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For some reason I can't stop watching this quaint, gentle, contemplative, and cerebral TV show. I rarely watch TV--especially these days. But for some reason I just find the relaxing tone and EXTREMELY subtle humor of Joe Pera's show here to be something really special. It's about the closest a "comedy" show can come to creating the sensation of ambient music. I just like to put this on and vibe.
Jul 14, 2022
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Caveh Zahedi's web-only (unless you were watching Brooklyn public access 8 years ago) Show About the Show is chaotic perfection (and a direct influence on the Black Mirror season 6 episode 'Joan Is Awful' if you saw that). I'll just let Joe Swanberg describe it: "Using a combination of direct address to the camera, staged recreations, documentary footage and interviews to tell the tale of each [previous] episode being made, Zahedi puts together a show that feels in control of its tone, yet out of control of the implications of its own existence." P.S. at some point Caveh starts getting sued by his wife about the show so the remaining episodes are only available on his website
Jul 18, 2024
for when you need to just feel good and weird and slightly less sad
everyone i know who loves this show found it at a time that they were on the verge of a nervous breakdown. i don't know exactly why it appeals to people in crisis but it does.
it's a silly talk show but it's also a show about community, kindness, being true to yourself and it's really fuckin fun
Mar 15, 2025
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Pete davidson has an 8 episode television show sincerely riffing on his own life. it seems like no ones seen it and im gonna guess they spent $50million to make it. I hate when those New Yorker writers make some galaxy brain take concluding that reality tv is actually visionary ethnography or some shit. 'bupkis' (could it be called anything worse?) is the most brain smoothing media ive consumed in years. the show opens with Pete watching VR porn in his basement and accidentally cumming on his mother (edie Falco). I recommend throwing ur beautiful mind in the crockpot and turning it on simmer. bupkis.
Nov 10, 2023
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It's a podcast where people call in to a live twitch stream and ask advice from a man in a gecko costume. What more could you want? But, really, the guy who hosts this thing, Lyle, has quickly become my favorite podcast host ever. His dry sense of humor and profound outlook on life makes him an amazing guide through all of the chaotic and wonderfully strange calls that come his way in every episode.
Jul 14, 2022
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Get some adjustable dumbbells for your house. Bent rows, shoulder raises, curls squats, overhead presses. Do it for the dopamine. Go.
Jul 14, 2022
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I don't really drink soda and generally find seltzer uninteresting. But damn this shit hits. Best bottled water. Period. And it's gotta be in the GIANT GLASS BOTTLE so the carbonation is more intense and hits your tongue and throat like acid. Especially when it's cold out of the fridge. BANGIN!
Jul 14, 2022