22-minute comedy loosely based on the real lives of the
folk-rock-parody duo of Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome.
I first met Garfunkel and Oates in
their appearance on Tabletop,
enjoyed their sense of humour, and looked up some of their videos.
Recently I discovered that their long-awaited TV series had actually
been made. And… well, it's OK. Which for a comedy-hater like me is
pretty good going.
Both the principals have contributed to scripts, and one suspects that
details like Micucci's fondness for puppets or Lindhome's anxiety
about having her eggs frozen are drawn from the life. For me at least,
that material works better than the blatant attempts at comedy: the
show finds its groove for me at least when the main narrative manages
to be simultaneously funny and telling (e.g. when Micucci goes to an
audition for a film role named only as "hot slut") rather than when
it's a series of situational jokes based on a baby shower or a grotty
gig venue with a hypersensitive sound tech.
And of course there are the musical interludes; we've seen most of
them before, or at least I have, but they're inserted reasonably
effectively into the storylines and they're still enjoyable.
Not a series worth going to great trouble to seek out, but if you can
get access without too much trouble it's definitely worth a look.
Don't stop being cool.
(But the series was not renewed.)
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