PFFR

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PFFR is a Brooklyn-based production company/art collective 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" 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, PFFR produced and directed the music video for Animal Collective's song FloriDada, the first single off of their album Painting With.^{[citation needed]}

Individual achievements[]

Chatman provided the voice for South Park character Towelie and worked as a staff writer/consultant on the show in 2004. He returned to the show in 2009 as a producer. He has written for Matt Stone and Trey Parker's short lived sitcom That's My Bush, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Chris Rock Show.^{[citation needed]}

Levy directed the documentary film The Hands Of God about Christian puppeteers. She had a photography exhibition at Momenta Art, Brooklyn, in 2000 which featured a selection of photographs depicting various spoof sitcom scenes starring herself and friend Janeane Garofalo. She is also married to Lee.^{[citation needed]}

Tozzi is an independent artist and has worked as a member of the production companies KanDoKid and T.H.E.M. directing a number of television commercials. Tozzi parted ways with PFFR in 2009, following the production of Xavier: Renegade Angel.^{[citation needed]}

Lee was previously a member of the now defunct rock band Muckafurgason. He is known as a supertaster through the song "John Lee Supertaster" by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, with whom he is close friends.^{[citation needed]}

PFFR Productions[]

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]} 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]} Other shows include Delocated, The Heart She Holler and The Shivering Truth (all for Adult Swim), as well as “At Home With Amy Sedaris”(for truTV).^{[citation needed]}

Releases[]

Studio albums[]

• Rock Rocker Rocketh (CD) (2001, self-released)
• United We Doth (CD) (2003, Birdman)

Extended plays[]

• Chrome Ghost (download) (2005, Birdman-A-Phone)
• Dark Louds Over Red Meat (7") (2018, Housewife Records)

Music videos[]

• "Superfine" (from Rock Rocker Rocketh and United We Doth)
• "Japoney Appoe" (from Rock Rocker Rocketh and United We Doth)
• "Our Concern" (from United We Doth)
• "Feels Like $" (from United We Doth)

Television shows[]

• Doggy Fizzle Televizzle (2002–2003; not an official PFFFR production, but 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 (2017-2020)
• The Shivering Truth (2018–present)

Failed pilots[]

• Neon Knome (2008; picked up as The Problem Solverz, which PFFFR was not involved in)
• Doble Fried (2015; in co-production with Titmouse, Inc.)^[3]
• Dustin's Dad's Dilemma (in Stereo); (2016)^[4]
• Gigglefudge, USA! (2016; in co-production with Everything Is Terrible!)
• Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong (2018)
• Di Bibl (2019)^[5]

Films[]

• Final Flesh (2009)
• The Hands of God (2012)

References[]

External links[]

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• Official website
• PFFR at Birdman Records
• PFFR at IMDb
• Audio interview with Lee & Chatman on the public radio show The Sound of Young America (also features Jim Gaffigan)
• Archived interview with PFFR by Jason Thompson shortly after the release of Rock, Rocker, Rocketh. Originally published on the Echo From Esoterica website.
• Review of Rock, Rocker, Rocketh on PopMatters by Jason Thompson.
• http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/adult-swim-announces-3-new-series/
• Review of Dark Louds Over Red Meat at BrooklynVegan