The Sound of Young America: Jonathan Ames, Creator of Bored to Death

Episode 140

20th September 2010

Jonathan Ames is an acclaimed essayist and novelist. He’s also the creator of the HBO series Bored to Death, which returns with its second season this month.

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Jonathan Ames is an acclaimed essayist and novelist. He’s also the creator of the HBO series Bored to Death, which returns with its second season on September 26th. The show stars Jason Schwartzman as a struggling writer named Jonathan Ames who decides to supplement his income by moonlighting as a detective. His closest compatriots are Ted Danson, as a marijuana-obsessed magazine editor and past TSOYA guest Zach Galifianakis as a sad-sack comic artist.

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