Bob Odenkirk stand up - The A-list (24th Feb 1992)

Cheers to "J" for sharing this. Bob Odenkirk. What a guy!

[@brocanova]

Haha, yeah, like a lawyer....

[@kobedirk]

Better call saul!

[@mariorodrigojovervandermee9940]

This comment aged even better than well...

[@mrBlagstock]

So … he’s a character playing a character, who is playing a character. Mind bending genius.

[@sodapopinsky87]

his voice is like a 1000 cigarrettes before

[@nickysimi9866]

Yeah it was really weird to hear at first, then I realized it's like 27 years ago

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@nickysimi9866 Jumping up and down, yelling and screaming like a jackass for 27 years.

[@EASFromTheWest]

If smokers actually kept track of how many cigarettes they smoked that would be more of a measure of their time

[@EASFromTheWest]

Gregg Turkington aka Neil Hamburger had the exact same thing happen

[@unclekarl5219]

Probably doesn’t help that his Saul Goodman voice is more gravely than his actual voice

[@JackstandJohnny]

That bubble gum bit is one of the most original bits Ive ever seen. Never seen it before this or ever again. Thats awesome.

[@mightisright]

At the time they still had Bazooka Joe gum at every store. Not sure if it's still around.

[@relgstorm]

@@mightisright i found some at the dollar tree here in oklahoma a month ago..

[@m____w____6981]

I think my brain owes me an apology. It took a while for it to figure out what was going on.

[@PleaseDontEatAnimals]

@@m____w____6981 I think his revealing that he was actually getting the jokes from the bazooka wrappers was meant to be a slow unveiling. Took me and my partner a moment to realize the same, so don't be so hard on your brain. 😁

[@DblTap317]

I still don't get that bit. I didn't laugh or think it funny it's over my head. I admit that's a me problem Bob's awesome nonetheless but seriously, clue me in what was the joke?

[@thecrimsonbubbles]

"you know why God made snakes before he made lawyers?"

[@JasvirSingh-fd6fp]

He needed to do the practice

[@TheTalia2]

Why?

[@kevinmoran44]

One of the most underrated funniest persons alive.

[@tee_nanners]

I know this is a year old, but I gotta respond to this. Bob Odenkirk is celebrated as one of the greatest comics of our time, having spent his entire career writing comedy, stand-up, for SNL as well as improvising humor in just about everything he's been in. He's starred in two of the greatest shows in the history of television and has been in more than a few movies. On what planet is Bob Odenkirk underrated?

[@privateprivate1865]

@@tee_nanners my favorite is mr show💖

[@vcrsalesman2606]

HE DEFECATED THROUGH A SUNROOF!

[@Lolbama2012]

Looks like a lawyer. Damn. He called it.

[@gisellesalinas6178]

Life is funny huh

[@KokoRicky]

Talk about being ahead of his time.

[@babery9756]

how does he just plow through characters so effortlessly wow man of my dreams

[@kevindoyle5696]

is that Kevin Costner?

[@standardofexcellence]

Yes, when he's not playing a fake baseball player, or cowboy

[@rollotomasi4135]

He was born to be Saul Goodman

[@TheHitmar99]

"or a lawyer"

[@scl17freak]

wow hes looked the same for nearly 30 years...and made a lawyer reference!

[@NotMitch69]

The bubblegum joke is so much better the second time through.

[@Ffejro12256]

"You get a necklace with that one" That line just sells it right there. So awesome. I remember watching this on TV back in 1992. Holy crap. It blew my mind back then and I was instantly a fan of BO.

[@reeeee1012]

Could you explain it? I keep rewatching that one but it still doesn’t click

[@Ffejro12256]

@@reeeee1012 Bazooka gum. Had comics in the wrapper. If you grew up chewing it that would click right away.

[@reeeee1012]

@@Ffejro12256 Thanks but what does Bazooka Joe have to do with a necklace. Edit: Nevermind just looked it up, they had some sort of promotion for necklaces if you sent in the wrapper.

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

gross

[@jimmyguitar2933]

Howie Mandel did the same bit all the time.

[@vibsmith555]

he was born with that receding hairline

[@INSANEWitG18S]

Holy shit he sounds different

[@kimcapri9178]

I saw this in the initial broadcast. It was the same episode with Janeane Garofalo. Bob had a swagger back then. With his boyish good looks and his middle class irony he was ahead of his time. He wasn't just breaking the fourth wall ala Garry Shandling, he was taking a big shit on it.

[@marknewbold2583]

Learn your comedy, Oliver Hardy and Groucho were breaking the fourth wall a long time ago

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

very influence by steven martin

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

@@marknewbold2583 and other people were doing it a long time before that

[@SpaceTimeManipulatorSTM]

Its a very Kaufman type bit.

[@DblTap317]

@@marknewbold2583 lmao no one cares man

[@pretorious700]

Odenkirk is from another planet

[@Trilaan]

Gods above and below, I've been looking for this Lincoln bit for YEARS.

[@Action_Slacks]

Me too!! I was trying to relay it to my husband just recently but can't do it justice. Now I can show it to him! Maybe I'm weird but I think Bob Odenkirk is hilarious, I loved Mr. Show and he did a brilliant bit on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[@jenniferkonstant5920]

I haven't been looking for it, but I DO quote it often.

[@banjoarefood898]

even thirty years ago Bob Odenkirk slayed ass in front of a crowd

[@M--oy1pe]

Maybe a Lawyer, Holy s××t deja vu, telling the future, wonderful old video

[@artescienze]

Such a natural and talented Bob Odenkirk is! So glad he's getting his break now!

[@purplestuff]

My favorite Bob Odenkirk set.

[@dashfatbastard]

I thought I'd never see this again!

[@zaffron6032]

Back when Saul was Slippin Jimmy

[@chrisdaco22]

Hooray!! Haven't seen this since 92!

[@Ffejro12256]

You and me both. I remember seeing this on Comedy Central (back when it started. Penn was doing voiceovers to announce shows and Jon Stewart was hosting SAST. ) If you remember BO in 92 then you probably know all those references.

[@davidconway6874]

@@Ffejro12256 Yep. I also remember Janeane Garofalo did the second set on this episode.

[@palumbieri]

Looks like a lawyer... 😂😂 If he only knew....

[@dragons_red]

For all you geniuses saying "this standup isn't funny", he is doing broad comedy (like he and David did later in Mr Show), not traditional "stand up" of setup->punchline jokes. These are more like mini, 1-man skits.

[@marknewbold2583]

That's not broad comedy

[@cangumuskaya]

Just watched the origin of his success of being such a good lawyer. Next one should be an accountant now as he addressed this already.

[@valentinacasetta6709]

This guy doesn't know how to age! 27 years later he looks almost the same!

[@mutalix]

The resolution of the source material is shit, but I kinda see your point.

[@SecretlyStarscream]

Doesn't aound the same tho hahaha can't even tell it's him just with the audio

[@suzanneyeremyan9]

his voice is so different wow

[@arjoonbessaye8652]

Damn man vince brought every character real past life in breaking bad how genius

[@aarossell]

this got better and better, so funny.

[@HappyTeeth.]

the bazooka joe bit is one of my all time favorites.

[@grasshopperfiddler]

That was So Funny!? I really enjoyed that!

[@eltravos99]

dude...bob is the master. i bow down.

[@MandrakeMoorglade]

remember watching this as a kid.

[@akrinst]

Scary poem.

[@JerikoFeng]

Was Bob EVER a young man? Or did he immediately throw on a suit and look like he always has since he was a baby?

[@darlenalena3502]

Love this guy!

[@theeHeisenberg]

it actually surprises me that people think he's being serious

[@brianwhite2080]

Please more A-List comedy from Comedy Central in the 90's. I miss it so much! Higgins Boys and Grubber, Larry Miller (5 stages of alchohol), Bobcat Golthwaite, Robert Shimmel, ect. :)

[@jenniferkonstant5920]

OOH! I forgot about Higgens Boys and Grubber! And, of course, Larry Miller is hilarious. Man, those were the days.

[@jenniewinchester8792]

Love him

[@E32DJ-ELB24]

Good and Unique

[@tomaszignielnicki4320]

First line made me laugh already...,,maybe lawyer,,🙂

[@jongmagee]

i just got what he was doing with the gum hahaha lol

[@virtualmachine5467]

What is it

[@jongmagee]

@@virtualmachine5467 He was reading the jokes from the gum wrappers.

[@virtualmachine5467]

@@jongmagee thanks

[@SMGTwoThousandAndEight]

This is all good, man

[@lionbear7706]

that was great!

[@basstian]

'Maybe an accountant or a lawyer' indeed!

[@hybridmoment87]

this man is a god.

[@KeshaIsHot808]

well he does look like a lawyer...

[@sigean100]

This is. -- acceptable. 🤣

[@leonidastheodoropoulos5642]

A lawyer you said…

[@AllboroLCD]

Comedy Central existed in 1992!?!? I dont recall seeing it on NYC cable TV until 1994 or so.

[@reecestory2879]

THE VOICE

[@yaboicreamy5227]

Jimmy and mort on the slippin chicanery

[@chels01e]

My kind of humor....😀

[@DblTap317]

Maan he came a long way. Bob is not my type of humor here, I'm still waiting on a joke to happen but I love this guy nonetheless. He came original and came professional. Some of that classical clean comedy I respect it.

[@skepsys]

hard to believe he was so young. still looks very good now for a 58 y.o., but yeah.. time..

[@pmichael590]

Thought he was gonna pull out a flip phone but that was a bit early

[@justecho12]

How did they get Kevin Costner here?

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

this is a very funny bit

[@darlenalena3502]

Hey its Nancy from Rosanne!

[@user-eto-ne-abuser]

He already was Saul Goodman 30 years back then😅

[@Giiiiiiiooooooooo]

His abe lincoln stuff was phenomenal!🤣🤣🤣 ironically it sounds like plankton from spongebob hahaha

[@Cjnw]

Bob Odenkirk, #Obshchak Killer! 🤣💵😉

[@SeeThomasHowl]

"Phenomenal"

[@sasanvideoprod.6548]

If he would have named himself Bob Kirk he could be more famous.

[@GodlessMartyr666]

Is he just reading bazooka Joes as he chews them??

[@Vogurt]

Yes. That IS the joke.

[@MsVamPireChic]

@Commander Shepard I had to Google it because I didn’t get it either but basically those chewing gums were wrapped in comic strips so he pretended like he wanted to chew the gum when in reality he was just opening them up to read the jokes. That itself is the joke, lol. I’ve never heard of bazooka chewing gum before so I was confused too 🤣

[@TheLokiBiz]

@@MsVamPireChic Yeah, I remember it back in the 90s, but I haven't seen that gum in yeaaaars. So while older millennials and up probably got it - I can understand if younger millenials and gen z people didn't get it lol. But yeah, you explained it pretty well - the gum also would have a promo where you could send in the wrappers for a necklace, hence that bit.

[@DanJackson1977]

@Samar3n Bazooka Joe jokes were fucking terrible. The joke is Bob is playing a comic that is "so bad" he has to read Bazooka Joe comics to get material, while trying to tell though through gum chewing. It's kind of a commentary on how bad "stand up comedy" was in this era... it was an industry in the 80s and early 90s.. and there were A LOT of hack comedians. Bob was part of the "alternative comedy" scene.. which was pushing back against "mainstream" comedy... basically just thumbing their nose at anything that was "traditional" in comedy... which, if you've ever watched "MR. SHOW", Bob's 90s HBO show... you'd see what that's all about.

[@leafyutube]

Slippin Jimmy.

[@MAFion]

So strange. Awesome.

[@MrFoo1000]

Slippin Jimmy

[@Max-oh8lw]

Genius

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

He was only 30. 2:02 ❤

[@DKendes]

Does he have any new specials? That would be awesome! I only see ones from years ago

[@dragons_red]

I don't think he has done any stand up in a long time. After starting Mr Show in the late 90s, he has only done TV show acting I believe. Currently doing Better Call Saul

[@lauderdale77]

What a maniac :)

[@theeHeisenberg]

when exactly do you think Mr. show aired?

[@Hgh38]

He was made to be Saul Goodman

[@smile-zb8ot]

sounds young my god

[@terrybrass]

SNAP HAPPY!

[@mythsqueuemusic]

Love the ironic humour

[@j.c.ferrell1154]

This explain perfectly why he won't do stand up

[@BrianBattles]

Nice hair, Sandra

[@sealight78]

I thought that was Betsy Brandt (plays Skylar White's sister, Marie, in Breaking Bad).

[@TheTalia2]

New videos??

[@tiskfendu]

Remember : This is how they catch you ...

[@markcollins963]

Foreshadowing

[@theeHeisenberg]

so he is?

[@hellyeahmanmedia5731]

Little did he know he would become a lawyer, the best lawyer known to man.

[@je-pq3de]

yeah i was Born that day

[@Toybinging]

Ask you mom if she was watching this in the hospital room that day

[@user-sd7qt3hy8l]

Jesse Pinkman disliked this.

[@gimpscam9976]

I just realized the gum joke is he’s reading the gum jokes. Omg so dumb.

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

5:33 Sounds like university professors today.

[@fckgooogle1000x]

Chris Evans or Kevin Costner?

[@theeHeisenberg]

you said he ain't no funny, that means he's funny. Where did I go wrong? I was asking for clarification

[@CountFisco]

Maybe a lawyer, huh

[@steveplatea2129]

0:50 reference to Twin Peaks?

[@Big-guy1981]

Do I look like your high girlfriend: five fingers no waiting?

[@JJamal604]

me laff long time

[@elscoob2055]

Lawyer

[@baburao87]

He kinda looks like Tom Cruise here. And his voice so different.😀

[@basstian]

Or Kevin Costner.

[@baburao87]

@basstian Haha you could say that.