Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show
| Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show | |
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| Genre | Comedy/Talk Show Parody |
| Created by | Kim Evey and Greg Benson |
| Presented by | Mediocre Films |
| Starring | Kim Evey, Payman Benz, Michele Gregory, & Julie Wittner |
| Theme music composer | Chris Jeffries |
| Opening theme | "Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show" written by Chris Jeffries |
| Ending theme | Performed by The Arigatones (season 1) Various (season 2) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English/Engrish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (as of Dec. 12, 2008) |
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| Producer(s) | Pogo Saito |
| Running time | approx. 4 minutes per episode |
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| Original network | YouTube, Crackle |
| Original release | February 25, 2007 |
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| Website | |
Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show is an internet comedy talk show parody starring a Japanese character called Kiko. The video series debuted on YouTube in 2007 and was created by husband-and-wife team Greg Benson and Kim Evey's production company, Mediocre Films. In spring 2008, a distribution deal with Sony Pictures resulted in 10 new episodes to premiere weekly on the company's C-Spot YouTube channel and its Crackle web video site. A second season premiered on C-Spot's channel on September 19, 2008.
Originally developed for a live improv venue, the show's first online episode was uploaded to YouTube on February 25, 2007. It was featured on the site, and quickly rose to viral video status. As of May 28, 2007, it had over 1.4 million views on YouTube and had been featured on a wide variety of other sites. The episode was screened at the FanTasia Festival on July 20, 2007, marking its Canadian premiere on screen.
David Spade took particular interest in the fledgling series, promoting it on his show, The Showbiz Show with David Spade. Pairing with Mediocre Films, they created an episode specifically for his show in which one of his co-workers is a guest on Kiko's show.
A second episode was uploaded on YouTube, but shortly taken off the site by the producers. A vlog by Benson was quickly posted stating that new episodes would be coming, and negotiations were being made about the fate of the show. On May 10, 2007, a Kiko music video excerpted from the original episode two and titled "JUICY!" was posted.
After considerable delays, a revised second episode was uploaded to YouTube on May 29, 2007. This episode was chosen as "YouTube Star of the Moment" by viewers of the Attack of the Show! program on G4 for the week ending June 10, 2007; host Kevin Pereira described the show as "a cross between Letterman, Pee-Wee Herman, Steve Irwin, Emeril, and a Japanese schoolgirl on meth."
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