I love that they actually had Bob Odenkirk pretend to shred and used that audio instead of dubbing him over with an actual player, makes the sketch that much funnier
When I first saw Bob Odenkirk on the Ben Stiller show, I always thought that his laugh was a stage laugh. But, that laugh he makes at 2:56, is his real laugh. I've always thought that that is hilarious. Just a naturally silly man. LOL
This is just one of the greatest sketches that has ever existed. The way they establish a connection between two totally unrelated concepts: Guitar skill vs surviving an illness is just sheer genius. The way they establish an inverse connection good at guitar = gonna die bad at guitar = gonna live is just comedic genius.
This sort of humor reminds me of the comic Asterix the Legionary, where the writer went out of his way to stuff the story with similar connections: being polite suddenly means to hit someone, if someone's crying he's always assumed to be lovesick, Egyptian hieroglyphics are used to make terrible puns, and more.
Bob Odenkirk is a gift of an actor and a lot of people don't even realize how awesome this guy really is.. I remember going to the concert and buying that same exact Metallica shirt
@@lopiklopthey don’t, he still remains underrated to this day. And when he is recognized it’s always only as Saul Goodman and not his talent beyond that role.
Suicidal Tendencies song, “No Fuckin’ Problem” from the album, “Suicidal for Life”, circa 1994 opening the sketch. Love that album, and was quite surprised and pleased they used the tune in his sketch when I first saw it in 2002.
One thing you miss about Mr. Show by viewing individual sketches is the fact all the sketches are usually connected in some way and segway from one to the next (kind of like Pulp Fiction). Then at the end of the show they bring everything full circle to reference a joke they told at the start of the show.
All of the higher-level improv troupes shoot for that (and it's much easier to do on a scripted show written well in advance). There's a famous improv stucture/format called "the Harold" (not invented by but perhaps best popularized by Del Close and the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre) that shoots for having a central theme introduced at the start, then three story thread offshoots from that theme which ideally all come together in some interconnected way at the conclusion en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_(improvisation)
Lol, jesus man. Four fuckin' dicks... ...are what you must have in your head instead of brains if you thought you needed to tell people that Tom Kenny voices spongebob.
Ronnie Johanson a nice thing about Mr. Show is that they’d go back and forth between live and taped segments. Same with Kids in the Hall and Monty Python. I feel like it gives them the flexibility of doing stuff that is fun live without overstaying the welcome. Also, none of those shows had 90 minutes episodes where they need to cram good ideas with 80% filler.
I love how he’s practically never appeared in anything where he didn’t scream “GAWWWDdammit” out of nowhere, except for maybe Undone and Wayne’s World 2.
Joke doesn't work for him. People know he sucks, and they like his movies because of the "so bad it's funny" thing. Nobody's pretending he's actually good.
I've seen this skit a dozen times over 20 years, but I just realized the subtext that we all have IDS, yet we don't treat each other like it. It's too awkward. :/
@@dragons_red this was one of the most influential sketch shows ever. Anyone in comedy knows this show, and if you have friends who “don’t remember it” they’re probably not old enough to or just don’t know about sketch comedy Bc this really wasn’t as obscure as y’all are making it sound
It's sad that the fantastic writers behind the well written Saint's Row reboot have imminent death syndrome, all of them. They're fantastic writers, it's tragic.
