It’s true! These fellows are not being kept busy enough with “Better Call Saul,” “The Birthday Boys,” “Arrested Development” and “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.”
I love the fact that these guys shit in their time machine (which looks like a portable restroom), and that they lost 17 years of their lives because of a hyphen.
If four episodes seems tiny in number, remember that two decades ago the first season of HBO’s “Mr. Show” only ran four episodes as well.
… terrific sketch comedy: absurd, inventive, surprising, and just damn funny. …
... I found the new sketches polished, if unsurprisingly hit and miss. …
... while it is funny, sometimes very funny, it also has the quality of a gift — a gift from the artists to themselves and one another as much as to their audience. …
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
... No summary description begins to capture the inspired silliness of “With Bob and David.” But one thing is certain: Television is way funnier “With Bob and David” than without them. …
... While not every moment works — or even makes sense — the most vital link between old and new is Odenkirk and Cross’s almost-sacred dedication to following the funny as they see it. …
... the intervening years have brought an explosion of similar series, and nothing about the targets or topics feels distinctive enough here to merit much enthusiasm …
... There's a certain acclimation process that leads to some clunkiness in the first episode, with the Time Travel Port-a-Potty sketch taking a particularly long time to unfold and reach an admirably grammar-wonky punchline. …
12:01 a.m. Friday. Netflix.
