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Xavier is the proginy of geniuses extraordinaire John Lee and Vernon Chatmann of PFFR fame. After wonder showzen, what's next, you might ask? Xavier is your answer. An egocentric oblivious anthropomorphic entity with a snakehand and bird-like appendages who wonders and wanders the world for answers to philosophical mind-worms. This interview from the A.V. club gives you a sense of what wondrous word-play you can expect. AVC: How soon after Showzen ended did you start working on Xavier: Renegade Angel? JL: We pitched Xavier before Wonder Showzen even got picked up. We pitched it as a live-action show to the head of Comedy Central, who called our agent and said, “Why did you even send them if they’re gonna do a joke pitch? That’s not funny, to just come in and waste my time.” He thought that we were doing a prank, which we were, but then we turned it into a show. So really the prank is on us. We prank ourselves to the bank. VC: But the gold bars are made from chocolate. JL: And that chocolate is made of shit. And that shit is the shit of Xavier. VC: And Xavier is a chocolate gold bar. JL: And that shit is premièring February 12. We actually had a première party for Wonder Showzen, and the only executive who made it to the première was an Adult Swim executive, Nick Weidenfeld. The MTV people were all late, and we thought that Nick seemed like a nice guy, and he has a handsome beard. We sent him a painting that Jim Tozzi of [Lee and Chatman’s production company/band] PFFR mad