The World According to Jeff Goldblum

I've always loved Jeff Goldblum's quirky sense of humor and he does a great job on this show. It might sound like just another show about random stuff but the way he hosts it and talks to people is really well done. I found myself actually interested in sneakers (which I'm not, normally) and I especially enjoyed the tattoo episode.Jeff is just so charming and he makes anything seem interesting. He also engaged with people; he was playing basketball in the sneaker episode, rowing an outrigger in Hawaii and actually doing part of a tattoo in the tattoo episode. His enthusiasm is contagious, and makes it all more interesting. I'm looking forward to future episodes.

I was excited about The World According to Jeff Goldblum from the first time I heard about it at D23 Expo and when it came to it actually being released, it provided a unique and hilarious viewpoint from Jeff Goldblum on different topics such as Ice Cream and Sneakers. From a TV series from National Geographic, I am highly impressed and not only does this show provide humor and that documentary-vibe type of show, The World According To Jeff Goldblum is pure perfection and is worth watching every single episode.

This show isn't bad, it's just very average. As a Jeff Goldblum fan I expected a clever, deep and quirky look at topics, instead I got a quirky look into topics with a bit of added quirkiness. This is not a deep dive, focussing primarily on closeups of Jeff Goldblum touching his and other people's faces. The producers don't want anything to distract from his strangeness and as a result, even that strangeness comes across as forced and contrived. It's not that the show is unwatchable, it's just so superficial it is hard to really recommend it. Watch one episode and you've watched them all.

It is a fun show to watch, very entertaining, but the title IMHO is incorrect. The show should be called 'The United States According the Jeff Goldblum'. The episodes, are all centered around what the topic implicates in the US and not worldwide. E.g. when I think of coffee, the first thing that comes to mind, is Italian, French or Austrian coffee culture, but not coffee made by cowboys. Don't get me wrong, as stated above I found all episodes amusing but the title just does not seem right.

Jeff has a personality that you either love or hate. I'm on the side of appreciating his quirks and qualities. He's passionate, enthusiastic, funny and charming and having him explore some of the cultural artifacts in our modern world is both interesting and entertaining. Each episode explores a relevant cultural topic and Jeff educates us with his hilariously quirky but surprisingly down to earth point-of-view.