Dave is a half-hour American comedy series from 2020 in which a neurotic suburbanite in his late twenties stakes everything on the belief that he is meant to be one of the greatest rappers alive.
What is Dave about?
The premise is simple and the execution is not. Dave Burd fronts the show as a nervous, overthinking man who has already decided, somewhere deep in his own head, that rap history will one day have his name in it. The catch is that nobody else has signed off on that plan yet. So the series becomes a campaign of persuasion: first he has to win over the friends who know him best, the people who have watched him fumble through ordinary life, and only then does the wider world come into reach. Studio sessions and small gigs sit beside the awkward private moments that fuel his lyrics. Around him sits a tight circle played by Taylor Misiak, Andrew Santino, GaTa, Travis Bennett and Christine Ko, whose patience and doubt matter as much as the music. The comedy lives in the gap between what he says he will be and how he behaves at a dinner table.
About the cast
Dave Burd carries the series as both its central figure and its driving creative voice. Taylor Misiak, Andrew Santino, GaTa, Travis Bennett and Christine Ko round out the ensemble, giving the show a lived-in group dynamic in which the jokes land because the relationships already feel established. Jeff Schaffer, credited as director, brings a long background in sharp American ensemble comedy to the way scenes are paced and cut.
Context & significance
Produced in the United States and first released in 2020, Dave belongs to a wave of comedies that blur the line between a performer and the character he plays on screen. Its real subject is believing in your own talent before any evidence has arrived, and needing friends to believe it with you. Warmly received by audiences, it is among the more strongly reviewed comedies on K-Time.
Watching Dave on Ktime
Dave streams on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so viewers can either hear the dialogue in Farsi or follow the original English performances with Farsi text. Watching requires a K-Time account login; the page is free to browse. The player and menus are in Farsi throughout, designed for Persian-speaking households abroad.