Simian Undercover Detective Squad
Simian detectives solve crimes with undercover antics.
The Jim Henson Company, under its Henson Alternative banner, produced the web series Simian Undercover Detective Squad, also known as S.U.D.S. A preview of the episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Goat" was posted to YouTube on August 25, 2009. The series officially premiered on The Nerdist Channel on April 2, 2012, with certain episodes also available on the Microsoft Zune Video Marketplace.
Quick Facts
- Creator
- Deb Loftis; Perry Sachs
- Starring
- Paul Rugg
- Esteban Powell
- Craig DiFrancia
- Puppeteers:
- Ted Michaels
- Allan Trautman
- Country
- United States
- Episodes
- 15
- Executive producers
- Brian Henson; Lisa Henson
- Producer
- Deb Loftis
- Perry Sachs
- Allyson Smith
- First aired
- 2 April 2012
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Characters
Skreet, played by Allan Trautman, is a rough-around-the-edges orangutan detective with a long career as a bad cop and a tendency to act recklessly. He partners with Yeager and frequently disguises himself as a woman or another animal. His puppet was previously used for Jackie the Orangutan and Lawrence the Orangutan on Jim Henson's Animal Show. Yeager, performed by Ted Michaels, is a monkey detective who is the newer, well-meaning member of the team, described as a "banana with a heart of gold." Though not the brightest, he has a talent for undercover work. His puppet is a recycled version of Spank the Monkey from Late Night Buffet with Augie and Del. Captain Marion Futz, played by Paul Rugg, is the hot-tempered police captain in charge of the S.U.D.S. unit. He frequently explodes when Skreet and Yeager mess up a case, whether by letting the villain escape, blowing their cover, or getting a suspect killed. At the end of each webisode, he hands them a file marked "Next Case." The episode "A Stalker is Born" reveals Futz is a fan of Josh Peck. Spider and Johnny, played by Esteban Powell and Craig DiFrancia, are two detectives who act as more capable rivals to Skreet and Yeager.
Episodes
The series consists of multiple webisodes. "The Hairy Hooker" aired on April 2, 2012, and involves Yeager, posing as a man named John, unknowingly arresting Skreet who was undercover as a prostitute named Trixi while trying to bust a pimp named Barry, leading Captain Futz to make them partners. "A Number Between 1 and Death" aired on April 8, 2012, and follows Skreet and Yeager undercover to bust a Mafia numbers racket tied to a criminal organization called the Heptagon. "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Goat" aired on April 15, 2012, where they infiltrate a weapons compound undercover as a goat and a farmer, encountering the Mad Goat meeting with a Heptagon scientist in a plot to distribute the Mad Goat Disease. "Freaky Fraud-Day" aired on April 22, 2012, and takes place in Pepperidge, Maine, where they go undercover as conjoined twins at Gamps Magilicutty's Hometown Carnival and Freak show to investigate fraud among the freaks. "C.O.D. – Chimp on Delivery" aired on April 29, 2012, in Pu Pu Plaza in Silverlake, California, where they go undercover at a Mail Order Wife ring run by a man named Dave. "A Stalker's Born" aired on May 6, 2012, and follows them working as freelancing investigators on their last day of a two-week suspension, investigating a celebrity stalker in Bel-Air Park who turns out to be Josh Peck stalking a man named Ted. "The Rotten Peel Deal" aired on May 13, 2012, and involves them undercover as spider monkeys in a substance abuse investigation about rotten banana peels. Other episodes include "Bootleg Booty", where they go undercover as a Canadian couple buying a bootleg copy of "The Making of Labyrinth" on DVD from P-Nut & Sho' Tee's Discount DVD Outlet on Hollywood Blvd; "You're Only As Young As You Steal"; "Black Market Boobs"; "Lyin' On The Internet"; "Grope Therapy"; "The Maltese Banana", a film noir parody where Detective Skreet is asked to kill a Mrs. Sternwood's husband and they go undercover as "Mike and Ike"; "21 JumpSkreet"; and "Escape From The Planet of the People".
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