Take Two with Phineas and Ferb

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Take Two with Phineas and Ferb is a series of interstitials based on Phineas and Ferb, produced by Hieroglyphic Productions in association with Disney Television Animation. It involves Phineas and Ferb interviewing well-known figures including Taylor Swift, Neil Patrick Harris, Howie Mandel, and Shaun White. Debuting on December 3, 2010 on Disney Channel, the show spurred various international episodes and a unique South Korean version.

Production[]

The concept was first reported on June 21, 2010 by The New York Times in an article about Disney's plans regarding making Phineas and Ferb into a franchise.^[1] The idea came to be when Disney asked creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh to come up with a way to mix the cartoon characters with live-action stars.^[2] The series was announced to have been picked up on November 4, 2010, with its debut date slated in the following month.^[3]

Jason Segel on Set — Jason Segel on the set of *Take Two* with Dan Povenmire, Bobby Gaylor, and another crew member.

Ten shorts were initially ordered by Disney Channel.^[2] The first guests confirmed to appear were Seth Rogen, Andy Samberg, Tony Hawk, and Randy Jackson, all of which mentioned in the green-light announcement.^[3] In a press release issued the day after, the rest of the celebrities for the first order were unveiled, with Jack Black as the inaugural guest.^[4] Ahead of its premiere, a first look at the series was shown in an article by Variety, and the first three episodes were made available on the Disney YouTube channel.^[2]^[5]

For each episode, guests would film 60 to 90 minutes of footage in a green screen set, sitting besides two cardboard cut-outs of Phineas and Ferb.^[5] Being an unscripted show, crew members such as Bobby Gaylor would come up with the characters' lines on the spot.^[5] Outside the main duo, Isabella serves as the stage manager and other Danville citizens like Dr. Doofenshmirtz could make appearances as well; all of this was taken into account during production.^[4] In post-production, the cast members voiced their lines, the film was edited down, and animated segments directed by Seth Kearsley^[6] were incorporated accordingly.

The first ten shorts aired from December 2010 to April 2011. On June 7, 2011, with the reveal of the premiere date for Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, new episodes of Take Two were announced to begin airing in the summer, including guests such as David Beckham and Jason Segel.^[7] A month later, on July 11, the remaining guests were unveiled alongside the date for the Beckham short. Among the names listed were Miss Piggy and Ty Pennington.^[8] Previews of some of these episodes were released in news sites.^[9]^[10] The rest of the episodes aired from July to November 2011, concluding the series with an episode on Guy Fieri.^[11]

Shin Bora Take Two — A still from the *Phineas and Ferb's Funny Show* episode with Shin Bo-ra.

Internationally, the program was being broadcast in several regions, with dubbed versions of the U.S. shorts. The first episode with a local guest was produced for Disney Channel India's Christmas 2011 programming, featuring Cyrus Broacha.^[12] This led to the creation of multiple exclusive shorts with local celebrities for different countries. Latin America and Brazil were the first to do this, premiering their episodes on Platypus Day 2012.^[13] While most regions had been only repurposing the American segments, South Korea produced their own version of the show in 2013, titled Phineas and Ferb's Funny Show, which was ten minutes long and aired from May to July.^[14]^[15] The last shorts made overall were on Latin American soccer stars for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[16]

Guests[]

United States[]

Movie star and actor Jack Black (Gulliver's Travels, Kung Fu Panda)
Actor and comedian Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live)
Movie star and actor Seth Rogen (Green Hornet)
Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk
Grammy-winning recording artist Taylor Swift
Media personality, actor, and singer Regis Philbin (Live with Regis and Kelly, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Million Dollar Password)
Actor and comedian Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, The Smurfs)
Bassist and singer Randy Jackson (American Idol)
Movie star and actress Emma Roberts (Unfabulous, Nancy Drew)
Actor and comedian Cedric the Entertainer (Barbershop, "The Original Kings of Comedy)
English footballer David Beckham
Comedian, television personality, and actor Howie Mandel (Deal or No Deal, St. Elsewhere)
Muppet character Miss Piggy (voiced and puppeteered by Eric Jacobson)
Television host Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars, America's Funniest Home Videos)
Television host Ty Pennington (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Ty's Great British Adventure)
Former snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White
Television and radio host Larry King (Larry King Live)
Actor and comedian Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, The Muppets)
Actor and comedian Ben Stiller (The Trip, Night at the Museum)
Restaurateur and television host Guy Fieri (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Minute to Win It)

International[]

Sources:^[17]^[18]^[12]^[19]^[20]^[21]

Latin America[]

Mexican football goalkeeper Oscar "Conejo" Perez
Argentine actor Mariano Martinez
Argentine singer and songwriter Axel
American pop duo Ha*Ash
Argentine actor Diego Ramos
Uruguayan former footballer Diego Forlán
Argentine former footballer Javier Mascherano
Colombian former footballer Carlos Valderrama
Colombian footballer Radamel Falcao
Argentine music group Rock Bones

Brazil[]

Brazilian singer Di Ferrero
Brazilian music group College 11
Brazilian footballer Dante Bonfim

Australia[]

Australian television and radio presenter Charlie Pickering
Australian actress and musician Delta Goodrem
Australian actress and musician Jessica Mauboy
Australian cook, artist, and television presenter Chef Poh

South Korea[]

Note: The show in Korea is titled Phineas and Ferb's Funny Show and all of the interviews are 10 minutes long.

Korean comedian Kim Jun-hyun
Korean singer and Super Junior member Shindong
Korean actress and singer Kim Dasom
Korean comedian and actress Shin Bo-ra
Korean baseball player Yang Joon-hyuk
Korean singer and B1A4 member Baro
Korean comedian Jeong Tae-ho
Korean singer Luna
Korean guitarist Kim Tae-won
Japanese mixed martial artist Yoshihiro Akiyama
New Zealander comedian Sam Hammington
Korean chef Edward Kwon

United Kingdom[]

English television presenter Richard Hammond

Israel[]

Israeli actor, comedian, and television host Eyal Kitzis
Israeli actor, journalist, and director Ido Rosenblum
Israeli actor, musician, and comedian Tal Friedman
Israeli actress and comedian Orna Banai
Israeli television host and announcer Guy Pines
Israeli actor and singer Oshri Cohen
Israeli model and actor Yuval Scharf

India[]

Indian television personality Cyrus Broacha

Germany[]

German actor Ralph Caspers
German television chef Tim Mälzer
German comedian Elton

Japan[]

Japanese comedy duo Cowcow
Japanese comedian Naomi Watanabe
Japanese foil fencer Yuki Ota

France[]

French actor and comedian Bruno Salomone

Episodes[]

Main article: List of episodes of Take Two with Phineas and Ferb

Background Information[]

This series is similar to Space Ghost Coast to Coast, in which an animated talk show host interacts with his live-action guests.
Unlike the original show, the series is animated with flash.
In the press release for the premiere date of Across the 2nd Dimension, Selena Gomez was listed among new guests for Take Two with Phineas and Ferb.^[7] This suggests that an episode for Gomez was planned at one point, but was scrapped presumably due to production on Wizards of Waverly Place, which starred Gomez, wrapping up around that time.
Due to the gap between the first ten and the last ten shorts, they are sometimes referred to as two separate seasons.^[9]
On August 12, 2012, during the Platypus Day marathon in Latin America and Brazil, exclusive episodes of Take Two with Phineas and Ferb premiered, guest starring the vocalist Di Ferrero of NX Zero on the Brazilian feed, Mariano Martinez on the South feed, and Oscar "Conejo" Perez on the North feed.^[13]
On April 8, 2013, Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond announced that he would appear in an episode premiering on May 16, 2013.^[22]

International release[]

Country	Title	Premiere date	Channel/Service
United States	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb	December 3, 2010	Disney Channel
Canada		December 29, 2010	Family Channel
Australia		February 2011	Disney Channel Australia
New Zealand		February 2011	Disney Channel Australia
Southeast Asia		February 10, 2011	Disney Channel Asia
Brazil	Take Dois com Phineas e Ferb		Disney Channel Brazil
Latin America	Toma dos con Phineas y Ferb		Disney Channel Latin America
France	Phinéas et Ferb, le Show	April 6, 2011	Disney XD France
Russia	Tок-шоу Финеса и Ферба	May 1, 2011	Disney Channel Russia
Israel	פיניאס ופרב מארחים פיניאס ופרב מארחים כוכבים (Disney+)	May 2011	Disney Channel Israel
Taiwan	飛哥與小佛會客室	July 4, 2011	Disney Channel Taiwan
Germany	Zu Gast bei Phineas und Ferb	July 13, 2011	Disney Channel Germany
Japan	フィニアスとファーブのトークしまショー	August 18, 2011	Disney Channel Japan
United Kingdom	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb	September 17, 2011	Disney Channel UK
Ireland		September 17, 2011	Disney Channel UK
India		December 25, 2011	Disney Channel India
Poland	Gwiazdozbiór Fineasza i Ferba	December 2011	Disney XD Poland
Spain	Toma dos con Phineas y Ferb	January 26, 2012	Disney Channel Spain
South Korea	피니와 퍼브 퍼니쇼	May 10, 2013	Disney Channel Korea
Netherlands	Take Twee met Phineas en Ferb Take Two met Phineas en Ferb (Disney+)	Unknown	Disney Channel Netherlands
Belgium			Disney Channel Netherlands
Italy	Il talk show di Phineas e Ferb		Disney Channel Italy
Romania	Ia două cu Phineas şi Ferb		Disney Channel Romania
Denmark	Take Two med Phineas og Ferb		Disney Channel Scandinavia
Norway	Take Two med Phineas og Ferb
Sweden	Take Two med Phineas och Ferb
Finland	Take Two Finias ja Ferb
Indonesia	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb		Disney+ Hotstar
Malaysia
Thailand
Arab World		October 26, 2022	Disney+ (subtitled)
Czech Republic
Hungary
Greece	Φινέας και Φερμπ: Οι Συνεντεύξεις
Turkey	Fineas ve Förb ile Keşfet
Hong Kong	飛哥與發仔會客室	Unknown	Disney+ (title translation)
China	飞哥与小佛会客室	Unknown	Disney+ (title translation)