I honestly had no idea what this show was about. I thought it was just about a guy that dressed up as a horse or something stupid like that. It did look like a completely stupid show, but with a cast like Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins and Aaron Paul, you kind of think that's pretty frickin good! Even for an animated show, they all do such great voice work I was excited about it. Also Will Arnett and Aaron Paul are executive producers so it sounded pretty awesome... And it was!
So it isn't a show about a guy that dresses up as a horse. It's an animated show about a horse that was a sitcom star in the 90s and now he's sort of a selfish washes up has been who's trying to get back out in the world. Even though it's such a ridiculous show, it's still got a very sad realness to it. I would even call it almost a dark comedy, but it isn't too dark because it is so over the top. It's very different from other animated comedies because it is very dark and Bojack really does have a lot of problems and the other characters are all very troubled as well. It's interesting.
The story mostly focuses on Bojack trying to write a book with the help of a ghostwriter names Diane Nguyen. The ghost writer is a pretty human girl who also happens to be dating his rival, a golden retriever named Mr. Peanutbutter, who is probably my favorite character lol. Amy Sedaris voices his
cat manager/occasional girlfriend named Princess Carolyn. Aaron Paul plays Todd his roommate who is really just some guy named that started living on his couch after a party 5 years ago. Kirsten Schall guest stars as his TV daughter. Everyone is just really funny and overall they just work well together. Margo Martindale, Arnett's TV mom even guest stars as character actress Margo Martindale. The pop culture references on this show are really funny.
Another thing about this show is that it's actually like an addictive comedy. A lot of comedies like these are good, but there's nothing really keeping you on the edge of your seat wondering what happens next. With this and Episodes I actually feel like "these are comedies that just keep me hooked to see everything that happens!" I'm really happy it's on Netflix because then I can just binge watch everything all at once! This type of show wouldn't work on any other network I don't think. It's just a very netflixy show.
I'm also very happy to hear that they are picked up for season 2 because it ended on a rather sad but also almost uplifting note, if that makes any sense. It's something that I immediately wanted to see more of, but I didn't know if people loved it as much as I do.
I would definitely recommend this. If you don't mind watching a show that's amazingly funny but also a little bit sad and serious and ridiculous at the same time... This is for you. I know everything I just said contradicts... But if you watch it, that's how you'll feel about it too. It's definitely one of my favorite shows in a while.
BYEEEE!
-Shannon
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