Simian Undercover Detective Squad

*Raph's Girl* · 01-15-2008, 02:10 PM

Jim Henson co is at it again!! They are currently working with real networks and Warner Bros.'s Studio 2.0 to produce an online series called Simian Undercover Detective Squad (S.U.D.S). It's about 2 monkey detectives in L.A.

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The Simian Undercover Detective Squad will follow the inept undercover adventures of a grizzled orangutan detective and his rookie simian partner in a human world

The trailer is HILARIOUS!! Ah... muppets..

U can see the trailer here:
http://www.film.com/suds/story/simia...eview/17710220

The series itself (15 currently scheduled) will be at the URL above soon (not sure when...just...soon).

There's also a podcast at henson.com

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"Simian Underground Detective Squad" is the first of three Henson Alternative titles being produced for Film.com. Additionally, I've been told that Henson is planning to launch ten all-new episodes of "Puppet Up! - Uncensored", the company's live puppet improv show, in 2008. And also in development are 15 episodes of "Alt-Reality", a puppet-based reality-show parody being written and directed by Mike Upchurch.

I wonder if Alt-Reality is that American Idol type parody they were planning??
http://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/...is-coming.html

*VaughnMichael* · 01-15-2008, 02:26 PM

no its not that was for the muppets which will never see the light of day.
All the Jim Henson company stuff has nothing to do with the Muppets they arent even to be considerd the same thing anymore.

*Drtooth* · 01-16-2008, 08:47 AM

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I wonder if Alt-Reality is that American Idol type parody they were planning??
http://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/...is-coming.html

Nope. That was America's next Top muppet. And Diz quit halfway through shooting the pilot.

But looks like Henson is doing well for themselves now. They are doing more with new characters than Disney is doing with the creations of theirs they bought and locked in the basement.

But seriously, when I saw the words "Jim Henson" and "Warner Bros." together, I had a flashback of the sadly failed Brats of the Lost Nebula show.

This will no doubt be good. Plus, I'm 80% sure that's Animaniacs writer and VO Paul Rugg as the police commissioner.

01-15-2008, 02:26 PM	#2
VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	no its not that was for the muppets which will never see the light of day. All the Jim Henson company stuff has nothing to do with the Muppets they arent even to be considerd the same thing anymore.