Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
So today, Jackson McHenry and Kathryn VanArendonk sit down to talk about TV Critics!
Spa …sorry, Mel Brookss newHistory of the World, Part IIrevival series on Hulu.
Its surprising and impressive to see a show go as all-in on idiocy as this one does.
Kathryn, what were your first impressions?
How does that sensibility play in 2023?
The world is different!
Plus there was a lot of groaning.Kama Souptra!
do so much to anchor the material to a more contemporary context.
Jesus as a stand-up comedian was good!
Jesus as the John Lennon figure in a send-up of the Peter Jackson Beatlesdocuseries?
Meltons agent also got him intoPoker Face, and he was good there, too!
I was in stitches.
I do also want to take a moment to sing the praises ofNick Krollin this.
Who would film something so dumb and put it on Hulu?
KV:Like a little cutaway gag where someone pulls an electric charger out of a horses ass!
JM:Or the bit in the Kroll statue-removal sketch where he just starts to bicker with his family!
Someone, c’mon cut away from this conversation and back to the latest episode ofShirley!
