Last year, we released a list of "53 Arrested Development Jokes You Probably Missed," and with the long-awaited new season set to debut on Netflix this Sunday at midnight, what better time to crank out another new list of hidden jokes from the show? Arrested Development is so dense that there are enough subtle gags, callbacks, and references to fill a dozen of these lists. So, if you're cramming the show's first three seasons in before the fourth premieres this weekend, keep an eye out for these sneaky bits of comedy including Oscar Bluth's accidental prison race riot and the Iraqi version of T.G.I. Friday's.
Tennessee-based music festival Bonnaroo announced its comedy lineup today, by having David Cross do it really really far away from the camera they were filming him with. It's how all important announcements should be made from now on.
Social media! I've heard that it is the only way Teens get any info these days. And since SnapChat automatically deletes any video right when you watch it, the only logical alternative to releasing something socially is to use Vine, Twitter's new "Instagram for video." Sure, all videos are limited to six-second clips that loop forever, but I'm sure that'll work for a 90-minute movie, right?
Well, we'll find out, as It's a Disaster, the new indie comedy directed by Todd Berger and starring David Cross, Julia Stiles and America Ferrera, is being released just like that today. And by "released," I mean that someone is taping a [...]
The AV Clubkicked off a great new feature today, called SketcHistory, and it involves them talking to the people who made a classic comedy sketch to share the story behind it. For the first installment, they tackled Mr. Show's "Dalai Lama" and "Monk Academy" with David Cross, the sketch's directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks), and writer Scott Aukerman all reminiscing about the sketch. If you've ever wondered why Flavor Flav never did an episode of Mr. Show, this piece gets to the bottom of it.
It’s no secret that sometimes comedy is taken a bit too seriously. Comedy obsessives love not just the jokes, but the mechanics and emotions of the comedy world. There are a raft of comedy documentaries exploring comedy and comedians, but do they really have anything significant to add to the discussion? This series looks at comedy documentaries and whether they’re interesting, insightful, and possibly even…funny?
Often, the biggest problem with a road documentary is that not enough happens. That charge definitely can’t be levied at Let America Laugh, David Cross’s 2003 tour diary which followed him across the country as he put together his Shut Up You Fucking Baby![...]
Today, Netflix launched a fun new website to promote the new season of Arrested Development, which is set to debut on the streaming service May 26th. Located at InsertMeAnywhere.Biz, it's a faux-website for David Cross's Tobias Fünke where he's uploaded his acting reel on a green screen background for director James Cameron. It's new footage of Fünke auditioning, in costume, for roles like "Motorcycle Ruffian," "Cowpoke," and "Action Hero" for Cameron to add him via green screen into his movies or for Arrested Development fans to green screen him into various films, which is what I'm assuming 90% of web videos will be from now on. Get ready for edited [...]
While Mr. Show is the most famous of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross's collaborations, there's plenty of stuff they've written together that never saw the light of day – until now. Odenkirk and Cross are releasing a new book called Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show. The book is composed of scripts for two unproduced movies the duo wrote together, called Hooray for America! and Bob and David Make a Movie.
Hooray for America! was a planned Mr. Show movie (circa 2002) about evil corporation Globo-Chem creating a third political party and running an actor for president. This is the [...]
Bob Odenkirk delivered an hour-long chat and Q&A session in his hometown Chicago last week, the Sun Times reports, and dropped some comedy bombshells. During his talk, Odenkirk revealed that he and Mr. Show collaborator David Cross are publishing some unproduced scripts they've written and that one of the scripts might actually be made into a Claymation movie. On top of that, he mentioned he's been developing a sketch show with delightful L.A.-based comedy group The Birthday Boys for IFC, which is something to look forward to should it make it to series. When asked if the rumors of a Breaking Bad spin-off based around his character [...]
What a great trend it has been for music festivals to include comedians. Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest, which this year runs from November 2-4, is one such example. This year's festival will include performances from Hannibal Buress, Wyatt Cenac, Tig Notaro, Eugene Mirman and more. It's perfect for that certain person who wants to pregame for Refused's Swedish Socialist hardcore by listening to David Cross crack some jokes. Check out the full comedy stage line-up below. Yes, it includes a Weird Al Tribute Band:
It's a big year for David Cross. In addition the the long-awaited return of Arrested Development (coming to Netflix with 15 new episodes May 26th), he has a book of unproduced scripts he wrote with Bob Odenkirk out this fall and his new movie It's a Disaster opens in select theaters today and is available on VOD. I recently had the chance to talk to Cross about what it was like to get back into character as Tobias Fünke, the movies he and Bob Odenkirk wrote together that were never made, and how he wishes there were more movies like It's a Disaster:
Arrested Development's David Cross sure had a lot of nice stuff to say about the upcoming fourth season of Arrested Development , which drops its 14 episodes all at once on Netflix in May, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter out today:
"I think when it’s over, they’re gonna be aching. Particularly, this last, fourth season, what Mitch [Hurwitz] did and how he’s able to tell the story through the Netflix model — I think it’s going to redefine what television can be and stories can be and how they’re presented. And I really think it’s gonna be historical in a sense; that we’re gonna look back [...]
Here's the trailer for a new independent comedy called It's a Disaster, written/directed by Todd Berger (The Scenesters) and starring David Cross, Julia Stiles, America Ferrara, and Erinn Hayes. The plot involves four couples trapped together at a brunch gone wrong, and judging by the trailer, there don't seem to be any singing anthropomorphic chipmunks involved, which is good news for fans of David Cross's non-singing anthropomorphic chipmunk work.
Fans who were worried Carl Weathers wouldn't be a part of the Arrested Development reunion can take a deep breath. Tobias's acting coach and noted stew expert will be returning for the new season, as David Cross told Vulture on the set last night. Weathers is the latest peripheral character to return, along with other fan favorites like Henry Winkler, Scott Baio, Judy Greer, Mae Whitman, Jeff Garlin, and Liza Minnelli, making the guy who played Steve Holt feel all the more left out.
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