8.6 /10 1 Votes
8.5/10 First episode date 11 March 2005 | 8.5/10 Also known as 'Kids Show' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Puppetry, Black comedy, Horror, Adult animation, Satire, Surreal humor, Post-modern, Toilet humor Created by John LeeVernon Chatman Developed by John LeeVernon Chatman Written by John LeeVernon Chatman Directed by John LeeVernon Chatman Cast Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Marty Grabstein, Dave Willis, Eddie Deezen Profiles |
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Wonder Showzen is an American sketch comedy television series that aired between 2005 and 2006 on MTV2. It was created by John Lee and Vernon Chatman of PFFR. The show is rated TV-MA.
Contents
- Wonder showzen middle america part 1
- Development
- Adults
- Kids
- Season One
- Season Two
- Recurring segments
- Home releases
- References

The show's format is that of educational PBS children's television shows such as Sesame Street and The Electric Company (e.g. use of stock footage, puppetry, and clips of children being interviewed), parodying the format with adult-oriented content. In addition to general controversial comedy, it satirizes politics, religion, war, sex, and culture with black comedy.

Every episode begins with a disclaimer, which reads:
"Wonder Showzen contains offensive, despicable content that is too controversial and too awesome for actual children. The stark, ugly and profound truths Wonder Showzen exposes may be soul-crushing to the weak of spirit. If you allow a child to watch this show, you are a bad parent or guardian."

Development

Wonder Showzen was created by John Lee and Vernon Chatman and pitched to the USA Network in 2000, but after a few minutes of viewing, executives there quickly concluded it did not fit the network's programming style. However, Viacom was re-branding MTV2 and made Wonder Showzen part of its new programming lineup. It aired as part of Sic 'Em Fridays, along with Dirty Sanchez and Wildboyz. The pilot was named simply "Kids Show". The Wonder Showzen theme song is still 'Kids Show'. Reruns of the show also air on MTV and Comedy Central.

MTV released the first season of Wonder Showzen on DVD March 28, 2006. The second season of Wonder Showzen premiered on March 31, 2006 and had its season-two finale starring Clarence on May 19, 2006 on MTV2. This season was released on DVD October 10, 2006, with an easter egg that featured an animation contest. The grand prize was announced as the winner's animation appearing on "the next DVD", but the creators later said a third season was unlikely, and MTV afterward canceled the show. A return is even more unlikely as the creators of Wonder Showzen went on to produce the animated series Xavier: Renegade Angel.
It aired in Canada on MTV2, the United Kingdom and Ireland on MTV Two, MTV and TMF, Australia on MTV, Germany and Italy on MTV Entertainment, Latin America on MTV Latin America and in the Baltics on MTV Networks Baltic.
Adults
Kids
Season One
Season Two
Recurring segments
Home releases
A giftset containing Seasons 1 and 2 was scheduled for release on December 12, 2006, but it was canceled.