Once I Dreamed I was a Little Blue Dog

Watch this movie.

Ira Glass’s public radio show makes the transition to television with its focus intact (and netting three Emmy nods in the process), telling uniquely American tales through anecdotes and personal reflections. Glass, director Christopher Wilcha and the rest of the crew spent six months on the road compiling these stories, which take viewers from Iowa’s pig farms (where the “perfect” swine is being bred) to a Chicago hot dog stand.

It’s on Netflix now, Spend your Sunday watching it. Also listen to the podcast/radio show from here or on your local radio.

While waiting for their big breaks in show business, several Hollywood wannabes pay the bills by working at a Los Angeles catering company, led by big-dreaming team leader Ron (Ken Marino), in this sitcom created by “Veronica Mars” impresario Rob Thomas. The series also stars Adam Scott as a one-hit wonder, Martin Starr as dorky screenwriter, Jane Lynch as a flirty fading actress and Lizzy Caplan as an aspiring comedian.

If you have Netflix you should be watching this.