it was bumped off the air before it could have achieved greatness. It puzzles me why something like Greg the Bunny was canceled and The Simple Life green lit. I'm also surprised it wasn't picked up by another network.
Wonderfully Twisted! 
2009-04-14 - This series is insanely twisted! I wish it had lasted more than one season! Seth Green and Eugene Levy are brilliant!
Greg the Bunny
2009-02-24 - I wish the series had lasted more than one season. It was so funny. At least we can watch it again whenever we feel like it
Halarious!
2009-02-08 - Got this as a present for someone. They loved it. Brought back some great memories!
