Renowned for its scurrilous humour and highly stylised animation, it was created in 2004, initially as a website publishing single-panel jokes and then as a series of irregularly released comics.
The initial pilot programme was commissioned by Channel 4 as part of their Comedy Lab series and broadcast on 10 May 2005.
The show features the voices of Lee Kern, Mackenzie Crook, Simon Greenall, Paul Kaye, Doon Mackichan, Lucy Scott, Anthony Davis, David Schall and Ralph Brown.
The show was aired on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) in the United States and in 30+ territories including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Poland, Finland, Ukraine, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Macedonia, Philippines, Bulgaria, Iceland and the African territories reached by MNet.
The following recurring cartoons appear regularly in the programme: The theme music is the brindisi, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici", from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi.