Editing Death to Smoochy (section)

== Plot ==
"Rainbow" Randolph Smiley is the host of a popular children's television show on National KidNet called '' The Rainbow Randolph Show''. Despite appearing friendly and playful onscreen in the studio, he is in reality an alcoholic and a criminal. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] arrests him for accepting bribes and he is fired, his show is canceled, and he is evicted from his penthouse and left homeless. National KidNet orders executive Marion Stokes to hire a new host who is "squeaky clean". Stokes selects the naive Sheldon Mopes and his character Smoochy the Rhino. Mopes is uniquely sincere and dedicated to providing quality children's entertainment with his show ''Smoochy's Magic Jungle'', which puts him at odds with his new producer, Nora Wells.

Mopes's show quickly becomes extremely popular, causing Rainbow Randolph to fixate his anger on Mopes. Randolph turns to Stokes and pleads for help to get his job back, but Stokes refuses. The deranged Randolph hatches several poorly planned attempts to have Mopes fired, all of which fail. Finally hitting rock bottom, Randolph turns to his former partner, Angelo Pike, for help. Angelo feeds Randolph and allows him to stay at his apartment.

Mopes feels that he is losing creative control over his show and hires corrupt talent agent Burke Bennett to renegotiate his contract. Bennett introduces Mopes to the dark side of the entertainment business by giving him a gun and trying to convince him to work with a corrupt charity. While having dinner with Burke, Mopes is introduced to mobster Tommy Cotter. Tommy pressures Mopes into giving her cousin Spinner a role on his show, and Mopes casts him as Smoochy's cousin Moochy. Tommy tells Mopes that in return for casting Spinner, she will make sure he is protected.

Burke becomes impatient with Mopes and books him to star in a Smoochy ice show, run by Merv Green and his corrupt charity, Parade of Hope. Mopes refuses to do the show despite Burke's warnings; in response, Green personally threatens Mopes to do the show. In the meantime, Randolph manages to trick Mopes into performing at a [[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazi]] rally. Mopes is branded a racist and loses his job and show, and Nora refuses to help him. Randolph visits Nora to ask for his job back but accidentally reveals that he set up Mopes. Nora tells Tommy, who tracks down Randolph with her crew and forces him to confess that he tricked Mopes. Mopes's reputation and show are restored, and the media dubs Randolph the most hated man in America. Angelo kicks Randolph out of his apartment after Randolph angrily destroys his television. Nora and Mopes reconnect and begin a romantic relationship.

Mopes decides to host his own ice show, without the corrupt charities involved. Burke and Stokes, under pressure from Green, plot to kill Mopes and hire a new host who will accommodate their corruption. Their plan backfires when Green's men mistake Spinner in his Moochy costume for Mopes and murder him. An enraged Tommy retaliates by killing Green and his men. Randolph confronts Mopes and Nora in their apartment at gunpoint and reveals that Nora had affairs with several kid show hosts, including himself. Mopes manages to calm Randolph down and disarm him, allowing Randolph to remain in the apartment until Mopes can explain everything to the police.

Burke and Stokes decide to hire former KidNet host Buggy Ding Dong to kill Sheldon during the ice show. Randolph intervenes and saves Mopes by killing Buggy. Mopes realizes that Burke and Stokes set him up and threatens Burke with a gun. Tommy and her crew arrive in time to stop Mopes, and Tommy decides to handle the matter herself (By killing them offscreen in a deleted scene). Mopes and Nora kiss in [[Times Square]] in front of KidNet Studios, and Smoochy and Randolph launch a new show on KidNet together alongside Nora, who becomes an ice skater.