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Garfunkel and Oates is an American comedy television series created by and starring Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, members of the titular musical duo. The series aired from August 7 through September 25, 2014, on IFC. On March 3, 2015, IFC decided not to renew the series for a second season.
Plot
The series follows the personal and professional lives of the comedy folk duo Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome and Kate "Oates" Micucci, as they attempt to make it big in Hollywood one satirical song at a time.
Cast
Riki Lindhome as Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome
Kate Micucci as Kate "Oates" Micucci
= Recurring
=Natasha Leggero as Vivian St. Charles
Busy Philipps as Karen
Sarah Burns as Cheryl Johnson
Artemis Pebdani as Leora / Janice
= Guest
=Steve Agee as Toy Store Cashier
Geoffrey Arend as Todd
Kyle Dunnigan as Josh Duncan
Rob Huebel as Boomer
Anthony Jeselnik as Thomas
Ben Kingsley as himself
Sugar Lyn Beard as Epiphany
Abby Elliott as Chevrolet
Chris Hardwick as himself
Karen Maruyama as Susie
Tig Notaro as Pumpernickel Place Producer
John Oates as Dirty D
Chris Parnell as Stan
Lance Barber as Drew
Ashley Johnson as Jane
Joel Michaely as Marcus
T. J. Miller as Matthew
Noureen DeWulf as Jennifer
Toby Huss as Tom
Steve Little as Dennis
Kevin Pollak as Andrew
Kulap Vilaysack as Laura
Rose Abdoo as Magda
Ike Barinholtz as Director
Erin Cahill as Jenny
Eugene Cordero as Fred
Jonah Ray as Charlie
Janina Gavankar as Dr. Sharma
Moshe Kasher as Receptionist
Dannah Phirman as Meditation Voice
"Weird Al" Yankovic as himself
Ari Graynor as Cornish
B. K. Cannon as Becky
Beth Dover as Fertility Nurse
Trevor Einhorn as Graham
Rich Fulcher as Dr. Patel
Jimmy Bennett as Braden
Creed Bratton as Kazoo Man
Jason Ritter as Jason
Development and production
On January 13, 2011, Garfunkel and Oates signed a deal with HBO for a pilot for a series loosely based on their lives. Lindhome has described it as "Glee with dick jokes". Shortly afterward, HBO passed on the series. In August 2012, HBO posted webisodes on their website.
On April 10, 2013, IFC ordered their own pilot for Garfunkel and Oates, as part of the scripted development slate. On September 30, 2013, IFC officially placed an eight-episode series order on the series, executive produced by Jonathan Stern and Abominable Pictures. A few months later, Fred Savage signed on to executive produce and direct all season one episodes.
On June 2, 2014, IFC announced the series premiere date of August 7, 2014, at 10 pm ET/PT. IFC released the third episode online a week before the series premiere.
On March 3, 2015, IFC announced that the series was canceled after one season. In an interview, Riki Lindhome stated that the network "wanted to do another season but they needed it out by a certain date", which Lindhome could not meet due to commitments for another show on Comedy Central.
Episodes
Reception
The series received mostly positive reviews from television critics. On Metacritic, the first season was given a rating of 73 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described the series as "a gem of a little show." Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Lloyd noted that the first episode "is the weakest of the three I've seen," but "Things quickly improve, however, as the women get stranger and more idiosyncratic." Caroline Framke of The A.V. Club awarded the series with a "B−" grade, stating that the series was "promising" but also "struggling to find itself". She also picked up on the comparisons to Flight of the Conchords, noting that "both shows feature hapless heroes and smash cuts to surrealist musical interruptions. While Flight of the Conchords took pride in maintaining a quizzical distance from the audience, Garfunkel and Oates tries to bring us right into Lindhome and Micucci's world alongside them." Mike Hale of The New York Times compared the series to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, stating that "the Mary Tyler Moore connection is clear, and the desirable Riki and second banana Kate have a slight Mary-Rhoda correlation."
References
External links
Garfunkel & Oates at IMDb