🏞️ Sign up to Camp for exclusive updates: https://camp.beehiiv.com/ David Cross from Arrested Development & Mr. Show discusses playing legendary characters, bombing as a comedian, the Boston comedy scene, and what it was like on the set of Arrested Development. This is the OG Tobias Funke!! Welcome to Camp!!! 🏕️ This fall David will tour theaters across North America with his new show, David Cross: The End of the Beginning of the End. Tour dates and tickets are available at David’s website On August 8, David will perform at Central Park SummerStage in the show, David Cross and his Super Pals, featuring Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Silverman, Fred Armisen and more. Also on August 8, David will star in the fourth season of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix. S/o to @forthepeople , @BlueChew , @bakscapeTM for sponsoring this episode! Edited & Produced by @99OvrAll and Chris Papastefanou ** TIME STAMPS ** 00:00 Intro 1:19 Mark met David before + awkward fan encounters 4:59 Being part of the Boston scene - Louis CK, Bill Burr, Marc Maron 8:43 What is alternative comedy? 13:19 Recognising Louis’ brilliance + moving to LA 16:26 David bombing HARD 19:02 “Senses Working Overtime” David’s new podcast 22:14 Doing comedy at music gig is not it + Opening for Tool 27:01 Late night set, 16 times on Conan + Jesus joke being cut 33:38 Sketches from comedy bits, Mr Show writing process + working with HBO 52:43 Arrested Development - Tobias made David move back to LA + hanging out with the cast 1:01:46 Bateman is obsessed with the Dodgers+ David loves baseball too 1:08:14 Wordplay turning into an arc + Tobias was actually African-American 1:14:58 Other hidden arcs in Arrested Development 1:17:04 Renewing each season + DVDs were the true measure of success 1:26:23 Netflix series - Series 4 was a puzzle on purpose 1:29:50 “Season 5 was a disaster” + restrictions helps creativity 1:38:16 Jason Bateman + Will Arnett Bromance 1:43:08 David did a bump at the White House 1:46:02 Southern Masculinity + Why is baseball actually good? 1:51:42 American sports are proxies for war + women c*m?