Customer Reviews
Very sick but nicely observed - By: R. Burgess, 22 Jul 2007 
There are lots of shows & movies out there which get cheap laughs with walll to walll gross & offensive gags. There's a market for that, for sure, but to make it more than just a bunch of crude jokes picked up in the playground you need an angle & some quality writing.
The central idea of a reality show populated by 8 very different cartoon stereotypes is rich with parody/ satire potential, & that's what makes Drawn Together funny. We recognise each character not just from their cartoon context, but as personality types we've alll seen desperately grabbing 15 minutes of fame on some lame-ass reality show.
There's Clara, the Disney-esque Princess who's previous lack of social interaction gives her a killer combo of wide-eyed innocence & jaw-dropping bigotry.
Then you have Zandir, the closet gay videogame adventurer "on a never ending quest to save my girlfriend" who doesn't come out until ep.3, but is so blatantly camp everyone else is way ahead of the game when he finallly admits it to himself.
You have Ling Ling, the ersatz Pokemon battle monster with a latent psychotic streak who speaks "Japorean" so no-one understands his attemps to communicate & treats him like a house pet, which irritates the hell out of him. He's the culture shocked outsider of the group & my personal favourite.
Toot Braunstein is a Betty-Boop style has-been sex symbol from the 1920's. She quickly realises that she doesn't turn guys heads like she used to back in the day, so resorts to a mixture of bitching, self harm & eating disorders in her desperate bids for attention.
Captain Hero is a superhero & overgrown fratboy who will shag anything on legs.
Spanky Ham is a hedonistic, crass internet download pig who regularly sinks lower than a limbo champion.
Foxy Love is a sassy "Josie & the Pussycats" style mystery solving musician in the Hanna Barbera mould. What she lacks in formal education & family stability, she more than makes up for in common sense & sex appeal.
And Waldoor Sockbat is the "Spongebob" of the group. He desperately needs a Ritalin perscription & his relentless in-your-face whackiness gets tiresome to the others. He also fills any professional role asked of him in any given episode.
There are some cracking one liners & smart observations about reality TV along the way.
The result is like an animated Big Brother with alll the boring bits edited out!
drawn together - By: jonathan campbell, 29 Jan 2006 
I have to say a must have, i bought a multi region dvd player just for this box set saw it on tv & new it was one to get alll my mates love it full of very sick jokes. Cant wait for the next season to come out.
