Doggy Fizzle Televizzle

Doggy Fizzle Televizzle was a sketch comedy show that aired on MTV from November 25, 2002, to August 3, 2003. The series was created by Vernon Chatman, Michele Megan Dix, and Jesse Ignjatovic, and it starred rapper Snoop Dogg, who also produced it. According to Snoop Dogg, his contract originally required the show to air six times, but it was later extended to eight episodes. A second season was canceled after Snoop Dogg requested $1 million for his role, which MTV refused to pay.

Each episode began with Snoop Dogg sitting bored in a leather armchair in an empty room. He flipped through TV channels, passing Jerry Springer, a cart race, black-and-white burlesque figure skating, a strip show, and finally a Richard Marx music video. At that point, he decided to change the situation, and the idea for Doggy Fizzle Televizzle came to him. The intro ended, and the main theme followed with Snoop rapping.

The show included a pilot and three notable episodes. The pilot, titled "The Race Card," aired on November 25, 2002. Its intro featured MTV News reporting that Snoop was challenging Lance Bass to a space race, but Snoop was kidnapped by UFOs. Special guests included Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Killer Mike, Big Boi, Bootsy Collins, and George Clinton. Segments included Snoop revealing the blurred parts of his videos that MTV had censored, working undercover as a window receptionist at an Arby's R&B drive-through, and answering fan questions. One fan asked about charities; Snoop said he treated two ladies to a ten-second shopping spree at a 99-cent store once a year. Another asked about police brutality; Snoop claimed it wasn't too horrible and that the Rodney King tape looked like a pillow fight, then showed a short film of people beating a police officer. A third asked if R. Kelly was guilty; Snoop said viewers could trust what they saw on the tape, noted a tape of a Snoop look-alike having sex with a grandma, and added that the woman said she was 18. Other segments included Snoop teaching kindergarten in disguise, an advertisement for a children's album called "From Da Palace to tha Pre-school," a parody of MTV's "Becoming," the recurring character Cap'n Pimp, and Snoop joining the Oakland Raiders' training with special guests Sebastian Janikowski, Jerry Rice, Lincoln Kennedy, and coach Willie Brown.