Zach Galifianakis is our tour guide as we enjoy a behind the scenes look at the set of his wildly successful talk show, Between Two Ferns. It’s completely fake of course. And wonderful.
Zach’s “show” is a series of web videos you can find literally anywhere on the internet but most of all on Funny or Die. It looks like a bit of amateur public access television that somehow manages to book very high profile celebrities and seat them betwixt the eponymous two potted ferns. He has interviewed the biggest names: Brad Pitt, Justin Bieber, even Obama, but the thing that makes people seek out his videos is that he uses it as an excuse to insult celebrities to their face. He uses his own name but the interviewer character is extremely antagonistic and recklessly inappropriate. As Will Ferrell states, we’re laughing at him, not with him.
The movie’s premise, which is as thin as they come, is just Zach hitting the road in order to film 10 rapid-succession shows in order to achieve his ultimate goal of a network late night show. The plot, if you want to call it that, is flimsy because it’s just a vehicle for random acts of bizarre humour. You either like it or you don’t. It’s on Netflix so it’s low risk, but this is not going to win over any new fans and isn’t trying to. It’s just a 10 course dinner rather than its usual light snack. Can you take that much fern? Can anyone?
“People find you unpleasant,” this according to David Letterman, and he’s putting it lightly. This version of Zach Galifianakis is an asshole, but that’s the fun of his little show: it subverts the usual softball style of celebrity interviews. It looks Jon Hamm straight in the eye and asks whether Bradley Cooper’s success “will open doors for other hot idiots?” If you think it must be hard to get those insults out while remaining deadpan, stay tuned through the credits for proof.
ASSHOLES WATCHING MOVIES 
Netflix is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas lately, so glad I unsubscribed.
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Sounds like shit to Tubularsock.
Tubularsock has had enough of this kind of crap with Orange Fuck!
But to each their own.
Thanks Jay, great review …… convinced Tubularsock.
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I am literally watching this as I read this, lol
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Going with Tubularsock here I’m afraid. Also glad I don’t know what Orange Fuck is.
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It sounds weird, but that might just be right up my alley:-)
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Yeah, can’t wait to watch this. And man, I’m glad they include outtakes. I’d love to see how hard this is to make without breaking. My favorite has got to be Natalie Portman. She really does a good job of acting like she’s actually offended. In fact. I’m still not sure she wasn’t!
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I never saw them making a movie out of it!
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I’ve heard of this, but I haven’t actually sought out one of the “shows”. He must have had some fun with this.
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I might give this a shot but not sure..on the fence I guess
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Hi Jay!
I’m not sure how much I’d like this but you got me curious. I hope it makes me laugh and that you and the other assholes are fine 🙂
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Looks like a good time to me! I’ve always felt the plot for a comedy can be thin as long as it is funny.
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The part with Chrissy Teagan and John Legend had me laughing my head off 😉
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I think I can take that much fern. If you haven’t seen the short-lived Comedy Central series Dog Bites Man, I encourage you check it out (if you can track down full episodes streaming, not easy). That was my introduction to Zach G’s weird brilliance.
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A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
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It’s pretty good eh, I enjoy the shorts and was happy the Letterman but went well.
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