MARIJUANA TV

Ever since That 70s Show, cannabis has risen into our TV rooms.

Weeds

As soon as it became apparent this wasn’t a gardening show, Weeds led the way. The dark comedy first aired in 2005 when cannabis legalisation was still the stuff of dreams and follows the descent of a widowed suburbanite into the criminal underworld to keep her family afloat.

Super High Me

Hot on the heels of Weeds came this documentary taking inspiration from the poster of doccie Super Size Me stuffing its creator’s mouth not with McDonald’s chips but joints. In the film Doug Benson follows 30 days not smoking weed with 30 more doing nothing but smoking weed.

Disjointed

Kathy Bates, pictured, and company find themselves in all sorts of situations doing the silliest things while stoned off their heads. Relying on puns, the show appears as a protracted ad for cannabis use with humour best enjoyed while high. As expected, it has a rip-roaring laugh track.

Cooking on High

A match made in heaven, Cooking on High combines cannabis with food to bring us perhaps the least competitive cooking show on television, or streaming services, today. Chefs go “bud for bud” and episodes end with everyone eating all the food. A marked deviation from traditional shows.

Rolling Papers

Not available for viewing in SA yet, Rolling Papers documents the rise of pot journalism at The Denver Post in the US. Spearheading the era of the marijuana editor, the show chronicles the working life of the editorial staff as they review, sample and cover weed in Colorado.