BoJack Horseman’s Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

PRX

Arts

4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

BoJack Horseman, Netflix’s animated series about a washed-up ’90s sitcom star living in the Hollywood Hills, is beginning its fifth season. Its protagonist is half-horse, half-man, and its tone is half-jokes, half-existential-angst. That’s a study in contrasts that seems inexplicable—until you talk with the show’s creator, Raphael Bob-Waksberg.

Bob-Waksberg is about as introspective, funny and dark as you can be at the tender age of 34. In 2017, he talked with host Kurt Andersen about why so many people who go to Harvard are dummies, the genius of the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and the underappreciated poignancy of The Simpsons.

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0:00.0	from PRX.
0:07.0	This is Studio 360. I'm Kurt Anderson.
0:14.2	On this Studio 360 podcast Extra, I talk with Raphael Bob Waxberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman.
0:22.8	I tend to like my TV comedy the same way I do my coffee.
0:27.3	Pretty dark, but also a little sweet, which is why I'm a fan of BoJack Horseman,
0:34.0	the animated series on Netflix about a washed-up 90s sitcom star living in the Hollywood Hills.
0:39.3	Who is a horse?
0:40.3	This is my last chance to make people love me again.
0:43.3	If this goes out, everybody's going to see the real me.
0:45.3	Now, I spend a lot of time with the real me, and believe me, nobody's going to love that guy.
0:50.3	If you'll excuse me, I need to go take a shower, so I can't tell if I'm crying or not.
0:57.1	That is Will Arnett as the voice of BoJack.
1:03.3	His character, like most of the characters in the show, has an animal head on a humanoid body.
1:06.1	Bojack is a horse man.
1:08.7	The series' fifth season just debuted on Netflix.
1:11.9	And I'm fascinated by how it strikes this balance between edgy, existential themes and subjects
1:14.8	and goofy jokes.
1:17.4	Here to talk with me about that,
1:19.2	and much more is Raphael Bob Waxburg.
1:22.2	Welcome to Studio 360.
1:23.5	Hi, Kurt. How are you?
1:25.2	I'm well, and thank you so much for doing this.
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