close menu

Nick Jr.’s Face Auditions For A David Mamet Play

Beloved children’s entertainer plus inappropriate situation and dialogue always equals comedy:

The amusement factor here depends in part on how old you are and how familiar you are with Mr. Face, a/k/a simply Face, who graced the Nick Jr. programming on U.S. children’s cable network Nickelodeon (and some of its international variants) for several years (1994-2004, to be precise), but even if you didn’t grow up with the preternaturally cheery animated smiley face, you’ll get the idea. A happy smiling (but down-on-his-luck) animated face reads for a role as a rapist in a David Mamet play. That’s all you need to know.

Face isn’t completely Non-Person-ized at Nick Jr.; You can play “The Alphabet With Face” on the network website. And you can always revisit the magic here:

HT: Gentlemen Party, The Daily What

Ryan Reynolds Guests as Deadpool in LOGAN's Honest Trailer

Ryan Reynolds Guests as Deadpool in LOGAN's Honest Trailer

article
Die Antwoord’s “Ugly Boy” Video Features Jack Black, Flea, and Marilyn …

Die Antwoord’s “Ugly Boy” Video Features Jack Black, Flea, and Marilyn …

article
NERDIST NEWS TALKS BACK Goes Murder Mystery

NERDIST NEWS TALKS BACK Goes Murder Mystery

article

Comments

  1. pepsibookcat says:

    I am ashamed of how thoroughly amused I am by this. *hangs head*

  2. Sayla says:

    This just hit my nostalgia bone and I was put in a giggle-fit. Oh Face, I took you for granted when I was a kid.
    Sierra, I actually said, “bow ties are cool” when nobody in the video did. My OCD was all “IT MUST BE SAID.”

  3. Lucy says:

    This is without a doubt the last thing I expected to see today. And yet it is a brilliant idea for a mash up. I now know why I endured all those damn bumpers as a kid. Well done, Internet geniuses!

  4. Sierra Houk says:

    “Do you like my bow tie?”
    “Yes, I do.”
    This is where I expected either of them to say, “I like bow ties, bow ties are cool!”

  5. Nathaniel H. says:

    Wow! That was really funny! It was weird seeing Face animated so well, but the whole exchange was hilarious!

  6. Tom Roberts says:

    Wow, I didn’t realize he had so much range. Or that he got his B.A. at Carnegie Melon.

  7. Matthew Burnside says:

    What a great idea! I love it!

  8. Daviticus says:

    Technically, he was reading for the role of an ACCUSED rapist. Otherwise, awesome! 🙂

  9. Erin says:

    That was hi-larious!

  10. Patti says:

    Haha, I enjoyed seeing Face reading for a Mamet play more than the actual clips of Face from Nick Jr. I barely made it through a minute before I had to stop watching the Nick Jr. clip. I do remember Face. He was annoying. Hearing him swear and seeing him angry was much more tolerable, and funnier.

  11. Taylor H says:

    Hilarious! I still remember Face’s favorite sandwich is a peanut butter and banana by the way, memory well used.

  12. Ben says:

    Reminds me of a Second City sketch that had The Glass Menagerie as rewritten by Mamet. Except that made me laugh.

  13. Eliseo says:

    LMAO! Hilarious! Up until now I’ve had a slight distaste for Face.

  14. Melissa says:

    Love!