Food Party

{{Convert to Episode table}}{{Infobox television

| image = Food-Party.png

| runtime = 9-16 minutes

| director = Zachariah Durr

| creator = Thu Tran

| starring = Thu Tran
Peter Van Hyning

| country = United States

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 26
5 (Webisodes)

| network = IFC

| first_aired = {{start date|2009|6|9}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2010}}

}}

Food Party is an American television series that airs on the Independent Film Channel in the United States.{{cite news |first= Dave|last= Itzkoff|title=A Foodie With a Taste for the Surreal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/06/arts/television/06food.html?_r=1 |work=The New York Times |date= June 7, 2009|accessdate=2009-06-07 }}

The show is a pseudo-reality cooking show filmed on an elaborate, technicolored cardboard kitchen set. Each episode features multi-course, out-of-this-world gourmet meals cooked up by hostess Thu Tran and a cast of colorful puppets for arriving "celebrity" guests.{{cite web |url=http://www.ifc.com/food-party/about-the-show.php |title=About - Food Party - Original Series - on Air - IFC.com |accessdate=2009-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526225000/http://www.ifc.com/food-party/about-the-show.php |archive-date=2009-05-26 }}

The show was originally produced and filmed in Cleveland for two web series based episodes, and later relocated to Brooklyn for the final web series episodes and six IFC produced shows.{{cite web |url=http://gothamist.com/2008/12/09/thu_tran_food_party.php |title=Thu Tran, Food Party - Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events |accessdate=2009-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719231014/http://gothamist.com/2008/12/09/thu_tran_food_party.php |archive-date=2009-07-19 }}{{irrelevant citation|date=December 2017}}{{irrelevant citation|date=December 2017}}

In October 2010, Thu Tran announced that the show was not picked up by IFC for a third season.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}

Characters

=Characters and crew=

class="wikitable"

!Name

!Actor

!Role

Thu Tran

|Herself

|Hostess and creator of Food Party.

"Man of a Thousand Faces"

|Peter Van Hyning

|Performs numerous voices and is featured as co-star, puppeteer, illustrator, and co-writer

Head Puppeteer

|David Krofta

|Serves as puppeteer, as well as prop specialist and co-writer

Puppeteer

|Matt Fitzpatrick

|Also co-writes and created the show's original score

Puppet maker

|Daniel Baxter

|Co-writer and creator of the show's myriad of puppets

Director, co-writer

|Zachariah Durr

Director of Photography, Special F/X

|Steven Probert

Episodes

=Season 1 (2009)=

[http://www.ifc.com/food-party/episodes-season-1.php IFC.com -Food Party Show Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418043932/http://www.ifc.com/food-party/episodes-season-1.php |date=2010-04-18 }} Episode Guide - Season 1

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width="20"\|#	Title	Original airdate	width="35"\|Production code {{Episode list \|Title=Thu Become One \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2009\|6\|9}} \|ProdCode=101 \|EpisodeNumber=1 \|ShortSummary=Thu Tran realizes she is in love with herself, and as any would-be bride, she prepares to be wed to Thu Number Two. Preparations include a hot-wing wedding cake, a bachelorette party, and finally, the wedding. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Cave Duck \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2009\|6\|16}} \|ProdCode=102 \|EpisodeNumber=2 \|ShortSummary=A hunting expedition leads Thu to a nudist picnic, an underwater search for caviar, and finally, the Purple Potato Caves, where she kills a blue Cave Duck. Thu takes the duck home, but must use every part of the bird to appease the cave spirits. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=My Fair Maybe \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2009\|6\|23}} \|ProdCode=103 \|EpisodeNumber=3 \|ShortSummary=Tired of being the world's greatest cook, Thu visits the "Deli Llama" who advises her to take on a protégé. After the protégé learns everything and becomes a greater cook than Thu, Thu must kill him, to once again take her title as the Greatest. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Applesode \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2009\|6\|30}} \|ProdCode=104 \|EpisodeNumber=4 \|ShortSummary= Thu invites Johnny Appleseed over after running out of apples for a recipe, then travels to Mount Avocado in search of the "White Tiger" apple, battling a viking heavy metal band on her journey. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Thu's Cafe \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2009\|7\|7}} \|ProdCode=105 \|EpisodeNumber=5 \|ShortSummary=Thu's entrepreneurial spirit helps her survive after she is fired from selling gourmet foods at a boxing arena. She opens up her own restaurant, which instantly becomes a success. Stressed and overwhelmed, Thu simply poisons her customers with rotten ham salad to solve the problem. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Horrosode \|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2009\|7\|14}} \|ProdCode=106 \|EpisodeNumber=6 \|ShortSummary=Thu finds out she's going to have another baby, so she prepares a special dinner for her family. The evening is plagued with misfortune, and in a surprise turn of events, she gives birth to a kitten, all the while a villainous stranger stalks her home. \|LineColor=B3002D }}

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Title

Original airdate

width="35"|Production code

{{Episode list

|Title=Thu Become One

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|9}}

|ProdCode=101

|EpisodeNumber=1

|ShortSummary=Thu Tran realizes she is in love with herself, and as any would-be bride, she prepares to be wed to Thu Number Two. Preparations include a hot-wing wedding cake, a bachelorette party, and finally, the wedding.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Cave Duck

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|16}}

|ProdCode=102

|EpisodeNumber=2

|ShortSummary=A hunting expedition leads Thu to a nudist picnic, an underwater search for caviar, and finally, the Purple Potato Caves, where she kills a blue Cave Duck. Thu takes the duck home, but must use every part of the bird to appease the cave spirits.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=My Fair Maybe

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|23}}

|ProdCode=103

|EpisodeNumber=3

|ShortSummary=Tired of being the world's greatest cook, Thu visits the "Deli Llama" who advises her to take on a protégé. After the protégé learns everything and becomes a greater cook than Thu, Thu must kill him, to once again take her title as the Greatest.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Applesode

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|30}}

|ProdCode=104

|EpisodeNumber=4

|ShortSummary= Thu invites Johnny Appleseed over after running out of apples for a recipe, then travels to Mount Avocado in search of the "White Tiger" apple, battling a viking heavy metal band on her journey.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Thu's Cafe

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|7|7}}

|ProdCode=105

|EpisodeNumber=5

|ShortSummary=Thu's entrepreneurial spirit helps her survive after she is fired from selling gourmet foods at a boxing arena. She opens up her own restaurant, which instantly becomes a success. Stressed and overwhelmed, Thu simply poisons her customers with rotten ham salad to solve the problem.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Horrosode

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|7|14}}

|ProdCode=106

|EpisodeNumber=6

|ShortSummary=Thu finds out she's going to have another baby, so she prepares a special dinner for her family. The evening is plagued with misfortune, and in a surprise turn of events, she gives birth to a kitten, all the while a villainous stranger stalks her home.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

=Season 2 (2010)=

[http://www.ifc.com/food-party/episode-guide.php Episode Guide - Food Party] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506092346/http://www.ifc.com/food-party/episode-guide.php |date=2010-05-06 }} Episode Guide - Season 2

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:75%;"
width="20"\|#	Title	Original airdate	width="35"\|Production code {{Episode list \|Title=Thu Has A Normal Day \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=201 \|EpisodeNumber=1 \|ShortSummary=Thu takes us through an average day, which includes stealing food and swimming with a whale. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=PBJ Love \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=202 \|EpisodeNumber=2 \|ShortSummary=Peanut Butter Jerry's head swells after being stung by bees. He meets a gun-wielding woman at the doctor's, which leads to a relationship. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Thu Strikes It Rich \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=203 \|EpisodeNumber=3 \|ShortSummary=A normal night of cooking goes awry when a rich playboy crashes his car through Thu’s kitchen. He pays for the damage, but leaves his arm behind. Thu tries to think of ways to bring him back. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=The Emperor's New Dinner \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=204 \|EpisodeNumber=4 \|ShortSummary=Thu has opened up the most high‐end restaurant imaginable, and the King of the Universe is coming to eat. But her balloon meal is ruined by a rogue panda. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Deja Thu \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=205 \|EpisodeNumber=5 \|ShortSummary=Thu's father reveals that she is adopted and gives her an envelope containing information about her biological family. Every effort she makes to locate her new family creates a repetitive loop that brings her back to the beginning of the episode. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Turkeys \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=206 \|EpisodeNumber=6 \|ShortSummary=Thu wins a game show and the grand prize is eight turkeys. She tries to devise eight separate types of turkey stuffing, then meets with her space engineer. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=NosferaThu \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=207 \|EpisodeNumber=7 \|ShortSummary=Thu is a vampire. She hunts down a duck to use its blood in various vampire-themed recipes. The duck's owner attempts to take revenge for his duck's demise. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Poopisode \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=208 \|EpisodeNumber=8 \|ShortSummary=Thu covers the inside of her house with gingerbread and icing while Satan watches. She wakes in the morning and finds that someone has eaten her decorations and icing, and left gingerbread feces all over her kitchen. Thu sets up surveillance cameras to identify the culprit. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=The Oregano Garden \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=209 \|EpisodeNumber=9 \|ShortSummary=Thu hosts a Martha Stewart type cooking & crafts show featuring a bounty of ideas using “oregano”. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Cannibal Holiday \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=210 \|EpisodeNumber=10 \|ShortSummary=Thu is stuck in her house after a blizzard. After finding she has no food in her house, Thu experiments with cannibalism. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=RV Episode \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=211 \|EpisodeNumber=11 \|ShortSummary=Thu goes on a road trip to Las Vegas to visit a drive-in buffet. Along the way, she meets a mystical hobo and an intense policeman. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Food Zombie \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=212 \|EpisodeNumber=12 \|ShortSummary=Thu and friends become friends with a donut-loving zombie. The zombie uses an "Anti-Light Flashlight" to bring down the giant donut in the sky ([The Moon]), thus destroying mankind. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Eggcino Man \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=213 \|EpisodeNumber=13 \|ShortSummary=Thu's daughter finds an egg from which a wizard appears. When the egg wizard attempts to steal her daughter's eyes, Thu battles him, then befriends him. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Mirror Diet \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=214 \|EpisodeNumber=14 \|ShortSummary=The Mirror Diet Guru teaches Thu how to use mirrors to make her meal amounts seem larger. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Zit Butter \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=215 \|EpisodeNumber=15 \|ShortSummary=After getting sprayed with butter at the butter factory because of her rebelliousness, Thu's face begins breaking out. Rather than being pessimistic, she uses her new zits very resourcefully. Celebrity guests include Santa Claus. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Sweet Sixteen \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=216 \|EpisodeNumber=16 \|ShortSummary=It's Thu's birthday, as she does all the things teenagers do, as well as prepares food for her sweet sixteen party. Her father presents her with a special birthday gift, which gives her the confidence she needs to pursue her musical dreams. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Ad Lib Episode \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=217 \|EpisodeNumber=17 \|ShortSummary=Thu recounts the story of the donut, including the epic battle between the Moon and the spoon, before almost dying from eating hybrid monkey-pig meat. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Koalisode \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=218 \|EpisodeNumber=18 \|ShortSummary=While babysitting a koala, Thu experiments with vegan recipes, and clones Vincent van Gogh. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Thu and Bu - Part 1 \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=219 \|EpisodeNumber=19 \|ShortSummary=In a version of "Cinderella," Thu is mistreated by an evil stepsister named Bu, marries a king and is killed by her evil stepmother. \|LineColor=B3002D }} {{Episode list \|Title=Thu and Bu - Part 2 \|OriginalAirDate= \|ProdCode=220 \|EpisodeNumber=20 \|ShortSummary=In Part Two of the story, the king wants to kill his wife for being lazy. While visiting Satan, the king realizes that his wife has been secretly replaced by her stepsister, and exacts revenge. \|LineColor=B3002D }}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:75%;"

width="20"|#

Title

Original airdate

width="35"|Production code

{{Episode list

|Title=Thu Has A Normal Day

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=201

|EpisodeNumber=1

|ShortSummary=Thu takes us through an average day, which includes stealing food and swimming with a whale.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=PBJ Love

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=202

|EpisodeNumber=2

|ShortSummary=Peanut Butter Jerry's head swells after being stung by bees. He meets a gun-wielding woman at the doctor's, which leads to a relationship.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Thu Strikes It Rich

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=203

|EpisodeNumber=3

|ShortSummary=A normal night of cooking goes awry when a rich playboy crashes his car through Thu’s kitchen. He pays for the damage, but leaves his arm behind. Thu tries to think of ways to bring him back.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=The Emperor's New Dinner

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=204

|EpisodeNumber=4

|ShortSummary=Thu has opened up the most high‐end restaurant imaginable, and the King of the Universe is coming to eat. But her balloon meal is ruined by a rogue panda.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Deja Thu

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=205

|EpisodeNumber=5

|ShortSummary=Thu's father reveals that she is adopted and gives her an envelope containing information about her biological family. Every effort she makes to locate her new family creates a repetitive loop that brings her back to the beginning of the episode.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Turkeys

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=206

|EpisodeNumber=6

|ShortSummary=Thu wins a game show and the grand prize is eight turkeys. She tries to devise eight separate types of turkey stuffing, then meets with her space engineer.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=NosferaThu

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=207

|EpisodeNumber=7

|ShortSummary=Thu is a vampire. She hunts down a duck to use its blood in various vampire-themed recipes. The duck's owner attempts to take revenge for his duck's demise.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Poopisode

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=208

|EpisodeNumber=8

|ShortSummary=Thu covers the inside of her house with gingerbread and icing while Satan watches. She wakes in the morning and finds that someone has eaten her decorations and icing, and left gingerbread feces all over her kitchen. Thu sets up surveillance cameras to identify the culprit.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=The Oregano Garden

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=209

|EpisodeNumber=9

|ShortSummary=Thu hosts a Martha Stewart type cooking & crafts show featuring a bounty of ideas using “oregano”.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Cannibal Holiday

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=210

|EpisodeNumber=10

|ShortSummary=Thu is stuck in her house after a blizzard. After finding she has no food in her house, Thu experiments with cannibalism.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=RV Episode

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=211

|EpisodeNumber=11

|ShortSummary=Thu goes on a road trip to Las Vegas to visit a drive-in buffet. Along the way, she meets a mystical hobo and an intense policeman.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Food Zombie

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=212

|EpisodeNumber=12

|ShortSummary=Thu and friends become friends with a donut-loving zombie. The zombie uses an "Anti-Light Flashlight" to bring down the giant donut in the sky ([The Moon]), thus destroying mankind.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Eggcino Man

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=213

|EpisodeNumber=13

|ShortSummary=Thu's daughter finds an egg from which a wizard appears. When the egg wizard attempts to steal her daughter's eyes, Thu battles him, then befriends him.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Mirror Diet

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=214

|EpisodeNumber=14

|ShortSummary=The Mirror Diet Guru teaches Thu how to use mirrors to make her meal amounts seem larger.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Zit Butter

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=215

|EpisodeNumber=15

|ShortSummary=After getting sprayed with butter at the butter factory because of her rebelliousness, Thu's face begins breaking out. Rather than being pessimistic, she uses her new zits very resourcefully. Celebrity guests include Santa Claus.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Sweet Sixteen

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=216

|EpisodeNumber=16

|ShortSummary=It's Thu's birthday, as she does all the things teenagers do, as well as prepares food for her sweet sixteen party. Her father presents her with a special birthday gift, which gives her the confidence she needs to pursue her musical dreams.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Ad Lib Episode

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=217

|EpisodeNumber=17

|ShortSummary=Thu recounts the story of the donut, including the epic battle between the Moon and the spoon, before almost dying from eating hybrid monkey-pig meat.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Koalisode

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=218

|EpisodeNumber=18

|ShortSummary=While babysitting a koala, Thu experiments with vegan recipes, and clones Vincent van Gogh.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Thu and Bu - Part 1

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=219

|EpisodeNumber=19

|ShortSummary=In a version of "Cinderella," Thu is mistreated by an evil stepsister named Bu, marries a king and is killed by her evil stepmother.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

{{Episode list

|Title=Thu and Bu - Part 2

|OriginalAirDate=

|ProdCode=220

|EpisodeNumber=20

|ShortSummary=In Part Two of the story, the king wants to kill his wife for being lazy. While visiting Satan, the king realizes that his wife has been secretly replaced by her stepsister, and exacts revenge.

|LineColor=B3002D

}}

References

External links

[http://www.ifc.com/food-party IFC Food Party Site]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090526181744/http://foodparty.tv/ Food Party Blog]

Category:IFC (American TV channel) original programming

Category:2009 American television series debuts

Category:2010 American television series endings