Show: Mr. Show
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:01 pm
i had to search to see if this was ever a topic. i hadn't watched mr. show in quite a while but i saw one the other night that made me want to start watching again. the satanic church skit style as an evangelistic church. i forgot how funny that was. Bob telling Jill "you are the Mother of all Whores", and it is a compliment. and "to hell with both of you" as a warm greeting. David Cross as the lazy teenager guilty of "the glorious sin of sloth."
I got to see them do the show live twice, when they went on tour a few years ago. A San Francisco show was so-so, 2 nights later in Sacremento at a smaller venue, they were on. It was as good as any show i've ever seen. My friend took me to drink at the local bar (ironsides?) afterwards and the whole mr. show crew showed up and we all sat at a table together and drank much draft beer. i wish i had stayed sober so i remembered more of it, but Odenkirk was giving me lots of kindly advice on my impending fatherhood.
Sometimes mr. show seemed too clever for its own good, some skits weren't as funny as others, etc. I still think they got closer than anyone else will get for a long time.
"it's our new flavor, rock and roll double chunk. it's got chocolate, and we think people who like rock and roll will like it, because it has rock and roll in it's name."
I got to see them do the show live twice, when they went on tour a few years ago. A San Francisco show was so-so, 2 nights later in Sacremento at a smaller venue, they were on. It was as good as any show i've ever seen. My friend took me to drink at the local bar (ironsides?) afterwards and the whole mr. show crew showed up and we all sat at a table together and drank much draft beer. i wish i had stayed sober so i remembered more of it, but Odenkirk was giving me lots of kindly advice on my impending fatherhood.
Sometimes mr. show seemed too clever for its own good, some skits weren't as funny as others, etc. I still think they got closer than anyone else will get for a long time.
"it's our new flavor, rock and roll double chunk. it's got chocolate, and we think people who like rock and roll will like it, because it has rock and roll in it's name."