Kidding Trailer: Jim Carrey’s A Sad Children’s TV Host In Michel Gondry’s World

<img src="https://https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Katherine-Keener-and-Jim-Carrey-in-Kidding-Showtime.jpg" /><p>Jim Carrey is set to return to television for his first regular series role since his time as a cast member on <i>In Living Color</i> with Showtime’s melancholic comedy <a href="http://screenrant.com/tag/kidding/"><b><i>Kidding</i></b></a>. While television has demonstrated a knack for attracting big names who’re either currently unattached to or uninterested in signing on for a seven-plus picture deal for a superhero franchise (and plenty who already are), getting Carrey on board a television series (premium cable or not) seems like an unimaginable feat. That is, until you find out the series is directed by Michel Gondry, who worked with Carrey previously on the brilliantly dreamy and downcast <i>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</i>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p>That’s a lot to live up to, and from the first trailer it sure looks as though Carrey and Gondry are heading in a similar direction. Created and written by Dave Holstein, who has written for Showtime’s 70s-set stand-up comedy drama <a href="http://screenrant.com/tag/im-dying-up-here/"><i>I’m Dying Up Here </i></a>(which Carrey is an executive producer of)<i>,</i> the series sees Carrey as Jeff, aka, Mr. Pickles, a Mr. Rogers-like icon of children’s television whose innate kindness and compassion is put to the test when his family life begins to fall apart.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <strong>Click to continue reading <a href="https://screenrant.com/kidding-trailer-jim-carrey-michel-gondry-showtime-tv-series/">Kidding Trailer: Jim Carrey’s A Sad Children’s TV Host In Michel Gondry’s World</a></strong><br /><br /> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://screenrant.com/kidding-trailer-jim-carrey-michel-gondry-showtime-tv-series/">Kidding Trailer: Jim Carrey’s A Sad Children’s TV Host In Michel Gondry’s World</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://screenrant.com/">ScreenRant</a>
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June 06, 2018 at 05:06PM