moviesblog.mtv.com - 3/19/2008
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While it might have been a TV program, the influence of “Mr. Show” on the ensuing decade of both movies and television has been a substantial one. Now, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk are putting together a project that will once again team the warped comic masterminds.
“Bob and I are going to shoot something for HBO, a pilot, which was something we wrote,” Cross told ...
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Tobias Fünke Alert: The 'Mr. Show' stars reunite
PopWatch —
... (alert: NSFW language) that this May, now that the pilot they wrote has been picked up, the duo will begin shooting their new HBO series. Reportedly, it's titled David's Situation and will be produced in a sitcom format, including "ad breaks" (which they'll write and shoot themselves, presumably with — because otherwise what's the point, right? — their trademark warped humor.) In his post, Cross also says each episode will shoot in front of an audience of about 150, and he emphasizes how excited he and Odenkirk are to work together again, declaring, "it's really strong ...
Mr. Show's David Cross and Bob Odenkirk, Together Again
BuzzSugar —
... that the pilot has officially been picked up and they'll soon be working together to "make funny TV happen." Oh, yes. Cross has said the show, tentatively titled David's Situation , is a sitcom that pokes fun at sitcoms , with him starring as a fed-up, washed-up actor who's left Hollywood for the glamorous world of in-flight magazines. He's living in a gated community somewhere with two crazy roommates, one of whom is a cranky conservative and the other of whom is a left-leaning liberal. Of course, knowing Cross, this could all be a lie, and he's actually starring in a show ...
a new 'Mr Show-esque' show by Bob Odenkirk & David Cross?
brooklynvegan —
... . They begin production of said pilot in April or May of this year. According to an MTV Movies Blog the show will be Mr. Show-esque in some ways but will rely heavily on playing on the conventions of your average sitcom. David will star as a dude who was fed up with Hollywood left it for a gated community in the suburbs somewhere. He's roommates with a super right wing guy and a super left wing hippie liberal. Also, according to their ...
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TV News: Cable network pick up comics' 'Situation' pilot -- It's encore time for the guys from "Mr. Show." Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, whose late 1990s HBO sketch comedy remains a cult fave, are back at the pay cabler. HBO just picked up the pilot ...