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Mr. Show

Season 2 1996
TV-MA

  • 1996-11-15T17:00:00Z on HBO
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
A sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. The pair introduce most episodes as heightened versions of themselves before transitioning to a mixture of live sketches and pre-taped segments.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1996-11-15T17:00:00Z

2x01 Now, Who Wants Ice Cream?

Season Premiere

2x01 Now, Who Wants Ice Cream?

  • 1996-11-15T17:00:00Z30m

A separatist demands that his Montana cabin be declared its own sovereign nation; two European vacationers try to slip illegal drugs past customs; a cooking demonstration turns tragic. Also: an Olympics parody.

1996-11-22T17:00:00Z

2x02 A Talking Junkie

2x02 A Talking Junkie

  • 1996-11-22T17:00:00Z30m

This episode opens with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross introducing the show, as usual, when Bob interrupts to complain about the ""fake-y British accent"" that David is using. When the rest of the cast comes out to complain, David drops the accent and admits that he's ""just trying to have some personality."" He gets upset and tells them he only has one friend. They scoff like they know who he means, and Jill Talley tells him, ""There's no such thing as a talking junkie."" David runs out of the studio, and meets his junkie friend, whose voice is badly dubbed and sounds startlingly similar to the voice of the dog on the old children's show Davey and Goliath. There's also a sketch about a ""Mom and Pop"" porn shop, where Mr. and Mrs. Appleway treat their patrons like family. In another sketch, Bob and David play an R&B group, Three Times One Minus One, who appear on WPCBCN -- the White People Co-Opting Black Culture Network -- where they complain about being hassled by the cops for jaywalking. The

A parody of "Jesus Christ Superstar"; and a takeoff on "Cops," involving drunken police officers. Also: the "new hate-free Ku Klux Klan."

A U.S. senator sells San Francisco to a corporation that turns it into a theme park. Also: children toil to write comedy sketches--for 18 cents an hour; and parents insist that their son is gay.

1996-12-13T17:00:00Z

2x05 Operation Hell on Earth

A hate group meets to divide up the U.S. into segregated sections and rival college basketball recruiters vie for the services of a 5-year-old boy. Also: a "Blame-A-Thon."

Season Finale

1996-12-20T17:00:00Z

2x06 The Velveteen Touch of a Dandy Fop

Season Finale

2x06 The Velveteen Touch of a Dandy Fop

  • 1996-12-20T17:00:00Z30m

A horror-movie parody entitled "Coupon: The Movie"; advice from a Beverly Hills "psychoactualist." Also: dueling megaphone crooners.

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