Queue Tips: No Kidding

I saw "Kidding" at some point many years ago, in our last place before we moved.  We had cable then, and I don't remember if Showtime came with it or if it was during some kind of a free promo week.  I didn't know Jim Carrey was in it.  I'm not sure I actually had even heard of it.  I was just channel surfing.  I may have mixed it up with "Crashing", which I also saw when I was flipping channels.  There were a couple of comedians in that latter show, so I think that's probably what led to my confusion.

Anyways, I didn't really watch the whole episode.  I just recall thinking it would be funny but not really laughing.  And then I probably looked for something else to watch.  Or one of my kids probably bothered me to put something else on or something.

I checked out the series again recently.  It was kind of depressing, actually.  I'm glad I didn't have this on during the pandemic five years ago.  Thankfully, I had cut the cord after we moved so we no longer had cable.  There were a bunch of shows I checked out during that shutdown period, which didn't turn out so good for my mental health.  Among them were "The Twilight Zone" and "Mad Men".  

Why was I watching these cynical shows at that time?  I should have put on something more upbeat but for some reason those were what I chose.  I think they affected me really negatively.

The show is all right.  Obviously, Jim Carrey has shown that he can be a dramatic actor.  I just don't really identify with the characters or the storylines.  And I didn't really care what happened.  That is, after each episode, I wasn't curious to find out what would happen next.  The actors all had really good performances, but I just could not really get into it.  It was nice to see Kelly Coffield Park in it, and I wish she had been on more or had a bigger role.

And it's not exactly like I'm not interested.  Nor do I find it boring exactly.  It's kind of like I guess having a conversation with a random acquaintance.  They tell you a story and give you details and talk about people you don't know and what happened to them.  And you kind of entertain them and don't want to be rude.  And you're kind of invested enough to want to find out how it turned out.  But after you go your separate ways, you pretty much forget about it.

But yeah, we no longer have cable.  Or even regular TV.  When we first moved here, I didn't get around to scheduling the service right away.  And the kids managed great without it.  They were reading books, playing outside and interacting with each other.  So I decided we should just stay that way.  Little did I know their mom would subscribe to Netflix and get them devices.  That's probably worse than sitting in the living room watching the boob tube together.