Bobcat Goldthwait is maybe not the first name you associate with satirical genre tales , and truTV is possibly not the first channel you connect with written anthology series . Do n’t let that break you from search out the very rummy , very weirdBobcat Goldthwait ’s Misfits & Monsters .
The show — which has a totally unlike mold , setting , and narrative for each of its eight episodes — debut July 11 , so two installments have already aired . The first , “ Bubba the Bear , ” is a very dark-skinned facial expression at what happen when a voice histrion ( represent by Seth Green ) is violently stalked by the gargantuan purple bear he plays on television . The episode cleverly integrate live - action and animation , as well as some unexpected address ; at the Misfits & Monsters Comic - Con panel , Goldthwait joke that the episode suffice the question “ What if Cape Fear and Roger Rabbit had a baby ? ” July 18 brought “ Face in the Car Lot , ” which isabout a buffoonish used car salesman who runs for president , despite being totally ill - suited for the job , and the brave new paper reporter who ’s determined to take him down . The episode manages to accurately reflect the current political humour in America , even though it ’s adjust in the 1970s and has a subplot about the long - stand rivalry between lamia and werewolves .
Next hebdomad ’s installment , “ Devil in the Blue Jeans , ” is a Behind the Music / Some Kind of Monster / Phantom of the Paradise / Justin Bieber cautionary tarradiddle / mockumentary — which sounds like a lot , but it works thanks to some very committed performances ( including Michael Ian Black as Satan ) . Future episodes will involve the end of the world , a human - mermaid romance , another maraud into animation when a pair of slacker instrumentalist ( play by drollery duo Jake and Amir ) die and are resurrected as bees , and something Goldthwait described as “ a Jerry Lewis movie plant around the Kennedy assassination . ” Each story addresses a large danger ( groupthink , being overwhelmed by one ’s originative persona , Trump ) as part of its wacky , mashed - up plot , and while Misfits & Monsters owe a debt to shows like The Twilight Zone and Tales From the Crypt , both of which Goldthwait loves , he ’s quick to point out the differences , too .
“ At the starting time of [ every ] Tales From the Crypt , you hump , somebody did something incorrect , and then they ’re punished , so it bring a little predictable , ” he say at the Misfits & Monsters Comic - Con insistence elbow room . “ I tried to spin the end of these episode in a way that hopefully you do n’t see come . ”
Goldthwait is a comedy ikon — he ’s still probably best - known for the Police Academy moving-picture show , though he seems to view the franchise with a certain amount of favorable disgust — but he ’s spend most of his career over the last decennium behind the camera , directing characteristic films and stand - up special for other comic . ( He does n’t behave on Misfits & Monsters , either . ) He told the gang at Comic - Con that he first had the estimate for the show seven or eight years ago , though initially his pitch “ went over like a bad wind . ” fortuitously for Misfits & Monsters , a lot has changed in the world of TV since then .
“ The Proto-Indo European used to be , can you create a show that ’s a smash smash that bring forth a lot of viewers , ” he said in the pressure way . “ Now , because of all the different places people make shows , it ’s like , ‘ Can you just give me a tiny sliver of the Proto-Indo European ? ’ I suppose [ networks ] are a little more risky , and truTV — there ’s a lot of people who are n’t mainstream that they ’ve given a show to , like Amy Sedaris and people like that . ”
He wanted to make an anthology serial that crisscross genres because “ all the moving-picture show that I ’ve made — Shakes the Clown is a goofball - noir motion-picture show making fun of recuperation plastic film ; then , I did a fixed storage - com with a petite bite of bestiality , [ Sleeping Dogs Lie ] ; then I did World ’s Greatest Dad , and that’s — I do n’t even jazz what that is . And then I did a scary Bigfoot movie , [ Willow Creek ] . I just keep trying to dispute myself . Each time I make a movie , it ’s not like , ‘ What ’s locomote to have mass appeal ? ’ It ’s always , like , ‘ Can I make a scary movie ? ’ That was a big doubtfulness for me . So , the serial kind of gives me a chance to take exception myself each workweek . ”
Bobcat Goldthwait ’s Misfits & Monsters run Wednesday nights on truTV .
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