The poo gags, Regis and Kelly jokes and even cheap barbs at the expense of Canadian medicare are all casually linked by the plot: Marty the restless zebra (Chris Rock), Alex the metro lion (Ben Stiller), Melvin the hypochondriac giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the maternal hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) are all trying to escape to a place they know only as "the wild." The plan is botched by the time they reach Grand Central Station, but eventually they wind up as castaways on the titular island, in a region controlled by a perpetually dancing lemur (Sacha Baron Cohen) and a disgruntled aye-aye (Cedric The Entertainer).
News updates on the endangered animals visited by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine for their book and radio series "Last Chance To See". With updates on the TV series featuring Stephen Fry.
GA4
Friday, May 27, 2005
MADAGASCAR THE MOVIE - Cedric The Entertainer
This review of Madagascar The Movie at the National Post mentions that Maurice, the Aye-Aye lemur in the movie, is played by Cedric The Entertainer. Make of that what you will.