Jon Glaser Loves Gear So Much He Reviewed Some for Us
Chances are you already know Jon Glaser, even if you don't know his name. He was Councilman Jamm on Parks and Recreation ("you got Jammed!"), he's Hannah's neighbor Laird on Girls, and he created and starred in Adult Swim's bizarro spy comedy *Delocated. *Now you can add "product enthusiast" to that list: his new show, Jon Glaser Loves Gear, debuts tonight on TruTV. The mostly scripted show follows the longtime comedy writer through episodes that explore his passion for camping gadgets, bike accessories, and hockey equipment. But the real entertainment, as with most of Glaser's work, unfolds at the margins. “It sort of spirals off,” Glaser says. "It tries to follow what the show is supposed to be, but it follows emotional tangents.” And for a clue as to those emotions, imagine Guy Fieri as a gadget blogger: “It's an exaggerated, heightened, asshole version of myself,” he says. Glaser's appetite for gear is genuine—he and his staff hand-picked all the items they covered, and there's no paid product placement on the show. With that in mind, we asked him to write up some of his favorite things. —The Editors