Jeff Goldblum’s Disney+ Docuseries Looks at Motorcycles

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Jeff Goldblum is the science teacher you wish you had in high school, the tour guide you wish you had at the museum of science and industry, and the next-door neighbor you wish you had who is always throwing fabulous dinner parties full of interesting people and he invites you along. He is exactly the guys he portrays in the movies, from Earth Girls Are Easy to Jurrasic Park (“Taking dinosaurs off this island is the worst idea in the long, sad history of bad ideas.”) For the last two seasons he has taken that quirky cool character of his and brought you along with him as he examines almost everything on The World According to Jeff Goldblum, available now on Disney+.

“Are you like me, Jeff Goldblum? Maybe we share an interest in monsters, fireworks, magic, dogs…” Goldblum says in the trailer to the show.

He covers all those topics and more in the two seasons so far. He has not done an episode on cars yet, but he did do one on motorcycles, which is going to debut January 19 and is why he called us. Yes, Hollywood megastar Jeff Goldblum called to publicize his show. And not surprisingly, he seemed more interested in me than the other way around. We may or may not have convinced him to do a segment on cars and he may or may not have recruited me to help out on it. You never know exactly what's happening in Hollywood. The motorcycle segment will be available in January on Disney+. Keep a flying eyeball peeled for it.

Autoweek: Nice of you to take some time to talk to the car world here through Autoweek.

Jeff Goldblum: Thank you so much for doing this.

AW: Yeah, though I must say I'm a bit disappointed. If you had done your segment, instead of doing it on motorcycles, if you'd done it on cars instead, that would have made my job a little bit easier.

JG: You like cars? What kind of car do you have? What's your favorite kind of car?

AW: Oh, you know, supercars are always fun. McLarens, Ferraris, those actually perform as advertised.

JG: If you were going to art-direct me in a car what's the most fun car to have? What should I get? What would be the most fun car for me?

AW: It depends what you want to do with it. If you want to go fast and scare yourself to death, you know, get a McLaren.

JG: We've got a couple of these electric cars now. We haven't been to a gas station in a few years.

AW: We all assume that movie stars have fabulous cars. What cars do you have?

JG: Right now? My wife, mostly, although I drive it sometimes because it's good for the kids, they've got a big kind of Tesla, with those gullwing doors. And then on my side of the garage, which is a little smaller. I have an electric BMW. What is it?

AW: An i3?

JG: An i3. Yeah. That's kind of nice, it's zippy and just big enough for me. I've always hankered for a fun color or a fun-looking design, but I never seem to break down and get stuff that's fun. This is fine and I think it's right for the environment, I'm enjoying it, but you know, my eyes always pop open for a fun car.

AW: Having done a segment on motorcycles now, are you thinking about getting a motorcycle?

JG: Well, let me see. I don't know if I ever owned one. The studio lent me one for those couple of times I did movies. I did Nashville way back in 1973, '74. And so I took lessons because I'd never been on a motorcycle before then, except with my cousin once when I was 12 or something, riding around the block. That seemed exciting. But for this movie, I was very motivated. I took lessons. I was living in Manhattan, and had a teacher and we drove around the streets of Manhattan. I was doing pretty well. Then I took a test (New York State Driver's License written permit test and road test). And the results came back once I went to Nashville. And it turned out I failed. I don't know if you know that movie, I at the end of the episode I drive one of those three-wheel things, which I also didn't know how to drive. So I had to learn how to do that down there. And then had a blast doing that. There was another movie that I had to drive a motorcycle for. But no, I don't have one now. Do you? Are you into motorcycles too? Do you like motorcycles?

AW: Well, as a matter of fact, I'm calling you from the Progressive IMS Motorcycle Show down here in Orange County. It goes all weekend.

JG: Oh my God, really?

AW: Yeah, you could come down here and see every motorcycle made. It's a lot of fun.

JG: What do you think? What has your eye fallen on?