Greg the Bunny

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Greg the Bunny was a sitcom that aired on the American television network Fox starring Seth Green and a hand puppet named Greg the Bunny, originally invented by the team of Dan Milano, Spencer Chinoy and Sean Baker. Milano and Chinoy wrote and co-produced the Fox show. In the show, Greg was the co-star of a children's television show called Sweetknuckle Junction. Like The Muppet Show, Greg the Bunny treated puppets as though they were real creatures within the reality of the show, although in this show, they were treated as a racial minority, sometimes struggling against second-class citizenship.

The show made its debut in March 2002. It was soon cancelled and its last episode aired in August 2002, with two episodes unaired. Its failure was largely ascribed to the showrunner and networks' seeming cluelessness as to the direction they wanted the show to take. The network promoted Greg the Bunny as a puppet show for adults, but within the show itself, they insisted on toning down its edgier aspects. The creators felt these changes caused the show to lose something, and gave it much more of a traditional sitcom feel. The showrunner and network also wanted to focus the show more on the human cast, while the creators maintained that the puppets were the heart of the show. Despite these problems, the series acquired a significant cult following, and was eventually released on DVD in 2004.

The show was spun off from a series of short segments that used to air on the Independent Film Channel, which were based on the cable access show called "Junktape".

In August 2005, Greg the Bunny returned to the IFC, in a series of short segments spoofing movies such as Annie Hall, Barton Fink, Fargo, Easy Rider and Pulp Fiction. The cast for these segments primarily features puppets Greg and Warren Demontague, with appearances from Count Blah and new characters Pal Friendlies and The Wumpus.

Greg the Bunny made a guest segment on "Mad TV" (episode 719, aired 2002): in it, Greg, the jaded pro, deals with an audition for a minor part from his psychotic first drama teacher.

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