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[RatskyWatsky]

Cinemax is back with their first/new series in over a year - 'Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus', which premieres Friday, September 22 at 10/9c - a new animated comedy about the world of country music from comedy maven Mike Judge!

Marking a return to his roots in animation and as a musician, Mike Judge ("King of the Hill"; "Beavis and Butt-Head"; "Silicon Valley") co-created, narrates and serves as an executive producer on the series, which recounts the raucous adventures of these musicians, as told by those who knew them best. 'Tales from the Tour Bus' kicks off with an episode devoted to Johnny Paycheck, followed by episodes about Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones and Tammy Wynette (two parts), Billy Joe Shaver, Waylon Jennings (two parts) and Blaze Foley.

'Tales from the Tour Bus' features animated interviews with former bandmates, friends and other erstwhile associates, who share uncensored anecdotes about the exploits of these artists, brought to life by animated reenactments, woven together with live-action archival performance footage and photos.

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Reviews

Highly addictive, strangely thrilling little series. (Eight episodes are too few; may I have some more?) Fun's fun, but Judge does not forget the considerable art that makes these performers worth discussing in the first place

At its core, Tales From the Tour Bus is a very simple show: Its primary objective is to honor these fascinating individuals by sharing their stories with a wider audience. That could've been done without the animation, but Judge, as a storyteller himself, maximizes his potential audience by infusing sly humor into every visual inch of the show.

[Mike Judge] mines storytelling gold from the people who grew up with and performed alongside a number of country music legends, resulting in a wholly engaging series that even non-country fans should love.

L+SD Ratings

Episode 1 - 68K
Episode 2 - 69K
Episode 3 - 55K

 

[disappeared]

Oh this sounds too good.

 

[Shauni]

Um, I dug the idea until getting to it being about real musicians to be honest. I'd rather have a fictional story about crazy musicians on the road

 

[Ross61]

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[RatskyWatsky]

Now that the first season is done, he's considering expanding Tales From the Tour Bus to tackle hip-hop and heavy metal in the future. "I think the next one would be the beginning of gangster rap," says Judge, a friend of the Geto Boys. "Seeing the N.W.A movie, which was great, I know that there's a lot of other amazing stories that I've heard firsthand that I think are really fascinating. I would love to do that next."

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[Discotheque]

Um, I dug the idea until getting to it being about real musicians to be honest. I'd rather have a fictional story about crazy musicians on the road

Yeah. Either way I'm in for a new mike judge animated show tho

 

[Dog Problems]

Really excited for this.

And speaking of his work with country music, I love that music video he did for Zac Brown Band.

 

[Ross61]

Um, I dug the idea until getting to it being about real musicians to be honest. I'd rather have a fictional story about crazy musicians on the road

Why when the a whole bunch of crazy shit that already happens with musicians.

 

[1upsuper]

It's a Mike Judge cartoon so I'm in.

 

[TripOpt55]

It doesn't sound like something I'd like based on the premise, but I usually like Mike Judge stuff so I will give it a try.

 

[Shauni]

Why when the a whole bunch of crazy shit that already happens with musicians.

Eh, I'd rather have a singular cast and narrative with its own voice loosely based on real life stuff than stand alone one off things based directly on real life events

 

[smuf]

I'm in for anything Mike Judge does.

 

[Ross61]

Eh, I'd rather have a singular cast and narrative with its own voice loosely based on real life stuff than stand alone one off things based directly on real life events

Weird but to each his own lol

 

[Shauni]

Weird but to each his own lol

I mean, what's weird about it lol. Unless you just don't like fiction, which is fair I guess.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

It's weird how it's only partially animated. Not what I was expecting.

But I thought it was interesting. Will tune in to episode 2.

 

[Ross61]

I mean, what's weird about it lol. Unless you just don't like fiction, which is fair I guess.

With a wealth of weird and crazy shit that happens to musicians, why would I need stand in's mimicking the real life events?

 

[Shauni]

It's weird how it's only partially animated. Not what I was expecting.

But I thought it was interesting. Will tune in to episode 2.

Only partially? Eh, yeah, I'll still check it out but that kind of inflates my interest more

With a wealth of weird and crazy shit that happens to musicians, why would I need stand in's mimicking the real life events?

If you're only interested in disconnected and unrelated stories, I guess sure? But if you want something with consistent stories, narrative and character development, a bunch of real life interviews with no narrative connection doesn't really feed that. There's nothing wrong with the idea, just I'm more into the former.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Um, I dug the idea until getting to it being about real musicians to be honest. I'd rather have a fictional story about crazy musicians on the road

In the middle of discussing a gunfight that a guy named Johnny Paycheck got into, the interview subjects turn to claiming that turtles have dicks in their tails and one of them announces "I've fucked every kind of animal you can imagine except a turtle, and I've tried." This is not a case where fiction is going to be any crazier than truth.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

I wish each episode was a bit more substantial, biography wise. The anecdotes are fun but most of the episodes feel a little incomplete by the end.

 

[Aureon]

In the middle of discussing a gunfight that a guy named Johnny Paycheck got into, the interview subjects turn to claiming that turtles have dicks in their tails and one of them announces "I've fucked every kind of animal you can imagine except a turtle, and I've tried." This is not a case where fiction is going to be any crazier than truth.

Was just what i was gonna post, lol.

Music stars doing crazy shit doesn't need imbellishment. If any, it'll need a bit of hiding.