What is it? It's a sketch show starring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. I was not a watcher of their earlier Mr. Show on HBO, buy I am willing to try out their latest project. Four episodes are available tonight.
In a Toronto Star interview, Odenkirk stated:
...we were talking about a live tour for the 20th anniversary of Mr. Show. We’d actually done a tour a few years ago and it was really fun, but you realize how hard it is to tour and how much work goes into it. So David and I started thinking that if we’re going to work that hard, instead of performing for a few people in a few cities, why not just make a show? Then we pitched around to a couple of places and started working. So by the time that Netflix was in, we had already been writing for a few months and probably had six or seven sketches that we were happy with.
Again, Netflix to the rescue. I am glad the streaming service is battling Amazon and Hulu to be a true competitor to the older networks. We get more programming and the networks cannot stand still. The viewers are the winners. We just need more hours in a day.
Update: I enjoyed the first episode. The linked stories and ending made the whole greater than its parts. The main skit, Better Roots, seemed like a long-planned piece released at the wrong time given the state of race relations, but American comics (particularly away from the big networks) cannot avoid controversy if they want to remain relevant.
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