Film: Excerpt: The Pity Card
Directed by Bob Odenkirk
Liner Notes:
“The Celebration”, “Husbands and Wives”, “The Office (BBC version)”; I like all these things and tried to steal something from each of them for “Derek and Simon”. Having said that, mostly I just wanted to work with Derek Waters and Simon Helberg, two really funny actors who really are friends and really are a comically perfect pairing. Having said that, I simply wanted to make some TV that I could watch without cringing, or feeling like I was being yelled at by the TV. The TV yells at me, you see. It doesn’t tell me to kill strangers or wash my hands over and over, it just yells “LOOK AT ME, I’M BEING FUNNY, AREN’T I?!!” And I usually yell back (in my head) “Nope. No, you’re not.” And then we have a stare-off. Having said that, please forget everything I’ve said and just watch.
Biography:
For more information on Bob Odenkirk, visit:
www.bobanddavid.com