One of the most curious animated series to come from the Adult Swim stable Frisky Dingo might be best described as a cartoon superhero take on Seinfeld s formula a show that s about nothing but one that s also funny and fascinating all the same. The brainchild of Sealab 2021 creators Matt Thompson and Adam Reed the premise of Frisky Dingo concerns millionaire playboy Xander Crews who moonlights as costumed crime fighter Awesome-X. Having vanquished his last archvillain Crews is urged by his employees to return to his office to sort out the financial mess created by his alter ego. But the arrival of the monstrous Killface and his Annihilatrix (which will pull the launch the Earth into the sun) lures him back into? well not so much action as lots and lots of paperwork. The resulting episodes of Season 1 concern Crews and Killface s attempts to fund their respective projects while dealing with distractions like Simon Killface s incorrigible son and Crews exasperated second in command Stan. To say that Frisky Dingo is unlike any other superhero series on television (and very few animated series in general) is a distinct understatement but there s a method behind the madness that the vagaries of life often get in the way of the loftiest of goals. Of course that doesn t explain the show s endless non sequiters and moments of true surrealism like Awesome-X s clueless henchmen the X-tacles or episodes like Emergency Room in which the entire cast of characters spends the full running time suffering from various horrible injuries. Maybe it s best to think of this as meta-superhero action. All 13 episodes of Frisky Dingo s debut season are compiled on this single disc (each episode runs just 11 minutes) but sadly no supplemental features are included. That s unfortunate if for no other reason than they might have provided some sort of explanation for the show s motives. -- Paul Gaita