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Mr. Show

Mr. Show with Bob and David
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Created by Bob Odenkirk
David Cross
Starring Bob Odenkirk
David Cross
John Ennis
Tom Kenny
Jill Talley
Jay Johnston
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 30 (and 2 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) David Cross
Troy Miller
Bob Odenkirk
John Moffitt
Dino Stamatopoulos
Brad Grey
Bernie Brillstein
Producer(s) Troy Miller
Bill Odenkirk
Jay Johnston
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Brillstein-Grey Communications
Dakota North Entertainment
TriStar Television (1st season)
HBO Original Programming
Distributor Warner Bros. Television
HBO Enterprises
Release
Original network HBO
Original release November 3, 1995 (1995-11-03) –
December 28, 1998 (1998-12-28)

Mr. Show with Bob and David, also known as Mr. Show, is an American sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. It aired on HBO from November 3, 1995, to December 28, 1998.

Cross and Odenkirk introduced most episodes as semi-fictionalized versions of themselves, before transitioning to a mixture of live sketches and pre-taped segments. The show featured a number of alternative comedians as both cast members and writers, including Sarah Silverman, Paul F. Tompkins, Jack Black, Tom Kenny, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Brian Posehn, Jill Talley, Scott Aukerman, and Dino Stamatopoulos.

It was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a Golden Satellite Award.

Each episode of Mr. Show consists of a series of sketches, at times surreal, each one transitioning to the next by a link in a manner reminiscent of Monty Python's Flying Circus or the State. For example, a minor character in one sketch might return as the major character in the next. Often, common themes or story lines are returned to at different times throughout an episode. As a premium cable show, its audience was limited. DVD editions, however, have opened the show to a broad new audience.


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