Below is the trailer for Season 3 of “Bored to Death,” HBO’s flawed but charming noir-detective comedy. I’ve listed my complaints about Jason Schwartzman and the angle the show takes for his writer-turned-amateur-private-dick before, but that can’t stop Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson from making the show enjoyable, especially for an unabashed Brooklyn-phile such as myself.
The trailer has little (perhaps nothing) to offer of the coming season, but it does have Schwartzman & Danson & Galifianakis screwing around on Coney Island set to a Beastie Boys soundtrack. That’s about as good of a plug for a Brooklyn-based show that you’re going to get. The highlights of me going to Coney Island aren’t nearly as exciting — it would be an hour of me sitting on the Q train, and then a time-lapse of me getting fatter as I went to Nathan’s three times in four hours. Whatever, those cheese fries are worth it.
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A perfect day: Ride the Cyclone (the new rules suck!), Nathans & then a Brooklyn Cyclones baseball game. maybe a trip to L&B after, i dunno, they frown on eating a square with a full erection.
You have a Beastie Boys song playing on a “Bored To Death” trailer and its NOT “No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn?”
Swing and a miss.
@MFillmore — I typically hit Nathan’s before AND after a Friday night Cyclones game, then watch fireworks with my feet in the sand at Beer Island while the subway crowds die down, then hit Nathan’s a third time on the way to the subway.
Further proof that HBO will renew any show it airs. Evidence B: Treme.
Damn, I think I should be watching this show.
I describe my cock as “flawed but charming” so naturally laughed as I read this shitty blog thinking of my cock.
@RK: HBO cancelled “John From Cincinnati” after only one season. But that was incomprehensible nonsense. “Bored” is cheap, funny, and quirky. I think it found its voice in the 2nd season. Also, I like to watch the show and say “I’ve been there!” to my cats, who remain unimpressed.
Dunno, RK, they passed on continuing Deadwood and Carnavale: Two of the biggest mistakes they’ll ever make. And a 3rd seson of Rome–though I’m not sure historically how intersting it would get at that point with all the established characters fading away.
Also it costs $8 to ride the Cyclone. I can’t think of a joke for that. I just think that’s total horseshit.
@Schmo, No Sleep is the obvious choice and Triple Trouble is better suited to the clip, so not quite a home run but at least a ground rule double!
@illmo, truly the perfect day, L&B especially…
Bored to Death is a show that makes me happy for some reason. It isn’t “my balls hurt from laughing” funny, but the whole atmosphere of it is awesome.
@Peter Cavan: if I remember my HBO history correctly, the creator of John from Cincinnati is the same as Deadwood. Somehow he had the option for another season of Deadwood or start a new series. The wrong decision was made.
Bored to Death is funny, but have you ever watched Bored to Death on weed? Because then it’s fucking brilliant.