History Series / TheWorldAccordingToJeffGoldblum

** ''Film/TheFly'' is referenced again at the top of "Monsters"; later one of his interview subjects is special effects technician Phil Tippett, whom Goldblum worked with on ''Film/JurassicPark''.

* GoldTooth: Goldblum's first order of business in "Jewlery" is to learn about the history, appeal, and creation of gold/GemEncrusted teeth grills for celebrities and the like. At the end, he gets a custom-made golden grill of his own and shows it off with a TwinkleSmile.

* TwinkleSmile: Goldblum closes out Season One with one thanks to his new [[GoldTooth golden grill!]]

Shooting of Season Two was heavily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it ultimately premiered on November 12, 2021 as part of the "Disney+ Day" 2nd anniversary event. It was cancelled and removed from Disney+ in May 2023.

Shooting of Season Two was heavily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it ultimately premiered on November 12, 2021 as part of the "Disney+ Day" 2nd anniversary event.

* NetworkRedheadedStepchild: Because this was not developed for Disney+ but National Geographic's cable channel, only making its way to the platform in the wake of the Fox-Disney merger, it stands out among the original Day One documentary productions in that it's not built around a Disney IP and doesn't have an obvious kid-friendly hook. Downplayed in that it ended up the most-promoted of the documentary shows, used in online banner ads to represent the service's National Geographic brand the way ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' represents Disney in-house films, ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' represents Pixar, Iron Man represents ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', and Darth Vader represents ''Franchise/StarWars''. It was also one of the first Disney+ shows to be renewed for a second season!

* NiceShoes:
** "Sneakers" naturally includes many examples of these, leading up to Goldblum unboxing a custom pair created for him by "Shoe Surgeon" Dominic Ciambrone. They take their primary inspiration from the letterman jacket of Goldblum's uncle, who was ''almost'' a professional basketball player, and incorporate such materials as black satin and, on the underside of the tongues, zebra-print faux fur (Goldblum having a weakness for animal prints).
** Whimsically brought up in the opening narration of "[=RVs=]": "Here come my two-tone loafers!" as the camera initially focuses on his feet.

* CelebrityResemblance: In "Denim", the OpeningNarration notes "No, I'm not the guy from the old ''[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Ghostbusters]]''..." Goldblum's referring to Creator/HaroldRamis, who played Egon Spengler in that movie; in a magazine interview earlier in 2019, he said he's often mistaken for Ramis (who ''died'' in 2014) by people on the street.

* WidgetSeries: This is a downplayed W(H)AT (Weird Humorous American Thing). In order to fully enjoy it, the viewer has to not only find the '''very''' SeriousBusiness behind ice cream, tattoos, etc. as interesting and even inspiring rather than odd and/or pathetic, but be a fan of the {{CloudCuckoolander}} character actor/jazz musician who is exploring them in his cheerfully idiosyncratic way. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7aN9OkNl7U two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV2UYw1ixRA trailers]] for the show are upfront about its eccentricity, especially the first one -- Goldblum notes "Be forewarned, I am in the show ''a lot''" and goes on to say "So if any of this tempts you, or wearies you, you can make a decision right here." But that didn't stop Disney+ from making it one of its most-hyped charter productions or National Geographic from dubbing it into a double-digit number of foreign languages, and it ended up one of the streaming service's first shows to be renewed.

* MarathonRunning: A variation. While Disney+ traditionally releases episodes of original shows weekly, the first five episodes of Season Two -- making up the first half of the season -- were released at once on "Disney+ Day".

** In "Dance" when the subject turns to the disco scene of the late 1970s a clip of him performing "the bump" in 1977's ''Between the Lines'' turns up.

* ContinuityNod: To the host's career. At the top of "Cosmetics" he describes himself as "no stranger to the makeup chair. I've been transformed into [[Film/TheFly1986 a tragically romantic human fly]], [[Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy a periwinkle-blue alien]], even [[Film/ThorRagnarok a grandiose mysterioso]], all for Mother Cinema."

Shooting of Season Two was heavily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but eventually resumed and it will premiere two years to the day from the show's debut: November 12, 2021, as part of the "Disney+ Day" event.

Shooting of Season Two was just underway when production was forced to shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020, but eventually resumed and it's set to air in the back half of 2021.

* GlassesPull: Goldblum does this a lot in the course of his adventures. It's not just for dramatic effect -- he's myopic and likes to take off his glasses so he can move in and get a ''really'' good look at things and people.

* GraveHumor: The Flavor Graveyard has humorous rhyming epitaphs on its mock tombstones. On top of that, when Goldblum sees that "Oh Pear" lasted less than a year he says it was [[DeathOfAChild "taken in its infancy...That's the saddest thing I've ever heard!"]]

* TheyCalledMeMad: Parodied in "Ice Cream" as Goldblum explores a forest in the Pacific Northwest with Tyler Malek (of the boutique chain Salt & Straw) for unusual natural ingredients for his own flavor of ice cream. In voiceover, Goldblum notes "They laughed at me at the institute..."

The first season consists of twelve episodes; a second season of ten was announced in January 2020. In fact, the shooting of an episode on fireworks was in progress when production was forced to shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic; once the U.S. manages to bring it other control and lockdowns on social gatherings are lifted, filming will resume.

* PopCultureHoliday: The final stretch of "Tattoos" has him surprising the attendees of the second annual "Jeff Goldblum Day" celebration in his hometown of Pittsburgh, which originated at a tattoo parlor. (The day in question, July 13, was officially declared this in the city back in 2004, while he was performing in a regional production of ''Theatre/TheMusicMan''.)

The first season consists of twelve episodes; a second season of ten was announced in January 2020. In fact, the shooting of an episode on fireworks was in progress when production was forced to shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic; filming is tentatively set to resume in November 2020.