Mr. Wong (web series)

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Mr. Wong
Genre Black comedy
Created by Pam Brady and Kyle McCulloch
Voices of Pam Brady
Kyle McCulloch
Theme music composer Fuzzbee Morse, Davy Jones
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time3–4 minutes (episodes are two parts)
Production companies Icebox, Mondo Mini Shows, National Lampoon
Original release
Release2000 (2000) 
2001 (2001)

Mr. Wong is an American adult animated web series which debuted in 2000 [1] and lasted 14 episodes (an unaired 15th episode was made available for the DVD release[ citation needed ]). It centers around the misadventures of Wong, an elderly Chinese American butler, and the wealthy socialite WASP he works for (and endures racial abuse from), Miss Pam. [2] He previously worked as a butler for Bing Crosby and often mourns him. It developed a cult following whilst being hosted on the website Icebox.com. The cartoon also drew fierce criticism from the Asian American community, who viewed it as racist. [3] [4]

Contents

Mr Wong's creators, Pam Brady and Kyle McCulloch, also write for the television series South Park . [5] The DVD was released under the "National Lampoon Presents" banner. [6]

The music for Mr. Wong was composed and performed by Fuzzbee Morse.

The theme song was sung by former Monkees lead singer Davy Jones.

List of episodes

No. in
series
Title Link
1"Urine Trouble, Pt. 1"
2"Urine Trouble, Pt. 2"
3"Yellow Fever, Pt. 1"
4"Yellow Fever, Pt. 2"
5"Meet the Creep, Pt. 1"
6"Meet the Creep, Pt. 2"
7"Music Video"
8"Treasure Cat, Pt. 1"
9"Treasure Cat, Pt. 2"
10"Treasure Cat, Pt. 3"
11"Gary Peterson's Wonder Wand, Pt. 1"
12"Gary Peterson's Wonder Wand, Pt. 2"
13"Gary Peterson's Wonder Wand, Pt. 3"
14"Stand Up For Wong!"
15"Granny Grabber"

Film

In September 2000 a direct to video film adaptation of Mr. Wong called "Crap Attack" was in negotiation between IceBox Incorporated and Artisan Entertainment, however, when the film was publicly announced by Artisan president Bill Block the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans initiated a letter-writing campaign that successfully convinced Artisan to drop the project. The Coalition later took out an advertisement in Daily Variety criticizing the cartoon and thanking Artisan for abandoning the movie project. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Reception

The series had a negative reaction from critics in the mainstream media and Asian American groups, yet maintained a limited cult following. [3] [11] [4] [12] [13] [14] Scott Bass of Streaming Media described the comedy of Mr. Wong as "so edgy" that he could not "imagine seeing it on TV." [15]

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