Farce of the Penguins is a 2007 American direct-to-video parody nature documentary written and directed by Full House star Bob Saget. It is a parody of the French feature-length nature documentary March of the Penguins directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet. The film features Samuel L. Jackson as narrator, with the two main characters voiced by Saget and Lewis Black. Five of Saget s former Full House co-stars also lent their voices to the film.

Additional voices were also provided by Tracy Morgan, Christina Applegate, James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Dane Cook, Abe Vigoda, Mo Nique, David Koechner, Jamie Kennedy, Harvey Fierstein, Alyson Hannigan, and others.

Synopsis

Samuel L. Jackson narrates the story about a group of male penguins that make a seventy-mile trek to go to their breeding grounds, where females are waiting to have sex with them.

These penguins include Carl (Bob Saget) and Jimmy (Lewis Black), two friends who talk about relationships and other things as they meet new characters including Marcus (Tracy Morgan), a penguin who likes to kid around and brag about his huge penis (an illogical point, since penguins do not have penises, and instead have cloacas), and Steve the snowy owl (Jonathan Katz), who gives Carl advice on his life in a Freudian kind of way while billing him for the two quick sessions. Meanwhile, Melissa (Christina Applegate) and Vicky (Mo Nique) argue about men and other women who bother them as they wait for their mates to arrive at the breeding grounds.

Cast

• Samuel L. Jackson as Narrator
• Bob Saget as Carl
• Christina Applegate as Melissa
• Jamie Kennedy as Jamie
• David Koechner as Melvin
• Harvey Fierstein as Sheila
• Lewis Black as Jimmy
• Whoopi Goldberg as Helen
• Mo Nique as Vicky
• Tracy Morgan as Marcus
• Mario Cantone as Sidney
• Carlos Mencia as Juan Sanchez
• Lori Loughlin as Melvin smacking penguin
• Dane Cook as Online penguin
• Jason Alexander as Penguin on belly
• Jason Biggs as Insecure penguin
• Norm Crosby as Carl s grandfather
• Norm Macdonald as Join Twosomes penguin
• Jonathan Katz as Steve the Owl
• Brie Larson as I need a Z Pack penguin
• James Belushi as They re all bitches penguin
• Dave Coulier as There s no snow penguin
• John Stamos as What s global warming? penguin
• Jodie Sweetin as He s so gross penguin
• Jon Lovitz as My eyes are up here penguin
• Gilbert Gottfried as I m freezing my nuts off! penguin
• Damon Wayans as Hey, that s my ass! penguin
• Abe Vigoda as Penguin from Boca
• Alyson Hannigan as Hottie penguin
• Jonathan Silverman as Seal critics
• Scott Weinger (uncredited) as Horny penguin

Production

THINKFilm describes Farce of the Penguins as the story of one penguin s search for love while on a seventy mile trek with his libidinous buddies on their way to a hedonistic mating ritual. Despite what the poster suggests, Farce of the Penguins is not an animated feature; it uses real stock footage of penguins.

Bob Saget stated on The Howard Stern Show on January 29, 2007, Late Night with Conan O Brien on January 30, 2007, and on Tom Green Live that he originally wanted to simply redub the documentary March of the Penguins, but did not receive permission from the film producers.

Year	2006
ReleaseDate	2007-02-22
RuntimeMins	80
RuntimeStr	1h 20min
Plot	A mockumentary that illuminates penguin survival and mating rituals, as well as one bird’s search for love while on a seventy-mile trek with his hedonistic buddies.
Directors	Bob Saget
Writers	Bob Saget
Stars	Samuel L. Jackson, Alyson Hannigan, Bob Saget
Produced by	Michael Baker, Matthew Hals, Marc Hirshberg, Steve Longi, Randy Manis, David Permut, Richard Rapkowski, Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt, Jeff Sackman, Bob Saget
Music by	Peter Melnick
Cinematography by	Scott Billups
Editing by	Michael R. Miller
Production Management	Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt
Sound Department	Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Carlie Bergman, Lee de Lang, Sue Fawcett, Gina Gyles, Matthew Harrold, Douglas Murray, Peter Persaud, Trent Richmond, Nathan Robitaille, Brad Thornton, Lan Tran, John Warrin, Tyler Whitham
Visual Effects by	Mark Branch, Eric Deinzer
Camera and Electrical Department	Ryan Copeland
Casting Department	Barbara Harris
Editorial Department	Chris Dover, Axel Hubert, Nick Iannelli, Adrian Saywell, Patrick J. Smith, Byron Wong
Music Department	Peter Afterman, Kevin Banks, David Bondelevitch, Jon Ernst, Jeff Gross, Steve Juliani, Alison Litton, Dan Mufson, Margaret Yen, Owen Hunte
Additional Crew	David Arnott, Kimberly Bailey, Andrea Baker, Greg Finley, Krista Johnston, Eric Ladd, Terence Mathews, Bill Melendez, David Michie, Alexis Ramer, Noreen Reardon, David Steinberg, Bob Tarantino, Ruth Zalduondo, Krista Johnston
Thanks	Mark Branch, Phyllis Jager, Loren N. Kaplan, Mortimer Longi, Stanley Monahan, Brian Mosoff, Darryl Stawychny
Genres	Comedy
Companies	THINKFilm, Permut Presentations, Two Angels Productions
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	4
ImDbRatingVotes	4964
Keywords	parody comedy,penguin,spoof,south pole,march