MR. SHOW WITH BOB AND DAVID: IT'S PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDISHABLE (TV)
Summary
One in this series of sketch comedy programs starring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. In this episode, Bob flubs his opening line so the cast reviews the rehearsal tape to see what he was supposed to say; Lane Wellesby is profiled on "Those Amazing Actors" for his training and handling of actors, which includes whipping and caging them like wild animals; two Samaritans fight for the affections of a blind girl; singing sensation "Maple Syrup" butchers the English language with words like "understandishable" and "assistamentary" while trying to help a desperate father on "The Emergency Psychic Hotline"; Dougie Bendle of Whiting, Indiana, is chosen as the eighteenth incarnation of the Dalai Lama and with the help of his high school buddy leads the Tibetan Monks to victory over "the fat kids' camp" in the "501st Summer Olympicon."
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: December 1, 1998 12:00 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:22:22
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:55466
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Satire
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 1995-1999
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Brad Grey … Executive Producer
- Bernie Brillstein … Executive Producer
- Troy Miller … Executive Producer
- David Cross … Executive Producer, Writer
- Bob Odenkirk … Executive Producer, Writer
- Tim Sarkes … Co-Executive Producer
- Peter Giambalvo … Coordinating Producer
- John Saade … Coordinating Producer, Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Tom Sherren … Producer
- Dino Stamatopoulos … Producer
- Jay Johnston … Producer, Writer
- Bill Odenkirk … Producer, Writer
- Mara B. Waldman … Associate Producer
- John Moffitt … Director
- Jonathan Dayton … Director, Location segments directed by
- Gregg Gelfand … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Scott Aukerman … Writer
- Jerry Collins … Writer
- B.J. Porter … Writer
- Brian Posehn … Writer
- Mark Rivers … Theme Music by
- Eban Schletter … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Director
- David Cross … Cast
- John Ennis … Cast
- Bob Odenkirk … Cast
- Jill Talley … Cast
- Brian Doyle Murray … Cast
- Jon Cryer … Cast
- Gerald Jann … Cast
- Jay Johnston … Cast
- Karen Kilgariff … Cast
- Victor Kobayashi … Cast
- Dennis Lee … Cast
- Jerry Messing … Cast
- Jerry Minor … Cast
- Brett Paesel … Cast
- Brian Posehn … Cast
- Sam Sarpong … Cast
- Ken Takamoto … Cast
- Becky Thyre … Cast
- Preston Wamsley … Cast