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

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

he has a beard now.... GET HIM!

xposts

I've never really understood actually ~hating~ david cross.

hes just a really h8ful person

saw david cross live and he killed
he spent half the show giving swag that people had given him at festivals and what not to the audience members
just a real nice guy.
no idea why people think he's such a dick

I saw him live years and years ago and the most annoying thing about it was that there were bands opening for him and when he came onstage to do his act the crowd remained standing like we were at a rock show. it was so weird.

he seems like an allright guy to me.

i said he's a dickbag, not a dick. i don't know why that seems like an urgent distinction, but i think i mean i don't know whether he is a nice person IRL, i just think he comes across as kind of pompous and humorless about a lot of things when speaking onstage/in interviews.

he looks plump and happy. i think i've just heard the one cd (on sub pop?) and one stand-up special. thought they were fine. in a patton kinda way. i laughed. i like him when i see him on other things. except for the godforsaken chipmunks movie.

i like the virgin mary desert rape bit. i remember that one.

but jeez just try and forget seeing him now cuz he did so much great stuff on mr. show. you can't take that away from him.

He's hit and miss. His acting is usually pretty funny. But his stand-up… I dunno, seems like most of what I've seen is "I mean, FUCK. 'Oh you don't believe in fucking Jesus?' NO MAN! And, and and… here's a fucking story. Go fuck some more kids in the ass and come back and tell me about your fucking invisible man in the sky, ok?"

That tripping clip was pretty dead-on about what it's like to trip, but… was there a joke in there? It was a good performance though, I'm giving him all that.

Out of like ten sketches, ONE may be slightly funny. On the whole, kind of a dud.

your percentages are wrong

cross' elephant story was painfully funny and demolished the room

I saw him open for Aimee Mann and Michael Penn on their "Acoustic Alchemy" tour and he killed. This show was in Alexdandria, VA, which is trade association and nonprofit HQ central for the US. He did a bit about walking through town, seeing the National Snack Food Association, and going in to their offices to ask why there's no honey mustard popcorn that was just amazing.

lol Alexdandria

He's hit and miss. His acting is usually pretty funny. But his stand-up… I dunno, seems like most of what I've seen is "I mean, FUCK. 'Oh you don't believe in fucking Jesus?' NO MAN! And, and and… here's a fucking story. Go fuck some more kids in the ass and come back and tell me about your fucking invisible man in the sky, ok?"

haha yes this is otm

i mean he's this close to being a gen x bill maher

can only assume you are misunderstanding Bill Maher's politics

i...wasn't saying they share views?

not sure what you're getting at then. the main thing I associate with Bill Maher is reactionary libertarian politics, being a sexist asshole, a sanctimonious atheist, and generally ignorant jerk. Cross isn't really any of those things.

can't really envision Cross hosting a "chat show" or whatever either