I'm not clear on what the difference is between "details" and "comedy." But I agree that the retarded parents thing is not very funny.
― Joe Bob 1 Tooth (Hurting 2), Sunday, 25 January 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean I guess some of their sketches are funnier for the peripheral jokes than the central jokes, but that's their style. E.g. the repeated shot of Josh Fenderman doing the dance is far funnier than the actual Josh Fenderman story. Not sure why that doesn't qualify as "comedy" though.
― Joe Bob 1 Tooth (Hurting 2), Sunday, 25 January 2009 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, that's exactly what I'm trying to get at.
I was thinking about this after watching seeing Bob And David's stand up comedy and realizing that I don't find it funny at all, in spite of loving Mr. Show. Depsite what Bob might say about the better skits being the low budget ones (easy for him to say, as he would find himself to be really funny), it's the gestalt that counts, the periphery being as, often more important that the central jokes. I find approaching the skits in a kind of decentred way is more rewarding that looking at it as a vehicle for stand-up style comedy that you could get on an audio recording. Take The Dylan skit at 7:30 here, which is a skit without a centre, all periphery without an origin that its supposed to be serve.
― mehlt, Sunday, 25 January 2009 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i love the bob lamonta sketch more for the "brave choice" satire surrounding it, which i think rescues the "bad retarded caricatures" jokes from what it would be on something like mad tv. still, i will be magnanimous and recognize your right not to like it as much as their other sketches. my two favorite sketches from the show are the story of everest and the pre-taped call-in show. however, the greatest mr. show moment of them all was at the end of the lost episode.
― #NAME? (ytth), Sunday, 25 January 2009 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Take The Dylan skit at 7:30 here, which is a skit without a centre, all periphery without an origin that its supposed to be serve.
I wouldn't really even call that a skit. It's only about 60 seconds -- more of a transitional piece between skits. Monty Python used to do very similar things, and so did vaudeville acts for that matter. Plus the Dylan character shows up elsewhere and I think it's pretty clear that the "center" is just a spoof of a literary snob type who can't stand base pop culture -- maybe an easy target, but done well I think.
― Joe Bob 1 Tooth (Hurting 2), Sunday, 25 January 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Besides, I think a lot of their comedy is more about certain television and film narratives as narratives than the content of those narratives.
― Joe Bob 1 Tooth (Hurting 2), Sunday, 25 January 2009 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
this sequence is funny imo:
― nm (rent), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 00:14 (fifteen years ago) link
'everest' might be the best thing they ever did. i nearly died watching that for the first time!
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm shocked that out of this entire cast, only Jerry Minor moved on to Saturday Night Live
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Bob and Dino wrote for SNL and Sarah Silverman was a cast member.
― Win A Car From Suicidal Tendencies! (jeff), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 00:47 (fifteen years ago) link
They all moved onto tiny roles in Arrested Development.
― i'm shy (Abbott), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm sad jay johnston hasn't had a better career- he was as funny doing slapstick (everest) as he was playing a guy in a suit and tie (like as the record exec trying to convince wykyd sceptyre that they were gay).
― Mother Father Chinese Dentist (ytth), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 02:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Jay Johnston is the best, I agree.
― i'm shy (Abbott), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, he's good on the sarah silverman show, but having him play one character, and not use his knack for physical comedy, is kind of a waste of talent.
― dunt renaissance (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean, the bit in the "tex mex" sketch in mr. show where he punches odenkirk is hilarious. just that punch is as funny as the rest of the sketch.
― dunt renaissance (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 02:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Choo-Choo the herky-jerky dancer
― i'm shy (Abbott), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i dunno, i can't separate the punch from the sleazy look he gives jill talley. and how about the saxophone player in "honesty in motion" ??? another johnston moment where he's not even the center of attention, but he's the funniest part about the sketch.
― Mother Father Chinese Dentist (ytth), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 03:18 (fifteen years ago) link
― kingfish, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Jay Johnston is indeed the greatest.
― Jouster, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 08:14 (fifteen years ago) link
― i'm shy (Abbott), Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
I say this all the time
― PappaWheelie V, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 08:18 (fifteen years ago) link
That, and "quarters; mostly quarters"
― PappaWheelie V, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 08:26 (fifteen years ago) link
'Pallies' --> 'The Fairsley Difference' --> 'The Story of Everest'
is the absolute high point of the show. If only they could've gotten a better SNL-y restaurant sketch in there like The Burgundy Loaf or something in there instead of the lameass clumsy waiter thing and the connection with Rapist Coming Don't Get Raped would be pretty much the perfect Mr. Show episode.
― josephcharles, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 09:55 (fifteen years ago) link
fore I die I'm gon fuck me a fish
― josephcharles, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 10:20 (fifteen years ago) link
i am a tele-vision set—peter o'toole
― andrew m., Wednesday, 18 February 2009 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm the hated milk machineno one likes me nowi was doing what i'm toldhe was trying to be boldwhy can't people keep their willies out of holes
where do i go nowwhere do i go nowthis is the knocking songin days of auld lang syne
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 October 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
^ get this stuck in my head all the time
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 October 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
I personally prefer Y'all are Brutalizing Me (which was nominated for an Emmy... errr, "World's Biggest Asshole" Award!)
― Hills Like White Broncos (EDB), Friday, 21 October 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
I walk around humming "I'm a superstar in a superstar machine! Taking it to the streets! Emotion lotion ..."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 October 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
I'm Fran, and I'm a woman!
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 21 October 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
You need to respect the baby, 'cause life is precious... and God... and the Bible.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 October 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
A rap, rap, a rap rap rap. A rap, rap, a rap tap tap. Get rappin' with it. Heyyyyy. Get rappin' with it. Hohhhh!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 October 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
Damn, his science is too tight!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 October 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
OK, fine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne0RrK5qJ-k
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, October 21, 2011 5:57 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 21 October 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
and that's when Lincoln said, "Don't diss mah homies!"
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 22 October 2011 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
weird al version is next level
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvCmvSKenzY
― bentelec, Saturday, 22 October 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
it's cool to think that besides jack black, the most famous person from this cast is mary lynn rajskub
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
naw Paul f Tompkins duh
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
Tom Kenny's obliquely pretty famous.
― C.C. Sabbathian of the Doom York Yankees (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
xpost i mean among normals, not onion a/v club commenters
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
Tom Kenny's easily the second most SUCCESSFUL of the bunch, but I wouldnt call him famous by any stretch of the imagination
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
actually Tom Kenney is probably more famous than any of them, in the kind of famous where no one really knows him
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that's called not being famous
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
the guy who does Spongebob vs the chick with the eyes on 24.
― pplains, Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
but anyways, yeah, 26 year-old Jack Black in the "Joke: The Musical" sketch is just fucking ridiculous. how gifted was that guy?
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 29 April 2012 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
i like that he does the winged devil dance in that sketch that has become his hallmark in tenacious d.
also... sarah silverman is more famous than mary lynn rajskub, isn't she?
― how did we get here how? (ytth), Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
david cross easily in at #2 between arrested development and (more importantly) the chipmunk movies. odenkirk might have a higher q rating than rajskub at this point also, 24's been of the air awhile and didn't exactly go out on top either. calling sarah silverman mr show alumni feels like even more of a stretch than calling her snl alumni. she would rank over rajskub though.
― balls, Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
Silverman was on it as much as Jack Black, if not more.
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
yeah rajskub is not really famous, def not as famous as silverman or cross, maybe not even odenkirk
don't know how i've managed to not troll this thread once in the past 10 years, def overrated as fuck
― some dude, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
raskub may not be famous, but her mug is all OVER the 24 pinball game
― da croupier, Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link