Parents' Guide to

At Home with Amy Sedaris

By Jenny Nixon, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 14+

Twisted satire of craft and cooking shows isn't for kids.

TV truTV Comedy 2017
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What's the Story?

AT HOME WITH AMY SEDARIS is a kooky and colorful send-up of retro homemaking shows of the 1960s and '70s, injected with the bizarre and outrageous humor the show's co-creators Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello (Strangers with Candy) have become known for. As the titular hostess with the mostest, Amy invites viewers into her cartoonishly appointed home and instructs them on a variety of cooking and crafting techniques, encouraging her fans to "accentuate the positives and medicate the negatives." Shows have nebulous and often weird topics like "Poverty," "Cooking for One," and "Fish." Guest stars drop by, sometimes in character (Nick Kroll's lecherous "Randy Fingerling" helps the creeped-out Sedaris assemble an ice cream cake) and sometimes as themselves (The Late Show's Stephen Colbert is outed as Amy's go-to turtle-sitter). Each episode wraps up with our host writing in her "Party Log," reflecting on what did and didn't work. (Pro tip: Snakes and crafts don't mix.)

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: Not yet rated
Kids say: Not yet rated

If the picture-perfect crafts and cooking on most homemaking shows drive you batty, and you can tolerate risqué jokes and whimsical weirdness, you'll likely enjoy this delirious and demented comedy. Each episode is broken into fun segments -- you won't want to miss Amy's "Crafting Corner," where she goes nuts with fake fingernails, gallons of glue, and bags of hair -- that keep the pace lively and the laughs coming. The humor in At Home with Amy Sedaris can be dark, for sure (a man with a mobile knife-sharpening biz advises Amy that "knives are patient ... unless provoked"), but if you're a fan of Sedaris' singularly oddball schtick, you'll probably love it.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the off-kilter brand of comedy featured in At Home with Amy Sedaris. In what ways does the show satirize a typical cooking/lifestyle show? Would (or should?!) you use any of Amy's tips in real life?

  • Amy Sedaris not only hosts the show, she also plays a variety of wacky characters on it and is often disguised under heavy makeup and wigs. What's fun about dressing up, even for adults?

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