Comedy World (often shortened to CW) is an American animated comedy series created by Gary Sauls. It made its
The show's logo
debut on Kids' WB on February 28, 1998, and ended its run on May 27, 2006, with 7 seasons, 161 episodes, 5 TV specials and a theatrical movie. The show is still sold on DVD to this day.
The show is rated TV-Y7.
Synopsis
Two brothers, PC Guy and Eric are often left in their house alone while their parents are out at parties and such. However, these two brothers are always up for action-packed adventures in their hometown, Lakeside City.
Episodes
Setting
The show takes place at Lakeside City (often shortened to "Lakeside"), a fictional city located in the state of New Hampshire. Ironically, there is no lake at Lakeside City.
Main Cast
- Andrew Rannells as PC Guy
- Josh Peck as Eric
- Jim Hanks as Dallas
- Edward Felker as Stanley
- Tom Kenny as David and Paul
- Tress MacNeille as Susan
- Carlos Alazraqui as Joey
- Billy West as Sebastian
- Jessica DiCicco as Kimberly
- Gary Sauls as Constantinos and additional voices
- Dabney Coleman as Principal Walker
- Erik von Detten as Carver
- Dee Bradley Baker as The Narrator and additional voices
- Jacob the Dog as himself
Development
- See Development of Comedy World
Reception
Ratings
When Comedy World debuted, the pilot episode attracted around 2.26 million viewers. Within its first few months on air, the amount of viewers expanded. As the show progressed, it became the number-one children's animated series on television. Needless to say, it became a major success for the Kids' WB programming block throughout the years. The time slot for new episodes was 10:30/9:30am central.
Critical response
The show currently holds a rating of 7.8/10 on IMDb and an 8.6/10 on TV.com.
Home video releases
VHS
- Welcome to Lakeside
- Adventures in Lakeside City
- Cartoon Crack-Ups
- Halloween Capers
- Christmas Chronicles
- Summer Shock
- Crazy Antics
- Best of Season 1
- Best of Season 2
- Best of Season 3
- Shaggy Dog Story
- An Onix-pected Adventure
- The Telltale TV
- Love is In the Air
- The Comedy World Movie
- The Search for the Seven
- No More Pizza
DVD
- Welcome to Lakeside (Reprint)
- Adventures in Lakeside City (Reprint)
- Cartoon Crack-ups (Reprint)
- Christmas Chronicles (Reprint)
- Summer Shock (Reprint)
- Crazy Antics (Reprint)
- Hometown Heroes
- Lakeside Has No Lake
- The Comedy World Movie
- Incredibly Incredible Adventures
- PC Guy's Craziest Experiments
- Wrapping Up
- The Very Best of Comedy World
Box sets
- The Complete First Season
- The Complete Second Season
- The Complete Third Season
- The Complete Fourth Season
- The Complete Fifth Season
- The Complete Sixth Season
- The Complete Seventh Season
- Comedy World: The Complete Series
Broadcast
- United States - Kids' WB (1998-2008), Cartoon Network (2002-2009; 2012), and Boomerang (2005-2016)
- Mexico - Fox Kids and Cartoon Network
- Spain - Nickelodeon
- Canada - YTV
- United Kingdom and Ireland - Jetix and Cartoon Network
- France - Disney Channel
- Germany - Nickelodeon
- Poland - Jetix
- Netherlands - Nickelodeon
- South Korea - Cartoon Network
Shorts
- See List of Comedy World shorts