Are You Couch-Coasting This Weekend?

The weekend is here, and so is the cold weather, which means sitting on your couch from approximately 7 PM tonight until 11:59 PM Sunday evening is looking like the best itinerary your datebook has seen since “grandma’s bachelorette party” was etched in ink.

Movies are great, but sometimes attention spans are short (not to mention the need for multiple pee breaks and constant pausing to answer the door for the 8th Seamless delivery of the day, which can ruin a 3-hour musical tragedy). So instead, behold, three TV shows for you to binge-watch on Hulu, Netflix, On Demand, through your neighbor’s window or via real time programming should you never actually leave the couch once Monday starts either.

(#1st3commentersget2borrowmyNetflixpassword – JK)

Nathan For You (Comedy Central)

Nathan Fielder is a comedic genius who, in his own words, “graduated from one of Canada’s top business schools with really good grades” and is now using his knowledge to “help struggling small business owners make it in this competitive world.” Each 22 minute episode revolves around Borat-type situations in which Nathan plays an off-kilter version of himself. He approaches struggling business owners with his dumb (yet ingenious) ideas in the hope of improving their sales.

In season 2’s “Dumb Starbucks” episode, Nathan convinces the owner of a struggling independent coffee shop to parody the mammoth coffee chain in order to increase sales. Dumb Starbucks made local and national news headlines, unbeknownst to those reporting that Nathan Fielder had been behind the whole thing. Nathan For You has been renewed for a third season, and seasons one and two are available on Amazon Prime  for your binging pleasure.

Transparent (Amazon Prime)

Transparent is an Amazon Prime original series starring super talents Jeffrey Tambour and Gaby Hoffmann. A quirky LA family must learn to deal with their father (Jeffrey Tambour) as he transitions from male to female. I won’t say too much, other than that this show is touching, funny and uncomfortable in all the right places.

Bojack Horseman (Netflix)

Netflix can now add “animated satire of Hollywood” to its list of conquests. The show’s eponymous star is a former beloved sitcom actor who’s still reeling over the cancellation of his show, Horsin’ Around, over ten years ago. And yes, he is half horse, half man. He’s also oddly attractive despite his animal torso and fondness for breakfast foods that include vodka and tranquilizers.

If you experience random pangs of longing for Daria, than Bojack Horseman is the show for you.

Now, super important because I am blazing through these: what are you watching?