W/ Bob & David

This article is about the Netflix series. For the HBO series, see Mr. Show with Bob and David.

W/ Bob & David
Genre	Sketch comedy
Created by	Bob Odenkirk David Cross
Written by	Bob Odenkirk David Cross
Directed by	Keith Truesdell Jason Woliner
Starring	Bob Odenkirk David Cross
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4 (and 1 special)
Production
Executive producers	Bob Odenkirk David Cross Naomi Odenkirk Tim Sarkes Dave Kneebone Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim
Running time	27-33 min.
Production companies	Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment Brillstein Entertainment Abso Lutely Productions
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	November 13, 2015

W/ Bob & David is a web television comedy sketch show created by and starring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross that premiered on Netflix on November 13, 2015. The sketch show consists of four half-hour episodes plus an hourlong making-of special entitled "Behind the Making of the Scenes". Although it shares much of the same writing team as Mr. Show with Bob and David, it follows a different structure with Odenkirk describing it as "lighter", "less complex" and "faster".

Production

Taping began on April 15, 2015. W/ Bob & David is written and executive produced by Odenkirk and Cross. Also on the executive producing panel are Marc Provissiero and Naomi Odenkirk of Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, Tim Sarkes of Brillstein Entertainment, and Dave Kneebone, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim of Abso Lutely Productions. The four episodes, which were released simultaneously on November 13, 2015, were directed by Keith Truesdell (studio segments) and Jason Woliner (pre-recorded segments), except for the fourth episode, which was also directed by Tom Gianas (also pre-recorded segments). The hour-long special was directed by Lance Bangs.

In an August 2016 interview with The A.V. Club, Cross stated "We will absolutely do some more of that at some point. It's really tough. Bob and I really want to do it, Netflix would like us to do it again, everybody's on board. It's just a matter of scheduling, and Bob’s got a very strict, specific schedule with Better Call Saul."

Cast

Mr. Show alumni

• Bob Odenkirk
• David Cross
• John Ennis
• Jay Johnston
• Brian Posehn
• Tom Kenny
• Jill Talley
• Paul F. Tompkins
• Dino Stamatopoulos
• Scott Adsit
• Dave Allen
• Scott Aukerman
• Mary Lynn Rajskub
• Brett Paesel
• Becky Thyre
• Stephanie Courtney

Additional performers

• Keegan-Michael Key
• Arden Myrin
• Paget Brewster

Reception

W/ Bob and David received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 88%, based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "W/ Bob and David offers a long-overdue reunion between Mr. Show principals Odenkirk and Cross - and a suitably hilarious reminder of the reasons for their subsequent individual successes." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 76 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

External links

• W/ Bob & David on Netflix
• W/ Bob & David at IMDb