Painting With John's John Lurie thinks it's funny the reaction to him telling viewers to turn off the show

The Ringer

"Well, that is a joke and I was kind of proud of that. It’s like I crossed a ... What’s it called? The fourth wall?" he tells The Ringer. "But I was kind of proud of really jumping all the barriers between audience and TV—coming right through the TV to talk to people, but tell them to turn it off. I kind of thought that was different. I am clearly joking because I start singing and dancing right afterward. But it was funny, people’s reaction to that particular scene. My brother said, 'No, you have to cut it out.' But my brother has actually seen me angry like that and so it’s hit some kind of nerve with him. Other people loved it and thought it was brilliant."