Season 1 • Episode 13
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Shorties Watchin' Shorties was a television show broadcast on Comedy Central that is now on DVD. The show is made up of various short animated clips with audio from comedians' stand up routines. It also features two "shorties," a pair of babies voiced by Nick DiPaolo and Patrice O'Neal who watch and comment upon the routines on TV. For many of the episodes, the babies only stayed in the house, but in later episodes, they were shown walking around the city. The show featured comedians such as Dane Cook, Bill Burr, Brian Regan, Brian Posehn, Chris Hardwick, Mitch Hedberg, Mike Birbiglia, Jim Gaffigan and Lewis Black. The animation was scripted and produced at World Famous Pictures and Augenblick Studios. The show was not renewed but full episodes are available on DVD. Clips from the show are posted on the Comedy Central website as well as on Hulu and Netflix. 14 episodes were produced and 13 aired.
Production
Augenblick's crude Flash aesthetic became iconic for 2000s alt-comedy.
Writing
Babies' interstitial roasts are sharper than most actual stand-up specials.
Acting
Patrice O'Neal's baby voice is somehow MORE unfiltered than his stand-up.
Creator
Jim Serpico
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Only 13 of 14 episodes aired; the lost episode featured unreleased material from cancelled comedians.
This show pioneered the 'reaction video' format before YouTube existed—two babies were basically proto-React Channel.
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