The year is 1984, which didn't exactly turn out as George Orwell expected, but not as great we would have hoped, and live from Las Vegas (soon to be known as the Death Star of entertainment,) the American Broadcasting Network brings us the Charlie da Clown Show, now in its 20th season.

Returning from an unspecified hiatus is one of the world's favorite and inexplicably enduring stars, Charlie da Clown, ready to take up the mantle and host again, leaving us to watch him, helpless, as he runs the show right smack into its end.

He tells us that he had to leave the scene for a while, because of having "accidentally" scalped his last celebrity guest, Loni Andersen; but now that her scalp has been reattached, and the charges were dismissed, he's baaaaack! And ready to welcome his new guest, fresh from rehab and announcing her upcoming blockbuster film, Farrah Knuff (Lisa Marie Caruk).

His military-trained stage director, Lt. Burt Cordova USMC (Ryan Robbin), who comes with all the right stuff (for what is "the business of show" if not a war zone?), commands Charlie to go to commercial because Farrah is indisposed backstage.

Turns out that Farrah has OD'd, but da show must go on! Charlie ends up interviewing a rather pale and stiff Farrah, whose mouth, not yet paralysed by rigor mortis, Sprinkles is moving from behind her seat, by means of a fishhook and line.

This black comedy is so black, it's blue - like super hero hair. For its mere 20 minutes length, the short film Charlie da Clown manages to compress a lot of creativity and thoughtfulness, satire and a full-on send-up of the business of show and its inherent sexism and homophobia, drug addiction and a total lack of morality of any kind.

At the same time it manages to reference "The King of Comedy," Tarantino, Stephen King and the oh-so-discombobulating "Fargo" by the Cohen brothers. Be sure to watch this wholly original and spookily funny production from the Granger brothers and director Gary Hawes. Watch it online on the Funny or Die website. Released two midnights ago, it already has a 2500 + viewing base and a funny rating approaching 95%.

Warning for children. The clowns depicted here are not the kind you've seen at your friends' birthday parties. Ask your mom and dad for permission to watch this, or wait till they've taken you to Vegas.

About The Granger Bros: Matt & Mikey Granger

In 1999, Matt Granger's film career began as videographer on Bryan Singer's X-Men and led to the creation of the X-Men 1.5 Special Edition DVD. Now, for over a decade, The Granger Bros have been creating their own unique brand of short comedy films including Epic: The Sir Arthur P. Laymond Story (which included rare comedic performances by Robert Patrick and Harrison Ford) and numerous shorts licensed in 2006 by Lionsgate for use in the film Good Luck Chuck.

In 2009, legendary director Quentin Tarantino chose the Granger Bros' Pulp Fiction spoof Quarter Pounder with Cheese as the winner of MTV's Bastardize Tarantino film contest. On the heels of this success, with the help of the crowd funding website Indiegogo.com, the Granger Bros successfully raised $10,000 for the pilot episode of The Charlie Da Clown Show, which is currently being shopped in both Canada and the US.

In their spare time, the brothers enjoy long discussions about "whose fault it is," painting self portraits with watercolors and imagining a future where we will all live in perfect harmony with our robotic overlords.

Alex Gomez is an award-winning writer. he's written numerous short stories, hundreds of non-fiction articles and two serious novels. Writing makes him happy and nothing can kill him now.

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