Mr. Show with Bob and David: Genius or Overrated?

the story silverman tells in that book of the first time she bombed is probably the hardest she's ever made me laugh.

24 was definitely a very popular show in its time with a semi-ironic main character, i just don't really know how capital f famous any non-kiefer person is on that show. certainly not sarah silverman famous.

ha semi-iconic

o yeah agreed. i'm not sure what sarah silverman's actual biggest hit is (very possibly her book?), but when she got that laugh as a nominee at the emmys that one year my coworkers were talking about it and none of them had to have who sarah silverman was explained to them.

I think even just because "Sarah Silverman" rolls off the tongue quicker than Mary Lyn Rajskub would make her more famous.

i've never even heard her name spoken out loud to know how it's pronounced, such is her fame

I know she's Silverman's old roommate. I know she got fired from Mr. Show because she and David Cross broke up. I know she was on 24. I saw her guest-star as one of Jemaine's girlfriends on Flight of the Conchords.

All that said, yeah, I don't know how to pronounce her last name either.

i feel like most people just call her chloe

Yeah, I forgot how often Sarah was on the show when I first posed the question.

brian posehn and patton oswalt were roomies, too! it seems like if you're a comedian and you had a roommate at that time, you would end up on Mr. Show and become at least semi-famous. maybe there is a pic in patton's autobio of posehn cradling him like a nursing baby during pre-fame roomie days.

Brian Posehn is defs my favorite Mr. Show guy.

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/images/2006/06/062906_rushaccostsmarylynn.jpg

I'm inclined to believe (based on little actual evidence) that Tom Kenney is probably the second most successful of this lot from a financial standpoint. If not, he needs a new agent.

i don't think anyone would dispute that dude is set for life. but being known mainly as the voice of in animated character is a hard quantify kind of fame. like i genuinely have no idea what percent of people who know who Homer Simpson is would known the name Dan Castellaneta or recognize his face.

Starting to think that just because Rush was namechecking Mary Lynn, it had more to do with her popularity in the Limbaugh household and not the general populace.

yeah i had no idea before googling her b/c of this thread that there was a whole weird thing w/ them being on a panel together and rush planting a kiss on her

rush is best friends with the 24 creator, so hes probably more into the show than the average joe

yeah i had no idea before googling her b/c of this thread that there was a whole weird thing w/ them being on a panel together and rush planting a kiss on her

― some dude, Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:46 PM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark

people briefly thought they were dating

ugh that 'heritage foundation' banner

http://i38.tinypic.com/33wum2t.gif

Mary Lynn is probably equally as famous as the guy who played Tony on 24.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjQ9D5JIcfM

bag hutch 4ever.

garafolo was already famous at that point iirc

yeah, i think that's why i didn't count silverman cuz i already knew who she was (though she was nowhere near garafolo fame). always just assumed that somehow garafolo got rajskulb the job replacing her on larry sanders though i might just be conflating what happened on the show there.

burn that disco ghost to the ground!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXi1begBop0&feature=related

are there really people who don't like mr. show? so sad...

so is adult swim and youtube why there hasn't been a non-snl sketch show in so long? (not counting madtv or whatever britain turns out) there's a lull after sctv but late 80s thru the 90s you get in living color, kids in the hall, ben stiller show, the state, mr. show and probably some other obscure things i'm completely forgetting. that's alot of talent churned out there.

dana carvey show

chappelle show

DURR

yeah i haven't had cable in years i'm guessing comedy central has never stopped looking for another chappelle show. ignore my thought!

there's some show now, mabel and kenworth or something that supposed to be good? much closer to chappelle than mencia in any case? anyone seen it?

You mean Key & Peele? I've seen a few bits of it, seemed alright, but certainly no Chappelle show.

that's it

lol mabel and kenworth

are there really people who don't like mr. show? so sad...

― scott seward, Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:33 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Fl

it's aight but i tend to front on it because of a) douchey college kids who've never watch an episode of KITH overrating it, b) an over-reliance on clever sketch segues that just always felt kinda forced to me compared to Python segues and c) David Cross turning out to be such a dickbag that i almost don't want to laugh at him even when he's funny out of spite.

This is kind of the greatest American sketch comedy show though, save a few choice seasons of SNL

the segues are hit or miss, sure (especially how they just make the sketch into a news segment as a seeming last resort), but the truly inspired ones make up for it, in my opinion. i'm thinking ones like information jimmy, or TTOMO into the sad song awards.

gimme another space beer, gleep glop

so is adult swim and youtube why there hasn't been a non-snl sketch show in so long? (not counting madtv or whatever britain turns out) there's a lull after sctv but late 80s thru the 90s you get in living color, kids in the hall, ben stiller show, the state, mr. show and probably some other obscure things i'm completely forgetting. that's alot of talent churned out there.

― balls, Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

the whitest kids u know has its fans

also seems like improv/sketch people are more likely to try to get on sitcoms these days than they are to start the next Human Giant show.

xpost, the saddest fact

i saw mary lynn rajskub do stand-up on one of those john oliver comedy central stand-up shows and it was SO. BAD. i like her in general but it was just a long meandering story with no jokes and no point and her doing her uncomfortable/nervous thing.

i watched a few eps recently and some of it was really funny and some of it was so 90s, overall ingenius show

this is tru tho

c) David Cross turning out to be such a dickbag that i almost don't want to laugh at him even when he's funny out of spite.

― some dude, Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what a foul monster

what did david cross do to you guys? you hate him cuz he's a corny indie fuxxor or whatever?

have you heard his standup?

I think the actual answer is

http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Amber+Tamblyn+David+Cross+MONTBLANC+Presents+ZW3XFoKxkm2l.jpg

mr. show is the greatest

thought this was pretty funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIWLMMHGAS8