BTW, Here is a screencap w/the Schaal pic.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 February 2020 23:09 (four years ago) link
Another screencap, with added Paul F. Tompkins!
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 February 2020 23:14 (four years ago) link
aw, brody stevens and garry shandling
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
george marlin!
― mh, Saturday, 15 February 2020 00:20 (four years ago) link
Last few episodes destroyed me.Virtually perfect final episode
I feel the same way pretty much. I also loved that they made one of the main characters asexual
― paolo, Saturday, 15 February 2020 09:46 (four years ago) link
There are so many lines in this I still feel like they must have copied off of some meme somewhere. First and foremost 'When you look at someone through rose-tinted glasses, all the red flags just look lige flags'. But Dianes thing about how her marriage to Mr Peanutbutter never seems to make sense when you look at it but like a magic painting, if you squint just right, it becomes the most beautiful thing in the world. 'But I'm so tired of squinting...' The show is insanely well written. Free Churro...
― Frederik B, Saturday, 15 February 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
When you look at someone through rose-tinted glasses, all the red flags just look lige flags
I'm pretty positive I had heard that (or a v similar variation) before tbh
I just binge watched the whole season over the last 2 nights. felt strangely comforting for some reason.
for some reason the "lied about dating Natalie Portman" presumably a piss-take of Moby on the whiteboard really cracked me up
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 23 February 2020 00:15 (four years ago) link
Nearly finishing season one. It's very funny but in a very Simpsons-y way at times. Just an FYI question...from the opening post when exactly does this get better, or does something new?
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 11 May 2020 11:00 (four years ago) link
I recently did a big rewatch of the whole thing over a couple of weeks but do find it hard to pin down when it really gets good as there are certain storylines I disliked over the first few seasons. But if you're not sold enough by episode 4 of season 3 then that's probably that.
― nashwan, Monday, 11 May 2020 11:38 (four years ago) link
It gets better at the end of S1E7 but S2 is a marked improvement overall and then S3 and S4 are very great. Last two seasons not so much but still have their moments
― imago, Monday, 11 May 2020 12:32 (four years ago) link
4 = 3 > 2 > 6 > 1 >>> 5, where 1 is 'good'
― imago, Monday, 11 May 2020 12:35 (four years ago) link
I thought the whole thing was fine, not great, never noticed any particular jump in quality. By 'not great' I guess I mean it didn't speak to me personally, I enjoyed the wordplay and sight gags more than the tale of a depressed substance abusing washed up horse actor.
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Monday, 11 May 2020 13:05 (four years ago) link
The show explores more of the other (far more sympathetic than Bojack) characters flaws and feels as it develops which really helps but that's a problem/challenge from the outset with most shows (animated or not) that only seem to get greenlit in the first place because they're initially revolving around a destructive abusive male.
― nashwan, Monday, 11 May 2020 13:53 (four years ago) link
I'm now more conflicted about S6 in retrospect. had some amazing episodes/bits, but it really did relitigate previous plotlines entirely too much, it was laborious and overly punishing, and there's a revelation about a previous event that makes BH entirely too much of a heel - it didn't need to go there
they could have condensed S5 and S6 into one season and wrapped it up - they didn't need to have TWO 'Bojack gets cancelled' seasons in a row
― imago, Monday, 11 May 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link
6pt2 > 2 = 3 = 4 = 6pt1 > 5 = 1pt2 >>>>>> 1pt1
first stretch by far the weakest in the series, I can see why so many people give up after a few episodes, assuming it's something else entirely
quality pretty consistently high from late s1 onwards imo, some things improved on rewatch. I get thinking 5 is a slight dip but the notion that it's actually bad or something is just weird. unless you just reeaally hate any kind of meta awareness on the show (which felt pretty necessary by that point tbh)
BJ didn't even get cancelled at all until late s6 despite everything, even then seems to be only temporary, which felt grimly realistic
― What's (Left), Monday, 11 May 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
i think it's sorta unsatisfying bc it mostly eschews character growth esp for bojack who i feel like maybe they intended at some pt to redeem but instead decided it would be more satisfying to just have him suffer for his sins. everyone is pretty miserable at the end.
― Mordy, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:28 (four years ago) link
maybe more "realistic" to depict "once a fuck-up always a fuck-up" but consequently less fictionally resonant somehow?
― Mordy, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:29 (four years ago) link
if he's "redeemed" somehow it feels a bit much given everything he's done, if he's appropriately punished it undermines the whole thing about powerful men getting away with shit that runs through the whole show, etc.
there are signs he may genuinely do better after the finale (he seems a bit more thoughtful, he likes honeydew now), his public rehabilitaiton seems inevitable, but possibly as an edgy Louis CK type figure, he may relapse and fuck up again, who knows, if you wanted closure i guess it's disappointing
― What's (Left), Monday, 11 May 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link
i think the philbert stuff in 5 is really tiresome, like the question of "are we condoning this shitty dude behavior if we write a character whose whole personality is shitty dude behavior" is maybe the least interesting question the show asks in its entire runtime
6 nailed the cancellation plot imo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 11 May 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link
unless you just reeaally hate any kind of meta awareness on the show
lol maybe this is me. i don't think it was written particularly well though
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 11 May 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
but it really did relitigate previous plotlines entirely too much
for me it was like they spun a bunch of previous plot threads into this total car crash, it was both riveting and horrible (in a good way) to watch
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 11 May 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
of course, audiences hate meta [plotlines], when will [cartoon comedy-drama] writers learn?
I may be too kind to s5 bc I sympathise with the impulses behind it idk. still think “BJ the Feminist” is essential, Vance is such a great/horrible character, even more so in his return
― What's (Left), Monday, 11 May 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
Thanks all I'll carry on for a bit longer (instead of re-watching Seinfeld)
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 11 May 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link
i’m more horse than a man (I’m more man than a horse)
― mark s, Monday, 11 May 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
trying to describe how I feel about this show in retrospect and the only concrete statement I have today: the Mr. Peanutbutter/Pickles relationship dragged on too long
― mh, Monday, 11 May 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2020 season is nominated in the 2020 ILX TV poll:
ILX's Best Television of 2020 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 29, 2021
If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 January 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
Finally got around to watching this show. Yeah... pretty amazing. Also, maybe too soul-crushing to binge the entire series in one month, but yes. The first couple seasons I was already hooked because the drama worked AND it felt like peak-Simpsons and The Critic mixed together. For a second (basically, that amazing under-water film festival episode) I thought the show might actually be getting lighter... but, of course not.
The final season felt particularly brutal, and it was extra long at 16 episodes (split into two parts on release, I see) so that was tough to watch all the horrible threads of the series come together.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 13:19 (one year ago) link
that penultimate episode still makes me shudder when i think about it (in a good way)
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 14:22 (one year ago) link
i guess this is a good spot to put raphael bob-waksberg's list of favorite tv shows
When Rolling Stone polled dozens of showrunners, actors, and critics for our 100 best shows ever list, we got a very unusual ballot from BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. I had many, many questions, and he was gracious enough to answer: https://t.co/AANrLfbwWf pic.twitter.com/jO4mJnT32Y— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) September 30, 2022
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 14:23 (one year ago) link
That's great. Thanks for sharing
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
Tuca & Bertie has become my partner's Favorite Show, Ever.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 16:17 (one year ago) link
For T&B fans,
Tuca & Bertie x Nucleus Tarot Totes & Duck Boat Pin Pre-Orders go live TOMORROW AT 6 PM PST!Exclusively at gallerynucleus.com Meanwhile you can check out our other Tuca & Bertie merch at
Meanwhile you can check out our other Tuca & Bertie merch at
(Tomorrow being Thursday, Jan 19)
https://www.gallerynucleus.com/artists/lisa_hanawalt?
― nickn, Thursday, 19 January 2023 05:11 (one year ago) link
I like 'em! Not into pins, but I like 'em
― Nhex, Thursday, 19 January 2023 13:50 (one year ago) link
Really just the most spot on depictions of mental illness in this show.
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 February 2023 03:31 (one year ago) link
And so many details found on subsequent rewatches. My personal best catch to date was from the scene where Mr peanutbutter is sniffing Beatrice in an attempt to get her scent to find doll. He immediately runs over to hollyhocks coffee cup, which we later learn was being spiked with diet pills by none other than Beatrice.
Also, there’s a great recap of the view from halfway down by some you tuber that schooled me on so many aspects of that episode that I’d completely missed.
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 February 2023 03:38 (one year ago) link
thanks for reminding me that I need to rewatch this soon!
― sleeve, Saturday, 11 February 2023 03:49 (one year ago) link
You got it
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Saturday, 11 February 2023 06:26 (one year ago) link
this show was pretty good
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:10 (ten months ago) link
not sure why fans are compelled to post the most didactic and moralizing bits from it all over twitter tho
Aspect of fan culture and most fans not entirely understanding why they’re a fan of something, and naturally just grab at the most explicit bit that sorta feels akin to why they like the show, perhaps
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:23 (ten months ago) link
tbh the line I still quote the most is "two refrigerators?!? give my regards to the Rockefellers"
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:24 (ten months ago) link
hahaaha
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Friday, 18 August 2023 19:38 (ten months ago) link
Not that I give much credence to Rolling Stone lists but they at least got this right:https://imgur.com/mSSwvtH
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Friday, 18 August 2023 20:01 (ten months ago) link
oh fine:BJH 2 No.1
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-netflix-shows-1386323/3-russian-doll-2019-present-1386359/
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Friday, 18 August 2023 20:03 (ten months ago) link
Congratulations Bojack and use a pretty font
― nashwan, Friday, 18 August 2023 20:05 (ten months ago) link
lol
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Friday, 18 August 2023 20:20 (ten months ago) link
" . . . why is this so hard?"
― nickn, Friday, 18 August 2023 20:34 (ten months ago) link
No, I said "D" as in "Birthday Dad"
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor), Friday, 18 August 2023 20:38 (ten months ago) link
I'm sure this show is great and all (seen 3 or 4 episodes, some bits are funny, should probably watch more) but yeah that "all the red flags look like flags" line gets posted everywhere and makes me rmde every time
― Vinnie, Saturday, 19 August 2023 12:53 (ten months ago) link
first few episodes are mostly not great and put me off for a long time but they set up important stuff so you can't skip them either - I imagine a lot of people who'd love what the show becomes have given up too soon because of the generic "edgy adult cartoon" vibe early on
the emotional or moralising moments don't hit nearly as hard when presented out of context though
overall I probably prefer tuca & bertie though I wish I liked the 3rd (apparently last) season more - the first 2 are so good
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Saturday, 19 August 2023 13:11 (ten months ago) link