{{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Short description|Art and music collective}} {{distinguish|PFR (band)}} {{Multiple issues|{{unfocused|date=May 2023}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2015}} {{Cleanup rewrite|date=December 2025}}}} {{Infobox musical artist<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = PFFR | image = | image_size = | caption = | background = group_or_band | origin = Brooklyn, New York City | genre = Electronic rock, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia | years_active = 1998–present | label = Birdman, Birdman-A-Phone, Housewife Records | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = {{ubl|Vernon Chatman|John Lee|Alyson Levy}} | past_members = Jim Tozzi }} '''PFFR''' is an American production company and art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City and consisting of Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Alyson Levy and formerly Jim Tozzi until 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Warren Oates in the Economic Crisis of 2008 |newspaper=Austin Chronicle |date=January 23, 2009 |url=https://archive.org/stream/The_Austin_Chronicle-2009-01-23/}}</ref> The group has been active since 1998.
==Work== The group's portfolio of work includes two albums, one 7-inch 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://potionlords.blogspot.com/2009/06/final-flesh.html|title=Potion Lords: Final Flesh|publisher=Potionlords.blogspot.com|date=June 10, 2009|accessdate=August 25, 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=OPENING SATURDAY, APRIL 3 |url=https://synchronicityonmelrose.blogspot.com/2010/03/opening-saturday-april-3.html |website=Synchronicity Space (blog) |date=March 30, 2010 |access-date=April 30, 2026}}</ref>
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''.
In 2015, PFFR produced and directed the music video for Animal Collective's song FloriDada, the first single off of their album ''Painting With''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Xavier: Renegade Angel Episodes and Clips for Free from Adult Swim |url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/xavier-renegade-angel |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Adult Swim |language=en}}</ref>
==PFFR Productions== {{Infobox company | name = PFFR Productions | image = | type = | industry = | founded = 2002 | founder = {{ubl|Vernon Chatman|John Lee|Alyson Levy|Jim Tozzi}} | hq_location_city = Brooklyn, New York | hq_location_country = U.S. | products = {{ubl|''Wonder Showzen''|''Xavier: Renegade Angel''|''The Heart, She Holler''|''The Shivering Truth''}} }}
'''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 a mature audience and their work for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, with such shows like MTV's ''Wonder Showzen'', as well as ''Xavier: Renegade Angel''. They also produced the 2008 Adult Swim pilot ''Neon Knome'', which would later be worked as ''The Problem Solverz'' on Cartoon Network in 2011.<ref name="Nadel">{{Cite web | last=Nadel | first=Dan | date=April 4, 2011 | url=http://www.tcj.com/artistic-modern-funnies-ben-jones-problem-solverz/ | title=Artistic Modern Funnies: Ben Jones' ''Problem Solverz'' | website=The Comics Journal | publisher=Fantagraphics Books | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407014618/http://www.tcj.com/artistic-modern-funnies-ben-jones-problem-solverz/ | archive-date=April 7, 2011 | url-status=live | access-date=March 11, 2016}}</ref> Other shows include ''Delocated'', ''The Heart She Holler'' and ''The Shivering Truth'' (all for Adult Swim), as well as the first season of ''At Home with Amy Sedaris'' (for truTV).
The on-screen logo features a creature, who is the "mascot" for PFFR's 2005 EP ''Chrome Ghost''.
==Releases==
===Studio albums=== *''Rock Rocker Rocketh'' (CD) (2001, self-released) *''Injustice Center'' (12-inch) (2002, Invasion Planète Recordings) *''United We Doth'' (CD) (2003, Birdman)
===Extended plays=== *''Chrome Ghost'' (download) (2005, Birdman-A-Phone) *''Dark Louds Over Red Meat'' (7-inch) (2018, Housewife Records) *'' PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book'' (2022, Drag City's Soccer Club)
===Music videos=== *"Japoney Appoe" (from ''Rock Rocker Rocketh'', ''Chrome Ghost'', and ''United We Doth'') *"Superfine" (from ''Rock Rocker Rocketh'' and ''United We Doth'') *"Let's Make It Tonite" (from ''Rock Rocker Rocketh'', ''Chrome Ghost'', and ''PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book'') *"PFR Booms" (from ''Rock Rocker Rocketh'', and ''United We Doth'') *"Party Ice" (from ''Rock Rocker Rocketh'', and ''United We Doth'') *"Sparse Party (from ''Injustice Center'', and ''United We Doth'') *"Total Dicks (from ''Injustice Center'', and ''United We Doth'') *"Phit Psonique (from ''Injustice Center'', and ''United We Doth'') *"Feels Like $" (from ''Injustice Center'' and ''United We Doth'') *"Our Concern" (from ''Injustice Center'' and ''United We Doth'') *"Dark Louds" (from ''Dark Loud Over Red Meat'', and ''PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book'') *"Stroytzeker" (from ''Dark Loud Over Red Meat'', and ''PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book'') *"PFFIGHHT" (from ''Dark Loud Over Red Meat'', and ''PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book'') *Big Black Lips" (from ''Dark Loud Over Red Meat'', and ''PFFR Legacy XXX: Soundtrack to the Book'')
===Television shows=== *''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) *''The Shivering Truth'' (2018–2020) *''Teenage Euthanasia'' (2021–2023)
===TV specials=== *''Neon Knome'' (2008; Remade into a kids show) *''Gigglefudge U.S.A.'' (2016; in co-production with Everything Is Terrible! and FishBowl Worldwide Media, originally part of ''Infomercials'') *''Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong'' (2018; two episodes were produced "Don't Die Alone"<ref>[https://vimeo.com/329395753 Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong – "Don't Die Alone" on Vimeo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and "Terrific Journey")<ref>[https://vimeo.com/328659366 Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong – "Terrific Journey" on Vimeo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *''Di Bibl'' (2019; in co-production with Daisy Studio)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/specials/di-bibl | title=Watch Adult Swim Special Episodes for Free from Adult Swim }}</ref> *''Bad Manners'' (2020; in co-production with TUbb)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vimeo.com/401020865|title=Bad Manners – Pilot|website=Vimeo|date=March 26, 2020 |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> *''Rate The Cookie'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Adult Swim Infomercials Episodes and Clips for Free from Adult Swim |url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/infomercials/rate-the-cookie |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Adult Swim |language=en}}</ref> *''Ballmastrz: Rubicon'' (2023; in co-production with Studio 4°C)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/11/adult-swims-space-age-heroes-return-in-king-star-king-ballmastrz-rubicon/ | title=Adult Swim's Space-Age Heroes Return in 'King Star King!/!/!' & 'Ballmastrz: Rubicon' | date=November 29, 2022 }}</ref>
===Films=== *''Final Flesh'' (2009) *''The Hands of God'' (2012)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official}} *[http://www.birdmanrecords.com/pffr.html PFFR at Birdman Records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011075602/http://www.birdmanrecords.com/pffr.html |date=October 11, 2006 }} *[https://www.imdb.com/company/co0149671/ PFFR at IMDb] *[http://media.libsyn.com/media/tsoya/tsoya040106.mp3 Audio interview with Lee & Chatman] on the public radio show The Sound of Young America (also features Jim Gaffigan) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040101035334/http://esotericecho.com/int-pffr.html Archived interview with PFFR by Jason Thompson shortly after the release of Rock, Rocker, Rocketh.] Originally published on the Echo From Esoterica website.
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