The name is a reference to a fictional gameshow in Bojack Horseman called "Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let's Find Out!"
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If you haven't seen Bojack Horseman, it's funny and heartfelt. Palpably existential. If that kind of thing speaks to you, you owe yourself a watch.
In terms of a complete animation package, I think it easy outdoes Futurama. There's so much relatable depth to it. It hits hard, but it stays lighthearted enough to make you feel good about it.
As it turns out, I'm now working on filmtech, so that "Hollywoo" sticker fits me even better now.
Or maybe it does get better after season 1? Since everyone seems to love it.
I'd personally recommend giving season 2 a shot, if you still don't like it then the shows probably not for you.
As others have said though, it definitely gets better as the seasons roll on, along both the humor and drama fronts. The final season has many of the funniest and most poignant moments of the show.
I think bojack hit its stride over time, but I always liked the juxtaposition of dark reality with cartoon silliness. On some level I think it reflects a theme of everyone else’s life seeking to be so simple and stupid and trivial compared to your own. Of course even Todd’s problems are shown to be pretty real even if they’re also cartoonishly comical.
You know what I meant, hopefully? I predate the Simpsons, and I remember when they and their brand of humor first appeared. I also remember how annoyed I felt towards Family Guy (a cartoon I never liked, unlike the Simpsons) because it felt like a cheap copy. And yes, over the years the Simpsons turned wackier and wackier while retaining nothing of what made them good at first.
I don't claim Bojack and the Simpsons have the same kind of humor, it was a shortcut to hopefully explain what I found jarring about the former?
Given the rest of the comments, I'll try giving Bojack season 2 a chance.
That wasn't my experience of it. It's a brilliant show, to be sure, but at some point I felt the bleakness, particularly around Bojack's inability to help himself, became too much for me. Maybe different parts of the show resonate in different people.
I think it is one of only about three animated shows that are genuinely outstanding as TV and not just animation or comedy. The other two being Simpsons and Futurama.
Honestly, there are tons. They’re just all Japanese.
There were plenty of parts that were dark enough to make it difficult to watch. There were lighthearted parts, but that's not a description I would've applied to the show as a whole.
Anyone prone to anxiety or depression or sad thoughts in general should probably avoid, it's really that depressing, and I can imagine it making suicidal people even more suicidal.
Them spelling the whole acronym as if it was short might be my favorite running gag in the show.