DVD: Frisky Dingo
Submitted by The Evil Dr San... on Wed, 2008-09-03 12:24.
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DVD Reviewed by The Evil Dr Sanchez, Esq.
Starring: Adam Reed
From two of the writers of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Frisky Dingo takes a satirical swipe at super villains and heroes, over-hyped infotainment show hosts, racism and white people who think they are black.
The skull-headed Killface (voiced by one of the abovementioned writers, Adam Reed) plans to destroy the Earth by launching it into the sun with his weapon of mass destruction, the Annihilatrix. But like most super villains he has a few issues.
As well as having some marketing problems rendering him broke, Killface (who sounds quite like Stewie from Family Guy) also has to contend with his surly teenaged son (he blames ‘the Hip Hop’ for said son’s attitude), an image problem and ineffectual minions.
Killface’s would-be arch nemesis is the super hero Awesome X who is facing problems of his own, namely that having destroyed all previous super villains he is at a loss for things to do and an excuse to keep his beloved robot army on the pay roll. Awesome’s ‘secret’ identity is playboy Xander Crews who intends to use his business to promote Killface as a new threat (by selling him in action figure form) after losing millions of dollars in an ill-advised sexual encounter. Xander’s incompetence is the crux of many of episodes and hilarious bafoonery ensues.
Frisky Dingo is very, very silly, clever, a little gory, crude and well written. It’s made even more funny by the contradictions Killface is … um … faced with, wanting to destroy the world like every other megalomaniac yet trying to be a good father and bringing home the bacon.
This DVD features the first series and since the 13 episodes are only about 10 minutes each it’s not a hard slog (especially as it is so funny).
If you find you are into it check out the preview menu (no, not the ad about how piracy is killing Australia’s film industry, we all know the drill and it’s not really compelling viewing) for some other excellent shows, like Frisky Dingo they are likely to become cult classics.
