Top 10 Mr. Show Sketches

as well as many other characters, not to mention stand up specials. Basically, if you say you never head of David Cross, you’re wrong you have, at least at some point.  Odenkirk is a different story; while yes he has appeared in many other shows and films, such as his character of Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, he is more occupied with his behind the scenes work.  He helped Tim and Eric start their careers helping develop Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job.

After meeting on The Ben Stiller Show in 1992, Bob and David created their own sketch comedy show, Mr. Show with Bob and David for HBO. This program allowed for cursing and more controversial content from the average TV sketch comedy show. This content would include: sexual humor, drug use, political commentary, and even jokes about religion.

Coming from TV comedy writing, together on The Ben Stiller Show, and Odenkirk’s history as a writer at Saturday Night Live, this was their chance to be left alone and allow for as much expression and development in their comedy without network involvement, being on HBO. Also, this show tried a unique idea, borrowed from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, of tying the show together with small linking segments to the larger sketches. This allowed for a unique fluidity between sketches.

Now, onto the list, this one was a little more tricky than expected. I first had to define a

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