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For the play by R. B. Sheridan, see The Critic (play). The Critic or a Tragedy Rehearsed is a Satire by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
For the Toby Keith song, see Shock'n Y'all. Toby Keith Covel (born July 8 1961 is an American Country music singer-songwriter record producer and actor Shock'n Y'all is an Album by Country music superstar Toby Keith, released in 2003
The Critic
Opening titles of The Critic
Opening titles of The Critic
Format Animated sitcom
Created by Al Jean
Mike Reiss
Starring Jon Lovitz
Nancy Cartwright
Christine Cavanaugh
Gerrit Graham
Judith Ivey
Doris Grau
Maurice LaMarche
Nick Jameson
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Al Jean (born January 9, 1961 Detroit Michigan) is a Television comedy writer best known for his work on The Simpsons Michael "Mike" Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer Jonathan M "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American Actor and Comedian perhaps best known as a cast member of Saturday Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American Voice actress. Christine Cavanaugh (born 1963 in Utah) is an American voice actress who has a distinctive speaking style and has provided the voice for a large range Gerrit Graham (born November 27, 1949) is an American Actor and Songwriter. Judith Lee Ivey (born September 4, 1951) is an American Actress and director. Doris Grau ( October 12 1924 - December 30 1995) was an American actress script supervisor and voice actress Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian Voice actor and former stand up Comedian. Nick Jameson is an American character and Voice actor. He has appeared in the television series The Critic, 24 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the  of episodes 23
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Al Jean
Mike Reiss
James L. Brooks
Running time approx. Al Jean (born January 9, 1961 Detroit Michigan) is a Television comedy writer best known for his work on The Simpsons Michael "Mike" Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer James L Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American producer, Screenwriter and director. 22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ABC (1994)
FOX (1995)
Original run January 26, 1994 – May 21, 1995
External links
(1994)/ IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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The show was canceled after two years, though nine scripts were written for the would be new network UPN and ten brief Internet only "webisodes" were produced later on and were included as a bonus on the DVD box set. United Paramount Network ( UPN) was a Television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is The program can currently be seen on ReelzChannel. ReelzChannel is a Digital cable Television channel owned by Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation that airs programming about movies

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Cast

Characters

Jay Sherman

"New York's third most popular early-morning cable-TV film critic," Jay Prescott Sherman is the host of Phillips Broadcasting's "Coming Attractions. Jonathan M "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American Actor and Comedian perhaps best known as a cast member of Saturday Christine Cavanaugh (born 1963 in Utah) is an American voice actress who has a distinctive speaking style and has provided the voice for a large range Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American Voice actress. Gerrit Graham (born November 27, 1949) is an American Actor and Songwriter. Judith Lee Ivey (born September 4, 1951) is an American Actress and director. Doris Grau ( October 12 1924 - December 30 1995) was an American actress script supervisor and voice actress Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian Voice actor and former stand up Comedian. Nick Jameson is an American character and Voice actor. He has appeared in the television series The Critic, 24 Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18 1939) is an Academy Award - and Tony Award-nominated as well as Emmy - and Golden Charles Napier (born April 12, 1936) is an American Actor, known for his portrayals of square-jawed tough guys and military types Park Overall (born March 15, 1957) is an American film and television actress known for her trademark heavy Southern accent. Russi Taylor (born on May 4, 1944 in Cambridge Massachusetts) is the current voice actress for Disney 's Minnie Mouse character The City of New York " His catch phrases include his exclamation of surprise ("Hotchie motchie!"), his common putdown of sub-par films ("It stinks!") and his distinctive cough ("ach-um!"). A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance He is known for his surly and sarcastic putdowns of the majority of films he reviews - which is the majority of films he sees, as his favorite films are foreign films, such as The Red Balloon - with the exception of Citizen Kane. The Red Balloon ( Le Ballon rouge) ( 1956) is a Fantasy Short film, directed by French Filmmaker Albert Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored He often uses the "Shermometer" to measure the films he reviews, or a list of diseases he'd rather have than see a movie. Most of his dislike for films comes from a love for cinema that has been disillusioned by seeing the commercial processes involved in the film industry.

Jay is the adopted son of wealthy couple Franklin and Eleanor Sherman, who originally thought he was a monkey. He was given Acid-laced Kool-Aid in Pre-School by guest speaker Timothy Leary, and was mistakenly sent to Attica Prison instead of summer camp as a child. The Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum-security Prison located in Attica New York, a small town located midway between Buffalo and Rochester Summer camp is a supervised Program for Children and/or Teenagers conducted (usually during the Summer Months in some countries He has a teenage sister named Margo. He has a young son, Marty, who visits often when not staying with Jay's ex-wife, Ardeth and her "personal trainer," Alberto. He is 36 years old.

Jay appeared in a guest role on the episode of The Simpsons, "A Star Is Burns", in which he presided over a local film festival, much to Homer's envy. " A Star Is Burns " is the 18th episode of The Simpsons ' sixth season. Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. Simpsons creator Matt Groening, for his part, detested the act of a current FOX show (which The Critic was at the time) crossing over with another current FOX show, and refused to allow his name to be shown in the credits, or discuss the episode on the later DVD commentary. Matthew Abram Groening (ˈɡreɪnɪŋ GRAY-ning) (born February 15 1954 is an American Cartoonist, television producer and writer from Portland A fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete Fictional characters, settings or universes into the context of a single When Jay enters the Simpson household, Bart is watching a Flintstones-Jetsons crossover show (which was probably the movie The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones), which he criticizes; he then praises Jay and "Coming Attractions"/The Critic, before shuddering and saying to himself "I feel so dirty. The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on ABC. The Jetsons is a prime-time animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones is an animated TV movie featuring the first meeting between the characters from two Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows The Flintstones " At the end of the episode, as he is leaving for New York, Jay offers the Simpsons to appear on "Coming Attractions"/The Critic, but Bart declines, saying, "Nah, we're not going to be doing that. " Oddly, The Simpsons also appears on television as a cartoon in The Critic. Jay Sherman also has yellow skin when he appears on The Simpsons but pink skin on The Critic.

Since then, Jay appeared briefly on The Simpsons a few more times. In the episode "Hurricane Neddy", he was in an insane asylum apparently unable to say anything more than his catchphrase (Doctor: "Yes, Mr. Hurricane Neddy is the eighth episode of The Simpsons ' eighth season which originally aired December 29 1996 Sherman. Everything stinks. ") In another episode, he is seen at Moe's Tavern with all the other characters on the show that Lovitz voices or has voiced. " The Ziff Who Came to Dinner " is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons ' fifteenth season, and the third of four episodes

Jay has also held several other jobs in his time, including a truck driver, speech writer for his boss's presidential campaign and a writer for the film Ghostchasers III (renamed Ghostbusters III during the final episode clip show. Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is )

He has won a string of prestigious awards for his career. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for criticism, in addition to a People's Choice Award, five Golden Globes, an Emmy Award, a PhD in film, and a B'nai B'rith Award. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Note This article does not pertain to the People's Choice Awards presented at the British Comedy Awards show in the United Kingdom, or to an awards show The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The Independent Order of B'nai B'rith ( IPA: /bəneɪ 'brɪθ/ Hebrew: בני ברית "Sons of the Covenant " is the oldest continually-operating Duke frequently makes patronizing comments to suggest that Jay is gay; Jay maintains that he is straight.

Jay blames his weight problem on the fictional disorder vitilardo, a word-play on the skin pigmentation disorder vitiligo. Vitiligo (ˈvɪtəˈlaɪgoʊ or leukoderma is a chronic skin disease that causes loss of pigment, resulting in irregular pale patches of Skin His weight is suggested to be greater than a tank, as a helicopter that was originally designed to lift tanks was unable to even get him off the ground. A tank is a tracked, Armoured fighting vehicle designed for Front-line combat which combines Operational mobility and tactical He was also shown in a file photo on a news report as "weighing more than the entire band Los Lobos,", in which he is sitting on a see-saw, lifting the entire band into the air. When he exercises, Duke often uses Jay in place of a set of dumbbells when lifting weights. Jay's stomach seems to have a mind of its own, often giving him commands that he obeys out of fear, going so far as to call it "Master". In Human anatomy, the stomach is a J-shaped hollow muscular organ of the Gastrointestinal tract involved in the second phase of Digestion, following Acting on the advice of a quack public-relations expert, Jay once gained so much weight that he had to have several months' worth of liposuction. Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty ("fat modeling" liposculpture or suction lipectomy ("suction-assisted fat removal" is

He also has an alter-ego in "Ethel". His Ethel persona is an elderly woman, whom he often pretends is his assistant, and therefore assumes her persona when answering the phone. "Ethel" only appeared in the first season, and is phased out in the second to make Jay seem less crazy and more likable.

In the opening sequence for every episode, Jay is awakened by a disquieting phone call or radio news brief. At the end, he is seen sitting in a movie theater, eating popcorn and drinking soda as the closing credits are shown on the screen. When they finish, an usher approaches and says, "Excuse me, sir, the show's over. " Jay then delivers one of the following four responses:

Marty Sherman, Jay Sherman's son.
Marty Sherman, Jay Sherman's son.

Marty Sherman

Jay's 13-year-old son Martin (Marty for short) usually stays with his mother, but visits Jay often. Like Jay, he is overweight, which causes him problems at United Nations International School. The United Nations International School (UNIS is a private International school in New York City. He was elected eighth-grade president thanks to a speech written by his father, dated Fidel Castro's granddaughter and discovered he has a gift for belly-dancing (he has great muscle control in his belly). Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until In one episode, he lost a lot of weight, but found his new thin body to be more trouble than it was worth and gained it all back before the end of the episode.


Ardeth

Jay's ex-wife, last name unknown, who fell in love with Jay as his nurse, during a period in which he was completely bandaged and gagged. She instantly regretted marrying Jay, admitting so during the wedding ceremony. They spent their wedding night playing The Newlywed Game, which they won (Jay correctly guessed Ardeth compared his sex appeal to a dead mackerel). The Newlywed Game was an American television Game show where newly-married couples answered questions to find out how well the husband and wife knew

Ardeth spends most of the series insulting Jay or demanding more alimony. At one point, when he greets her at a school athletic competition, she tells him he has to pay her $100 every time he talks to her. Opening his wallet, he replies, "Here's two hundred. Get bent!" However, she shares Jay's affection for their only son Marty and even goes so far as to admit, "We raised a great kid. " She is voiced by Brenda Vaccaro, but in one episode, she was guest-voiced by Rhea Perlman. Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18 1939) is an Academy Award - and Tony Award-nominated as well as Emmy - and Golden Rhea Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American four-time Emmy Award -winning actress, known for her role as Carla Tortelli

Margo Sherman

The youngest child of the Sherman family, and the only biological child of Franklin and Eleanor. She is 16 years old and is a junior at a finishing school for "untouched girls. " Margo is an activist who often protests her mother's socialite lifestyle. Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change She also cares greatly for Jay, making sure his girlfriends aren't just dating him to get good reviews and having him escort her to the debutante ball. A debutante ( deb or presentation ball (from the French débutante, "female beginner" is a young lady from an aristocratic or Briefly dated grunge rock singer Johnny Wrath (real name: Jonathan Rathberg), after he moved next door to the Shermans.

Franklin Sherman

Jay's adoptive father and Eleanor's husband, Franklin always carries a drink in his hand and wears slippers. He is completely insane, and often acts quite erratically. His family claims that he had a stroke (to which Eleanor adds "He didn't really. We just say that to explain his personality"). A few of his oddities include burning down the house, becoming stuck to an ice sculpture and glueing the dog to the ceiling.

He is a former governor of New York State, as well as a former ambassador, Cabinet member, a Rhodes scholar and a heavy contributor to the Republican Party. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars He was also U. S. Secretary of Balloon Doggies, claiming, "I didn't ask to be Secretary of Balloon Doggies, the balloon doggies demanded it. Balloon modeling or balloon twisting is the shaping of special modeling Balloons into almost any given shape often a balloon animal. " He was Duke Phillips' running mate when he ran for president, though Duke tried to remove him when he claimed to be the first black female head of the Ku Klux Klan. Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are His like of rum is mentioned in "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost" when he lines up and sets fire to logs arranged to say "SEND RUM. Rum is a Distilled beverage made from Sugarcane by-products such as Molasses and sugarcane Juice by a process of fermentation "

Eleanor Sherman (née Wigglesworth)

Jay's adoptive mother and Franklin's wife, Eleanor is very prim and proper. She can be very nasty and underhanded when it suits her purposes, willing to shoot her daughter's horse to force her to go to a debutante ball. She is often embarrassed by her family and its eccentricities. She seeks to have all poor people shot into space, and when she wrote a children's book about Jay called "The Fat Little Pig", she promised to put all the profits toward that goal. She is a little too concerned with her outward appearance, despite her lack of tear ducts. This is brought to light when she is asked how her skin is so smooth, and she replied that she scrubs her face rigorously with steel wool, and then soaks her face in boiling hot water for two minutes exactly. Eleanor's voice, and many of her mannerisms, were inspired by Katharine Hepburn. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage

Duke Phillips

Duke is Jay's boss, and head of Philips Broadcasting (formerly Duke Phillips' House of Chicken and Waffles). Chicken and waffles is a dish combining Waffles, typically a breakfast food with Chicken, sometimes fried that is served in certain specialty restaurants in He somewhat resembles Ted Turner and has a virtually superhuman constitution (he's able to lift Jay with relative ease and walk through concrete walls). Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American Media proprietor and philanthropist. He runs the network that shows Coming Attractions, and is always trying to change things to increase ratings and maximize profits. He owns an amusement park called Phillips Land, dubbed "The Happiest Place In Jersey", founded his own preschool ("Built on a dare"), runs PNN (Philips News Network), and a hospital/medical reasearch center (with a giant statue of himself on it chanting "all hail duke, duke is life) and also tried to run for president with Franklin Sherman as his running mate. He possesses a hypnotic power called the "Evil eye" which he used to avoid reporters questions during that campaign. Contracted a fatal disease, later dubbed "Duke Phillips" disease; the treatment for which includes an 8 ounce injection of a medication discovered by Jay entitled "Jay Sherman's Oil" (a parody of Lorenzo's Oil) into his eyeball every 4 hours. Lorenzo's Oil is an Academy Award –nominated 1992 Drama film directed by George Miller. He believes Jay is gay and in love with him, and wastes no opportunity to belittle him in public about this. Towards the end of the series, he marries Alice Tompkins' sister Miranda. When asked about religion, Duke commented that he, along with the rest of America's cultural elite, worships Pan, the goat god. Elite (also spelled Élite) is taken originally from the Latin, eligere, "to elect" Pan ( Greek, Genitive) is the Greek god of shepherds and flocks of mountain wilds hunting and rustic music paein means to pasture Also, pigeons love the sound of his voice. He has a secret love of cats, and in the episode "All the Duke's Men" a videotape of him tearfully singing to his cat is used by Bob Dole to discourage Duke from running as a Republican. Duke loves America, but for tax purposes is a citizen of the Dutch Antilles. The Netherlands Antilles ( Dutch:) previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles

Jeremy Hawke

Jeremy is an Australian actor, and is Jay's best friend since Jay gave his first film its only positive review. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Best known as the star of the "illogical, blasphemous, and ultra-violent" Crocodile Gandhi series, he has starred in multiple action movies and played former president James Monroe (as a spoof of James Bond eg. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by James Monroe (April 28 1758 – July 4 1831 was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825 James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story "Monroe, James Monroe"). He has a twin sister, Olivia, who tries to win Jay's affection. He is a combination spoof of Australians Paul Hogan in terms of the exaggerated accent, and Mel Gibson with his luck with the ladies as well as his action film roles. Paul Hogan AM (born October 8, 1939) is an Australian Golden Globe -winning actor and comedian most famous for his role as Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 His hidden shames: he's 43, uses elevator shoes to give the illusion of height, had allegedly fired a caterer for bringing the wrong kind of biscuit and has had extensive plastic surgery.

Doris

Doris is Jay's make-up artist, a chain smoker and possibly Jay's biological mother (tests were negative but there are many similarities between his circumstances and her own son whom she gave up for adoption). Chain smoking is the practice of lighting a new Cigarette for personal consumption immediately after one that is finished sometimes using the finished cigarette to light the She also tries to be attractive to Duke, by purring and sending him nude photos of herself. She only has one lung and anytime a cigarette is removed from her mouth a new one appears. Doris lives in a very spacious and luxurious apartment, affordable to her since it has been "rent controlled since 1946. " Her rent is $120 per month. She says that one of her talents is making shapes out of cigarette smoke, but when she tried to make a bunny she created one with a demonic face which told her "Doris. . . tick! Tock!" She was once a Commercial actress for Phleghm Fatale Cigarettes, but her career in acting ended after she "got knocked up by the Fruit of the Loom banana". Doris was even married to horror-movie actor Lon Chaney as evidenced on her arm tattoo. Lon Chaney may refer to Lon Chaney Sr (1883-1930 Lon Chaney Jr Voiced by Doris Grau who also played a character named Lunchlady Doris in The Simpsons. Doris Grau ( October 12 1924 - December 30 1995) was an American actress script supervisor and voice actress Springfield Elementary School is a fictional school on The Simpsons, attended by Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson and other Springfieldian children

Alice and Penny Tompkins

Introduced in the second season, Alice Tompkins becomes Jay's girlfriend. She is named for Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners and she is once married to a country singer, Cyrus Tompkins, but she leaves him when she begins to suspect he is cheating on her (she reaches this conclusion after seeing Cyrus' album, entitled "I'm being unfaithful to my wife, Alice Tompkins. The Honeymooners debuted as a half-hour series on October 1 1955. You heard me, Alice Tompkins. ") As a consequence, Alice moves to New York from Knoxville, Tennessee, to show her daughter Penny that a woman can make it without a man.

Originally an artist (and capable of replicating art masterworks on the walls of her apartment), she now works as Jay's personal assistant. She has an older sister, Miranda, who has usurped her popularity many times over the years, and a younger brother named Bisquick. Bisquick is a pre-mixed baking product made by General Mills consisting of Flour, Shortening, Salt, and Baking powder (a leavening

Penny quickly takes a liking to Jay, first calling him "funny man" due to the comical mishaps that repeatedly befall him when he is around her. Later in the season, she begins to call him "Uncle Jay. " When he and Alice are unable to get her admitted into any of the top preschools in New York, Duke Phillips creates one exclusively for her, staffed by Jimmy Breslin, Sean Young, and Prince Charles. Jimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1930) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Columnist and Author. Sean Young (born November 20, 1959) is an American actress. Early life Young was born as Mary Sean Young in

A fifth tagline for the closing credits was created to go with the original four (see above). Here, Jay and Alice are seen kissing in the theater seats as the credits roll. At the end, they are interrupted by an usher who says, "Excuse me, the show's over. " Alice responds, "Get away, pipsqueak," and Jay says to the camera, "That's why I love her!"

In the first Critic webisode Jay's makeup artist Jennifer asks him what happened to his self-esteem to which Jay replies that he lost it in the second divorce settlement leading many fans to believe that Jay had married Alice which eventually ended up in a bitter divorce. However, in on episode of the original show he marries a cuban woman so he can become a cuban citizen and go in to retrieve his son. The woman admitted to only be using him so it could very well have been her he divorced.

Vlada Veramirovich

Vlada, who is an Eastern European immigrant, runs a restaurant called L'ane Riche (French for "The Wealthy Jackass"), which Jay and Jeremy both frequent. He hates Jay, but loves his money, frequently belittling him quietly or in a foreign language to the staff. Best known for his greeting to Jay, "Meeester Sherman", he has a keen understanding of who is hot and who is not in New York and a pose built for schmoozing. Has an equally effeminate and disturbing son, Zoltan, who attends the same UN School as Jay's son Marty and sings unintentionally hilarious songs about his homeland. The headmaster of the UN School once described Zoltan as "The boy who used to be a girl. Oops, that used to be a secret!. . . " On a side note the restaurant is also a parody of Sardi's of New York, which is frequented by Broadway stars and New York socialites alike. Sardi's is a restaurant in New York City 's theater district at 234 West 44th Street in Manhattan.

Shackleford

The Shermans' butler, Shackleford is an older Englishman with a dour, sarcastic attitude. He is not particularly loyal to the family, but he stays with them for the money and fringe benefits. Shackleford is particularly contemptuous toward Jay, referring to him as Adopted Master Jay, with a tone that suggest that he does not consider Jay to be a true member of the family. He is also a fan of grunge rock and has worked for a number of famous musical groups. Shackleford was inspired by John Gielgud as the Butler Hobson in the movie Arthur. Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an

Webisodes

In the early 2000s, show creators Al Jean and Mike Reiss ran a series of ten internet episodes of The Critic, still with Jon Lovitz as the starring role. Al Jean (born January 9, 1961 Detroit Michigan) is a Television comedy writer best known for his work on The Simpsons Michael "Mike" Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer While still making fun of movies and Hollywood in general, its story focused on Jay lusting after the lovely Jennifer, his new makeup lady. Alice does not appear in any of the episodes and is not mentioned by name, though Jay does briefly refer to a "second divorce" in the first episode--presumably from her. Besides Jay, Vlada is the only other character from the show to make an appearance. All ten of the "webisodes" were included on the complete series DVD (but not iTunes). Parodies include gaffs on The Patriot, Harry Potter, Mission: Impossible 2, X-Men, Pearl Harbor and Cast Away. The Patriot is a 2000 War film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Robert Rodat, and starring Mel Gibson. Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J Mission Impossible II, or MI-2 as it is also known is a 2000 film directed by John Woo and starring Tom Cruise, X-Men is a 2000 Superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics characters of the same name. Pearl Harbor is a 2001 War film directed by Michael Bay. It features a large Ensemble cast, including Ben Affleck, Cast Away is a 2000 Film by 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks about a modern day Robinson Crusoe, a FedEx employee

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