Wonder showzen is incredible. We need it now more than ever

Man, I thought Drawn Together is wild enough.

There’s this one episode that has stuck with me for YEARS . a bunch of kids and puppets singing about euthenasia 😂😂😂

“When the revolution comes where will you hide” bless that girl and whatever woman she grew up to be. Well made video. Thanks for profiling this program.

Crazy how a show no one knew existed created such iconic memes

I watched MTV2 like crazy when I was fifteen and I loved staying up to watch Wonder Showzen. Man, talk about a roller coaster of emotions it provoked: amusement, sadness, disgust, anger... I've got both seasons on DVD and the episodes only get better with each viewing. My favorites are probably "Patience" and "Cooperation", which were designed specifically to drive viewers absolutely insane.

Omg!!! The first time I watched this show was at a neo-nazi’s house while on mushrooms for the very first time. First of all I didn’t know that the guy was a nazi until I started tripping and noticing all these red flags (no pun intended) all around his house. But I was stuck there.. then he put this show on and it was so disturbing… I ended up just leaving and walking through the woods by myself to get back to the safety of my own home. Once I got home I just laid in bed and laughed and laughed uncontrollably for a couple hours and then passed out. When I woke up the next day it felt like such a fever dream.. especially this show.

Will probably always be my favorite show. Love you PFFR!

I love both this show and Xavier Renegade Angel

This show was a hallucination. Still more tame compared to Mr. Pickles.

"Lordy, that lord meat is ass kickin' hot." "When you order a 6 piece nugget and they give you 7... and a switchblade!" "Would you like to use this napkin to wipe the blood off your hands?" This show is almost more quotable than Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Thank you for covering this absolute gem. It's definitely not talked about enough. Another wonderful segment they had was called Q & A, where they asked kids to answer a question like "What is heaven?" or "What is happiness?" I'm surprised now memes haven't sprang from those segments. The red headed kid reporter also dressed up as Lil' Dead Pope and talked to people on the street which was just... just fantastic. Fun fact: the season one DVD contained a "hang in there" poster where Chauncey was swinging on a noose. Definitely a conversation starter when you hang that up in your apartment.

What a fever dream this show is. *the dvd main menu is just a kid saying "Ain't I cuuute?" in repetition.

I'll never forget patience because of this show😂

My buddy had “Beat Kids” tattooed on his knuckles

I have fond memories of watching Wonder Showzen at an age where I had absolutely no business watching it.

The Shivering Truths is my favorite show from Adult Swim! I kinda grew up with Adult Swim, I'd stay up late to watch old cartoon reruns with my dad and he'd let me watch the first hour or so of whatever aired on Adult Swim that night while he did chores for my grandma nect door. Robot Chicken was my favorite because of the stop motion and use of iconic kids toys. Years later Covid is about to hit and these weridcore, disturbing stop motion ads are popping up everywhere, and I'm sitting in front of my TV again exicted to watch a show on Adult Swim again for the first time in years. Crazy to know that this is where that show came from, it's unexpected but, totally understandable! Thanks for making such an interesting video and helping preserve/spread knowledge of a show that's being forgetten. I can't wait to watch it on the Internet Archive!

“PATIENCE!”- Clarence Cir. 2005

I vividly remember watching the first episode when it first aired and instantly loved it while simultaneously realizing that it wasn't going to last long. I bought both seasons as soon as they came out; and have thoroughly enjoyed introducing it to the vast majority who like edgy yet intelligent comedy. I remember that for a while there; it was really hard to find to purchase. I still keep coming back to it thinking "man, imagine if they tried to air this now as opposed to then."

I'd love to see interviews with the Beat Kids today!

Wonder Showzen will allways be my favorite show. Patience is an absolute masterpiece.

I used to have the wonder shozen dvd, my and buddy loved the randomness of that show. He passed almost 4 yrs ago... I miss you James Gossett you were the funniest dude i knew and would have made a great comedy writer.

I watched this show when it premiered and have been hooked to everything these dudes make since! It may say not for kids but that didn't stop 9 year old me!

I love that people are still discovering this gem of a show. You had to have been there or just need to see it to believe it.

"They'll never take away my P-ness " -The Letter P (Wonder Showzen) Honestly even if not everything aged well this will always be one of my favorite shows. True hidden gem. And PFFR still make great stuff today.

My buddy and I used to get so stoned and watch this while we were in college. We had three other guys living with us at the time. This show is a sure fire way to clear out a room.

I've watched like every episode of Wonder Showzen and it never gets old, hell I think I just might make my own review of this absolute fever dream (in the best way possible)

i think this was the show i watched a single episode of when i was WAYYY too young and it gave me nightmares. All i remember is that it was about advocating for cannibalism/eating babies

“They didnt even think twice about calling it beat kids” i mean they definitely thought about it. Its a fantastic intentional joke.

😂 I was wondering where Celebrate our Differences came from. Thank you Conway

I still quote this show fairly regularly in my every day life. “One of these kids is not like the others… One of these kids is DEAD!!”

My friends and I loved this as teens back then 😂 I’m so glad I bought the dvd’s and have them in my collection 👏

Even now all these years later ill just randomly get the song "kids show kids show" in my head!

Definitely take a look at Sifl and Olly for even earlier puppet weirdness on MTV

I literally been looking for this show since I first watched it on MTV when I was 10 years old. Could never find it till I seen this video. First time seeing these clips in 18 years.

So glad to see this video! Wonder Showzen is like a fever dream - except I have both seasons on DVD 😂 Horseapples could have been it's own show. Also, Mindfudged!

The beat kid segment was referring to “the red headed step child”.

This show perfectly encapsulated the madness and chaos that was the mid-2000's.

This is the show that "Let Celebrate Our Differences" comes from, right?

It’s a shame viacom takes down most of the clips. There’s so many gems that you can’t see on this site.

This was another TOP TIER vid, great job!!! I've always wanted to see Wonder Showzen covered and explored. Have you ever seen Mr Sprinkles by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland? I did a video about it ages ago, but it aged very poorly. Would love to hear your take on that show, as it kind of foreshadows stuff like Rick and Morty. The Pickle Rick therapist scene is lifted straight from Mr Sprinkles even

My favorite thing ever on Wonder Showzen was when they sang the song Taking It Back! We quote and sing that song til this day 😝💀

I'm so glad more people are hearing about Wondershowzen. It's been a favorite of mine for so, so many years. Had to get some unopened copies of the DVDs even though I've got the copies i bought forever ago lol. Great show

I like the cartoon where the little girl is receiving her final wish from the Make a Wish foundation. She request a pony, with a brief pause…. To eat Jupiter. The request goes from probably not feasible to down right impossible. Classic Wondershowzen lol

isn't this the show that created the vine of "I created a hat from sadness!"?

I’ve been waiting for someone to cover Wonder Showzen. Excellent work!

This show looks like something weird that plays on the tv in my dreams.😂 Now I know where those memes came from.🙂

I really like your channel, man. So far, you've covered my favorite projects in such a lovingly, thoughtful, and intricate way. I have and always will love Vernon and the PFFFR works. But it feels so under appreciated and so misunderstood. I've had friends and girlfriends over the years watch this show with me and only one or two of them really got invested past the dark, edgy shock factor. Back in high school when this first came out (the pilot demo was hosted on eBaums), this was an absolute experience. I love love love that it's getting its due love and respect. P.S. - if you haven't watched it yet, check out The Heart She Holler. Same team.

Dude I’m so glad I found your channel cause of your video on superjail! I have never heard of this show but I will watch it now! I appreciate you man! Keep up this professional as f**k content!!

so glad people are talking more about this show.

Holy crap I forgot about this show...you unlocked some distant memory of late night television in my early 20s

Remember they made a security guard so pissed off he started cutting up outside the building. It was the clarence one.😂

I remember when my best friend had this on one day when i came over. miss you bro

Have this tv show on DVD to this day 🥲

Clarence was always my fav.

I remember my dad showed me this as a kid , I still remember he showed me the tooth fairy episode , where the celebrate our differences song came from (or it was another episode but I know it was somewhere over there)

LOVED downloading this (didn't have MTV) and watching it after drinks and karaoke with my buddies. the Beat Kids sketch when he dressed up as Adolf was hilarious when he was asking people if they want to come to his camp

i definitely think adult swim is known as the mecca of wildest shows

I love this show along with the brothers grunt and of course beavis and butthead! MTV was really the adult swim before adult swim!

EEEEWwwwww!!! you used the 4k remastered fan version of Xavier!!! *Violently pukes on the floor*

Your never too young. For a Vietnam flashback.... Lord Kromdar (Kalibos from Clash of Titans 1981 screaming in kids head lmao

Watched its original run! Starting with its Kids Show pilot lol with it not being for everyone, still tv will never be the same! Great video!! Still love Clarence!!!!❤

I kinda feel like Rodney Greenblat should’ve been involved with designing characters for Augenblick’s animated segments in the show.

The Wall Street Beat Kids segment was recently posted on Threads. Made me come to KZfaq to find videos like this.

Wonder Showzen was a treat I remember it scaring me when I was a kid.

Ever since I gifted this to my brother some years ago, he wouldn't talk to me That show has aged great, hopefully, was the last DVD set aviable in Switzerland

God i loved this show. I remember my dad coming home from the bar and watching this with me in silence and afterwards going woah. Memories man.

Dude, nobody remembers this show when I talk about it!

''It's funny, because it's true''.... Always was on my mind whilst watching and pissing my pants. Sad that not many could see it as it was.

I like the part where Clarence gets pinched by a crab on his blue fabric.

Yoooooooo this was my show I used to watch this every Sunday night

If there’s one episode which displays how much this series was a masterfully crafted piece of art it’s S1Ep8: Patience.

This was my favorite show when I was 15 in 2005

Known about this show since I was a kid, when it aired. I'm 25 now

This and Andy Milonakis Show. Sucka Free Sundays 🔥🔥🔥

"I still gots my wine." -Winobot

Honestly, "Terrorists have attacked...OUR IMAGINATION" Just FEEEEELs like something Wondershozen could have written at the time, it's all falling into place. And my god, these are the two guys I would give the project of making another live action Garbage Pail Kids feature, their sense of humor would do those old gross out cards justice. LMAO

Vernon Chatham is such a cool guy.

Beat kids was my favorite segment but the puppets really freaked me out most of the time. I was born 1989 so I think I was like 10 years old Watching this. I totally forgot about this show and it even took a couple min before I was sure I'd seen it before

For years, there was a magnet file online that was both seasons, like twenty hours of bonus content, and a text file. What was the text file? Oh you know. Just the communist manifesto. Smash your TV and have adventures🌞

I remember watching this when I was in highschool on mtv2. It was amazing

How did I miss this one? I’m so ashamed of myself for missing it

Lol I loved this show😂 they were crazy

it’s actually crazy how many clips and audio i’ve seen from this show and had no idea

I used to watch this in high school, i completely forgot about it until today, when i heard a word similar to "wonder showzen" duudeee

Actually, something to note about 11:34 is it's a parody of an older beloved southern show called Hee-Haw!

One of my favorite shows of all time. Absolutely hilarious

I loved this show and still have season 1 on dvd

I hardly remember this - a tiny bit . I had just finished Xavier renegade angel and this was apparently made by the same people. I love stuff like this.

I have a brief memory of seeing this show w my family at like 4 years old and then my parents changed the channel so quick

Wonder Showzen is one of the greatest pieces of television of all time (other than that one episode but 2006 is almost 20 years ago now I''m willing to forgive) and it's a pity that it ended up on a network that never would have truly given it a chance. At least PFFFR has gone on to do some incredible work in the aftermath. Thanks for opening more eyes to it.

"I made a hat powered by sadness*

Finally!! A video about wonder showzen!

I watched new episodes back in high school and tried to put my friends on, too bad they couldn’t afford cable lmao

subbed just for having wonder showzen content

Meanwhile in Alah: Block 13 was wild for MTV

The same dude who made this went on to make Xavier Renegade Angel which honestly can’t be explained, you just gotta watch it lmao

Not me downloading paramount plus to watch this for myself rn

Loved this show.

This aired a lot on MTV2 during the time. I remember the multieyed newscaster speed talking some pretty heavy stuff.

Wonder Showzen was a huge deal for me and my friends in high school.