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mr show the complete first and second seasons | Year: 1995 Classification: Television Directed: - Valerie Faris - Troy Miller - Keith Truesdell - John Moffitt - Jonathan Dayton - Peyton Reed Comedy almost too hip for the room Do whatever you have to do to get this DVD: borrow the money, work overtime, rob your piggy bank, sell your N*SYNC CD's (heck, you should do that anyway), sell your blood,... whatever it takes. This comedy series ranks up there with the movie "Waiting For Guffman" as the funniest thing to come along in years. No small coincidence that both of the stars and creative geniuses behind Mr. Show (David Cross and Bob Odenkirk) appeared in "Guffman". Cross is easy to spot, but blink and you'll miss Odenkirk.<BR>This HBO series' humor soars miles above the heads of some viewers, and too bad for them. Offbeat, strange, twisted, and always extremely clever, "Mr. Show" reaffirms your faith in sketch comedy. The sketches defy description, but my favorite is the one where Odenkirk enters a convenience store to ask for change for a dollar. Sounds flat, huh? But employee Cross has to go through several links of the chain of command (4 other roles all played by Cross and Odenkirk), all the way up to the President of the United States, just to get clearance. Just guess what the answer ends up being... Cross and Odenkirk are the principal writers of this series, and their ingenious use of pre-taped segments cleverly intermixed with "live" segments demonstrates not only their mastery of the medium, but their effortlessness at thumbing their noses at standard sitcom & sketch conventions. A must have for comedy aficionados. All of the superlatives you will read on this site are true. "Mr. Show with Bob & David" is quite possibly the BEST sketch comedy show to come along in 20 years. The reason I'm adding a comment is because, if it causes even ONE person to buy these discs and discover this show, maybe HBO will agree to release the 3rd and 4th seasons! Both Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are comedy vets, having written and performed for years. Odenkirk wrote for "Saturday Night Live" (in the Hartman-Miller-Carvey-Dunn years), Chris Elliot's "Get A Life," performed with the Second City (while Chris Farley & Tim Meadows were in the cast), played Stevie Grant on "The Larry Sanders Show," and did stand-up. Cross likewise did stand-up and sketch in Boston and wrote for "The Ben Stiller Show" where he hooked up with Odenkirk, who co-starred in and also wrote for the show. So, you see, these funsters have pedigree! Recently, they have popped up in most every sitcom out there (NewsRadio, Just Shoot Me) and made scads of film appearances (Cross in "Scary Movie II" & "Men In Black," Odenkirk in "The Cable Guy" & "Monkeybone"). But, "Mr. Show" is where you should discover them in all their unadulterated, hysterical glory. Also in the cast you'll find Tom Kenny ("Shakes the Clown," "Medusa: Dare To Be Truthful," "Spongebob Squarepants"), Jill Talley ("The Edge," "The Ladies Man," Second City stage), Jack Black (Tenacious D, "Shallow Hal," "High Fidelity"), Brian Posehn ("Just Shoot Me"), John Ennis & Jay Johnston (last seen in "Malcolm In the Middle"), and Paul F. Tompkins ("HBO Workspace Presents"). Grade A+ comedy! Words Cannot Describe This I accidently came accross Mr. Show in its 3d season on HBO during an insomniatic traverse over the entire cable TV dial. Two minutes into the "Titanica" sketch I was hooked and did whatever I could to catch every episode from that point on. I say a little prayer every day that HBO releases seasons 3 and 4 soon. Everything you've heard about this show is true. People describe it as part Monty Python, part SCTV, part Kids in the Hall and that's all accurate to a point, but there really is no way to truly describe this show to anyone who has not seen it. This is one of the funniest TV shows I have ever seen - - you just have to watch it for yourself to find out why. Warning . . . if you think Carrot Top is funny and think Jay Leno is cutting edge humor you will NOT like this. This is offbeat, sometimes in your face, sometimes dark, occassionally VERY dark, often weird comedy. If you're easily offended by "blue" language (i.e. the "f" word and its cousins) this might not be your cup of tea. On the other hand, if you're bored out of your mind by most of what passes for comedy on TV this is the tonic you've been waiting for. It can be intelligent and incredibly silly at the same time. Again, it's really hard to explain - - just watch the f'in' show okay. Bob Odenkirk worked for years as a comedy writer for Saturday Night Live (where Lorne Michaels rarely aired his sketches - - too edgy), Conan O'Brien (they met at SNL) and was a main stage cast member at Second City (he originated Chris Farley's popular "Motivational Speaker" character at Second City before SNL overkilled it). David Cross was a standup comic and writer in Boston for years before becoming part of the alternative comedy scene in L.A. Cross and Odenkirk met as writers on Ben Stiller's short lived show and began working together as a team before HBO started to notice their act. The show has a fiercely devoted cult following. The show's cast and writers attribute the show's critical success and cult audience devotion to the fact that HBO pretty much left them alone and let them do whatever they wanted. These are very funny people working in a very unrestrained environment and they produced something extremely funny in the process. If you "get it" you'll wet your pants laughing. Buy Mr Show The Complete First And Second Seasons at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Mr Show The Complete First And Second Seasons Search with the Priority Search Engine on Mr Show The Complete First And Second Seasons This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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