Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Kidding… There is so much invention beneath the surface of this show that knowing where to begin each week represents a huge challenge. Theological questions around existence lock horns with foul mouthed parakeets, while romantic entanglements and musical numbers break your heart. This show is no longer about […]
Kidding Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Kintsugi’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Kidding… As metaphors go the direct translation of this title card seems apt for what Kidding manages to achieve each week. Personal anguish, professional complications and little caution from the writer’s room should make this mandatory viewing. Talking dolls, voice over recordings which segue into anti-Semitic tangents, combine […]
Kidding Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Philliam’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Kidding… Kidding has decided to take the gloves off with two episodes left to run giving us backstory without directly stating it, contentious content minus the forewarning and Jim Carrey to balance tone. ‘Philliam’ might be a clever way to tell a tale from both sides, giving us […]
Kidding Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Lt. Pickles’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Kidding… Not many shows include a line like ‘my pussy needs attention’ while fewer still have people getting their throats cut by inept ice dancers as a finale. Neither does glove puppet sex or the need for puppets in bedrooms come up much under normal circumstances, but needlessly […]
Kidding Season 1 Finale Review – ‘Some Day’
Martin Carr reviews the season 1 finale of Kidding… As finales go this is a curveball, but then nothing about Kidding has ever been straightforward. Borne out of tragedy, defined by dysfunction and shot through with abstract notions of sexual deviancy it remains staggeringly original. From episode one the ground work for an emotionally stunted […]
Watch the first episode of Jim Carrey’s Kidding for free
Ahead of its launch on September 9th, the pilot episode of Jim Carrey’s Kidding has been made available for free to watch on YouTube. You can view it below, but please be aware that it might be geo-blocked for some territories… https://youtu.be/NTrqSWS2oaw In his first series regular role in over two decades, Jim Carrey stars as […]
Jim Carrey stars in new trailer for Showtime’s Kidding
Ahead of its season premiere next month, Showtime has released a new trailer for upcoming comedy drama Kidding which stars Jim Carrey as Jeff/Mr. Pickles, a children’s TV show host who finds himself in the midst of a mental breakdown as his family falls apart. Also featuring in the cast alongside Carrey are Catherine Keener, Judy […]
Jim Carrey returns to the small screen in first trailer for Kidding
Showtime has released the first trailer for its upcoming comedy drama Kidding which stars Jim Carrey, who also serves as an executive producer for the series, as Jeff, aka Mr Pickles – a children’s television icon who struggles to cope with life as his family begins to implode. The half-hour show also stars Catherine Keener, […]
Catherine Keener joins Jim Carrey in Showtime comedy series Kidding
Catherine Keener (Capote, Get Out) has signed on for her first series regular role on the small screen, with Deadline reporting that the Oscar-nominated actress will star opposite Jim Carrey in the upcoming half-hour comedy Kidding from Showtime. Created by Dave Holstein (Weeds) and directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), the […]
Jim Carrey reteaming with Michel Gondry on comedy series Kidding
Jim Carrey is set for a return to the small screen for his first regular role since In Living Color in the 1990s, reteaming with his Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry for the half-hour comedy series Kidding. Variety reports that Showtime has placed a ten episode order for the series, which […]
