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

'80s-->'90s Fox was wild: Simpsons; Married...With Children; 21 Jump St.; In Living Color; Martin; 90210

Cops; America's Most Wanted

Werewolf

Herman's Head

The greatest show ever:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woops!?wprov=sfti1

X Files

Get a Life!

Action, with Jay Mohr.

lol that it took this long

NEW: Jay Johnston — of Mr. Show, Arrested Development, The Sarah Silverman Show, Bob's Burger's, and Anchorman fame — has been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/HdHbVwISOk

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 7, 2023

Talk about something not being on your bingo card (or at least, not before Jan. 6). I can only imagine how I would have reacted to this prediction back in the late '90s.

How could you think that this was a coup??!!

Idiot!

Talk about something not being on your bingo card (or at least, not before Jan. 6). I can only imagine how I would have reacted to this prediction back in the late '90s.

Not just famous, respected actor! Mr. Show begot Emmy nominations, federal indictments, and the voice of Spongebob.

Not sure which part of “Mr. Show actor arrested in coup attempt by President Donald Trump, who was defeated by Joe Biden” would have surprised me most back then

THR has obtained a photo of Jay Johnston from a party last October in which he appeared to be dressed as the so-called "Qanon Shaman," who previously pled guilty to storming the Capitol on Jan. 6

https://i.imgur.com/slxf9PS.jpg

Odenkirk's range is insane. he was so good playing a ditzy hunk lawyer on Seinfeld. and then a porn star on Curb. actually I really admire how a dude who's so naturally funny was willing to be the straight man so often.

not a lot of evidence these days that the arc of the universe bends towards justice, but Bob Odenkirk got to star in a prestige drama where he could show off his full range, develop it further, and get numerous accolades for it.

he also got to be on Dr. Katz a couple times

xp and he got to cheat death recently.

and got to make his own John Wick movie

Nobody was so much fun

Meanwhile, David Cross just gets to sit around collecting Alvin and the Chipmunk movie residuals while hoping no one brings up the fact that he used to be best friends with Gavin McInnes.

it's pretty wild to imagine that one of the greatest TV dramas ever made was nearly forced to just end on a massive cliffhanger because one of the Mr. Show guys had a heart attack

They could have just replaced Bob with David. No one would have noticed.

Good find, somebody:

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

Hank Dobson's Mini-Mart & Country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSqALwnF2QA

haha, i'm not much of a podcast listener but i just skipped to the middle to get the gist of it and bob was sharing his theory (or really, just the facts) that when a murder takes place on a tv show or movie, that murder actually happened in real life

Comedian Jay Johnston, best known for his work in the animated hit Bob's Burgers, has pleaded guilty over his involvement in the 6 January US Capitol riot. Mr. Johnston admitted on Monday to a single count of obstructing officers during a civil disorder. He will be sentenced in October and faces up to five years in federal prison.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw0yqv84x4ko

Saw that dude in Men in Black the other night

_Comedian Jay Johnston, best known for his work in the animated hit Bob's Burgers,

Maybe they’ll treat the pregnant swan with leniency at sentencing

he might be an insurrectionist but I can't bring myself to hate the Everest sketch

imagine going back in time and being told that of the show's main cast one of them would go on to voice one of the most popular cartoon characters ever, another would star in Alvin and the Chipmunks, another would be the main character in one fo the most acclaimed dramas of the 21st Century, and another would be arrested for attempting to overthrow the US government. you wouldn't get any of them right.

and one of them would play Slot Machine Man in a new season of Twin Peaks

Cross has always taken big studio acting roles, I don’t think the Chipmunks thing would be all that surprising.

You left out: One would be photographed being kissed by Rush Limbaugh

definitely would have predicted Posehn as the govt overthrower

One could be Starred in critically-acclaimed comedy running from 2003-2019

How about speaking at the 2016 Democratic convention?

Or directing President Obama in a comedy sketch?

Johnston gets one year in prison
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4957315-actor-sentenced-prison-capitol-riot/

They're going to have him hammering out thimbles in there.

Christ, a little more that just being "present", what a chud:

There, he used a stolen police riot shield to form a “shield wall” inside a tunnel against law enforcement and participated in a “‘heave-ho’ push” that “pinned and crushed” a police officer against a door frame, they said.

sad lol, his lawyer asked for many hours of community service in lieu of prison, the judge gave him prison *and* community hours.

people get kooky as they age. this we all know. still wouldn't stop me from re-watching mr. show. he was usually the butt of the joke anyway.

holy shit lol

https://bsky.app/profile/benschwartz.bsky.social/post/3l7lzdv7dxf2m