{{Short description|American web variety show}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Variety show | creator = Becky Stark | director = Becky Stark | starring = Becky Stark | composer = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 6 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Aaron Rose, Janice Grube, Bill Davenport | location = Portland, Oregon | company = Sanguine Film | camera = | runtime = 1 – 5 minutes | network = Wieden+Kennedy Entertainment | first_aired = {{Start date|2009|12}} | last_aired = {{End date|2010|3}} }}
'''''Califunya!''''' is an American web variety show directed and written by Los Angeles, California based artist and singer-songwriter Becky Stark. The show is an episodic ensemble comedy featuring a revolving cast of guest stars including Miranda July, Peter Glantz, Tunde Adebimpe, Ron Regé, Jr., Mia Doi Todd, Ariana Delawari, Josh Fadem, and Brandon Ratcliff.
The show was originally produced as a stage show in Los Angeles in 2006, which was followed by a preliminary film shoot in New York City and Los Angeles the same year. A second film shoot was produced in Summer 2009 in Portland, Oregon. Season one entered final post-production in fall 2009.
==Format== Like any variety show, ''Califunya!'' features musical performances by artists such as The LA Ladies Choir and Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, comedy skits and guest appearances by visual artists like Jim Drain, who also served as the show's art director. The tone of the show was described as "parodying a high school play that is parodying a kids' show from the '60s as performed by grownups—with all the expected exclamation points muted."<ref>{{cite news | title= Beautifulest .show.ever: Becky Stark's ecstatic state of Califunya | magazine=The FADER | author=Eric Ducker | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6718/is_2006_July-August/ai_n28423521/ | date=July–August 2006 | accessdate=2009-09-25}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
It was produced and released in 2009/2010 by Wieden+Kennedy Entertainment.<ref>{{cite news | title=Here's the Pitch | magazine=Willamette Week | author=Aaron Mesh | url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11379-hererss_the_pitch.html | date=December 2, 2009 | accessdate=2012-10-07}}</ref>
==Episode list== {{Episode table |total_width=75 |overall= |title= |aux1= |aux1T=Featured artist |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |RTitle=Sailing Through Space on a Beautiful Planet! |Aux1=Mia Doi Todd, Ariana Delawari |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|12|15}}
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{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |RTitle="Bluebird" ♫ |Aux1= Ariana Delawari, Mia Doi Todd, Colin Meloy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|01|05}}
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{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |RTitle=The Curtain |Aux1=Aaron Rose |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|01|19}}
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{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |RTitle=The Key to My Happiness! |Aux1=Ariana Delawari |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|02|02}}
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{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |RTitle=Musical Guest ♫ Colin Meloy |Aux1=Colin Meloy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|02|16}}
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{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |RTitle=Tea Party ♥ |Aux1=Aaron Rose |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|03|02}}
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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL17C9DFCEBFC9C573 ''Califunya!''] on YouTube *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718072200/http://wkeblog.wk.com/about-califunya/ Show summary and credits]
Category:2009 American television series debuts Category:2010 American television series endings Category:2000s American variety television series Category:2010s American variety television series Category:Wieden+Kennedy