Personally, I love it when a non-genre thing that I like or love gets entangled with the genre stuff that I adore. I was a huge fan of FOX’s GREG THE BUNNY. One of my favorite characters was Warren “The Ape” Demontague. Now, Warren is getting his own show on MTV which premieres on June 14th and you can be damned sure I will be watching that when it comes on.
A clip has surfaced that reveals that Warren was in an 80′s exploitation film called BAD PO FO! Check it out:
Twitch has a clip of just the trailer:
The trailer was obviously made with care and admiration of the genre. What I really dig about it is unlike other grindhouse/exploitation spoof trailers, this actually looks like they put it on a VHS tape that probably has been recorded on 50 times. It actually looks authentic. BRAVO viral marketers, BRAVO.
I see some ROLLING THUNDER, DEATH WISH, and EXECUTIONER influence in the trailer and a Troma clip in there as well. Anything I’m missing fiends?
About WARREN THE APE:
“Warren The Ape,” a scripted comedy set within a fictional reality show, chronicles the trials and tribulations of a D-grade celebrity puppet. A brash, cantankerous, out-of-work actor, Warren ‘The Ape’ Demontague is attempting to clean up his act and scramble his way back into the Hollywood limelight. Having sampled a brief taste of success as a star on the former sitcom “Greg The Bunny,” Warren’s life has been in a downward spiral ever since the show got canceled. When the opportunity for his own reality show arises, Warren takes this chance to restore his celebrity status once again.
“Warren The Ape” is produced by Spencer Chinoy, Sean Baker and Dan Milano (who also portrays Warren) who serve as Executive Producers and Creators. George Plamondon and Betsy Schechter serve as Executive Producers for Picture Shack Entertainment and Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri are Executive Producers for Freestyle. Liz Gateley, Brent Haynes and George McTeague serve as the executives in charge of production for MTV.
WARREN THE APE premieres on June 16th at 10:30/9:30 central on MTV.
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