"I'm actually one of the best rappers alive."
![Taylor Misiak Christine Ko | Lil Dicky Dave Burd Jeff Schaffer | Dave FXX](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakAzlezXI0NLVcoJbAj71NCx_VdrnaiUPPWUCcwQDim3MKXGITlAr1rCPU5UeP7AVIRXxbo5OU9HvX94xuD01Tk3rGdvBjK6SYGIxWb6bVUcYC4Oa5ByplIzf1MEyOs3lj_7bqjAtElk2/s640/lil-dicky-dave-burd-fxx.jpg)
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Co-created by veteran Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm producer Jeff Schaffer, Dave mines the whole up-and-coming hustler vibe (think a small-scale Entourage or full-on comedic version of Atlanta) mixed with Burd's amiable version of the self-mocking outcast moniker Larry David has so notoriously perfected.
Schaffer makes sure to play up Burd's natural discomfort as a neurotic Jew/white guy with his wild rap dreams and odd seeming career choice as an online music video sensation (as he actually is in real-life) struggling to gain any respect or legitimacy in the very dysfunctional music industry.
![Lil Dicky Dave Burd Jeff Schaffer | Dave FXX](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyNi3jjZraSIEMLyHW-hujv-vG362T2X92NZpLB-iX0gDzvbmLvoVzP1Wh00WKFoiFlH4lQ2jQ0xSYqdXWdGgvRWO3k3PDNM_auou_oXNb932FJWrqoXkWCCXaRhp9TI9w9sxfSfwjsz_/s640/lil-dicky-dave-fxx.jpg)
Other comedians, comic actors, and real-life rappers weave in and out of the supporting cast nicely including Taylor Misiak and Andrew Santino as Dave's supportive girlfriend and roommate/manager. They, alongside a fun string of guest stars and cameos, add a more fleshed out, fully-realized impression to Lil Dicky's sometimes surrealist musical world.
Burd makes Dave such an easy watching treat thanks to his humility and self-deprecating ways. It also helps that he wisely stretches his rap talents and underplays just how gifted a hip-hop performer he really is. Dialling down (or up as needed) his Lil Dicky persona and growing who the fictional Dave Burd is on screen in the context of a traditional half-hour comedy makes for a fun yet familiar story of chasing fame.
Dave's ten-episode first season airs weekly on FXX.
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