The Definitive Guide to Comedy
For some reason, this season of American Idol has been the first in many years that's failing to hold my attention. Don't get me wrong, I still know enough to know that Megan changed her last name and looked purty the other night, and that there's a teen finalist who …
Here's another thing to be thankful for this holiday season, tis the end of an unmistakably mistake-ridden era in American politics as President George W. Bush prepares to leave the White House. Bob Odenkirk directs this series of exit interviews with W. called "Face to Bush" on Atom.com, with James …
Bob Odenkirk talks about a newly released clip from the HBO sitcom David’s Situation, which he and comedy collaborator David Cross self-aborted before it could ever debut. The clip features Zach Galifianakis visiting Cross, only to find he’s the subject of a TV experiment called "Good Morning, Predator." That’s OK …
Bob Odenkirk laid down the news tonight that he and David Cross have decided to scrap their own HBO pilot that played with sitcom conventions, called "David’s Situation." Although they all thought the pilot succeeded, they felt that the format they had created, well, why don’t I just let Odenkirk …
Bob Odenkirk treats us to a peek today at the upcoming sketch showcase at the 26th annual Montreal Just For Laughs festival. Odenkirk will co-host with SNL’s Bill Hader. Odenkirk’s wife manages Hader, he says, "so that’s how he got swindled into it. The shows are the 16th and 17th… …
The early words are all good surrounding Mike Birbiglia’s sitcom for CBS. L.A. Weekly’s Nikki Finke reported last week that the network suits were "very happy with how reading went" and thought the pilot looked strong, though that they’d like change the name of the show from its initial title, …
While most people today probably will visit Vanity Fair online to get all pervy over Miley Cyrus, please allow me to redirect you to this VF online interview with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, in which Bob and David rehash Mr. Show and then some, talking about dealing with obsessive …