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Danny McBride's Righteous Gemstones Trailer: John Goodman Runs a Hellish Family Business in HBO Satire
 

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Created by and starring Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals), the half-hour satire centers on the Gemstones, a world-famous televangelist family led by patriarch Eli (The Conners‘ John Goodman). McBride, Adam Devine (Workaholics) and Edi Patterson (Vice Principals) respectively co-star as Jesse, Kelvin and Judy, Eli’s three children.

Per the official synopsis, “the clan carries out a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work” — and, at the very least, the first two items on that list are on full display in the trailer above, with a side of sexism and sibling rivalry.

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Family Guy joke:

Chris is trying to learn to play a musical instrument, but it sounds awful.

Lois:  Chris you can’t play one note over and over.

Peter:  Yeah, you’re not Danny McBride.

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MMLEsq

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On 12/7/2020 at 1:41 AM, Jessi85 said:

HBO says it's been renewed, but I don't see anything about a premiere date.

https://www.hbo.com/the-righteous-gemstones

It's October 10, 2021, per the linked article***.  

https://releasedate.me/the-righteous-gemstones/#:~:text=Gemstones Season 2-,The Righteous Gemstones Season 2 Release,Trailer%2C Cast%2C Spoilers and News&text=HBO Channel revealed data about,back on October 10%2C 2021.

***I couldn't find anything else that stated an Oct. 2021 date, so I'd take this source with a grain of salt.  Although they do have a (supposed) schedule for the airing of episodes (2x01 on 10/10/21 through 2x09 on 12/5/21).

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High praise from Eric Roberts. “I've never been involved in a working situation, both in front and behind the camera, that was as much fun or as rewarding as Righteous Gemstones, and I mean that.”

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hbo-crave-righteous-gemstones-season-2-eric-roberts-john-goodman-danny-mcbride-televangelist-megachurch-203642329.html

It's always nice to catch him in a project of quality, giving a good performance, as he has in this show. There was a time when he looked like the next "great American actor" (Roger Ebert in 1986: "The movie industry does not know how he will turn out, but he holds the potential to be mentioned with Brando, De Niro, Hurt and the others who come surrounded with the aura of a special talent"). And it's easy enough to go back to his early films, King of the Gypsies, Raggedy Man, Star 80, and see it wasn't a mirage. In those days, he was even picky about the roles he would take. But his personal life took some dark turns, his acting got hammier and more mannered, and before long he was saying yes to everything, much of it straight-to-video garbage.

True, a lot of actors in their sixties would gladly trade places with someone who works all the time, has 600+ IMDb credits, and still gets supporting roles in films by Christopher Nolan and PT Anderson. But Roberts is an interesting "what might have been" case.

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5 hours ago, Popples said:

Baby Billy's Elixir Promo

 

Yes, I legit freeze framed and slo-mo-ed to catch all the side effects they fly through:

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On 7/27/2023 at 11:44 AM, aghst said:

I think East Bound and Down and Vice Principals were only 2 seasons each.

Wonder what made McBride really go for twice as many seasons this time around.

Eastbound and Down was 4.

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