One gets the sense, as 2018 dies a typically dismal suckgasm of a death, that the internet might soon be reaching Peak Jeff Goldblum. Is there a limit for our seemingly endless enjoyment of charming befuddlement, bizarre pauses, and twinkle-eyed mischief? How much jazz music are we expected to tolerate in the name of our celebrity crushes, huh?
And yet, it’s hard to deny that there’s something unflaggingly delightful about watching Goldblum just sort of riff on life, as he did in a recent installment of Pitchfork’s “Over/Under” video series. True to form, Goldblum uses the format’s “overrated/underrated” prompts less as a mandate, and more of a loose suggestion; between talking for a very long time about his feelings on the delicate beauty of the eyelash, and implying that he’s definitely fucked in a hot tub or two, it’s a real primer on Goldblum’s delightfully stammering worldview.
The most interesting bits, though, understandably come when the actor ventures into the field of his experiences with psychoactive substances. Although he’s a big fan of mescaline, Goldblum reveals he had a less fun time with acid, including an anecdote in which he calmly dumped a piece of pizza on the floor just to watch it fall, which is a very funny mental image, especially if you imagine he was in his Buckaroo Banzai cowboy outfit at the time.
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Strangely, “I dumped a piece of pizza on the floor just to watch it fall” was one of Johnny Cash’s rejected lyrics for Folsom Prison Blues.
“Folsom Junior College Blues”
Johnny Cash’s Folsom Junior College Blues Babies!
I’m about to drop something:[FARTS]
Are you wet or dry?
I’m watching it fall.
In between hot tub fuck stories does he mention why he’s still willing to work with Woody Allen?
Because he has a dog named Woody Allen and it’s the cutest little poodle you ever saw!
So when he drops acid he turns into a cat. Good to know.
Actually, any time you are watching Jeff Goldblum talk, you are watching Jeff Goldblum talk about dropping acid.
I dub Jeff Goldblum the Pretty Prince of Parties. Long may he reign.
Goldblum was so high on acid, he actually thought dinosaurs were chasing him.
Jeff Goldblum is such a great actor. He really is. To the point where he’s got this rehearsed eccentric public persona thing down to an instinct.
Andy Kaufman is jealous.
Why do you think it’s an act instead of him slightly modifying his real-life personality to play every single role he takes? It’s not like that hasn’t served a shit-ton of respected actors well over the years. Some people are just charming enough for that to work
I’m just taking the piss really, but I wish I’d gone with my other gag, which was about the irony of him doing a slow, Fly-esque transformation into Seth Brundle.
this fits, there are probably a dozen Goldblum movies i’ve watched on LSD.Body Snatchers, Big Chill, The Fly, Buckaroo Banzai and Earth Girls are Easy for sure….ok maybe only 5 or 6.
“Pitchfork’s “Over/Under” video series. True to form, Goldblum uses the format’s ‘overrated/underrated’ prompts less as a mandate, and more of a loose suggestion”So let me get this straight…Jeff Goldblum was underoverrated, Pitchfork was over under and I was under done?
I once watched a short that I think was called “Cary Grant meets Timothy Leary” or something like that, and Grant takes a shitload of liquid acid and goes completely bonkers. Hilarious.
“I am the authority of my own experience…” — everyone on the internet.
Thank you and God bless and keep Mr. Goldblum but only squares care about the details of celebrity acid trips
Acid for ten year old me was Tenspeed and Brown Show. 1980. Great.
Shoe.