Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken is a fifteen-minute stop motion animated television program, currently airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim lineup. It premiered on Sunday, February 20, 2005. Seth Green and Matthew Senreich are the creators and executive producers of the show.

Robot Chicken is a variety show that mainly parodies pop culture using stop motion of toy dolls and claymation. The show was named after a Chinese dish at a restaurant where Green and Senreich had dined.

The show parodies a number of copyrighted characters without permission from their owners, but this is likely to be considered fair use.

The series is notable for its ability to get A-list stars as voice actors, including Scarlett Johansson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Burt Reynolds, Ryan Seacrest, Macaulay Culkin, Dom DeLuise, and nearly the entire cast of That '70s Show.

The show's theme song was composed and performed by Les Claypool of Primus, and he sings the song's only lyrics, "Its Alive!", in typical Frankenstein fashion. Claypool, as part of Primus, also created the theme song for Comedy Central's South Park.

A short clip of the show can be found at Adult Swim

This show was inspired by the comedy antics of Twisted Mego Theatre which was depicted first in then later moved to Toyfare magazine , both of which are published by Gareb Shamus ' company, Wizard Entertainment. Matthew Senreich, as of this writing, still works in various capacities with Wizard Entertainment.