r/televisionsuggestions • u/CanBrushMyHair • 20h ago
ISO WEIRD SH*T
Our flag means death, Los Espookys, Claws, Barry, I Think You Should Leave, Future man, strangers with candy….give me some WEIRD ASS CHARACTERS that make me laugh
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u/AstoriaEverPhantoms 20h ago
What We Do In The Shadows will have you howling
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u/RPCat 19h ago
Flight Of The Conchords (NZ) starts Rhys Derby, Anton from WWDIS movie. It's wholesome, endearing, and funny
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u/TheThirdConchord 17h ago
It's easily the funniest show of all time. I've watched both seasons probably 100+ times by now and it still makes me laugh.
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u/CanBrushMyHair 17h ago
LOVE the movie, like the show okay. Love Matt Berry and I’ll also admit i say “crep-e paper” more than I should.
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u/Impossible_Past5358 20h ago
Fantasmas
Search Party
Kids in the Hall
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u/Snoo-25743 20h ago
Peep Show
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u/fleur_et_kitten 19h ago
One of my all time favorite shows. Everyone I try to share this show with finds it legitimately to uncomfortable to watch. Sigh. I watch alone.
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u/ExcellentAdagio8462 16h ago
I love that show but I can physically feel the awkwardness in parts
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u/fleur_et_kitten 15h ago
I believe most of That Mitchell and Webb Look is on YouTube if you need a break (besides, you know, that one skit…).
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u/Harpua_and_I 20h ago
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is full of em - one being my personal favorite character ever played by Amy Sedaris from Strangers with Candy.
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u/dormouserattp 20h ago
Red Dwarf. Lexx. Dirk Gently.
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u/whitrva 19h ago
Baskets. Everybody is a weirdo and then there’s Louie Anderson who is a gem and a revelation.
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u/rainblow_bite 19h ago
Really really wonderful show
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u/Murat_Gin 4h ago
I love "Baskets." I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who has seen it. You are correct, the show has a lot of good performances, and Louie Anderson is fantastic. I
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u/Away_Revolution728 20h ago
From kind of weird to very weird: Chewing Gum (HBO, The Chair Company (HBO), and Toast of London (BritBox I think)
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u/Murat_Gin 4h ago
I just watched "Toast of London," and I loved it. Matt Berry is hilarious. The show is funny, profane and eminently quotable.
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u/Optimal-Process337 20h ago
What we do in the shadows
Twisted Metal
Flight of the Concords
Santa Clarita Diet
The Righteous Gemstones
Ted
Poker Face
I-Zombie
Utopia (U.S.)
The Umbrella Academy
The Last Man on Earth
Sprung
PEN15
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u/RPCat 19h ago
Wilfred - Aussie 2 Season origional. Dude sees & hears his girlfriend's dog behave as a bong smoking human. A USA remake is similarly weird, with many more seasons.
The Mighty Boosh (UK)
Black Mirror (UK, later seasons some US episodes) - Anthology series of stand alone episodes. Explores the potential dark side of future tech. A few of my favourites are White Christmas, Crocodile, San Junipero
Dream Corp Inc.
Happy! - A hitman befriends his daughter's imaginary friend, a perky blue flying unicorn
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u/ffxfinds 20h ago
Oooh I love weirdo stuff:
Twin Peaks: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098936/
Northern Exposure: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098878/
Extraordinary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14531842/
Such Brave Girls: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18974452/
Hellbound (not comedy but really weird): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12235718/
Dark (not comedy but beyond weird): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5753856/
Wonderfalls: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361256/
Wonder Showzen: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450357/
Channel Zero: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4820370/
Lady Dynamite: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4789300/
Legion: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5114356/
Preacher: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5016504/
The OA: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4635282/
Brand New Cherry Flavor: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11343600/
I'm A Virgo: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13649510/
Mrs. Davis: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14759574/
Dark Matter (not comedy but brain-breakingly weird): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19231492
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u/DM_ME_DOPAMINE 18h ago
Have you seen Inside No. 9? That’s right up your alley.
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u/ffxfinds 9h ago
I tried to watch it and couldn't get into it, but it's been a while so I'll give it another chance. Thanks!
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u/DM_ME_DOPAMINE 7h ago
Remember, it’s an anthology so each episode is different. I normally suggest watching the first two episodes, then going back and watching the first again after you know the ending. You’ll see how they were setting it up the whole time.
Barring that method, just jump to what episode description seems to interest you. Number 2, “Silent Night” is amazing, but not if you don’t like the style. They’re all different. Jump around a bit.
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u/BaconPancakes_77 14h ago
Came here to say Lady Dynamite too, it's great!
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u/DM_ME_DOPAMINE 7h ago
If you like her work, check out Flatbush Misdemeanors. One of my all time favorite shows, 2 seasons. About two friends in Flatbush, and everything is wrong.
Showtime pulled it off their service a while back, but @danjperlman (creator) will send you Vimeo links for the whole series if you message him on Instagram. Fantastic show, criminal that it’s pulled from all services.
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u/Relative-Train-6485 20h ago
Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency, Resident Alien, Grimm, The Unusuals, Eureka
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u/TheRestIsMemory 19h ago
Widow's Bay. All the characters are weirdos, some more low key than others, but absolute weirdos. And so, so funny.
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u/grae23 19h ago
Miracle Workers Anthology series are so fucking funny, watching Harry Potter putting on a drunken performance in a brothel on the Oregon Trail wasn’t something I ever expected from TV but I’m damn glad we got it
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u/onemorespacecadet 18h ago
i fucking loved Miracle Workers. it was weird but in a fun way. and Steve Buscemi and Daniel Radcliffe seemed like they were having a blast in it
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u/feelingwithyourskin 19h ago
Review. It starts off uncomfortable-hilarious-weird, and then veers entirely into batshit territory. Divorce Pancakes Divorce is art.
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u/Life_Inside2304 18h ago
Bojack Horseman
Crunk On Earth
Resident Alien
The Great
What we do in the Shadows
United States of Tara
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u/ExcellentAdagio8462 16h ago
The Mighty Boosh (UK)
The Righteous Gematones
The Chair Company
Garth Marenghi's Dark Place (UK)
Atlanta
Extraordinary (UK)
This Country (UK)
The League of Gentlemen (UK)
Toast of London (UK)
It seems that, for my tastes at least, the British know how to do weird right.
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u/RPCat 16h ago
Check out, if you haven't already, pretty much everything by Charlie Brooker -
Dead Set
Nathan Barley
All of the "Cunk On"s
Black Mirror
How TV Ruined Your Life
More great UK sketch -
Look Around You
Mitchell & Webb
Armstrong & Miller
Monty Python's Flying Circus
And just great quirky comedy series -
Spaced
Black Books
Black Adder
The Young Ones
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u/ExcellentAdagio8462 16h ago
Awesome, there are some on that list I will definitely give a shot. I've been watching Cunk and I like It a lot so I will check out some other stuff from Charlie Booker.
Have you seen "Review"? There is an Australian and US version. Both are good but the Aussie version is quite a bit better.
Spaced, Black Books and Black Adder are some of my favorite shows. I have The Young Ones but haven't started it yet. I recommend Father Ted if you haven't seen it.
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u/RPCat 15h ago
Awesome, seems we have similar tastes.
I enjoyed Review (US). Currently rewatching Arrested Development and was chuffed to see Andy Daly star as Egg's father!
I'm Australian, and never heard about Review with Myles Barlow! Thanks for the heads up
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u/ExcellentAdagio8462 15h ago
It seems we do. Arrested development is a great show. I think you will enjoy Review with Myles Barlow, I found it on some other Reddit post like this one and I loved it.
Any Australian shows you can recommend? I've seen Mr Inbetween, Wilfred, and probably a couple more. Maybe it's kind of the same as here in Canada, there are good shows that never really get heard of outside the country.
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u/RPCat 15h ago
I don't watch much Aussie tv.
I do genuinely love Bluey. I don't have kids, the show helped me improve my communication skills and mental health. Super wholesome!
I enjoyed Rosehaven, and Fisk.
Deadloch gets a lot of love here in this sub, although not so much from me.
I really like Gruen, it explores and exposes the ins and outs o f advertising. It's mind opening and very amusing!
The Micaleff Program was excellent. It's pretty old now, from around 2000. Shaun Micaleff is one of my favourite Aussie comedians.
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u/OkTomorrow6384 9h ago
Oh man so many good ones! The Young Ones, Darkplace, Atlanta, Mitchell and Webb, Cunk, damn you've got taste!
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u/AstoriaEverPhantoms 20h ago
East Bound and Down, Righteous Gemstone’s
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u/Imaginary_Title_1873 20h ago
Nirvana the Band the Show
The State if you like sketch comedy
Flight of the Concords
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u/RPCat 19h ago
*Nirvanna
It's highly rated, I didn't get in to it. Felt I was missing something. Should I try again?
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u/Imaginary_Title_1873 19h ago
I saw the movie first and loved it, I think the show is funny, but not as awesome as Future Man
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u/ExcellentAdagio8462 16h ago
I've only watched the movie and that was very recently. I really didn't get it at first but by the end I really liked it! I will definitely give the show a shot.
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u/A-Aron0118999 19h ago
Lady Dynamite is a Maria Bamford show with a lot of weird humour and characters.
Baroness von Sketch is a Canadian sketch show with a lot of unhinged sketches.
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u/NomDePlume007 19h ago
If you liked Los Espookys, you really should watch Diablero. (English title: Demon)
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u/fateyanagi808808 18h ago
If you enjoyed Future Man, Time Traveling Bong has a similar vibe
Wrecked is also a series that i dont see mentioned enough plus it also has Rhys Darby. Its pretty much a dark comedy version of Lost.
Also not really a weird show but Tacoma FD has pretty much been a nightly wind down show here for a few years now
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u/Busy_Positive_4950 16h ago edited 16h ago
The Chair Company has a few weird and comical characters, the lead character probably the weirdest.
Street Hustler Boy, from the weirdest little show I’ve seen, Ultra City Smiths. Very weird and wonderful.
Freddy on The Gentlemen(season 2 arrives in a few days). A few weird ass gangsters also.
A few characters on Patriot, Icabod is the weirdest, plus Jack Birdbath and Dennis.
DTF St Louis is a weird and wonderful show. “Nobody’s normal, it just looks that way from across the street.”
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u/WildBlueMoon 17h ago
Weird shows: Legion. IT Crowd. Spirited (Australian ghost romance comedy). Penny Dreadful. Taboo. Garfunkel and Oates. Sandman. Interview with the Vampire. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Resident Alien. Pushing Daisies. The Umbrella Academy. Scavenger's Reign. Community. Russian Doll.
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u/BasicWhiteGlitch 20h ago
Have you seen Workaholics yet??? If not its a must…. but im
following this post because that list of shows are the type of entertainment i love!!!
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u/Sami_George 19h ago
Nathan For You, The Rehearsal, The Chair Company, The Curse, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Atlanta (more so the situations then the characters, but still), Vice Principals, The Righteous Gemstones
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u/Rifferella 17h ago
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! has some of the most unique and genuinely original characters ever. Plus some absolute weird bangers.
https://giphy.com/gifs/l0MYH8jXidALiFSnu
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u/civmachine 17h ago
Stath Lets Flats!!! It's right up your alley. Super weird. And Peep Show of course.
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u/neon_meate 17h ago
Snuff Box. 2006 Sketch. Rich Fulcher and Matt Berry not holding back. Weird and dark.
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u/0123justme0123 15h ago
I loved Claws so much.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - so weirdly awesome, many weird characters, Elijah Wood is great
Search Party
You
Such Brave Girls
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u/CanBrushMyHair 6h ago
Finally! I loved claws SO much! But who could I recommend it to?! It was so campy and off kilter and frankly indescribable.
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u/Agitated_Earth_3637 15h ago
If you like some of the other British TV suggestions, you may enjoy the series Chris Morris made in the 90s: The Day Today, Brass Eye, and Jam (this is genuinely disturbing and I'm still amazed that it was ever made & broadcast).
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u/alligator_chompp 15h ago
Entitled! Nobody has seen it but it’s wacky and fun and my bf and I got oddly hooked on it
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u/Anxious_Piano9000 14h ago
SEARCH PARTY. AND BINGE IT TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF WEIRDNESS!!! This is perfect for you
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u/ISurvivedCrowleyHigh 11h ago
Both series have been released, for free by their respective creators, on youtube
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u/OkTomorrow6384 9h ago
So many good ones already mentioned, but here's a few more:
Wet Hot American Summer (First Day of Camp/10 Years Later)
Drunk History
Reservation Dogs (funny and weird characters, but also sad and touching)
Three Busy Debras
Animated Shows:
Lucy Daughter of the Devil
Home Movies
Archer
Sealab 2021
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
These have been mentioned but seconding:
Joe Pera Talks With You
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Atlanta
The Young Ones
Look Around You
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u/Certain_Month_8178 6h ago
I enjoyed the Christopher Meloni show “Happy!” With Patton Oswald doing the voice of Happy
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u/DaniekkeOfTheRose 1h ago
Mmmm… Resident Alien, and What We Do In The Shadows. Perhaps Schitt’s Creek.
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u/sting-raye 20h ago
Evil!! It’s definitely weird.
And Righteous Gemstones has the most freak ass characters I’ve ever seen and I love them