excellent interview on office hours today
― tomorrow, Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
could probably make entire episodes out of 2-3 year old footage really
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
Watched Joe Pera’s show for the first time today and it’s great. That said, dismissing How To as some weak mix of Fielder and Pera (as mentioned above) is some reaching, superficial bullshit. Faux naive narrator is really the extent of it?
― circa1916, Saturday, 12 December 2020 22:37 (three years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/21/how-to-with-john-wilson-offers-a-martians-eye-view-of-homo-sapiens-habits
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
i can break down how the similarity runs deeper than faux naive narrator but depending on how far you are into joe pera it might have spoilers
e1 of jw (the ‘how to make friends’ one) is superficially a documentary made by a nerdy guy about social conventions, but once it gets going becomes transparently about his recent breakup and social anxiety
similarly, s1 of jp starts out superficially presenting itself as a public access style show depicting life in a small town in minessota, but as it’s gets going it’s clear that he each episode is a transparent reflection of joes psychological state and what’s going on in his love life, his strained friendships and relationships, career
i don’t like the jw show as much as many of you do, but it’s not a bad thing that they share this quality of ‘stretching a documentary medium away from its “subject“ and toward the psychology of the social awkward narrator’. it doesn’t make jons show derivative. and there’s obviously tonnes more going on in it than just this
obviously there are hints of this in Nathan for you too
― flopson, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
i can't stand the pera show and i really like this one. not sure why. fwiw i think jw could actually make his narration good instead of obviously deliberately awkward and the show would be just as good (and by my lights, better)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
all adult swim shows are pish is how I break it down to an extent
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
the second season of Joe Pera was my favourite TV thing this year :'-(
― Babby's Yed Revisited (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
Joe Pera rules obv
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
interesting points flopson, I hadnt really considered the similarities in form like that.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
the granddaddy of that mode afaik is sherman's march
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091943/
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
you're forgetting shoah
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link
not too much accidentally personal whimsy in that one iirc
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:28 (three years ago) link
you gotta wait for the fifth hour
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:35 (three years ago) link
that's when the jokes start
not gonna lie, the "i don't want much, just want my foreskin back again" song is a jam
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 1 January 2021 23:40 (three 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 19:41 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX6zlvA_m3Y
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 06:44 (three years ago) link
https://evgrieve.com/2021/02/about-that-rolled-up-carpet-in-crosswalk.html
also
https://believermag.com/logger/how-to-interview-john-wilson/
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 February 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
Disappointed we weren't nominated for an emmy today. Next year!
― tomorrow, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
are you affiliated with the show in some way?
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
Yes! Sound mixer.
― tomorrow, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
nice! it's the best!
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
Oh man, definitely deserved a nom. Great show.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
S2 starts Nov. 26
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
some positivity in life
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
perfect timing, i just started rewatching S1, its been the perfect length of time where i mostly forgot the jokes and details by now. these are so, so rewatchable.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 16 September 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
Wilson should write the show but not be the host
― calstars, Thursday, 16 September 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
fuck yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05F2UpwZhWY
― Murgatroid, Monday, 25 October 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
OMG that lady with the pigeons was just in Hoboken on Saturday doing that.
― Evan, Monday, 25 October 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
hell yeah
― John Lakeman gives pipe lecture (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 25 October 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG1i-gALy18
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
beautiful
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
right man in the right time
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
Another way to watch this show is just to live in New York
― calstars, Thursday, 11 November 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link
Hard pass
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 11 November 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
tonight's episode was a fucking TRIP
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Saturday, 4 December 2021 03:42 (two years ago) link
Holy shit, yes it was. I did not see that wild ride coming.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 4 December 2021 07:56 (two years ago) link
Saying you are HBO goes a long way with some folks
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 4 December 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
I thought the ep was pretty weak. Once they drop the “HBO” bomb, the bang guy quickly turns it into a commericial and rightly so while John acts confused as to why the guy would show him around or spend time with him.
― calstars, Sunday, 5 December 2021 15:31 (two years ago) link
everything john makes is grand cru
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 5 December 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
Susan Orlean is on the writing staff??
― jaymc, Sunday, 5 December 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/interview-john-wilson-season-2-hbo-2021
I kept asking HBO if we can get someone like Susan Orlean, and they were like, "We could just ask Susan." And then I was like, "Oh, okay." Because I thought that she would've been past that point in her career. I hadn't really been keeping tabs on her or anything. Then we just met up, and we all just went into the writer's room together.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 December 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
xpost - I was referring more to the NXIVM stuff being the wild part of the ride. I remember reading that insane acapella forum thread once when it was linked in relation to one of the docs, but it was so unexpected to see it pop up in that context.
the Bang dude was insane, but I genuinely think John had no expectation at all that he would be able to just walk into the guy's house and, as a result, had no plan other than just rolling with whatever the dude said.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 December 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
I loved this ep. like Jon I had read that insane thread - when it was linked here - and it was funny to find out that John Wilson was one of the accused soilers of hotel rooms.
bang guy bit was decent too
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
Just "interviewed" John Wilson. Metaphysician, moral philosopher, and poet of cat vomit. When things are so good, there's always a mystery about why they're so good. My hunch? They're investigations into oneself. How we see the world vs. do we see the world?— errolmorris (@errolmorris) December 7, 2021
― tomorrow, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
this show is good but his schtick is grating after a while "im just a clueless guy and life is weird hehe shrug!" oh stop
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
otm i’m afraid
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 9 December 2021 13:11 (two years ago) link
My two cents are that he's curious and genuine, vs. "clueless"
And, life IS weird!!
― tomorrow, Thursday, 9 December 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link
Yeah, he's got far too genuine of a sense of curiosity to come off as "clueless" imo.
I might buy that argument more if the show was 100% his street footage with his commentary, but the way he's able to not only find these odd people but also charming them into opening up on camera.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 December 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link