The Bronx Bunny Show
Created byCiaran Morrison
Mick O'Hara
Developed byCiaran Morrison
Mick O'Hara
StarringCiaran Morrison (Teddy T)
Mick O'Hara (Bronx Bunny)
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producersRonan McCabe, Chuck LaBella
Running time24 mins (Channel 4) ~15 minutes (Starz!)
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Starz!
Release2003 (2003) 
2007 (2007)

The Bronx Bunny Show is an Irish ten-part series originally broadcast in 2003 on E4 in the United Kingdom and later in Ireland. It was an adult puppet interview show which followed the premise of a semi-educational show for the good people of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan. The show was produced from a run-down tenement building in the Bronx where Bronx Bunny and his sidekick, a cigarette-smoking panda named Teddy T, would interview celebrities who "done good". The Bronx Bunny Show won "Best Entertainment Show" IFTA Award in 2003.[1]

Also featured on the show were pseudo-educational items, such as 'The Internal Gerbil' who sang songs about internal organs from inside a gay man, numbers illustrated by pole dancing women who contorted into the shape of that week's number, and Spanish phrases such as "Your Mother bangs like a screen door in a tornado".

The show was broadcast sporadically on E4 and eventually on Channel 4. The series gained a cult following as it featured interviews with guests such as Hugh Hefner, Jessica Alba, William Shatner, and Larry Flynt. The show was created by Double Z Enterprises, an Irish production company behind such characters as Zig and Zag and Podge and Rodge.

In 2010, the entire Channel 4 season was made available to view on the 4OD site.[2]

Season one U.K. (2003)

S#Ep#GuestsOriginal airdate
11Steve O, Jessica Alba, Dr. Lier, Ming-Na2003-11-24
12Victoria Silvstedt, Engelbert Humperdinck, Hugh Hefner, Judy Reyes2003-11-23
13Michael Madsen, Lynda Carter, Ross Jeffries, Sarah Wynter2003-11-26
14Steve Schirripa, Miss Vera, Bryan Cranston2003-12-01
15Nina Mercedez, Denis Hope, Richard Schiff, Ron Jeremy2003-12-02
16John Lydon, Sunrise Adams, John C. McGinley2003-12-03
17Dick Valentine, Marina Sirtis, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Larry Flynt2003-12-22
18Seymore Butts, Dr. Laurie Leach, William Shatner, Macy Gray2003-12-23
19"Best of" show, including Jason Isaacs, JC Chasez, and Federico Castelluccio2004-02-21
110More "best of", including Adam West and Shannon Elizabeth2004-02-22

Season one U.S. (2007)

A ten-part series was commissioned by Starz Entertainment and broadcast from 18 April 2007. Guests included Mark Hamill, George Takei, Kelly Carlson, Howie Mandel, Cheech Marin, Beverly D'Angelo, Joely Fisher, Ron Jeremy, Michael Rapaport, Tina Majorino, Wee Man, Method Man, and Eric Roberts. Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond played a recurring role as Bronx Bunny's neighbor, who dropped by unannounced and stole items from the apartment.

Other features included:

  • Teddy T's "Bear Butts" porno series, which featured a number of genuine adult stars such as Asian porn star Mika Tan.
  • Musical numbers performed by Bronx Bunny on piano and Teddy T on vocals under the name "The Teddy Trio".
S#Ep#GuestsOriginal airdate
11Steve Schirripa, Kelly Carlson2007-04-18
12Michael Rapaport, George Takei2007-04-25
13Chris Jericho, Mark Hamill2007-05-02
14Method Man, Tina Majorino, Dustin Diamond2007-05-09
15Harland Williams, Tommy Chong2007-05-16
16Howie Mandel, Stacy Keibler, Wink Martindale2007-05-23
17Eric Roberts, Robin Leach2007-05-30
18Richard Schiff, Jolene Blalock2007-06-06
19Joely Fisher, Wee Man2007-06-13
110Beverly D'Angelo, Ron Jeremy2007-06-20

Further TV appearances

Bronx Bunny and Teddy T went on to host two specials, The Top 20 Most Controversial TV Moments and Sex Stars They Tried to Ban, for Channel 4. They also appeared as guests on the NBC show Last Comic Standing on 19 September 2007.

Awards

Irish Film and Television Academy Awards:

  • Best Entertainment Show – 2003

References

  1. IFTA Awards 2003
  2. "Channel 4 On Demand". Channel 4. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
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