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Kidding

Created by Dave Holstein

2018–2020

Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's TV. But when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.

First aired
9 Sep 2018
Episode length
29 min
Country
United States
Language
English
Writers
Cody Heller, Dave Holstein, Dylan Tanous and 7 others
Cinematography
Christopher Soos
Editors
Franky Guttman, Tony Orcena
Executive producers
Dave Holstein, James Garavente, Jason Bateman and 6 others
Producer
Nicole Montez
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Seasons · 20 episodes

  • Season 1

    2018

    In season 1, Jeff begins to push back against the limits of the well-oiled machine that is Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time. Seb begins preparing the show for a life after Jeff. Deirdre grapples with her own personal and professional life issues.

  • Season 2

    2020

    Season two picks up moments after season one’s cliffhanger, and with his beloved Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time off the air for the first time in 30 years, Jeff Pickles must find a way to communicate with his many fans who still need him. Jeff creates a new and controversial method to talk directly to children across the world only to become the target of animosity for the first time in his career. As Jeff navigates the most complicated moral gray areas of his life, he discovers a new side of himself in a season full of music, magic, puppets and pathos.

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