# What We Do In The Shadows - the tv series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721 "2019-03-29T17:58:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/81 "2019-05-09T13:12:01Z")
“I’m only listening to HALF his opinion!” ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/82 "2019-05-09T16:48:45Z")
Best show in years! Loved Pee-wee and Trejo in the episode. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/83 "2019-05-09T17:14:36Z")
When Danny Trejo started offering tech support I just about lost it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/84 "2019-05-09T19:24:39Z")
Evan Rachel Wood: “You don’t have to say my whole name. Just Evan–that’s fine.” (She was, of course, a vampire on _True Blood_.) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/85 "2019-05-09T21:48:12Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Evan Rachel Wood: “You don’t have to say my whole name. Just Evan–that’s fine.” (She was, of course, a vampire on _True Blood_.) And Pee-Wee—Paul Reubens—was a vampire in the movie _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_; while Danny Trejo was a vampire in _From Dusk Till Dawn_. In fact, every celeb cameo was by someone who’d played a vampire; per Slate: > [@](#): > > • Tilda Swinton (Only Lovers Left Alive) > • Danny Trejo (From Dusk Till Dawn) > • Paul Reubens (the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie) > • Evan Rachel Wood (True Blood) > • Wesley Snipes (the Blade movies), via Skype > • Clement, Waititi, and Jonny Brugh (the What We Do in the Shadows movie) > > …The council members also note the absent members who couldn’t make it to the meeting: “Kiefer” (Sutherland, of The Lost Boys), “Tom and Brad” (Cruise and Pitt, of Interview With the Vampire), and “Rob” (Pattinson, of you know). > **[What We Do in the Shadows Just Staged the Greatest Celebrity Vampire Reunion...](https://slate.com/culture/2019/05/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-cameos-vampire-tribunal.html)** > > That’s a lot of famous vamps. If you haven’t seen it, by the way, I highly recommend Paul Reubens’ death scene in the Buffy movie. Classic hamming that goes on longer than you’d think possible. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/86 "2019-05-10T00:05:13Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > In fact, every celeb cameo was by someone who’d played a vampire [Not quite _all_ of them](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bautista#Filmography). ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/87 "2019-05-10T21:59:47Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [Not quite _all_ of them](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bautista#Filmography). True–Bautista’s connection with show co-creator Taika Waititi is their mutual involvement in Marvel Universe movies. (That was in the article I linked, so I should have mentioned it in that post.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/88 "2019-05-10T22:17:16Z")
I love that Tilda and the rest were just playing themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/89 "2019-05-10T22:27:21Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I love that Tilda and the rest were just playing themselves. It was funny, and it was the perfect solution for a short (~20 minutes) show. They couldn’t have established characters–names, back-stories, etc.–for so many new people in the time they had. It kind of reminded me of the similar gag in _Men in Black_. But this worked on its own level. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Elliot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jane_elliot/32/6166_2.png) [@Jane\_Elliot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/90 "2019-05-11T13:33:33Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > And Pee-Wee—Paul Reubens—was a vampire in the movie _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_; while Danny Trejo was a vampire in _From Dusk Till Dawn_. In fact, every celeb cameo was by someone who’d played a vampire; per Slate: > > [What We Do in the Shadows just staged the greatest celebrity vampire reunion of all time.](https://slate.com/culture/2019/05/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-cameos-vampire-tribunal.html) > > If you haven’t seen it, by the way, I highly recommend Paul Reubens’ death scene in the Buffy movie. Classic hamming that goes on longer than you’d think possible. I didn’t get the ‘Rob’ connection and mentioned to my partner that it’s too bad “that Twilight dude” didn’t do a cameo. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/91 "2019-05-11T16:16:56Z")
Kristen Schaal (the gliding lady) wasn’t a vampire but she was in “Flight of the Conchords” with Jermaine Clement. If you aren’t hip to it, Clement, Waititi and Johnny Brugh were the vampires in the original movie and they revived the roles for this episode. This show is fantastic, it makes me laugh out loud!! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/92 "2019-05-11T23:48:31Z")
> [@Jane\_Elliot](#): > > I didn’t get the ‘Rob’ connection and mentioned to my partner that it’s too bad “that Twilight dude” didn’t do a cameo. For that matter, where was Barnabas Collins??? (Seriously, if they tried to represent all vampire-related stories, they would have needed to set the scene in a stadium.) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/93 "2019-05-13T14:18:15Z")
I had the last 2 episodes on my DVR and was finally able to watch them this weekend. I thought the episode where the Baron aka Barren wanted to go out on the town was one of the best so far. I laughed out loud so many times. Even my husband, who isn’t into that kind of comedy stopped as he walked by and got into it. Of course, I had to pause numerous times and explain things he wasn’t privy to. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/94 "2019-09-06T12:12:22Z")
Bump Just discovered this show! What a hoot! It’s up on Hulu now if anyone is interested. (I’m currious to know how they can afford all those cameos. lol) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/95 "2019-09-06T15:19:58Z")
If you like the show make sure you watch the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/96 "2019-09-06T17:53:11Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > (I’m currious to know how they can afford all those cameos. lol) I saw in an interview with one of the writers that they weren’t filmed together at the same time. They reached out to anybody who played vampires in film, filmed them separately, and then combined all in one scene. As for how they could afford to, I think there’s some actor union thing that covers what to charge for cameos that isn’t too cost-prohibitive. Some actors do cameos for free because it’s fun, and they happen to be in the neighborhood. Wesley Snipes didn’t come to the studio and did his cameo over Skype. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/97 "2020-04-16T00:31:27Z")
The show is back, tonight! FX (as before). It’s a 10-episode season. Matt Berry is a busy guy, what with this and _Year of the Rabbit_ (shown on IFC in the US). ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/98 "2020-04-16T13:59:49Z")
I know! I just stumbled across this last night because my DVR had recorded it. I loved the early episodes of season 1, but then it seemed to drag quite a bit until the final ep. I enjoyed S2E1, and chuckled a few times, and will certainly continue to watch. Hard to recapture that “freshness” of the early episodes, though. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/99 "2020-04-16T14:17:05Z")
Got it on the DVR last night but haven’t had time to watch it yet. The movie was awesome. Season 1 was very good. Crossing my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721/100 "2020-04-16T14:40:43Z")
The 3 vampires all having ghosts since they all technically died was interesting. Also Guillermo may ent up fully snapping, that could be fun. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721.md?page=6)