TV Funhouse - Definition and Overview

TV Funhouse is the title of a recurring skit on Saturday Night Live featuring cartoon animation by Robert Smigel, as well as a short-lived spinoff series that ran on Comedy Central. Drawn in the flat, low-budget style of Saturday morning superhero cartoons of the 1970s and 80s, TV Funhouse frequently satirizes public figures.

Among the skit's most popular recurring characters:

• The X Presidents - Former US Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush as crime fighting superheros. Despite his status as a former president, Bill Clinton is not a member (though he occasionally does appear in the cartoons), while the deceased Reagan still is a member.

• The Ambiguously Gay Duo - Vaguely effeminate superheros Ace and Gary.