Jon Glaser Loves Gear
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| genre =
| creator = Jon Glaser
| developer =
| executive_producer = {{plainlist|
- Jon Glaser
- Vernon Chatman
- John Lee
- Alyson Levy
- Dave Becky
- David Miner
- Richard Korson
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| producer = Daria Scoccimarro
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Jon Glaser
- John Hodgman
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| country = United States
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 20
| location =
| runtime = 22 minutes
| company = {{plainlist|
- PFFR
- Unintelligible Grunt
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| network = truTV
| first_aired = {{start date|2016|10|25}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2019|3|11}}
}}
Jon Glaser Loves Gear is an American mockumentary television series with reality segments that premiered October 25, 2016 on truTV. Hosted by Jon Glaser playing a fictionalized version of himself, the show focuses on the comedian's love of gear and gadgets.{{cite web |url=http://splitsider.com/2016/09/get-excited-for-gear-with-these-promos-for-trutvs-jon-glaser-loves-gear/ |title=Get Excited for Gear with These Promos for truTV's 'Jon Glaser Loves Gear' |publisher=Splitsider |date=September 23, 2016 |access-date=September 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924154706/http://splitsider.com/2016/09/get-excited-for-gear-with-these-promos-for-trutvs-jon-glaser-loves-gear/ |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/jon-glaser-loves-gear-star-trutv-1201740520/ |title='Jon Glaser Loves Gear' Star Isn't A Douchebag, But He Plays One on TV |publisher=IndieWire |date=October 26, 2016 |access-date=November 7, 2016}} It's also the third series created by Glaser that he co-produced with production company PFFR, following Delocated and Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter.
On May 12, 2017, it was announced that Jon Glaser Loves Gear had been renewed for a second season, which was originally expected to premiere in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/trutv-renews-impractical-jokers-carbonaro-effect-2017-18-programming-slate-1202090765/ |title=TruTV Renews 'Impractical Jokers', 'Carbonaro Effect', Orders 5 New Series & More |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=May 12, 2017 |access-date=May 22, 2017}} The second season aired between January 9 and March 11, 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/comedian-jon-glaser-loves-gear-interview/ |title=Comedian Jon Glaser on His Favorite Gear and Hilarious Show |last=Seppanen |first=Jahla |date=January 2, 2019 |work=The Manual|access-date=January 25, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://delocatedblog.tumblr.com/post/183383137112/jon-glaser-loves-gear-season-2-finale |title=JON GLASER LOVES GEAR SEASON 2 FINALE!!! |work=Jon Glaser's Tumblr |date=March 11, 2019 |access-date=March 14, 2019}}
The series was not picked up for a third season.{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/9OD586d |date=April 2, 2020 |access-date=April 2, 2020}}{{Better source needed|date=April 2020}}
Cast and characters
- Jon Glaser as himself
- John Hodgman as the voice of Gear-i
- Steve Cirbus as himself, Jon's 'Spurt (short for gear expert)
- Eva Solveig as herself, also plays Jon's Fake Wife
- Miriam Tolan as Leslie, Jon's Real Wife
- Nadia Dajani as Dr. Ellen Trammell, Jon's therapist
- Eli Tokash as Jon's Son
- Charlie Jones as Jon's Fake Son
- Hope Lauren Richardson as Jon's Fake Daughter
- Wyatt Cirbus as himself, Steve's Son
- Bhavesh Patel as Daniel, a TruTV executive who is in charge of the show
- Greta Lee as the voice of Drone-i Malonie, Steve's drone and Gear-i's love interest (season 2)
- Bowen Yang as Bowen, Jon's son's psychologist and, briefly, Steve's replacement as a 'Spurt (season 2)
Episodes
=Series overview=
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| end1 = {{End date|2016|12|21}}
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| start2 = {{Start date|2019|01|09}}
| end2 = {{End date|2019|03|11}}
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=Season 1 (2016)=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Camping
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|25}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Cycling
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|26}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Hockey
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|2}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Dogs
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|9}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Fishing
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Baseball
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Surfing
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Space
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|7}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Leisure
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Sailing
| DirectedBy = Andrew DeYoung
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|21}}
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=Season 2 (2019)=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Survival
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|09}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Tennis
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Seth Sanders & Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Football
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Kevin Dorff & Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|23}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Golf
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|30}}
|work=ShowBuzzDaily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=January 31, 2019|access-date=January 31, 2019}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Basketball
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Kevin Dorff & Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|04}}
|work=ShowBuzzDaily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=February 5, 2019|access-date=February 6, 2019}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Road Trip
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Seth Sanders & Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|11}}
|work=ShowBuzzDaily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=February 12, 2019|access-date=February 13, 2019}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Photography
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Seth Sanders & Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|18}}
|work=ShowBuzzDaily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 25, 2019}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Swing Dancing
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Kevin Dorff & Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|25}}
|work=ShowBuzzDaily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=February 26, 2019|access-date=March 9, 2019}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Gearing
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|03|04}}
|work=ShowBuzzDaily|first=Mitch|last=Salem|date=March 5, 2019|access-date=March 9, 2019}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Skydiving
| DirectedBy = Andre Hyland
| WrittenBy = Jon Glaser
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|03|11}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.trutv.com/shows/jon-glaser-loves-gear/index.html Official site]
- {{IMDb title|6211586|Jon Glaser Loves Gear}}
{{TruTV}}
{{PFFR}}
Category:2016 American television series debuts
Category:2019 American television series endings
Category:2010s American mockumentary television series
Category:2010s American reality television series
Category:Television series by PFFR