radeo123
Difficult to add anymore than already great reviews.The first time you watch Monkey Dust is like an awakening, you'll either love it or be totally offended, so best to keep an open mind! I have Series I on DVD, not sure whether Series II and III will ever be released, so c'mon BBC, make our license work for us!I downloaded a couple of podcasts (Traces Of Nuts and The Atrocity Machine) which reminded me somewhat of the fantastic BBC series. Both are now finished but you can still get hold of them, quite sure that if you enjoyed Monkey Dust as much as I did you will definitely like these.Enjoy!
thomas-fothergill
The greatest animated comedy to come out of Britain ever! The crap terrorists from West Bromwich, the bugs-bunny like indestructible lab rabbit, the Paedo finder general, and Ivan Dobsky and his evil sidekick, the space-hopper! A must watch for anyone with a grown-up sense of humour.It may not be suitable for children of a nervous disposition. The links between the stories are fantastic, I especially like the scenes with Tony Blair stood in front of an American flag promising things that are impossible, such as 'free money for everyone.Don't miss the woman who keeps a cat as a baby. Excellent!
jpt27
'Monkey Dust' contains the most ****ed up humour you will ever see broadcast on terrestrial television. It's one of those rare moments where you wonder if the grey-faced executives who OK'd the show's production knew quite what they were letting themselves in for. At least South Park was barefacedly crude.Monkey Dust could have easily been great art, although luckily for us audiences, the creators have used their undeniable artistic flair and creative verve to sacrifice the art and wring the carcass until comedy comes splitting out the sides. This is comedy so messed up, so deeply deeply wrong, that most of the laughs come without the need for punchlines. It's very rare for a show to create situations which are just inherently funny. Monkey Dust has them like pearls on a string.The show, half an hour long, comprises a series of interlinked sketches, with returning characters competing with one-off spectaculars. I like shows like this; they have an ongoing sense of when the comedy has been fully developed. The animation is done in a kind of new-wave, post - computer graphics style, a good blend of hand drawn and computer animation. Different studios worked on different sketches, and so there's a lot of variety in the half hour.And now for the content. Monkey Dust has been described as Little Britain's older, edgier, criminally insane brother, and that's not such a bad way of summarising it. Both shows deal with everyday situations going on around the British Isles, and however mental the comedy may be, we're really laughing at the fact that what's being shown is not so very different from reality. Three flagship characters include a nameless elderly paedophile and his attempts to groom young girls on internet chat rooms; Steve the First-Time Cottager, whose attempts to lead a flamboyant homosexual lifestyle are hopelessly at odds with his modesty and shyness (the first time we see him he is reading a self-help book called Yes! I Can Gobble Off A Complete Stranger;) and my personal favourite, Ivan Dobsky the Meat Safe Murderer. Ivan was an friendly, innocent Liverpool lad before he was locked up 27 years ago for a crime he did not commit. Campaigning celebs have finally got him acquitted, unaware that police and prison brutality have turned him into an utter, utter psychopath. "Hullo I'm Ivan Dobsky the meat safe murderer, only I never done it, I only said I done it so the police men would take the rat out of me anus." Monkey Dust works so well because not only have they found comedy in the most unlikely of places, but because they even went looking for it in the first place. Occasionally the humour hits hard when a sketch begins with picturesque domestic bliss, because you know that in about thirty seconds time the rug is going to be pulled - hard. It also runs the risk of alienation when it makes fun of characters who closely resemble you and your friends. But the show never goes for a cheap gag, and that's admirable in a post- 'Friends' world.If you're after some dark comedy which is going to stay with you for a unconsensually long time, then Monkey Dust might just be the gimp suit that fits.
Monstro-1
Monkey dust is not a show you should let your kids watch. Or your parents. In fact, Monkey Dust is pretty much unsuitable for everyone. Basically, It makes South Park look like Scooby-Doo.Its a very fast-paced cartoon sketch show, mostly set in london, its all very grim and bleak. Topics it covers include Pedophilia, suicide, child murder, and the Nazis. The funniest moment so far was "The Diary of Anne Frank" as made by Jerry Bruckenheimer. Its not pure comic genius, its dirty, dark and filthy comic genius.Its compulsive viewing if you're into stuff like Brass Eye, Big Train or Jam. I cannot recommend it enough.