It's gratifying to complain about something (the demise of Mr. Show with Bob and David) and receive a favorable resolution in so short a span of time.
I'd say it's "oddly" gratifying, except there's nothing odd about it. While I'm at it, I'd like to bemoan my lack of ten million dollars and chiseled six-pack abs.
Anyway, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are returning to TV (via MetaFilter):
The "Mr. Show" duo of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are returning to HBO with "David's Situation," a new comedy pilot starring Cross.
Odenkirk and Cross co-wrote the project, which will star Cross as himself. He leaves Hollywood to move into a suburban, gated community where he has two roommates, a right-wing conservative and a liberal hippie.
"We feel it's really strong and important to the health of America," Cross and Odenkirk wrote about the project on their Web site, BobAndDavid.com.
Odenkirk will direct the pilot, which is slated to film in May. Odenkirk and Stu Smiley will executive produce, with Dionne Kirschner serving as producer.
The premise sounds like it could go either way. Cross playing himself could easily become a chore, and casting the roommates will be key (Mr. Show regular Paul F. Tompkins would make a great conservative), but I'll most definitely check it out.
And just when I was about to cancel HBO. Fuckers.
In other news, my vaguely insensitive review of Drillbit Taylor is up.
Speaking of Tompkins, have you seen him on the new Lewis Black venture, Root Of All Evil?
I thought he did a dandy job on a show that’s doomed to run out of steam sooner than later (above and beyond its only-eight-episodes-initially-ordered run, that is).