It’s always great when celebrities gather enough clout that they can do whatever the hell want. Were it not for the success of Aladdin and Mrs. Doubtfire, Robin Williams never would have starred in Jack, and the world would have been deprived of literally threes of laughs. South Park‘s Trey Parker and Matt Stone have already achieved their passion project, a $300 million production studio, and now they’re helping Primus’ Les Claypool and Ween’s Dean Ween (that’s fun to say; it sounds like a British ambulance siren) achieve theirs, by producing a fishing show.
The ex-guitarist of the band Ween and lifelong Jersey Shore fisherman is prepping to shoot a pilot for a quirky TV series about saltwater angling. He’s going to embark on nautical adventures with fellow musician and fisherman Les Claypool of Primus.
“The show is personality-driven,” says Melchiondo, 42, a Trenton native. “The idea is to get the show on after Anthony Bourdain or Tosh.O. It’s a fishing show that you do not have to be into fishing to enjoy.”
When Melchiondo learned that the fishing show got the greenlight to shoot next month, it was a welcome bit of good news. Produced by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the series will fuse sportfishing with music and comedy, following Melchiondo and Claypool as they go out on the water with celebrity guests in different locales, including the Garden State. (Via)
You might assume this is the world’s first comedy fishing show hosted by musicians, because who the hell else would do something so insardine (#fishpun)? Well, in 1991 the great John Lurie, who played music with the Lounge Lizards and starred in Stranger Than Paradise and Paris, Texas, was the host of Fishing with John, in which he’d go on a river expedition with a guest, including Tom Waits, Willem Dafoe, and Dennis Hopper.
What I’m saying is, my dream has always been to see an all-fish retelling of Cannibal! The Musical with revised instrumentation from Primus and Tom Waits, and Matt and Trey have the power to make this happen. Shpadoinkle.
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Don’t forget “Hot Air Balloon Fishing with Jimmy Buffett” on “The Fishin’ Magician.”
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Oh, man. Gil Fisher and Wendy O. Williams, may they rest in peace.
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Heavy Metalists. RIP John Candy.
I wonder if they’ll develop a rivalry with Eric Young’s fishing show.
FISH ON!
I was hoping this would be called “The Phish Phishing Show” starring Phish as a bunch of guys that go online and try to trick people into giving up their credit card info.
Or they could be used as bait!
I remember decades ago, seeing an interview special with Primus on MTV filmed entirely in a rowboat while Les Claypool fished. There was only room for two in the boat, so the whole thing was filmed from the dock a good 100ft away.
My point is, I watched the shit out of that, so I’m sure I’ll watch the shit out of this too.
Hey, it seems like every other show on Discovery is now about fishing for something, so at least this will have some intentional humor in it.
Why they wanna see my spine mommy?
Sounds funny and interesting. The most unintentionally funny fish show, though, has to be Bill Dance Outdoors.
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I’d watch a fishing show with Matt & Trey, but not sure about these guys.
But will it feature Mike Rowe and his Wonder Boner?
I just tried watching the Fishing with John video. Tom Waits singing the sea shanty about 2 and half minutes in was great, but overall, so far, it is the weirdest goddamned TV show I’ve ever seen, and not in a good way unfortunately.
John lurie paints now and they are as weird and great as Fishing with John!!
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This sounds fantastic. I love you, even if you don’t.
This awesome news.
OK, so Matt and Trey are just cherry-picking highlights from my fever-dreams and making them come to life now.
I suppose I’m good with that.
But can they perform an acoustic version of Piss Up A Rope while baiting up?
My mother was born in a hospital in Richmond, CA the year it opened. I was born in the same hospital the year it closed (it was turned into a mental asylum immediately, like as they took me home they stocked up on strait jackets. Awesome, right?). Right in the middle of that, Les Claypool.
I remember John Candy doing a bit on SCTV with the Tubes – “The Fishin’ Musician”
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I love Fishing with John so much. Such a great show. I’m in the minority with this opinion, apparently as I only know two other people that feel this way.
Make that 3, Fishing with Jon was revolutionary. The episodes ice fishing with William DaFoe was hilarious. Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch, soooo good.
Mickey(Dean Ween) has had a fishing show for a while. Brownie Troop. I think he is not doing it anymore probably because of this new show with Matt and Trey.
Check out when he had Gibby Haynes and Jeff Pinkus of the Butthole Surfers:
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