The mourning continues over the early demise of “Greg the Bunny” from the Fox line-up, which had so much potential that was never allowed to be exercised by the network, but at least we still have the gang’s film parodies from their show on IFC. As usual, there’s plenty of occasionally tasteless comedy to be found amongst the movie-related gags, with Greg, Warren, and Count Blah taking shots at “Monster,” “Dogville,” VH-1’s “Behind the Music,” Biblical epics, body-switching flicks, and David Lynch’s entire oeuvre. Your personal mileage may vary, but for my money, you can’t beat “The Passion of the Easter Bunny: Fabricated American Movie,” which reunites Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank from “American Movie” to great effect while skewering Christianity more than enough to get everyone involved a free pass into Hell. (Example: while playing Jesus, Greg says that, after the Last Supper, “I just thought I’d hang out and try to get some sun; I don’t want to be nailed down to any specific plans.”) Like Volume 1, this set is thoroughly filled with special features, including audio commentary, deleted scenes, webisodes, a gag reel, Warren’s failed pilot for a “Dinner for Five”-like series, interviews with Greg and Warren from Comic-Con 2006, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and footage of Greg from his earliest public-access days. Lastly, remedying a complaint about the previous volume, we’re also finally given “Fur on the Asphalt,” the reunion special which serving as the transition between the Fox series and Greg’s return to IFC.
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