Fun Trailer for Stop Motion Puppets NPR Office Series ‘In The Know’
by Alex Billington
January 5, 2024
Source: YouTube
“On air!” Peacock has revealed an official trailer for a streaming series debuting later in January called In The Know, a fun riff on NPR office life. It’s co-created by Brandon Gardner, Zach Woods, and comedy mastermind Mike Judge (known for Office Space, Idiocracy, “Beavis & Butt-Head”, “Silicon Valley”). This public radio parody follows the making of NPR’s fictional “third most popular host” Lauren Caspian’s radio program, where he conducts in-depth interviews with special guests – including Kaia Gerber, Ken Burns, Finn Wolfhard, Norah Jones, Mike Tyson, Hugh Laurie, Jorge Masvisdal, and more. “He’s a well-meaning, hypocritical nimrod, just like you and me. He’s also a stop motion puppet.” The show features stop-motion animation from ShadowMachine (the same place that also made Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio) and a voice cast featuring Zach Woods as Lauren, Charlie Bushnell, J. Smith-Cameron, Mike Judge, Caitlin Reilly, & Carl Tart. The cleverest part are the interviews with real people spliced with all the other antics.
Here’s the first official trailer for Hulu’s stop-motion series In The Know, direct from Hulu’s YouTube:
In the Know is set in the office of a radio show of the same name, hosted by Lauren Caspian (Zach Woods), public radio’s third most popular host. He’s a well-meaning, hypocritical nimrod, just like you & me. He’s also a stop-motion puppet. Each episode follows the making of In the Know, in which Lauren conducts in-depth interviews with real-world human guests. Lauren collaborates with a diverse crew of NPR staff, including co-executive producer Barb (J. Smith-Cameron), and intern Chase (Charlie Bushnell). They are also puppets and nimrods. In The Know is an animated series co-created by Brandon Gardner, Mike Judge, and Zach Woods. Woods & Gardner are co-showrunners. With writing by Ronnie Adrian, Emmy Blotnick, Jen Chuck, Billy Domineau, Julia Lindon, Collier Meyerson, Emman Sadorra. It’s also directed by Woods & Gardner. Animated by ShadowMachine. Produced by Melanie Coombs. Executive produced by Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Greg Daniels, Dustin Davis, Brandon Gardner, Mike Judge, Zach Woods. Peacock debuts the In The Know animated series streaming on Peacock on January 25th, 2024.
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