David Cross Channel 4 Comedy showcase

[Bob The Skutter]

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, David Cross's comedy pilot for Channel 4's Comedy Showcase is going to air next Friday at 10.05

From Channel 4
US comedian David Cross plays Todd Margaret, a hapless office drone who flukes his way into a top management job heading up the British division of a US multinational. All he has to do is sell a dozen container loads of dodgy Korean energy drinks before his psychotic boss, played by Will Arnett, visits in a week's time. It doesn't help that he knows nothing about the UK or selling things.



What's more, he only has one very unhelpful employee, played by Russell Tovey, to assist him. Needless to say, it doesn't go well and Todd's spectacular failure to impress beautiful café owner Alice, played by Sharon Horgan, only makes things worse.

 

[ITL]

Yeah, I noticed Cross in the trailers for the various episodes - "WTF?" I thunk to myself. "What's he doing on a C4 show?"

So I'll watch it. I like Cross anyway, so why not?

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Yeah, I decided to watch it as soon as I heard he was in it.

 

[Broccoli]

I like David Cross as an actor, but not so much as a comedian. A lot of his stuff, for me, just falls flat, and when he veers into political humor, I just kinda tune out. Not because I don't like political humor (I do), but that the way he delivers it, it comes off more as a rant, rather than humor.

 

[TheGodBen]

Anything that reunites GOBias has my attention.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Anybody watch?
I can see my self tuning in if it goes to series, some parts have me laughing out loud.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

I tried to watch this last night along with A&Miller show but once again VM on-demand decided to do what t does best, freeze, not load, service unavailable, even though i had just watched HIGNFY.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Of the Comedy Showcase shows I think this was the best. I hope it goes to series.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Wow i really enjoyed that.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

^It didn't really become genius until towards the end but I liked it the whole way through.

 

[ITL]

The energy drink fuelled meltdown was as mad as a fish. I liked it.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

The energy drink fuelled meltdown was as mad as a fish. I liked it.

And watching him collapse at the end and piss himself... Genius.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Looks like More 4 have picked it up as their first original comedy

From Chortle.co.uk

More 4 plans to make its first original comedy series, picking up the David Cross sitcom The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret.
A pilot aired during Channel 4’s Comedy Showcase season in November, and now the digital sister channel is reportedly in talks with a US co-producer to bring it to a full six part-series.
Arrested Development star Cross, who co-wrote the show with Shaun Pye, plays the title character: a hapless American office drone who flukes his way into a top management job in Britain.
Fellow cast members including Sharon Horgan, Russell Tovey and Will Arnett are set to return for the full season.
Channel 4 comedy head Shane Allen told trade magazine Broadcast that More 4 was the show’s natural home, alongside Curb Your Enthusiasm. He said: ‘It’s a real passion piece for David, who’s been feverishly writing away since the pilot.’
It is not the only Comedy Showcase pilot to have been picked up.
The university-set Campus, from by Green Wing creator Victoria Pile, is to be extended from the half-hour format into six 45-minute episodes to air this autumn.
Allen told Broadcast: ‘It felt constrained as a 30-minute sitcom.’
Fellow Comedy Showcases Pete v Life and Phoneshop have already been picked up for series by Channel 4 and E4 respectively.

Read more: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/...singly_good_decisions_of_more_4#ixzz0dSo8c7Qn​

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