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Late Friday evening, Alvin and the Chipmunks star David Cross made a big announcement on the website he shares with his Mr. Show co-creator, Bob Odenkirk—after 10 years apart (artistically speaking), the comedic geniuses will reunite this spring to film a pilot for HBO.

Not that the two men haven't been busy during their alone time. Cross released a couple of comedy albums on Sub Pop, stole innumerable scenes as Tobias Fünke on Fox's similarly cult-worshipped and soon-to-be-feature-filmified Arrested Development and portrayed "Anna Nicole Smith's" "lawyer" on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, while Odenkirk directed a few underappreciated movies and, later, embraced the internet and became a massive draw on comedy video site SuperDeluxe.com.

Last Wednesday, Cross, who's currently shooting a Judd Apatow flick in Louisiana, spoke to the MTV Movies Blog about the pilot (tentatively titled "David's Situation"), relaying that, "It’s a sitcom...It will follow a traditional sitcom feeling, but will also feel like a big sketch, even though the characters will remain the same each week.”

Back in his corner of the blogosphere, Cross served up some additional, tantalizing details for Mr. Show fans to drool over: "We should be shooting in LA in the beginning of MAY. We'll keep you posted on exactly when and where (we'll have room for 150 audiencers). We are both very, very excited about it and feel it's really strong and important to the health of America."

If you're wondering what all this Bob and David hubbub is about, locate your nearest 25-to-35-year-old, (probably) intelligent, (probably) male friend who drinks PBR, listens to metal and quite possibly has a reptile for a pet, then ask if you can borrow his Mr. Show DVDs. If he's a true fan he'll turn 'em right over, and we'll all get well together.

(Or you could just watch this gem from season two of Mr. Show, featuring "worldwide billiards champion" Van Hammersly):