Aug 16 2002

Aug 16 2002

From Stan Lee, the man who brought us such popular superheroes as Spider-Man and The X-Men, comes this new kind of superhero in the form of the animated series Stripperella. Pamela Anderson provides the voice of Erotica Jones who is stripper by night and superhero Stripperella by even later that night.

A show with something for everyone, Stan Lee promises that despite it's adult setting Stripperella is "really a family show...but for a highly sophisticated family."

So far only two episodes have been written but nothing has been produced yet so it's not certain whether what's in those first two episodes (including the information below) will make it on to TV. The stories so far seem a little bizarre but considering the talent involved there is no doubt that it will be entertaining. Also working behind the scenes is director Kevin Altieri, known for his work on the highly acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series, and writers Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert, writers for the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy All That, who were brought on to give the show a comic twist. With a name like Stripperella you can't expect the show to take itself too seriously.

Pam herself will work with the guys behind the scenes as a consultant and as a model for her character. As consultant she will have the chance to add her input on the scripts as well as the style of the show.

The Style

A gritty, rock-video look, more jokes than you'll have time to notice, and all the action one stripper can handle.

What do we know about Stripperella?

Pamela is the voice of Erotica Jones, a dancer at the local strip club, who always has time for her friends such as Persephone, a fellow stripper who is dating conjoined twins. But when duty calls Erotica becomes Stripperella, a superhero who fends off nasty villains such as Dr. Cesarean, a plastic surgeon whose evil plans involve giving unexpected women explosive breast implants made of nitroglycerin.

What makes Stripperella a superhero?

Stripperella is expected to have the ability to float to safety from tall distances courtesy of her enhanced hair. Watch out for her patented move Scissor-ella which allows her to knock-out bad guys with her thighs (think Famke Jannsen as Xenia Onatopp in the James Bond film Goldeneye). If she allows you to touch her breasts then it's probably a trick, a gadget in the chest area of her outfit works as a lie detector and tells Stripperella if someone is lying when they touch it. But the most outrageous gadget at her disposal has to be the digital scanner placed under her tongue which she can use to upload pictures to a computer.

Many thanks to Entertainment Weekly and Rachel Lovinger who had the opportunity to speak to Stan Lee and give us the inside scoop on the development of the show.

Stripperella is slated to premiere in February 2003 on The New TNN