Jun 18 2009'Bored to Death' Trailer: The Next HBO Series You'll Try to Eventually Watch
Hey, everyone, the Jonathan Ames-written, high-concept HBO series that stars Jason Schwartzman as an alcoholic writer operating illegally as a would-be detective is coming out this September, and the network has released a trailer to remind us how Zach Galifianakis, Parker Posey, Ted Danson, and Kristen Wiig are also involved.
With a cast like that, we have to give it a chance. By law. Even if it does give off a strange, unexplainable aura of being from the mid-'90s:
(via AV Club)
This kind of corny premise and great cast is what quickly-canceled cult hits are made of.
Reader Comments
1. GROM - June 18, 2009 5:25 PM
HBO has lost it ...
I remember the times when people would watch HBO because you could not see anything edgy ,adult theme, sophisticated and interesting on network TV ..... but this is the regular crap that I get on ABC of FOX.
Why get HBO if I can watch the same stuff for free .
2. Will Dearborn - June 18, 2009 5:32 PM
You guys are morons (I mean it in a good way).
This is viral marketing for "Funny People."
Check out the other stuff like my favorite: Yo Teach! (http://www.nbc.com/yo-teach/)
3. Mitch - June 18, 2009 6:14 PM
Except that it's real, douchenozzle.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255913/
4. Pat - June 19, 2009 8:49 AM
@ 2
How can this be viral marketing for "Funny People" when Schwartzman is the only person in the above cast who actually appears in that film?
5. Larrythefatcat - June 19, 2009 12:29 PM
Too bad Kristen Wiig isn't funny at all... everybody else sounds good, though.
6. Jeremy - June 19, 2009 10:20 PM
She is too funny, you piece of shit.
7. Burt - June 19, 2009 11:25 PM
Superficial Man, you're great, but if you keep making fun of the 1990s, your site will die from the bad luck emanating from your sacrilege. Sounds silly, but you just wait.
8. Darth - June 21, 2009 5:07 PM
Lol he looks pretty alcoholic with a hairdo like that.
9. Rhialto - June 21, 2009 5:10 PM
Is this the American Gerard Depardieu? Nice hairdo!
10. ( . )( . ) - June 24, 2009 2:47 PM
I love HBO for True Blood, and Hung will debut on Sunday the 28th. A show about a guy with a HUGE cock? I'm so in!
And because they'll more than likely include this show on Sunday as well, I'll give it a go.
11. ( . )( . ) - June 24, 2009 2:55 PM
Let's not forget East Bound and Down and Entourage as well.
HBO got it going on...
But I still wish I could watch Weeds...stupid Showtime!
12. NoMoreHBO - July 24, 2009 10:28 AM
Jason Schwartzman has never been in anything funny in his life. Compared to him, even Adam Samburg looks like a comic genius.
Of course if there are actually people who give HBO a pat on the back for shows like Eastbound and Down and Hung - I guess it proves that some people will pay to watch anything.
I agree with first post - HBO has lost it. They canceled Deadwood after 3 seasons; Rome after 2; and John From Cincinnati after just 1.
This is not the same HBO that gave us The Sopranos, Entourage, and Six Feet Under. Sorry, but most of the talent has moved on.
13. jabalong - August 5, 2009 9:10 PM
Hope this show is good, because while the cast is great, the trailer did absolutely nothing for me...