Mr Show - The Audition

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[@AgentXPQ]

This is such a brilliant, but also maddening, premise for a sketch.

[@JakeandMaddieComedy]

This is like a textbook example of what makes a great sketch.

[@avery-james]

Jake and Maddie Sketchbook example

[@MeanStreamFraudCast]

Sketchbook Textbook sketch text.

[@ChaossX77]

Why though?

[@sb-di3of]

@@ChaossX77 because, watch it

[@ZorbaTheDutch]

Feels unfinished, though.

[@abhiu2398]

I kinda wish Dino hadn't stopped the audition. I can imagine it going on and on so that David Cross gets the sitcom job, the sitcom becomes a huge success and goes on for ten years, and after the series finale, Dino and Bob approach David to congratulate him for his performance, and he screams 'Noooo!!!!'

[@schwaggbagYES]

+Abhishek Uchil I like that! Cool idea

[@AmberAmber]

Abhi U genius!!!!

[@MrBank325]

Abhi U Haha... great thought.

[@ponzipuppet]

They should shoot your idea for the scene today in 2018.

[@chidedneck]

NOOOO!!!

[@aleji0]

This might be one of the greatest sketches ever written and performed, this is brilliance, and always will be.

[@JP-ty3qm]

The first time you see this sketch, as an audience member you don't know what is and what isn't part of the audition. You're in the same position as the casting guys and that's where the humor comes from. On repeated viewings though, it's all about sitting back and marveling at how great the writing is

[@hippojuice23]

Definitely Python- worthy!

[@BrianBattles]

Thanks for explaining why it's funny.

[@kinggimped]

It was sketches like this that made Mr Show so special. So fucking well written, Odenkirk and Cross are both so good.

[@amysacrifice]

this is seriously my favorite show of all time.

[@L33PL4Y]

That's amazingly clever. It's the perfect audition because it comes across as being so genuine. You can't tell that he's acting, he just sounds like he's talking to them directly. Totally brilliant.

[@hakuorowitsuarunemitea8708]

Dan, you have once again infinidaggered your way into my heart.

[@Lukeor]

This is the type of brilliant sketch that makes you wonder how no one has ever done it before. Unparalleled.

[@GuilainMusic]

i agree, i think i feel the same about great songs.

[@dranelemakol]

This is literally who's on first

[@uberxchuck944]

@@dranelemakolsomewhat similar but definitely distinct and legendary in its own right

[@Dealbreaker_Jones]

Tobias, Saul Goodman and Starburns all in one, how perfect.

[@notveryniceatall]

Cringe

[@Michele1ELL]

Odenkirk’s reactions and his uncomfortableness are just the best

[@Twirlyhead]

Mr Show is one of the best comedy shows ever to come from the USA (or anywhere else for that matter) it's a shame that it is virtually unknown here in the UK as a lot of it is very much the style of humour we appreciate - I could imagine this sketch, for example, performed by members of the Monty Python team. I got into it after Charlie Brooker recommended it on one of his (also very funny) programmes and now I've watched them all - thanks Charlie and thanks Mr Show.

[@VlogUntilDawn]

I haven't seen this in a while. Mr Show was AMAZING. And I love that they brought it back with W/ Bob And David.

[@placeboing]

hahahahahahah, thanks. definitely one of my favorites.

[@nikladk1996]

I don't think I've ever seen a 14 year old comment.

[@MadHouseKiller]

placeboing!!!

[@rayj7273]

Dude, it's 14 years later, are you still alive?

[@noneofthiseverhappened]

Boing

[@noneofthiseverhappened]

Ps consider making a BCS remix

[@TheReichofNess]

I absolutely burst into laughter upon the "SCENE!!" --- "NNOOOOO!!!" And then again on "you got the goods..." The ending for this is the best ever.

[@FrankHarwald]

This is why all communication always requires a consistent, founded, finite & objectively knowable set of preexisting axioms of meaning in the first place & without them communication is fundamentally impossible. High quality education about epistemology & logic at play here!

[@JohnnySplendid]

Lightyears ahead of their time

[@luminousbulb]

You are assuming things are improving with time. They are definitely not

[@notveryniceatall]

Not really

[@FelipeUebio]

I just did this scene as a monolog in my acting class, everyone was so confused, uncomfortable and anxiously giggling 🤣

[@fanhoop187]

This sketch, blowing up the moon and nil’s guitar shop: my three top favorite mr show sketches of all. So random and awesome

[@budlit1854]

How bout the Titanica one 😂

[@fanhoop187]

BUD LIT it’s got a few good lines. My favorite, “your fuckin’ parents sued us.” Also the metal song at the end “try Try try again headfirst this time Dive right in”. I’m not a huge fan of visual gags but it’s good. That one and the head in the fishbowl. The underground tape railroad

[@GBart]

This is probably the best sketch ever written.

[@adamdesanti6713]

Bob Odenkirk's excellent memoir (2022) brought me here. I _vaguely_ knew of this show existed growing up. I'm now YouTubing all the classics that he mentioned in it.

[@CraftsandArtsComedy]

IMO the best sketch ever written.

[@MarilynMonster88]

"Aaaand Sceeeeene!" "Oh! Great!" "NOOOOO!!!"

[@Flounder234]

Gotta be one of the best comedy sketches ever.

[@twonicelol]

HELLLLLOOOOOOOOOO

[@Kevb0ardGames]

+Evan Sines HELLOOOO fellow HUman!! I grEEted you like a HUMAN would!

[@stellerjob8045]

+Evan Sines INFINIDAGGER!!!!!11!!1!!!

[@liquidlen2]

Right up there with The Pre-Taped Call-In Show.

[@montysloungetv]

Conventionally brilliant Over and again New levels discernable Even after 25 years

[@helgemartinsanchez6445]

How have I gone this long without seeing this gem!! Thank you random Twitter person!

[@sceniclobby6794]

this is the best skit in the shows history....i laugh over and over

[@samnewton62]

I can imagine David actually doing this at a real sitcom audition

[@thanthire]

one of the bestest

[@royalport2]

Coming back to this once again some thing that I really appreciate that David does is that he makes slight different inflections and deliveries. Every time he does the same several lines to add to the possibility that he could coincidentally just be saying the same things again.

[@DenisFreeman2]

dam dude, 6th grade i would rush home so i could see mr show, this along with mad tv was like the highlight of my day

[@Ray1969.]

Mr Show and Chappelle show are the two greatest sketch comedy shows of all time!!

[@Lukeor]

It's good when you type in "mr. show" this is the first sketch that comes up. Genius.

[@fuquan77]

one of my favorites!!

[@SongJLikes]

“It’s a GOOD play.”

[@thelegendoficarus2]

Alright Danny, we'll see how funny this is

[@jessechuff]

+TheLegend OfIcarus (Pit) it's pretty fucking funny hahaha

[@SuperBandito]

This was great, hella better than that farmer animation dan and arin talked about.

[@theinfamousfall]

I don't find this funny at all.

[@jessechuff]

Xander McCloud neato friendo

[@thijsjuhh1]

+TheLegend OfIcarus (Pit) He has the strength to give this video milions of views :)

[@malusmundus-9605]

Amazing... just amazing.

[@frogskinshoelace]

lmao. i watched this as a preview of the show. Im sold, watching now.

[@Roxxxxxxxbottttter]

My favorite Mr. Show skit. Absolutely hilarious.

[@a1yssum]

amaaaazing graaace

[@massacre2]

thank you. this is brilliance.

[@kayklute]

Haha one of my class mates in theatre did this for his monoluage, our teacher was so conviced he needed the chair like so^^ Lol this is a major troll audition and I love it!

[@starryplatinum]

And sceeene! Bravo! *NOOOOO!* I died 😂

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Mr Show’s sketches are the best because they’re almost all completely timeless.

[@wakegary]

Dino nailed this one. That "Gorge" poster tho

[@evanmcguire5787]

STACY DENNINGS

[@alexisgarcia4124]

Evan James YESSSD

[@moozycarrots]

BUTTT FARTTTTTT

[@kirst253]

KITTY LITTER

[@notveryniceatall]

Cringe clapping seal behavior

[@poisongodmachine3]

One of the best sketches ever!

[@fightclub6291]

This was my first time watching this....(or anything from Mr Show). Fuck, I’m impressed!

[@lakshmimittal]

u can tell this is borne of experience. imagine using this in a real situation!

[@Itsakoopahere]

And so Mr Danial Avidanial leads me to another thing to love.

[@GrassValleyGreg]

Agreed this is the greatest skit show that's ever been... The bearded guy on the left also created Moral Orel, which is probably the funniest show on Adult Swim.

[@bienorama]

HOLY CRAP!! BRILLIANT!!

[@Sviolinist]

omg so classic. This is classic. F*****G CLASSIC!

[@threekindmice]

HELLO!

[@pulpgarfield]

"Kid, Kid! We've seen enough. You got the goods." "REALLY?!"

[@bl1398]

Staaaaaaaaaaar

[@sewershark249]

Hilarious!! Classic Mr.Show at its best

[@flissss]

"You got the goods."

[@RichV20]

Really!

[@Spankabuttux]

I found some more- it's fantastic! How is it that this has been around for so many years and the first I heard of 'Mr Show' was a week ago? I caught 'Kids In The Hall' as it was on late on the BBC, but why don't people talk about this? It is brilliant! It's so great when you find a comedy goldmine.

[@griffinxi]

Classic. And as for the KITH comparisons, it's inevitable: both Mr. Show and KITH were amazing, brilliant and endlessly entertaining.

[@robstrong8534]

This sketch has got the goods!

[@f_r_a_n_k]

David Cross' face at the end is so hilarious. "REALLY?"

[@catchawave21]

Perrrrrrfection

[@adumb1985]

2021 and still hilarious

[@sickrandy2946]

I want to live in a world where every video on the internet isn't full of Game Grumps comments

[@failinginamerica]

finally, an issue all of us can come together on

[@jeffersongrigg893]

Oh my god agreed

[@Frozbroz]

I don’t see that as a problem

[@MeanStreamFraudCast]

I agree, but I also disagree. You see, I just purchased this Kawasaki motorcycle I've wanted since I was 10 years old. I worked hard for it, I put in my time and I always gave 110%. I deserved this bike. Sure it guzzles petrol like a broke doper and my genitals have shifted 3 inches backwards since I bought the thing, but by golly, she is a vampire in the night. Swooping to and fro the highway like a winged black stallion, galloping over hills and under bridges as swiftly as some kind of Lovecraftian mutant chicken. This machine was forged for a man like me, and I'll be damned if I waste another precious, fleeting moment not barreling down the side of a mountain because the roads are winding and I accidentally hit the gas. Sionara, suckers!

[@lkjyuiop]

i love youtube you can find every thing you ever want these guys are funny

[@Bubaglobalj]

my favorite sketch ever :-)

[@npowe131]

Starburns.....?

[@herbalt]

+Nick Powell Yep. That's Dino Stamatopoulos. Before Community, he had been a writer/producer/creative consultant on TONS of stuff including The Ben Stiller Show, Mr Show, SNL, David Letterman, Mad TV, and Lucky Louie; and has created or otherwise been a part of several Adult Swim titles such as Frankenhole, Moral Orel, Tom Goes to the Mayor, and Drinky Crow.

[@Lanocheselvatica]

Alex... his name is Alex

[@lawrencecook2620]

I love this.

[@vincentzimmer9424]

Ditto.

[@NyQuilDonut]

I was gonna complain about the quality of this video, but this video is 13 years old.

[@SaulMeyersz]

this was such a great show..i think i still have all the episodes. somewhere.

[@manonthedollar]

The live parts of the show were shot on video, which means they are stuck in standard definition for the end of time. This will not be released on BluRay.

[@JohnCArnold89]

Mt. Show was shot in the late 90's, therefore, it was shot on film. They probably--more than likely--still have the film print in a vault somewhere. They would take the film print and re-scan it to fit the Blu-ray format. So, there is a way for them to make it "magically high definition" because film has no pixels and therefore is the highest of definitions.

[@riparianlife97701]

Cross at his best.

[@treywaka2444]

+Docktor Jim Writing and acting. He really should stick to that

[@geyck]

Is that Starburns? Am I just making the connection now?

[@hawkian]

***** Starburns and Saul.

[@sbtlwrld4917]

STARBURNS actually wrote this sketch

[@TheSuperBigPunch]

geyck His name is Alex

[@nut1717]

Amazing!

[@Serduun]

This is brilliant.

[@houou100]

I've seen this sketch 4 years ago (around the time it was uploaded here) and again today and it's still brilliant and hilarious. So I started searching for Mr Show sketches, and found out that... none of them are more than chuckle-worthy. Oh well. Still this one is just great.

[@calvinsaxon5822]

Mr. Show is like war. You watch so many sketches that are just the long moments of boredom, and then you hit a sketch like this which is the "punctuated with sheer..." can't-stop-laughing. Also, I was just trying to figure out how a recursive function works in programming...and now it all makes sense. Thanks, Bob and Dave!

[@Spankabuttux]

As a Brit, I was unaware of this, but I must say it is amazing. It's one of the VERY few sketches that, while in the Monty Python tradition, takes it a step further, very rare. I'm off to snuffle out some more.

[@Liamisamom]

this is brilliant stuff. davey cross is a genius

[@notjacksonshaffer3357]

I’m gonna comment like somebody who’s never heard these peoples real names in real life. Ok? Cool “It’s so weird seeing Tobias Funke, Saul Goodman and, Starburns all in the same room”

[@bearursidae42069]

It’s a slice of heaven though like they’re all great separately but like together as ingredients they make a delicious gumbo

[@Zyclxn]

Arrested Development, Breaking Bad, Community

[@bigjanstudd]

one of the best skits from one of the funniest shows ever

[@shinsayata22]

This is beautiful, Lee Daniel Avidan you were right

[@notveryniceatall]

Cringe. Nobody cares what brought you here

[@72ve17]

ooohhh i love that acting - genius

[@Lukeor]

Absolutely. I tell everyone the same thing.

[@FloraWest]

Spend some time searching for Mr. Show--it's worth your time.

[@ThoseTwoBrits1]

Brilliant

[@thesameboyyouvealwaysknown904]

Never knew you guys liked Mr show! Love your videos!

[@smmoom1212]

vaguely reminds me of "who's on first" lol

[@PlatonicThough]

I fucking loved that

[@karmadhyana]

Mr. Show has got the goods.

[@ZachTheTechie97]

Can I use this comment box?

[@ZachTheTechie97]

***** NOOO!!!!

[@ajnode]

Now that his comment is deleted, you look crazy.

[@KFyre]

Sure.

[@Jaies_]

What if they said "No".

[@chrisninety1]

It occurs to me that in this scene, David Cross is an actor playing an actor playing an actor playing an actor.

[@Kaliopy]

God this show was great

[@aila6814]

i love this show so much, these guys are all so damn funny.

[@ItzRoger]

A relic from a bygone age of television uploaded to a relic version of KZbin from a bygone age of the internet... incredible that it has remained so well preserved after all these years.

[@tyo88teasley]

love this!

[@vonbontee]

LOVE this! One of my favourite Dino S. mind-fuck sketches, which means it's up there with "Young People/Companions" and (alltime greatest Mr. Show sketch!) "Pre-Taped Call-In Show".