This was a show that got cancelled too soon; a bit of stoner comedy that I really dug. The whole show has this heavy Thomas Pynchon vibe, from the Doc Sportello-like protagonist to the town that would nestle comfortably between Gordita Beach and Vineland in Pynchon's fictional California geography. Hell, the whole thing feels as if someone loosely adapted 'Vineland' into a cartoon series. It's mellow, it's meditative, each episode is like a Zen koan (I especially liked "Mushroom Valley", "Frog Flog", and "Shabzinzo"). If you're a fan of the Big Lebowski or Inherent Vice, and are looking for something in that vein, this is, at least for the moment, the best you're gonna get.
Review of Tarantula
