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- Peacock
- Jan 25, 2024
- Peacock
- Jan 25, 2024
Summary NPR host Lauren Caspian (voiced by Zach Woods) and his staff interview real-life humans in the stop-motion animated puppet comedy created by Woods, Mike Judge and Brandon Gardner.
Created By: Brandon Gardner, Mike Judge, Zach Woods
- Peacock
- Jan 25, 2024
- Peacock
- Jan 25, 2024
Summary NPR host Lauren Caspian (voiced by Zach Woods) and his staff interview real-life humans in the stop-motion animated puppet comedy created by Woods, Mike Judge and Brandon Gardner.
Created By: Brandon Gardner, Mike Judge, Zach Woods
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
4 Reviews
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43% Mixed
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0% Negative
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In The Know is a quirky, funny series that works on a few different levels, and it effectively combines animation and live action.
There ought to be a second season of "In the Know," even if the jokes are a bit inside-baseball and the self-worship of Lauren requires tolerance even at his most pathetically funny.
Despite rocky beginnings and a live-action gimmick that doesn’t feel fully justified, In the Know brims with promise.
The results are naughtier than your typical Terry Gross interview, though not by that much. The pacing remains relaxed and the tone relatively chill, even as Lauren freaks out about his “passive sperm” or suffers Veep-worthy insults like “This guy looks like the stork who brings miscarriages.” Across much of the season’s six half-hours, this muted quality is both a bug and a feature.
“In the Know,” packed with good writing and performers, could be a great show if it wanted to. More interesting subjects in and around NPR are there for the mocking. The question is whether the creators want to keep hitting soft targets—or whether, as Butt-Head once put it, they “just came here to break stuff.
Manifesting the aggressive self-satisfaction that’s latent in so much of public radio is not necessarily a project that will have meaning or interest for a large audience. But all things considered, “In the Know” is pretty funny.
Lauren irritates in the way any other self-absorbed, supercilious boss who overtaxes his co-workers would. Thankfully, In the Know’s supporting cast provides a refreshing counterpoint.
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