Tag: BoJack Horseman
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A Chilling Compliment Influenced The Final Two Seasons Of Netflix’s Bojack Horseman
“Bojack Horseman” is one of the best shows of all time about bad people. Its titular character, a washed-up, alcoholic celebrity horse (Will Arnett) whose solipsism knows no bounds, is written not as a flimsy caricature of a toxic celebrity, but as a beautifully, horrifyingly three-dimensional person. Bojack’s many demons live uneasily alongside the better…
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These 2022 Opening Credits Set a New Standard for How to Start a TV Series
When “Peacemaker” premiered in January 2022, no one quite realized the power of John Cena’s hips. Yes, exuberant tweets were sent, explainers were written, and charts were topped. But the invigorating dance routine that introduced every episode of James Gunn’s HBO Max comedy wasn’t an isolated event. The addictive beat of Wig Wam’s “Do Ya…
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TV, Interrupted: Clerks The Animated Series Deserved At Least 37 More Episodes (In A Row)
(Welcome to TV, Interrupted, a series where the /Film team remembers, eulogizes, and makes a case for the revival of TV shows we loved that were canceled far too soon.)In the modern era of television, animated sitcoms are nothing new. “The Simpsons” is one of the longest-running shows in television history and it inspired a…
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Attack On Titan Final Season Goes Full Apocalypse In Revelatory ‘From You, 2000 Years Ago’
“Game of Thrones” had its ninth episodes, “Bojack Horseman” had penultimate episodes, and “Attack on Titan” has fifth episodes. Whether it’s Eren being devoured by a Titan or Armin sacrificing himself to beat the Colossal, the show has given us incredible half hours of television that change the game in visually awe-inspiring ways, and this…
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BoJack Horseman Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg Released A Cut Joke About David Fincher (For Charity)
Yesterday, “Bojack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg spoke up for a good cause, with hilarious results. Initially, the showrunner tweeted a thought about Dave Chappelle’s controversial Netflix deal. “Still mystified that apparently Dave Chappelle’s deal is that he says whatever he wants and Netflix just has to air it, unedited,” he tweeted.Bob-Waksberg asked whether it was…
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‘Housebroken’ Review: ‘Veep’ Writers and Stars Reunite for Fox’s Still-in-Training Pets Comedy
Realistically, it’s hard to imagine any animated comedy taking anthropomorphic animals to the psychological extremes found in “BoJack Horseman.” Few series, animated or otherwise, have mined the depths of humanity with such exacting insight. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for further, furrier exploration. Fox’s new comedy “Housebroken” follows a group of neighborhood pets…
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Andy Samberg, Noah Hawley, and Ben Stiller Teaming with ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator and ‘Palm Springs’ Writer for Sci-Fi Comedy
Palm Springs duo Andy Samberg and writer Andy Siara are teaming with producers Ben Stiller and Noah Hawley for an untitled sci-fi comedy-drama over at Apple Studios. The idea for the project comes from Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of BoJack Horseman, but we have no plot details at the moment. Siara, who wrote Palm Springs, is…
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‘BoJack Horseman’: Exploring Mortality in ‘The View from Halfway Down’
It’s now or never for “BoJack Horseman” to win the Best Animated Series Emmy, and there’s no better representative than the penultimate episode, “The View from Halfway Down.” This summary statement, about titular horse BoJack (Will Arnett) encountering everyone who’s died in the series at a dinner party, forces him to confront the reasons behind…
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Sam Richardson: ‘I love characters that are optimistic and sweet’
From scene-stealing roles in Veep and Curb Your Enthusiasm to new romcom Hooking Up, the ex-cruise liner comic is happy playing the underdogIf you want to watch Sam Richardson, it’s a good idea to just head for the best comedy you can think of, because he’ll probably be in it. He played an abnormally good-natured…
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‘Klaus,’ ‘I Lost My Body’ Top 47th Annie Awards as Netflix Dominates
Netflix dominated the 47th Annie Awards on Saturday, Jan. 25, picking up 19 trophies, including the top prizes of best feature (“Klaus”), best feature-independent (“I Lost My Body”), best TV/media production for preschool children (“Ask the Storybots”) and best general audience TV/media production (“BoJack Horseman”). Disney TV Animation’s “Disney Mickey Mouse” won best TV/media production…