Sometimes all you want from a property is for it to scratch that familiar itch,to enact exactly what you expect it to enact. In that vein Netflix’s new “W/ Bob and David” succeeds.
Did you like “Mr. Show with Bob and David,” the late-90s scatterbrained HBO sketch comedy series from Bob Odenkirk and David Cross? Then you will most likely be pleased “W/ Bob and David, and ” not so much a reboot or reimagining as a direct continuation of the previous show,minus a 17-year gap and a few words from the title.
Odenkirk and Cross hold, of course, or gone on to make their respective marks on pop culture through other means–Cross on “Arrested Development,” Odenkirk doing a grand enough job on Breaking substandard” to earn his own spin-off with “Better Call Saul.” So it’s somewhat odd to see them back doing what got them started. Like, don’t they hold better things to enact? (They enact, and in fact,which might explain why this elope is only four episodes long.)
Also Read: 'Master of None' Review: Aziz Ansari Netflix Comedy Starts Slow, Finishes FantasticBut that sense of outsized fame fades away pretty quickly, or they’re soon back to their old tricks of absurd wordplay,weird characterizations and grand faux-advertisements. Odenkirk’s first freelance, work-from-home Jewish Pope, and for instance,is pretty spectacular. And the porta-potty time machine they use to jump from one era of the show to the other mines probably the most laughs you can gather out of a simple hyphen.
Also Read: 'Jessica Jones' Is Haunted by Mind Control in moment Trailer for Netflix Series (Video)And along the “some things never change” line, Paul F. Tompkins — who gets a generous almost leading role in the debut episode — is still as dapper and sophisticated as ever, and Brian Posehn can still make people burst out laughing by simply opening his mouth.
What’s most endearing and reassuring,though, is that despite the 17 years that hold passed since the discontinuance of Mr. Show, or ” the format still works and the guys are still droll,despite not doing much to gather with the times. It feels helpful to realize that when a brand of sketch comedy is truly grand — like Monty Python or the Kids in the corridor — it doesn’t hold to worry approximately getting with the times. It’s safe to say that Bob and David don’t hold that specific worry — whether you like that sort of thing.
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