By Jeremy Azevedo

Frisky Dingo is perhaps one of the weirdest and best shows in recent Adult Swim programming history. Which is really saying a lot, especially the "weirdest" part...

The first season began as a spoof of the superhero action genre, pitting the murderous alien supervillian Killface against billionaire playboy/superhero/vaguely gay Tom Cruise caricature Xander Crews in a struggle for the fate of the world. While this sounds relatively straightforward, the humor originates from the fact that every single one of the characters in the show is a complete mongoloid (except Stan). At the end of the season, Killface’s “Annihilatrix” (a doomsday device meant to drive the Earth into the sun) malfunctions, causing the Earth to unintentionally be pushed several feet away from the sun and curing global warming.



As season 2 begins, Killface capitalizes on his newfound worldwide popularity by running for president of the United States. What ensues is a farcical political satire that touches on issues ranging from campaign funding and getting the coveted minority vote to bi-curious hobbit dating and the proper method of aborting a giant, illegitimate monster ant baby. If you’ve ever seen Sealab 2021, you can imagine the kind of humor at work here, bizarre plot threads, dialogue frequently repeated for hilarity (boosh! and/or ka-kow!) and lots of sexism, gratuitous dismemberment and many...

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...long, uncomfortable moments of silence.

Many of the highlights from season 2 revolve around Awesome X’s former private army, The Xtacles, who blindly follow anyone who exhibits even the slightest bit of leadership quality. The new season of Frisky Dingo has evolved into am Xtacles spin-off, and it’s easy to see why. (Unless you happen to be blind, but even then it's at least easy to hear why.) Even if Killface and Xander’s presidential campaign jokes are not your cup of tea, every last scene with the Xtacles is comedy gold and certainly warrant repeated watching.

CraveOnline Rating: 8 out of 10

1 if you are under the influence of any illicit substances whilst watching the show.
-1 if you bought the DVD with the hopes that a "Frisky Dingo" was some sort of sick furry fetish type thing.