In the past few years, Vincent Ventresca has remained a reliable presence on television, appearing in episodes of “Nashville” and a two-episode arc of “The Fosters.” He’s also a crime procedural mainstay. In 2018, he appeared in two episodes of “9-1-1,” and a “Criminal Minds” episode followed in 2020. Most recently, Ventresca played notorious bank robber Todd Shelf in a Season 5 episode of “The Rookie.”
Ventresca admitted that while he’s still a working actor, his primary creative focus these days is writing. He even penned a spec script about a modern-day version of Fun Bobby, in which he returns home to the Midwest to take care of his aging parents.
“I always thought Fun Bobby should have his own show,” he said in the same Showbiz Junkies interview. “I know a lot of writers from TV shows who’ve helped me structure it … Fun Bobby has to help his mom and dad — that becomes his new mission in life.” For Ventresca, the sad and dull iterations of Bobby are poignant points of entry for a different kind of show. “He’s Ridiculously Sad Bobby at this point. That’s sorta the bit: He has this midlife angst, but everyone who sees him lights up because of what he means to them. At some point, maybe that’s enough — to be that person that people loved. He doesn’t feel like his own life was wasted.”
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