‘Kidding’ is an extraordinary case study of consequence

Somewhere between the puppets, musical numbers, dazzling one-take transformations, and bizarre cold opens, Kidding on Showtime became one of this season’s best and most underrated comedies. Each episode took the audience further into the world and psyche of Jeff Pickles and the rest of the Pickles family, only to discover that the people responsible for creating Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time — the happiest show on television — are all super, super fucked up. 

Plenty of TV families are OK on the outside and rotting on the inside, but what makes the Pickles clan unique, and what makes Kidding so good, is that the show makes sure to draw clean lines from the actions that they perform to the typically awful consequences they have on other people.  Read more…

More about Kidding, Jim Carrey Show, Entertainment, and Movies Tv Shows