To examine Matt and Jay’s sketch comedy efforts with Nirvanna the Band the Show is uniquely generational. It all started, as all anachronistic experimental comedy should, on the internet. 2007-2009 was the premiere of their unique blend of mockumentary, pop-culture love letter, and sitcom titled Nirvana the Band the Show. The main plotline never changes: two shut-in friends, Matt (played by Blackberry director Matt Johnson) and Jay (played by Jay McCarrol, who delivers groovy synth pop in his band Brave Shores), try to book a show for their band at a local restaurant named the Rivoli.
It keeps a charmingly humble Canadian sitcom atmosphere, with improv musical comedy, of which the standout is the Wii Shop Channel skit that will be a forever classic.
Their adventures would then be featured in the legally distinct 2017-2019 VICELAND (don’t worry, I already poured one out) program Nirvanna the Band the Show, and continue to escalate the public prank element, with authentic reactions from an unsuspecting public. Their skits transformed on television into unbelievable stunts such as sneaking a float into a Toronto Christmas parade, vomiting on the kisscam of a Toronto Maple Leafs’ game, and even faking a bank robbery, complete with hostage negotiations. All of these efforts were elaborate plans to advertise their band and book a show at the Rivoli, and each ended with hilarious failure.
While Matt Johnson continued to direct films such as the NASA mockumentary ‘Operation Avalanche’ and the Apple TV+ feature film ‘Blackberry.’ This new film was being made as a passion project before premiering at SXSW. It sits at an impressive 100% on aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes. The poster below was shared by the film’s distributor, NEON, on the website that I still will call Twitter, with a release date for when the film will be in “select theaters.”
With the caption “it’s time,” the poster hints at the previously reported time-travel plotline of The Movie. Being American, this poster led me down a rabbit hole of discovering Orbitz. To put it bluntly, it is akin to Wahlburgers in that it is as confounding as it is a staple infrastructure of Canadian culture. Orbitz is not a lava lamp, but indeed a non-carbonated beverage with edible beads (like clear Boba tea). It did not do well and was quickly pulled from shelves. The bottles go for around 30+ dollars on auction sites like eBay.com, so there’s a collector’s market for the drink. How this will play out or be relevant to Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie has yet to be seen.
There are still a few places where the movie will be screened by the duo via a live tour. We’ll be on the ground with a review of the film following the Portland, OR showing. Tickets are available on the website. Either way, if you don’t make it, the movie will start showing on February 13th of next year.
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