The Biggest Failure in Broadway History

Season 2 • Episode 3

Episodes in Season 2

S1 S2 S3 S4

EP 1

1. Now, Who Wants Ice Cream?0

28mAired: 1996-11-15

A separatist demands that his Montana cabin be declared its own sovereign nation; two European vacationers try to slip illegal drugs past customs; a cooking demonstration turns tragic. Also: an Olympics parody.

EP 2

2. A Talking Junkie0

29mAired: 1996-11-22

David has a junkie friend; a married couple run a "mom and pop" porn shop; and R&B group Three Times One Minus One appear on WPCBCN—the White People Co-Opting Black Culture Network—where they complain about being hassled by the cops for jaywalking.

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EP 3

3. The Biggest Failure in Broadway History0

29mAired: 1996-11-29

A parody of "Jesus Christ Superstar"; and a takeoff on "Cops," involving drunken police officers. Also: the "new hate-free Ku Klux Klan."

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EP 4

4. If You're Going to Write a Comedy Scene, You're Going to Have Some Rat Feces in There0

29mAired: 1996-12-06

A U.S. senator sells San Francisco to a corporation that turns it into a theme park. Also: children toil to write comedy sketches--for 18 cents an hour; and parents insist that their son is gay.

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EP 5

5. Operation Hell on Earth0

29mAired: 1996-12-13

A hate group meets to divide up the U.S. into segregated sections and rival college basketball recruiters vie for the services of a 5-year-old boy. Also: a "Blame-A-Thon."

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EP 6

6. The Velveteen Touch of a Dandy Fop0

27mAired: 1996-12-20

A horror-movie parody entitled "Coupon: The Movie"; advice from a Beverly Hills "psychoactualist." Also: dueling megaphone crooners.

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