Product Description

This is the true story of eight animated characters, picked to live together in a house to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real.

Meet the stars of Drawn Together, eight cartoons from all walks of life who have to deal with each others quirks, differences and drunken gropings in a hot tub. From Clara, the racist fairy tale princess, to Foxxy Love, the sassy, sexy musician to Woldoor Sockbat the... whatever he is, these housemates fast learn the art of loving, punching and licking each other.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20930 in DVD
• Brand: Paramount
• Released on: 2005-10-04
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 152 minutes

Amazon.com
If animated characters were forced to live together, would they remain their upstanding and lovable selves, or would their "real" personalities peek out from under the artwork? That's the question posited by Drawn Together, a no-holds-barred satire on reality series that trods gleefully on restraint and good taste in its quest for laughs. Co-created and produced by Dave Jesser and Matt Silverstein of The Man Show, Drawn Together chronicles the misadventures of eight cartoon characters (each thinly veiled takes on famous personas like Superman, SpongeBob Squarepants, and so on) who reside together in a Big Brother-style house while hidden cameras capture their every move. As the first season unfolds, the roommates prove to be on their worst behavior, indulging in illegal substances (i.e., Pokémon-style housemate Ling-Ling's fur in "The Other Cousin"), racism (spoiled princess Clara mistakes hot-pantsed black detective Foxxy for a servant in "Hot Tub"), and all manner of sexual shenanigans (a pregnancy scare forces Clara to reveal a monstrous physical problem in "Clara's Dirty Little Secret"). Obviously, the humor in Drawn Together is strictly for grown-ups) and though it's occasionally vulgar for vulgar's sake, the show is frequently funny and well-performed by its voice talent. The two-disc set features all seven of the first-season episodes that were aired (one episode, "Terms of Endearment," which lampooned actor Christopher Reeve's physical impairment, was pulled after his death, and is slated for the second season), as well as commentary from the vocal cast with Jesser and Silverstein, a selection of deleted and expanded scenes, and most amusingly of all, a karaoke sing-along for the show's raunchy songs. --Paul Gaita

Customer Reviews

Absolutely genius...
The premise was simple: do the same thing as MTV's "The Real World," but instead of using real people, use Pikachu, Superman, Betty Boop, Link (from the Zelda games), a generic Disney princess, and so on, and parody everything from M.C. Escher to drug addiction to Chinese sweatshop labor along the way. Taking the idea behind the Joe Schmo Show ("a reality series that's not real") one step further, this show broke every rule and turned the television multiverse on its head. How can a show without one original idea possibly be this unique and fresh? Though it occasionally relied on cheap shock tactics instead of real humor, its willingness to go "too far" helped to make it both addictive and unfathomably funny. This is the completely untrue story of seven cartoon characters picked to live in a house, not work together, and have their lives scripted, to find out what happens when people stop being real... and start being... DRAWN TOGETHER!

Unreal Reality
What happens if you put a diverse group of cartoons together in a house with a million cameras? You get a setting that can parody just about anything it wants from facts of life books for kids all the way to The Apprentice. Nothing is sacred or safe.

The cast includes a good variety of cartoons. We have a Betty Boop type, a super hero, a Disney-style princess, a video game hero (looks like the star of Elf Quest), a Japanese Toy cartoon, an obscene internet download character, a mystery-solving musician (Josie and the Pussycats style), and a crazy wacky something or other. Together they manage to get on one another's nerves and reveal or discover truths about themselves.

I was a little put off by some of the things done to the Boop character right at the start but the first song had me seeing the real talent behind this parody. One can only guess how far this series can go. This is definitely not for children and gives South Park a run for language while the visuals go far beyond into what many would label as obscene. Still, there is real writing talent behind this show and it comes through bright and clear. They really understand their subject. If you are not easily offended you should check this one out.

Totally Hooked
There's a lot about this show that's great besides the jokes and situations. This show is a perfect example of how animation styles have varied over the years and across continents. Each character is representative of a type of genre/style, and they are not simply "drawn together" in the style of the animators or creators. Instead, each character stays true to his or her "origin". Ling-Ling, for example, always exhibits the slightly jerky movements so common in Anime. Foxy Brown even has the virtually undetailed eyes that so many cartoons in that genre did. Spanky also has those great thick outlines and super bright colors you'd expect from an internet flash cartoon.

Aside from the high quality and attention paid to (most likely unnoticed) detail, the jokes are hilarious. Sometimes they're predictable. Other times, they come out of left field. The whole thing is a beautiful satire on the sorry state of television (when in the world will the reality shows just go away?!) and just how addictive these poorly conceptualized shows can be for many people.

If you enjoy a good fart joke or two, then this is the show for you. If not, then steer clear, because fart jokes are about as tame as it gets with "Drawn Together".

This is definitely another one of Comedy Central's brilliant choices for their line-up. Keep up the great work!