Don't Worry Be Furry

Hysterical Eddie, the name of the puppet, owns a pet Cheshire cat, named Sourpuss. He commits various levels of animal abuse towards it during the video, but it seems to still love him regardless, making him gifts, even when Eddie tricks the cat or yells at said cat.

Eddie repeats "It's a sin to grin!". Maybe he's catholic.

Whenever he gets upset, he slaps the table, causing his head to warp and distort with era-typical CGI.

A segment of note is one where Eddie plays the role of a doctor during the player's pregnancy. In this skit, the player must give birth to another player. Eddie claims that the baby is coming out feet first, then it rearranges itself, then tries to go back into the womb, and then pops out, which Eddie decides to slap it repeatedly. This may be Eddie projecting his own birth experience onto the players, or he could just be unfunny.

Another segment of note is that 34 minutes into the video, Eddie does a sinophobic japanese man impression, where he teaches the player how to make another player into an "traditional origami house". The punchline is that the " house" the player makes is a "complete mess" and must be thrown away.

Hysterical Eddie claims at the beginning of the tape that he may talk to the player in different voices, but he is NOT schizophrenic. He then demonstrates this by putting on a different voice, orienting himself to the side, and saying "and neither am I!" This is likely just a joke in poor taste.

The company that made the game, Spitting Image, is British, and also made a comedy puppet show, where all the puppets are caricatures of real people. They are just as unnerving as Hysterical Eddie is.

Hysterical Eddie presumably murders Santa Claus in the first few minutes of the proper game starting, or a man in a suit acting like Santa Claus.

Hysterical Eddie introduces himself by chainsawing through the disclaimer scene.

Eddie does actually laugh at one point when he asks the oldest player to show themselves. He then seems horrified, and grabs an oxygen mask and huffs the gas. This further lends credence to my theory of "Eddie is catholic"

Halfway through, the narrator decides to do an intermission of the game, showing nature videos. Towards the end, Eddie runs in at the bottom of the screen, looks at the screen, and runs towards it with his eyes wide open and mouth screaming. There's no screamer, but it can be unsettling. I believe they *knew* Eddie was off-putting.

During the moments where the players are doing their sketches, there isn't silence, but Eddie doing a sketch. This can be annoying to people who want to properly play the game.

The example "resuscitate" used in the tutorial briefing before the game is used 42 minutes into the tape.

There's plenty of swearing in the tape (Eddie uses "Bastard" the most), and players are encouraged to perform lewd acts, so naturally the game is labeled 18+

44 minutes in, Eddie f//rts the happy birthday song. I don't understand why either.

On the box TitleKnown used, Eddie has blue eyes, but in the actual VHS, his eyes appear black.

Sourpuss is capable of a wide variety of talents, including painting, origami, tying knots, presumably communication (as Sourpuss brings in a laughing policeman and manages to helicopter back into the building),

Hysterical Eddie has a girlfriend who seems to have green hair and is wearing white, introduced in the dark, he makes out for her for a good amount of skit prompts. This turns out to be an inflatable doll his cat punctures.

Eddie has deeper shadows on his face in the video than on the cover, likely due to the lighting.

The skits seem to grow more lewd and toliet-humor based as the VHS goes on.

EDDIE STEALS SOURPUSS'S TEETH???? THE CAT WAS WEARING DENTURES THE ENTIRE TIME... Also in this sketch, sourpuss blows up Eddie and causes the logo in the background to fall apart.

The game takes place in Eddie's house, which is on "the 15th floor" according to when he tells his cat Sourpuss to use the cat flap.

The last sketch the players have to do is (and I'm not kidding) is EVERYONE HAVING AN OR//Y WITH ALL OF THE GAMES PROPS. Can you tell this game was supposed to be a one time experience?

At the end of the game, Hysterical Eddie tries to get his oxygen mask, but his cat Sourpuss replaced it with laughing gas, causing him to laugh uncontrollably, presumably killing him. This reminds me of that song from the original Broadway Little Shop of Horrors "Now (It's Just The Gas)".

He then pops up suddenly closer to the screen. It turns out his eyes WERE blue the entire time.

Spitting Image produced this game for "Bizarre Games" . During when this information is given, someone says "Don't bother to save me!". I don't know if this is Eddie or not.

Eddie's alternative name is "Mr. Rubbery Himself."

Another thing of note is that there's a "sex change" sketch as well. I do not recall the exact timestamp, but it is as you can imagine by the time of the game.

He's apparently "a bit mental". Not sure what to make of that. He's apparently called the fire department enough times to make them not believe him when his apartment is actually on fire, though that could also be because they're "making love" on horseback.

I can't seem to find who voiced Eddie or anyone else in the VHS.

The Internet Archive rendition of this image seems to say that it "features Hysterical Eddie, Sourpuss, and Santa Claus" though Santa is killed off in the first few minutes.

It came out in 1993.

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