There’s something about hearing a puppet say, “I’m the one who can’t shit right for a week,” that tickles even the most stoic adult. This lewd phrase is from an episode of “Greg the Bunny,” and the particular puppet who utters it is Warren—the surly friend to the show’s whiney namesake. Had it been spoken by a real, live guy—and not a stuffed ape—only 13-year-old male fans would be captivated. But it’s the profound incongruity of “Greg the Bunny” that makes the show so palatable for fans of potty and highbrow humor alike.

Four years after Fox cancelled its toned-down sitcom version, “Greg the Bunny” finally returns to its raunchy IFC roots this winter in an all new season. But for now, Greg the Bunny: The Best of the Film Parodies includes all 14 original IFC episodes with commentary, two featurettes, deleted scenes and a gag reel. 

In reality TV style, the show unites disgruntled puppet stars and a human production crew in a hostile team charged with the task of parodying classic Hollywood films, from Annie Hall to Fargo. 

Lampooning Easy Rider, “Sleazy Rider” features puppets that shotgun hits of pot and a murderous, flaming gay redneck. It is exactly this kind of offensive humor—turned semi-acceptable through puppet actors—that makes “Greg the Bunny” so outrageous (that, and all the gratuitous puppet sex).

In “Dead Puppet Storage,” a Pulp Fiction spoof, Uma Thurman’s mannish Mia Wallace is played by Jerry—a tranny. Even better, Warren screws him, only later learning he’s a dude. Meanwhile, Greg passes out from his suffocating S&M gear. Two bunny puppets fuck like the rabbits they are in “The Godpappy,” and a ghetto Kermit the Frog plays the Don (Count Blah) a visit, explaining he needs Jim Henson taken out. Apparently, Kermy “fucked this pig” who was the producer’s “best piece of ass.” 

The show’s extremely low-budge, but that’s part of its charm. The puppets have that well-loved look, and the audience pretends not to notice their wires the way you try not to stare at a flasher on the subway. “Greg the Bunny” has the intentionally homemade feel of “South Park” (but without the alienation of computer generation) and does for puppets what “The Simpsons” and “The Family Guy” did for cartoons. So if you have the urge to make your little sister’s stuffed animals do perverse things, go the easy route and just get this DVD.