Modern Toss is a partly animated British

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 comedy

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 programme based on characters from Modern Toss

Modern Toss

Modern Toss is a British series of cartoon booklets and books aimed at adults, and a television series based on them. It is the creation of Mick Bunnage and Jon Link; their company is called Modern Toss Ltd, also going under the name '*hitflap' .The cartoons feature low-quality drawing, offensive...

, a profanity-ridden series of cartoon booklets. It is written by Mick Bunnage

Mick Bunnage

Mick Bunnage is a cartoonist, journalist, comedy writer and was formerly the bass guitarist of The Deep Freeze Mice. He is the co-creator of the Modern Toss comic, which was also turned into a TV series by Channel 4...

 and Jon Link, who write for their company *hitflap.

Following the DVD

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 release of the first series in November 2007, a second series began on 23 January 2008.

The show is currently being aired on the Independent Film Channel

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 (IFC) in the United States and on 4Music

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 in the United Kingdom.

Characters

The following recurring cartoons appear regularly in the programme:

• Alan: the figurehead of Modern Toss, Alan is a cartoon scrawl who repeatedly sabotages his middle-class friends' get-togethers, resulting in his fleeing, pursued by "Roger", shouting, "Come back, Alan, you wanker!"
• Accident & Emergency/Citizens Advice/Customer Services: members of the public ask a patient woman at a help-desk bizarre and often ridiculous questions. Contains the recurring theme of an angry Texan yelling into the phone, complaining profanely about a recently purchased cheeseburger, and who appears in every segment, regardless of the topic.
• Barney: a man who periodically turns into a red Incredible Hulk
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  -like monster at the mention of Alan Titchmarsh
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  , and causes destruction in a mad rage, followed by embarrassment at what he has done.
• Drive-By Abuser: a blunt moped-rider who "considers" various things before hurling profane abuse at them.
• Cheese and Wine: a person at a party asks someone a question, and the other replies in a coarse and aggressive manner.
• Fly Talk: a pair of flies discuss goings-on, often involving being trapped in a celebrity's car/house/hat and witnessing unexpected behaviour (such as David Attenborough
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   urinating on his open fire).
• Gnat Burglar: a giant gnat which sucks the entire contents out of things and injects it into other things.
• I Live 'Ere: a West Country farmer recounts his violent assaults on trespassing (English) members of the public.
• Illegal Alphabet: a large number of human-sized letters that congregate in a field to form rude words (including odd portmanteaus such as "pipecock"); they are then ambushed by truncheon-wielding police. These scenes end with a Radio 4
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  -style voiceover announcement, for example: "That was Illegal Alphabet in 'illegal piss meeting' followed by 'unauthorised shitcasket'".
• Mr Tourette - Master Signwriter: a gruff Frenchman who creates inappropriate signs (more often than not, with a sexual leaning) for bewildered customers.
• Peace & Quiet: a man who seeks peace and quiet in his garden, but is plagued by noise from neighbours and others nearby.
• Planet Chat: a Jerry Springer
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  -style talk show in which the Moon
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   and several other celestial bodies argue, usually turning on the Earth
  Earth
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   in the end.
• Prince Edward, Royal Entrepreneur: rarely seen in the programme, Prince Edward
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   tries to profit from (often tasteless) Royalty-related merchandise.
• Seawalker: another infrequent feature of series - a man with very long legs walks out of the sea onto the beach, whereupon a leg is severed by people playing frisbee.
• Sneezeman: a little man with a huge nose who experiences uncontrollable sneezing fits, usually injuring himself and causing extensive damage to property.
• Space Argument: two inept astronauts who disagree while carrying out routine space-related tasks.
• Underground Wolf Gobbler: a giant semi-human monster that pops up out of the ground and eats things, i.e. trains or oncoming traffic.
• Work: an unenthusiastic employee expresses his unwillingness to come in, or do any work.

The theme music is Brindisi (by Verdi) from La Traviata.

Broadcast history

• UK
  • Channel 4
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     (2006, 2008)
  • Adult Swim on Bravo (2007)
  • Paramount Comedy 2
    Paramount Comedy 2
    Comedy Central Extra is a television channel shown in United Kingdom and on some digital/cable services in the Republic of Ireland. The channel was previously a so-called 'timeshuffle' service, offering programmes from Paramount Comedy at different times. It has since started broadcasting some...
    
     (2008-)
  • 4Music
    4Music
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     (2010)

• Australia
  • ABC2
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     (2008, 2009, 2010)

• Russia
  • 2x2
    2x2
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     (2008)

• USA
  • IFC
    Independent Film Channel
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     (2009)

• Finland
  • SubTV (2010)

• Mexico

Once TV

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(2010)