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Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
I was lucky enough to attend several tapings of MR. SHOW in LA when it was still being produced for HBO. They used to run ads in the back of the LA WEEKLY to tell you when the shows were being taped, and you could just call and RSVP and go to see them. It was always more fun to see Bob and David and their great rotating cast of supporting players work live. I know that when I finally saw The Kids In The Hall live about six years ago, it was so much better than seeing them on TV. For anyone who didn’t get to see Mr. Show tape, you’re going to get a chance to see them anyway, and it sounds like you’re in for a treat if you do.
David Cross called me today and asked me if I’d run a list of dates they’re appearing. If they do well in these cities, who knows what might happen? They sound like they’d be willing to add second shows. I think Bob and David are anxious to get in front of an audience and enjoy performing and stop thinking about the bullshit involved in the RUN RONNIE RUN release (or the lack thereof) and just enjoy being MR. SHOW again.
Or at least, that’s the impression I got before David told me, “No, dude, it’s mainly for some quick, easy money.” But let’s pretend he never said that, okay?
UPCOMING APPEARANCES
Mr. Show Live!
Bob and David in "Hooray for America!!!"
SAT 9/14
San Diego California
Center for the Perf. Arts @ Escondido 8:00
FRI 9/20
Washington, DC
Warner Theatre 7:30
SAT 9/21
Philadelphia, PA
Electric Factory 7:30
SUN 9/22
NYC
Town Hall 7:30
TUE 9/24
Boston, MA
The Orpheum Theatre 7:30
THU 9/26
Ann Arbor, MI
The State Theatre 7:30
FRI 9/27
Chicago, IL
The Congress Theatre 7:30
SAT 9/28
Madison, WI
The Barrymoore Theatre7:30
SUN 9/29
Minneapolis, MN
The State Theatre 7:30
FRI 10/4
Los Angeles, CA
Royce Hall 7:30
SAT 10/5
San Francisco, CA
The Warfield Theatre 8:00
MON 10/7
Sacramento, CA
The Crest Theatre 7:30
WED 10/9
Eugene, OR
The McDonald Theatre 7:30
THU 10/10
Portland, OR
The Crystal Ballroom 7:30
FRI 10/11
Seattle, WA
The Moore Theatre 7:30
SAT 10/12
Vancouver, BC
The Vogue Theatre 7:30
Oh, man. There are so many shows that are close enough for me to attend that I’m starting to get crazy thoughts, like trying to hit San Diego, LA, San Francsico, and Sacramento... maybe Seattle, too... I mean... how many Mr. Show tours do you think there are ever going to be?
Hope I see you guys there.
"Moriarty" out.
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Where the hell is the Austin date???? C'mon guys! Come out here! We'll treat you like the almighty Kings that you are!!!
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Jul 11, 2002 6:40:30 AM CDT
I hate the coasts. And the big fancy-schmancy mid-west cities.
by rampagingtroll
So, what are we poor people that are not near any of these dates that can't afford plane tickets and hotel supposed to do? Grrrr. I hate living in the mid-south. Nothing cool ever happens near here. Not even within reasonable driving distance. Bastards, all of you within proximity!
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I will probably cop it for this but i find Mr. show to be mixed. somewhat clever in concept and ideas but no so good in delivery(from what i have seen). I am not american but I do enjoy good comedy from anywhere(acutally only america and england) so i recently picked up the Mr. show DVD. mmm...I didn't really laugh to be honest. It was interesting but not so funny. that's cool, but I think it could have been really funny. For me the pacing and the timing of gags wasn't what it should have been. Plus I also got The League of Gentlemen at the same time. very different types of comedy for sure, but watching both at the same time you can't help but to compare. And it's not a not being american thing as my room mate is American(yes, he can speak for all of you) and he usually doesn't get into british comedy but he loved TLoG. It did feel in a strange way a little british, but I just couldn't stop thinking of Fry and Laurie. Which is also unfortunate. I just think that when it comes to absurdist humo(u)r the brits do it the best. to be honest i think these guys should be making movies. The run ronnie run movie does sound pretty cool. But from the sounds of it we will never get to see it. pity. ps. i'm not british either or canadian...thank god.
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How will they go from tour date to tour date? In a balloon up my ass.
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Jul 11, 2002 8:14:34 AM CDT
Anyone that ever got to go to a Mr. show taping knows(Moriarty h
by chuckrussel
'nuff said!
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SHIT!!! That's a lousy venue for a comedy show. There's no seating (Except for very minimal amounts in the bar balcony) and the stage is raised so high that if you try to get close enough to see you're going to wind up spraining your neck. It's a great hall for rock concerts (I saw barenaked Ladies and Bowie twice there) but I seriously doubt how good a venue for this. Maybe I'll just drive into NYC the next night instead...
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Although its run was brief, Mr. Show is second only The State. Kids in the Hall and Monty Python are fine shows, but I seldom find myself laughing into a hysterical frenzy at them. CHICKEN SANDWICH KARL!!!!
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That sucks. David Cross and Tenacious D both played to packed venues here in the last year. There can't be more Mr. Showheads in Madison and Ann Arbor than in Austin. I'm calling my congressman.
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I like Monty Python, and The State on MTV was cool, Kids in the Hall was OK, but somehow Mr. Show rarely makes me laugh. I never watched it on HBO, but got the DVD expecting it to be great. To be fair, a lot of the humor might have been funnier when the shows aired; jokes about Montana militias seem quaint in the age of Al Quaeda. But a lot of it seems just...self-indulgent. There are good jokes and even good sketches here and there, but generally, they're just not that funny. My favorite parts: Trying to sneak the shampoo bottle through customs; the infomercial about the quiet cooking pan; and the line "All these goats are retarded." Other than that, most of the material left me unimpressed. The show about how white people copy black culture started with a good premise and ran it into the ground. And there are so many jokes and sketches about being gay that after a while they just lose their impact; it's like, "oh, another gay joke." And the way they cut from sketch to sketch is sometimes clever, but more often distracts from the impact of each sketch rather than enhancing it. Does anyone else agree with me?
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Mike Ovitz hammered the final nail in his own coffin with his "gay mafia" comments. Once the most powerful man in Hollywood, Ovitz has proven himself to be just another stupid rich asshole. Michael Jackson is bear-baiting his own record company in a move that will only spell doom for this former African American hoofer. George W. Bush is wagging his finger at Big Business for unfair business practices at the same time as stories of his won unfair business dealing are circulating. Among the other insanities in thsi fast-shifting cultural landscape, the cocksuckers from Enron have not yet gone to jail. In a veritable funhouse of societal madness, where the very rich, so used to hiding their bullshit from the public view, are going blind in the light of the Information flashlight, thank God for one thing: Bob and Dvaid. (is Dvaid the bald one? Or the one that looks like a rat in a business suit?)
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Jul 11, 2002 11:09:12 AM CDT
PLEASE FORMAT THE SCHEDULE ABOVE SO IT'S REASONABLE TO READ
by jackrabbit
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Youd think with all the charachters based on "southern" stereotypes (senator tinkerbell, ronnie dobbs) we would actually get a show somewhere near the south. No, DC doesnt count!
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And be properly worshipped by the adoring masses here. That D show last year was the fucking shiznit, no question. They deemed the town to be "Daustin" from then on. And I'm proud to be a freakin' citizen. Wanted to go to the Cross show, but alas, no cash when tickets were available, then no tickets available when I got cash. :( Some rat bastard friends of mine got to go though. I hate you all, and you know who you are. ;) Come to Austin! We're the loophole in the Bible Belt, I swear! It's not a Jesus college! Be not afraid, Bob and David! Come. We'll love you guys up good and proper.
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What'd I do to deserve this? Seriously, was it when I hit the brakes to not run over that kid? Mr. Show live 3 minutes from my house. I'm gonna stop running those little bastards over from now on...
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I bow to no one in my love of this show. But I don't think Bob and David really hit their stride until late in the second season. I'm really hoping that the strong sales of the first set will get the HBO braintrust to pony up for a complete third and fourth season set. But, for now, take another look at the last two season two shows on the DVD and the "Best of" which covers season three. If you don't find brilliance there, then this is not the comedy for you.
"Kid -- you got the goods!"
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I was all pumped after seeing a Philly date, but after reading your post I'm thinking twice. Never been to TLF, but it doesn't sound like a great venue. As for the fellow from the mid-south, I have good avice for you: Move.
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Mr. Show was one of those rare entities that rose above the vast wasteland of American culture to produce something that was actually funny and a wee bit challenging. The first time I watched it, I didn't laugh that much. Yet, after the next episode, I was a pathetic addict. Like all things with substance, it isn't immediately accessible, so there is no surprise at all towards the negative comments directed at ol' Bob and Dave. Let the Adam Sandler brigade reign supreme. Your brains aren't wired for this particular brand of humor and, truthfully, I'm relieved.
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i've already bought tickets for the l.a. show at ucla's royce hall. waiting with baited breath, whatever that means. the mr. show dvd rocks and the commentarys are truly inspired. "that's the title of my next book, 'you can't work a pelvis through fabric'."
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Does anybody know when the damn Vancouver tix go on sale? I've been checking the Canadian Ticketmaster site several times a day -- and the Vogue Theatre site as well. No dice yet. I want so badly to give somebody a credit card number!
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I certainly didn't mean to discourge any local Philly types from seeing them at the Electric Factory. Since I live up near the Poconos and am equi-distant from Philly and NYC, the NYC venue is the better of my two choices. If I were going to book the show in Philly, I would have put it in either the Theatre of the Living Arts or the Prince Music Theatre. Electric Factory holds more people though. I can see why the promoters would want to care about ticket sale volume versus presenting a show that everyone can actually see... :p
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Which one do I hit first? God damn...this better be legit. You just never know with Mr. Show. I'm still skeptical about the existence of Run Ronnie Run. Don't get me wrong...if the movie is real and does get released I'm there with bells on. It's just that you never know when the jokes begin or end with Bob and David. Mr. Show is kinda like a post-modern version of the antics of Andy Kaufman. Please, whoever is in charge, let this be for real. (gives the Universe puppy dog eyes and pouty lip look)
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Holy shit I can't believe they're actually coming to Vancouver! As soon as I saw the title for the show, my heart sank. But I decided to check out the list anyways. Lo and behold, one Canadian date, and it's Vancouver!! Usually when there's only one Canadian date of something I want to see, it's Toronto. YES!!! I'm so giddy right now. I'm going to go watch the DVD now. YES!!!!!
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See Ya At The Chicago Show, Suckers!!! My Tickets Arrived Yesterday... Too Sweet.
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PLEASE show "Run Ronnie Run" at Comic-Con in San Diego next month. You saw the turn-out you got last year with the "Mr. Show" panel. Can you think of a more perfect place to screen the movie? I'd watch the shit out of it!!!
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I'm going to this show and am assumming they will put out tables and chairs. It's really not that hard to imagine. It's easy if you try, Dick.
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I only bought tickets to the DC show 3 weeks ago, after they'd been on sale for a week.
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hell yeah!!! Crest Theater will be a pretty interesting venue for Mr. Show. Can't wait.
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yes, fine i am now stuck in south carolina, but there could at least be a date in Florida??? At least i could crash at numerous friends places if that were the case, but the closest is DC????? That sux donkey ballz!!!!! Well, im gonna pray that they add some shows to the south, and im gonna pray the fuckin shit out of that prayer!!!
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