Jeff Goldblum is enamored by magic in this exclusive clip from The World According To Jeff Goldblum
Season two of the Disney Plus/National Geographic docuseries will premiere on November 12
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It’s delightful to observe Jeff Goldblum exploring various interests—from sneakers and gaming to cosmetics and denim—in the Disney+ and National Geographic documentary series, The World According To Jeff Goldblum. The actor’s natural enthusiasm radiates through the screen in every episode. Goldblum is the ideal host for a series like this one. It’s as fascinating to learn about the show’s various topics as it is to witness his own excitement. The first season debuted along with the launch of Disney Plus, which has since expanded to include a whole lot of Star Wars and Marvel shows.
It’s almost time for season two, so the A.V. Club is premiering this exclusive clip from the second season episode, “Magic,” in which Goldblum tries to understand how the brain perceives and falsely believes magic tricks. To help him along, magicians Penn and Teller perform the classic maneuver of the ball in the cup. The goal is to analyze the sleight of hand, but more so to figure out how the mind of the viewer gets distracted.
Goldblum sees the duo do the trick in a couple of different ways as the illusionists explain their moves. He even gets help from doctors, who, with some nifty tech glasses, study how Goldblum’s brain took in Penn and Teller’s trick. Throughout the scene, the actor is sufficiently wowed by everything that is happening around him. In the episode, he will also meet with viral magician and filmmaker Zach King, understand how different cultures interpret magic, and what it says about our deepest selves.
Season two of The World According To Jeff Goldblum will explore his interests ranging from magic, fireworks, monsters, dancing, and best of all, dogs. Developed by Nat Geo, the docuseries consists of 10 episodes per season. The first five episodes of season two will premiere on November 12 on Disney+. You can watch the full trailer below:
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Yeah, I’m sure Jeff Goldblum’s world is a truly magical place.
Have you seen that motorcycle he rode in Nashville? I mean come on!
do you guys think I was being sarcastic?
Well, naturally. This is the AV Club!
Do you even know anymore…maaan?
Yeah, I’m sure Jeff Goldblum’s world is a truly magical place First time I saw him was in Nashville, where, yeah, all he did was ride that cool motorcycle and do magic tricks. Then, in the little-seen Between the Lines – 1977 I think- he became one of my favorite actors and I’ve never had cause to change my mind on that.
Old movie trailers sure were weird.
“Jeff Goldblum is the cycle freak who’s everywhere the action is”
Also let it be said that Penn and Teller are national fucking treasures.Their show on CW is a brilliant little thing.
Agreed. The look on Teller’s face when he’s truly surprised is priceless.
Except for that time on ‘Bullshit’ when they argued that restaurant smoking bans were bullshit.
‘If people don’t want to be around cigarette smoke, don’t go where people are smoking!’ I kid you not.
I can’t think of any truly gifted people, or any people in general, who don’t have at least some ideas I disagree strongly with. Whether it’s politics or policy, science or history, none of us are on the exact same page.
Penn had this nasty streak of libertarianism going for a decade. Fortunately he appears to have grown out of it unscathed, unlike many in the same “skeptic” circles.
You can’t convince me that wasn’t Nadja from WWDITS in disguise. I want to hear her call him “Jesk”.
You can’t convince me Nadja isn’t Noel Fielding moonlighting after GBBO filming.
I enjoyed the first season. Goldblum is able to make even the most mediocre subject matter entertaining.
In your world it is but a baseball; in Goldblum’s World it is an orb of infinite possibilities.
Goldblum, uh…finds a way.
You’re damn right He does!
There’s a logo that Disney+ uses, with images of (if I remember correctly) Elsa from Frozen, Elasti-girl from The Incredibles, Iron Man, Darth Vader, and .. Jeff Goldblum. Which is cool as hell. Basically they’re announcing: “we have Disney movies, we have Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and Jeff Goldblum!”
“Just throw ‘em all in there! People are bound to like one of ‘em!
The real magic is how Goldblum is able to achieve maximum Goldblum without it making you sick of all the Goldbluming he’s doing.
Sorry, I lost Jeff Goldblum in the Marriage. I went from neutral to never (except for in the MCU).
I wonder if Jeff Goldblum is tired of playing ‘Jeff Goldblum.’