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2	[[caption-width-right:300:''Life is so beautiful. For some, more than others. Every breath. Every day of our lives. Ah, fishing.'']]
3	->''"Fishing with John\
4	Fishing with John\
5	Fishing with John\
6	Out on the Water\
7	Fishing with John"''
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9	''Fishing with John'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a six-part Bravo / Creator/{{IFC}} serial of five famous celebrities going fishing with Creator/JohnLurie in different parts of the world.
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11	These guests include Creator/JimJarmusch in Montauk, Music/TomWaits in Jamaica, Creator/MattDillon in Costa Rica, Creator/WillemDafoe in Maine, and Creator/DennisHopper in Thailand. Nobody on the show knows how to fish: the humor of the show comes from the conversation, and the [[MundaneMadeAwesome seemingly supernatural]] events (courtesy of reverse video playback, ManipulativeEditing and an UnreliableNarrator).
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13	One of the few non-movies in Creator/TheCriterionCollection.
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16	!!Fishing with tropes:
17	* BreathlessNonSequitur: Jim Jarmusch asks "Would you like to see my penis?" and it immediately cuts to the next scene, giving no indication of what happened next.
18	* {{Curse}}: They get hit with one in the Matt Dillon episode, preventing them from catching any fish.
19	* FauxDeath: [[spoiler:John]] in episode 4, and then in episode 5...
20	-->'''Narrator:''' I made a mistake! [[spoiler:John]] is still alive!
21	* FishingEpisode / HeroesGoneFishing: Every episode, naturally
22	* GiantSquid: The final two episodes focus on trying to catch one. It turns out to have PsychicPowers.
23	* HopeSpot: "An 11-inch brown trout is pulled from the icy depths. ({{Beat}}) Unfortunately, it is under the legal limit and must be released."
24	* HorribleCampingTrip: The Willem Dafoe episode, which ends with Willem and John [[spoiler: dying of starvation]].
25	* NarratingTheObvious:
26	-->"These are horses."
27	* NoEnding: In the last episode, John and Dennis just kind of give up on looking for the squid, the narrator monologues a bit about the beauty of the sea, and the show just kind of ends.
28	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: When confronted with a Jamaican fishing guide who really knows what he's talking about, Tom Waits pretends to be a lot more knowledgeable about fishing than he really is.
29	* OminousLatinChanting: Some of the music in the Matt Dillon episode - particularly the song Matt and John have to dance to to appease the river spirits - have this kind of sound, despite being in English.
30	* TitleThemeTune: See the page quote.
31	* TrouserSpace: Tom Waits puts a fish in his pants, and becomes grouchy. Also averted in Jim Jarmusch's case; see above under BreathlessNonSequitur.
32	* UnreliableNarrator:
33	-->"I'd love a bite of your sandwich."
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36	''"The Andaman Sea, the Andaman Sea, oogly boogly, the Andaman Sea..."''

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