Bearing the same relationship to The Muppet Show that Fritz the Cat does to Felix the Cat, Meet the Feebles
is a gleefully rude, decidedly adult comedy about the backstage
goings-on amongst an eccentric group of puppets the day before their
televised variety special. Made by director Peter Jackson, creator of Bad Taste and Heavenly Creatures,
the film features a wide ensemble of creatures known as "The Feebles,"
led by a walrus named Bletch, the show's gruff, corrupt producer.
Amongst the central figures are Heidi the Hippo, the show's prima donna
singer; the fey fox Sebastian, who acts as the show's director; and the
lovable (and love-struck) Robert the Hedgehog. Other cast members
include a sex-crazed rabbit suffering from VD, a junkie frog prone to
Vietnam War flashbacks, and a rat who directs porno movies in the
theater's basement. Romantic jealousies, drug deals gone wrong, murders,
and other scandalous activities all threaten to wreak havoc amongst the
cast, with all these problems reaching their climax on the evening of
the big show (which comes complete with musical numbers). The film's
extremely dark sense of humor is supported by skillful gross-out effects
and a winningly irreverent attitude.
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Meet the Feebles (1989)
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