Now in its second season on SCI FI Channel, the racy, CG-animated series Tripping The Rift tops this week’s list of toon home video releases. All 13 episodes from the show’s first season are now available in a three-disc set complete with bonus features that include character and artwork galleries, and the complete episode teleplays on DVD-ROM.
Tripping the Rift features the voices of Stephen Root (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Office Space), Gina Gershon (Face/Off, Showgirls), John Melendez (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Howard Stern Show) and Maurice LaMarche (Pinky and the Brain). Spoofing such sci-fi classics as Star Trek, Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey, the series follows the intergalactic adventures of the crew of the starship Jupiter 42, a smuggling vessel captained by a stumpy purple alien named Chode (Root). Melendez provides the voice of the ship’s computer; LaMarche voices Gus, Chode’s sexually confused and verbally abused robot slave; and Gershon is Six, Chode’s sexy cyborg, a role taken over by Carmen Electra for the second season.
Produced by CineGroup in association with IDT Ent., the series started as an award-winning short film by creators Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The short aired during SCI FI’s erstwhile shorts series, Exposure, before getting a series order from the network. The show has gone on to win awards as well, taking Best Program of the Year and Best TV Series for Teens and Adults at the 2004 Cartoons on the Bay. Danièle Joubert is producer and Jacques Pettigrew, Michael Lemire, Peter Schankowitz and John Hyde serve as exec producers.
Released by Anchor Bay, Tripping the Rift: The Complete First Season carries a suggested retail price of $29.98.
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