For those unfamiliar with Greg the Bunny, the original Fox series featured the little muppet rabbit as he got a job on his favorite show, Sweetknuckle Junction, along with his best friend played by Seth Green, and other plush characters. Unfortunately that series only lasted half a season, but Greg, Warren DeMontague and Count Blah were able to join a new cast on the IFC in a series of short spoofs.
This season has seven spoofs that start off with a reimagining of Monster as Greg's new friend, The Wumpus, gets a bit too clingy. When people who seem to treat Greg badly start ending up dead, Greg starts to get worried.
In "Sockville", a spoof of Dogville, Greg gets knocked out and wakes up in the minimalistic, black-box town that welcomes Greg as a newcomer. But when Greg wants to modernize some of the old time technology, the town turns on him.
The show's spoof of Blue Velvet starts off with The Wumpus' murder and Greg suspects Warren is behind it. As Greg's investigation into Warren's affairs gets more involved, the world around Greg starts to go weird, and in true David Lynch style, the weird becomes downright crazy.
"Plush: Behind the Seams" pokes fun of the Behind the Music specials as Warren and Greg decide to bring their band back together and we get to see all the troubles that come along with it. Meanwhile, the series' Freaky Friday spoof has Warren and Greg switching bodies, which is great since Greg is trying out to be the next Cadbury Bunny and Warren has to report to court for drunk driving (through a shopping center).
The last episode on Volume 2 is "Passion of the Easter Bunny" where Greg decides to celebrate the death and resurrection of the Easter Bunny. An obvious play off of a certain Mel Gibson film, Greg alienates all of his friends and co-workers during the development of the movie, and when it finally airs, it easily offends more people than it pleases.
The Passion of Greg the Bunny: Best of the Film Parodies: Volume 2 has quite a few special features on it. Not only does it have a pretty good set of deleted scenes and outtakes, but there is also a gag reel, behind-the-scenes photo gallery, commentaries and a featurette that is supposed to explain how this series came about.
This feature, that could be an episode in its own right, called "Fur on the Asphalt" shows Warren trying to pitch a series to the IFC called "Supper with Friends" which the executives easily see as a rip off of their existing series, "Dinner for Five." But they agree to host a show if Warren can get Greg to join on. And so the series is created. This feature also has former Greg the Bunny actors like Sarah Silverman and Seth Green.
I enjoyed all of the episodes on some level. But as you would expect, the more entertaining ones were the ones whose movie-counterparts I had already seen. So the recommendation for this DVD comes in two parts. First, if you love Greg the Bunny in general and want to see a bit of that old chemistry, then this series is good. Secondly, it would be best if you've seen all or most of the movies spoofed, because you will get more of the jokes.
