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Take the stop-motion animated toy action ofKablam!and the pell-mell-paced gag barrage of, say,Laugh-Inand you've got the fast and furiously funnyRobot Chicken, the addictive addition to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night lineup. Co-created by geek-God Seth Green and filmmaker Matthew Senreich,Robot Chickenepisodes run a scant 12 minutes or so, which invites repeat viewings to catch what you missed during the channel-flipping mayhem through TV, movie, and commercial parodies, and non-sequitur blackouts, all acted out by dolls and action figures. To truly appreciate this series, it helps to have aFamily Guygrasp on pop-culture trivia, although you need not remember the failed TV seriesTwo Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Placeto enjoy "Two Kirks (Admiral James T. and Cameron), a Khan and a Pizza Place." Suffice to say, if you grew up with the Transformers, Voltron, He-Man, and the Care Bears, you'll cackle loudly atRobot Chicken. Each episode is hit and miss, with moments that border on mad genius, such asThe Diary of Anne Frankre-imagined as a vehicle for Hilary Duff, or a sketch involving the Tooth Fairy and a little boy whose happiness is short-lived as his parents brutally bicker off camera. It may just live up to its billing as "the darkest sketch in television history."

Other moments to remember: actress Rachael Leigh Cook (voiced by herself) gets carried away during a "This is your brain on heroin" PSA; the shape-shifting superhero adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; a...

Cast: Abraham Benrubi, Seth Green, Mark Hamill, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano

Director: Seth Green, Douglas Goldstein, Tom Root, Matthew Senreich

Genre: Animation

Screen Writer: Breckin Meyer, Charles Horn, Douglas Goldstein, Jordan Allen-Dutton

DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006

Runtime: 333 minutes

Studio: Turner Home Ent