Mr. Show With Bob and David
We know. Many people reading this have never heard of Mr. Show. But future Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk wrote the “Van Down by the River” Matt Foley sketch for his friend Chris Farley — and many other brilliant sketches — before going on to partner with David Cross, one of the best standups and most underrated actors in the business.
Mr. Show, made for approximately zero dollars in the mid-90s, with a series of terrible time slots on HBO, has proven to be not only one of the funniest TV shows, but one of the most influential. “The Story of Everest” is, on paper, a horrible, horrible sketch — but somehow it’s one of our favorite things ever made. “The Audition” is another perfect Mr. Show sketch.
Favorite line: “No! No one help him!”
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