![]() ![]() Cross multiplying grotesquely, growing additional heads and limbs. ![]() The series’ new, upgraded title credits have a psychedelic feel, with images of Mr. Show” structure has survived - each sketch connects with the last through repeated themes or characters, and the end of an episode will sometimes cycle to the beginning, Moebius-strip-style. ![]() The duo’s comedy (abetted by returning cast members including John Ennis and Brian Posehn) has aged just fine on the trip. ![]() Cross (“Arrested Development”) are shown in 1998, finishing their previous show and climbing into a “real-time machine,” which transports them 17 years into the future (and takes 17 years to do it). Show” has appeared in “Breaking Bad” and “ Better Call Saul”) and Mr. The opening sketch acknowledges that we’ve all gotten older. “ W/ Bob & David,” all four episodes of which debut on Netflix on Friday, brings back the series’ hand-tooled comedy (and its title), abbreviated but still bizarrely funny. Show” was one of those ’90s artifacts that made alt the default. Like Nirvana - if less commercially successful - “Mr. Its intricate absurdist humor now has echoes from prime time to “ Portlandia” to Adult Swim. It lifted the careers not only of its stars Bob Odenkirk and David Cross but also of the supporting players including Mary Lynn Rajskub and Jack Black. But the sketch series had influence much bigger than its audience. Show With Bob and David,” a cult series throughout its alt-comedy heyday on HBO from 1995 to 1998, might seem an unlikely candidate for revival. Showtime is reviving “ Twin Peaks.” Netflix brought back “ Arrested Development,” is making a sequel to the family comedy “Full House” and is reportedly planning the return of “ Gilmore Girls.” Death, for a TV show, is an increasingly temporary state, as long as enough mourners are lighting the candles. Fox is bringing back “ The X-Files” next year. The great television resurrection machine has been busy lately. ![]()
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