MTV2's 'WONDER SHOWZEN: SEASON ONE'

MTV2's 'WONDER SHOWZEN: SEASON ONE'

2-Disc DVD Set Arrives on March 28 with Never-Before-Seen Footage, Gleefully Creepy, Touch and Feel Interactive Packaging, and a Collectible Poster!

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Remember all those Saturday mornings you spent in front of the tube in your jammies? Well, WONDER SHOWZEN takes your favorite things about watching TV as a kid and turns them inside out and upside down! If you thought you'd seen everything ... you've never experienced MTV2's cult hit television series, which recently was honored on several 2005 Best of Television lists including Entertainment Weekly, Time.com, and L.A. Weekly. Now, WONDER SHOWZEN: SEASON ONE will debut an uncensored, extras-loaded DVD with gleefully creepy, touch and feel interactive packaging with a collectible poster on March 28 and is available for pre-order now.

Delightfully dark, yet smartly subversive, WONDER SHOWZEN is an absurdist comedy/variety show, spiked with a team of puppets, kids, cartoons and old educational films. Since premiering on MTV2 in March 2005, it has received glowing accolades from top critics and comedians: The New York Times calls it "a freaky and funny show." Matt Groening, Creator and Executive Producer of The Simpsons, said, "Wonder Showzen is so weirdly funny the top of your head will burst and your skull will fly out." Arrested Development's David Cross called the show "the funniest, most subversive comedy on American T.V." Viewers looking to be shocked and awed, will be thrilled with the unique and lunatic exploits displayed in hilarious sketches from puppets Chauncey, Wordsworth, Sthugar and Him, news segments with A.P. Gibralter, Clarence's "puppet on the street" skits, and Beat Kids. The first season of WONDER SHOWZEN also features special appearances by personalities such as comedienne/actress, Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy). WONDER SHOWZEN was created by John Lee and Vernon Chatman, former writers with an illustrious comedy pedigree including "South Park," "The Chris Rock Show" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."

The WONDER SHOWZEN: SEASON ONE 2-disc uncensored DVD set includes all 8 episodes, auditions, Beat Kids and Clarence Outtakes, "Storytime with Flava Flav" featurette, special guest commentary, a Season 2 Sneak Peak, music videos from PFFR (Lee and Chatman's band) and even a limited edition WONDER SHOWZEN poster! WONDER SHOWZEN will be available for $26.99 MSRP.

The second season of WONDER SHOWZEN makes its triumphant return to MTV2 on March 31st as part of the Sic'em Friday lineup at 9:30 PM ET/PT. The full season of WONDER SHOWZEN reached over 10 million total viewers, with over 6 million viewers from the 12-34 demographic. WONDER SHOWZEN improved ratings 55% among P18-34 versus its time period average (the prior 4 week time period average prior to its debut). Their first season aired from March 2005 thru April 2005 on MTV2's Sic'em Friday night block at 9:30pm. In addition, MTV2 ended a tremendously successful 2005 with its highest rated year in its history among P12-34 and among Males 12-24. Now in over 59 million homes, MTV2 reached new ratings milestones in channel history during each of the four quarters for 2005. MTV2 closed out the year with ratings increases among P12-34 by 20% and among Males 12-24 by 29% versus 2004.

The WONDER SHOWZEN: SEASON ONE 2-disc DVD set is priced at $26.99 MSRP in the U.S. and $32.99 in Canada. Both DVD sets are encoded with the Macrovision(TM) AntiCopy process. The WONDER SHOWZEN: SEASON ONE 2-disc DVD will be available on MTV.com.

Title Length MPAA Rating
WONDER SHOWZEN:S1 169 minutes Not Rated in US
Rated 14 A (Can.)

Presented In: Full screen format; Dolby Digital English Surround.

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Source: MTV

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