I am – Hercules!!
Pearl Jam is the musical guest. Spies say Kenan Thompson and Rachel Dratch could be back as the club rats of “Deep House Dish.” Debbie Downer might turn up too. There’s a TV Funhouse in the can. And at least one digital short.
Speaking of Funhouse? Carell and Colbert return in two weeks as The Ambiguously Gay Duo, voicing new footage as the hosts of “The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse.” Look! A press release!
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" PRESENTS "THE BEST OF SATURDAY TV FUNHOUSE" ON APRIL 29
First-Time Collection of Critically Acclaimed Animated Shorts by Robert Smigel debuts with "Hosts" The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Ace & Gary
NEW YORK - April 10, 2006 - NBC's "Saturday Night Live" presents a special "Best Of" compilation on April 29 (11:30 pm - 1 am ET) featuring the first-ever collection of "Saturday TV Funhouse" shorts by acclaimed comedian Robert Smigel.
The special will be hosted by "The Ambiguously Gay Duo," Ace and Gary (voiced, as ever, by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell) and will feature new material starring the subtly homoerotic superheroes performing an "SNL" monologue as well as interacting "live" with the current cast throughout the show.
From the familiar scruffy cartoon dog tearing through the host's portrait to the theme song and animated Lorne Michaels shouting, "Give Me Back My Show!" - "Saturday TV Funhouse" has become a popular recurring feature on the legendary late night show since its first installment in 1996.
The special will showcase the classic recurring series of "Funhouse" segments including "The X-Presidents," "Fun with Real Audio" and, of course, "The Ambiguously Gay Duo."
Also included are a number of what have become annual holiday classics - including 2005's "Christmastime For The Jews," featuring music from Darlene Love, a holiday "Peanuts" parody, and the post-9/11 "Narrator That Ruined Christmas."
Over the past ten years, Smigel's cartoons have skewered targets all over the culture - from an Arab TV superhero cartoon "Saddam & Osama," the Mel Gibson parody "The Passion of the Dumpty" recasting the main character as Humpty Dumpty to a Disney-fied version of "Titanic" called "Titey."
Smigel served as a writer and co-producer on "SNL" from 1985-1993. Smigel's cartoons have been honored at numerous festivals including first prize at the annual World Animation Festival in 1997. In addition to his work on SNL's "Saturday TV Funhouse," Smigel also portrays and puppeteers Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," as well as providing the lips on many of the interviewees in the popular "Clutch Cargo" segment. Wachtenheim/Marianetti Animation has been responsible for most "TV Funhouse" cartoons since 1999. The original "TV Funhouse" animators, JJ Sedelmaier Studios, still create occasional cartoons, including the Ace and Gary segments for this special.
"Saturday Night Live," which premiered on October 11, 1975, is from SNL Studios in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels. Steve Higgins produces. Marci Klein and Mike Shoemaker are producers. Beth McCarthy Miller directs.
11:30 p.m. Saturday. NBC.
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