PFFR#PFFR Productions
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{{Short description|Art and music collective}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = PFFR
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| background = group_or_band
| origin = Brooklyn, New York City
| genre = Electronic rock, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia
| years_active = 1998–present
| label = Birdman, Birdman-A-Phone
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| current_members = {{ubl|Vernon Chatman|John Lee|Alyson Levy}}
| past_members = Jim Tozzi
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PFFR is an American production company and art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City and consisting of Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Alyson Levy and formerly Jim Tozzi until 2009. The group has been active since 1998.
Work
The group's portfolio of work includes two albums, one 7-inch EP and one download-only EP (plus a string of live performances as a band), various art exhibits such as An Attack On All Americans or the Tyranny Of Weed shown at the LFL Gallery in New York and the script for the film Final Flesh.{{cite web|url=http://potionlords.blogspot.com/2009/06/final-flesh.html|title=Potion Lords: Final Flesh|publisher=Potionlords.blogspot.com|date=June 10, 2009|accessdate=August 25, 2010}} In 2010, they held an exhibition/video screening of a selection of their work entitled PFFR Presents Legacy IIX which took place at the Synchronicity Space in Los Angeles, CA between April 3 and May 1.{{cite web|url=http://www.syncspacela.com/pffr.html|title=PFFR presents Legacy IIX|publisher=Syncspacela.com|date=May 1, 2010|accessdate=August 25, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
PFFR are also active in television comedy. They wrote, directed, produced and starred in the MTV2 variety show Wonder Showzen (2005–2006) and the Adult Swim CGI series Xavier: Renegade Angel. For both these shows, Chatman and Lee are the directors and main voice talent, whilst Tozzi and Levy are the animation/character designer and art director, respectively. Levy provides additional voices for both shows whilst Tozzi does only for 'Xavier'. PFFR are also responsible for producing, directing and co-writing Jon Glaser's Adult Swim show Delocated.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Chatman and Lee collaborated on Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, a short lived sketch show starring Snoop Dogg, although this was not an official PFFR production. Following this show, Snoop Dogg made a guest appearance on PFFR's 'United We Doth' LP as well as a second-season episode of Xavier: Renegade Angel.{{Cite web |title=Watch Xavier: Renegade Angel Episodes and Clips for Free from Adult Swim |url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/xavier-renegade-angel |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Adult Swim |language=en}}
In 2015, PFFR produced and directed the music video for Animal Collective's song FloriDada, the first single off of their album Painting With.{{Cite web |title=Watch Xavier: Renegade Angel Episodes and Clips for Free from Adult Swim |url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/xavier-renegade-angel |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Adult Swim |language=en}}
PFFR Productions
{{Infobox company
| name = PFFR Productions
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| foundation = 2002
| founder = {{ubl|Vernon Chatman|John Lee|Alyson Levy|Jim Tozzi}}
| location_city = Brooklyn, New York
| location_country = U.S.
| products = {{ubl|Wonder Showzen|Xavier: Renegade Angel|The Heart, She Holler|The Shivering Truth|Di Bibl|Teenage Euthanasia}}
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PFFR Productions (otherwise known as PFFFR in the closing logo) is an American film and television arm of PFFR. The company is best known for television and film productions aimed at mature audience, with such shows like MTV's Wonder Showzen, as well as Adult Swim's Xavier: Renegade Angel.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} They also produced the 2008 Adult Swim pilot Neon Knome, which would later be worked as The Problem Solverz on Cartoon Network in 2011.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} Other shows include Delocated, The Heart She Holler and The Shivering Truth (all for Adult Swim), as well as the first season of At Home with Amy Sedaris (for truTV).
The on-screen logo features a creature, who is the "mascot" for PFFR's 2005 EP Chrome Ghost.
Releases
=Studio albums=
- Rock Rocker Rocketh (CD) (2001, self-released)
- Injustice Center (12-inch) (2002, Invasion Planète Recordings)
- United We Doth (CD) (2003, Birdman)
=Extended plays=
- Chrome Ghost (download) (2005, Birdman-A-Phone)
- Dark Louds Over Red Meat (7-inch) (2018, Housewife Records)
- PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book (2022, Drag City's Soccer Club)
=Music videos=
- "Japoney Appoe" (from Rock Rocker Rocketh, Chrome Ghost, and United We Doth)
- "Superfine" (from Rock Rocker Rocketh and United We Doth)
- "Let's Make It Tonite" (from Rock Rocker Rocketh, Chrome Ghost, and PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book)
- "PFR Booms" (from Rock Rocker Rocketh, and United We Doth)
- "Party Ice" (from Rock Rocker Rocketh, and United We Doth)
- "Sparse Party (from Injustice Center, and United We Doth)
- "Total Dicks (from Injustice Center, and United We Doth)
- "Phit Psonique (from Injustice Center, and United We Doth)
- "Feels Like $" (from Injustice Center and United We Doth)
- "Our Concern" (from Injustice Center and United We Doth)
- "Dark Louds" (from Dark Loud Over Red Meat, and PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book)
- "Stroytzeker" (from Dark Loud Over Red Meat, and PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book)
- "PFFIGHHT" (from Dark Loud Over Red Meat, and PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book)
- Big Black Lips" (from Dark Loud Over Red Meat, and PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book)
=Television shows=
- Doggy Fizzle Televizzle (2002–2003; an unofficial PFFFR production created by Chatman & Lee)
- Wonder Showzen (2005–2006)
- Xavier: Renegade Angel (2007–2009)
- Delocated (2008–2013)
- The Heart, She Holler (2011–2014)
- Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter (2015–2017)
- Jon Glaser Loves Gear (2016–2019)
- At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017)
- The Shivering Truth (2018–2020)
- Teenage Euthanasia (2021–2023)
=TV specials=
- Neon Knome (2008; Remade into a kids show)
- Gigglefudge U.S.A. (2016; in co-production with Everything Is Terrible! Originally part of Infomercials)
- Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong (2018; two episodes were produced "Don't Die Alone"[https://vimeo.com/329395753 Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong – "Don't Die Alone" on Vimeo] and "Terrific Journey")[https://vimeo.com/328659366 Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong – "Terrific Journey" on Vimeo]
- Di Bibl (2019; in co-production with Daisy Studio){{cite web | url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/specials/di-bibl | title=Watch Adult Swim Special Episodes for Free from Adult Swim }}
- Bad Manners (2020; in co-production with TUbb){{cite web | url=https://vimeo.com/401020865|title=Bad Manners – Pilot|website=Vimeo|date=March 26, 2020 |access-date=26 March 2020}}
- Rate The Cookie (2020){{Cite web |title=Watch Adult Swim Infomercials Episodes and Clips for Free from Adult Swim |url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/infomercials/rate-the-cookie |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Adult Swim |language=en}}
- Ballmastrz: Rubicon (2023; in co-production with Studio 4°C){{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/11/adult-swims-space-age-heroes-return-in-king-star-king-ballmastrz-rubicon/ | title=Adult Swim's Space-Age Heroes Return in 'King Star King!/!/!' & 'Ballmastrz: Rubicon' | date=November 29, 2022 }}
=Films=
- Final Flesh (2009)
- The Hands of God (2012)
- Untitled Kendrick Lamar project (TBD){{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=January 13, 2022|title=Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free & 'South Park' Duo Matt Stone And Trey Parker To Produce Comedy Penned By Vernon Chatman For Paramount|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/kendrick-lamar-dave-free-matt-stone-trey-parker-to-produce-paramount-comedy-1234912409/|access-date=January 20, 2022|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Official}}
- [http://www.birdmanrecords.com/pffr.html PFFR at Birdman Records]
- [https://www.imdb.com/company/co0149671/ PFFR at IMDb]
- [http://media.libsyn.com/media/tsoya/tsoya040106.mp3 Audio interview with Lee & Chatman] on the public radio show The Sound of Young America (also features Jim Gaffigan)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040101035334/http://esotericecho.com/int-pffr.html Archived interview with PFFR by Jason Thompson shortly after the release of Rock, Rocker, Rocketh.] Originally published on the Echo From Esoterica website.
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