John Hunchman (John Hodgman), left, and David Purefoy (David Rees), proper, in "Dicktown."
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Comic John Hodgman turned to some ’80s reveals for his animated collection “Dicktown,” about a former boy detective who’s now approaching center age.
“[Co-creator David Rees] and I had been already speaking about, ‘Don’t you like Eighties detective reveals,” Hodgman, 50, informed The Submit. “Notably the goofy glamorous ones like ‘Simon & Simon’ and ‘Riptide.’ We had this concept of those two characters dwelling on a houseboat and fixing enjoyable and glamorous mysteries. However then it turned very clear that that was not in our private nature. So we made up two unhappy guys as an alternative, fixing actually small city mysteries.”
“Dicktown” (Thursdays at 10 p.m. on FXX and on Hulu) follows John Hunchman (voiced by Hodgman), who lives in Richardsville, N.C. – often known as “Dicktown” to the locals (therefore the present’s title). John, who’s pushing 40, continues to be fixing low-stakes mysteries for teenagers resembling stolen cheese recipes and rogue highschool mascots. His solely pal is his driver, muscle, and former faculty bully David Purefoy (Rees).
The present first aired in 2020 as a part of the FXX anthology collection “Cake” however that is its premiere as its personal standalone collection.
“It was my thought to have my character, John Hunchman, be a former boy detective of some renown, like an Encyclopedia Brown,” stated Hodgman, who’s additionally recognized for “The Each day Present with Jon Stewart,” “Parks and Recreation” and “The Tick.”
“And David’s character can be my former arch-nemesis from highschool who has failed to depart city. It was David’s concept that Hunchman must be persevering with to unravel mysteries for youngsters, since that’s how he received his massive begin. And now he’s nonetheless caught on this city, working for youngsters, which is essentially the most humiliating factor you possibly can probably think about. There’s a lot generational humor to play off of there.”
Though the principle characters share their names with the collection creators, they aren’t direct stand-ins, Hodgman stated.
“John Hunchman is a model of me gone incorrect,” he stated. “John Hunchman was a bizarre solely little one who saved his personal firm and was obsessive about info and browse encyclopedias all day. There may be some similarity to my background, there. However I’m fortunate that I've people in my life – one among whom I'm now married to – who, through the years, have helped me develop into an entire human being who can work together with others and never discover such confrontations to be terrifying. So, fortunately, I’ve been in a position to develop in ways in which Hunchman couldn’t.
“And David Purefoy is David Rees as properly – he can be the primary to let you know that he didn’t know he was a bully in highschool; he would casually decide on folks and assume it was all in good enjoyable, and later discover out at highschool reunions that they hated it. This can be a one who was bully, however by no means meant to be and is attempting to make up for it – possibly even by hanging out with John Hunchman, essentially the most bully-able individual there may be.”
Among the many visitor stars lending their voices to “Dicktown” are Amy Sedaris and Jamie Lee Curtis, and the latter was notably thrilling for Hodgman.
“To work together with her was a dream come true,” he stated. “Not a nightmare — only a scary dream, an intimidating dream.”
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