Fishing With John – Criterion Collection John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn’t stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime on Fishing With John. Traveling with his special guests to the most exotic and dangerous places on earth, John Lurie battles sharks with Jim Jarmusch off the tip of Long Island, goes ice fishing with Willem Dafoe at Maine’s northernmost point, braves the Costa Rican jungle with Matt Dillon, takes Tom Waits to Jamaica, and searches for the elusive giant squid with Dennis Hopper in Thailand.
Customer Review: Funniest television show EVER.
I caught one episode of this show yeeeeeeeears ago on Bravo. Didn’t realize it was regular program. Just thought it was one of those offbeat Bravo things. Only saw about 20 minutes of it, but it was so freaking ODD that I remembered it. Years later, I was at my library and saw the vhs tapes for the series as I was browsing the shelves. Took them home and thoroughly enjoyed them. John Lurie is an excellent host and he picked superb guests and the vistas are incredible. And the guy who does the voiceovers? Insane. Positively insane. “Oogly boogly” is now in my permanent vocabulary.

THEN, just a few years ago, I saw them on dvd and bought the set. The commentary had me CRYING with laughter. I hadn’t thought the shows could be improved upon. They can. They were.

This is the most hilariously twisted show I’ve ever seen.