“10 out of 10” said the guy next to me at the end, and have to say I agree. Absolutely hilarious, so much fun, a total delight.
Smoking Causes Coughing is a bit of an anthology of little vignettes in a wrap-around story. It is about Tobacco Force, a kinda cross between the Power Rangers and Captain Planet, who harness and combine the powers of the harmful ingredients in tobacco to defeat their enemies. They fight a series of equally B-movie looking villains in rubber costumes who fight with clumsy martial arts and throwing stars. They save the world and spread the word that smoking is dangerous and not cool.
Their boss is the most revolting, moulting, threadbare looking puppet, a rat whose mouth continually drips goo, who sleazily flirts with all the women on his team. He sends them camping in the woods to improve team cohesion. They gather around the campfire to tell each other scary stories, and it’s here the first of the stories-within-the-story begins.
The whole thing is absurd and surreal and so funny. Mixing dark humour and splatstick with the bizarre, it is just so deftly done with perfect timing. Loved it.