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Back in June, David Cross announced that he had written and shot a pilot for a Channel 4 UK television show called The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret](Watch Comedy Showcase | Stream free on Channel 4), and that it starred Cross’ Arrested Development mate Will Arnett and Spike Jonze (who hasn’t really acted in anything since the film Three Kings). The show follows a lame temp (Cross) who bluffs his way into a giant job promotion that sends him to the UK to sell energy drinks. Only problem is he has to sell several thousand drinks before his maniac boss (Arnett) visits him in a week.
When Cross spoke about the project earlier this summer, he said the pilot would air sometime in December. Well, it aired on November 27th, the first unbelievably hilarious scene is now on YouTube (watch it after the jump) and you can watch the entire pilot over on the Channel 4 website. I don’t think the series was picked up yet, and if it hasn’t then I see no reason why they shouldn’t order up a whole boatload of episodes. This thing is bloody brilliant.
We embedded the pilot’s NSFW, foul-mouthed opening after the jump. Is there a petition I can sign to get this sucker on the air, like, STAT?
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