Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Jul 9, 2014 21:27:36 GMT -5
Mentioned him in a WWE thread earlier today, been nostalgic ever since. I am really dating myself here and feel safe in saying a number on FAN won't even know what I am talking about, so here is some background: Super Dave Osborne is a sketch comedy character first portrayed by veteran comedian and TV actor Bob Einstein in the 80's. He is a courageous but never successful stuntman who always ended up maimed in some hilarious way when his planned stunts went ludicrously wrong. You wouldn't have thought the character would last as well as it did, given how repetitive the act was, but Einstein actually made a sort of franchise out of it; the character became a regular guest on late night talk shows, there was a short lived cartoon, he starred in a bunch of commercials, and even had some straight to video movies. For a sample of Super Dave's usual shtick here you go
Don't ask me why, but I almost wish WWE had brought Super Dave in to host an episode of RAW when they were doing the guest host phase. I could picture all kinds of interesting skits where he challenges various wrestlers to different spectacular fears only to end up getting slammed in brutal fashion.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jul 9, 2014 21:29:20 GMT -5
it's a bigger mindf*** when you find out he's Albert Brooks' brother
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Post by JTG Fan on Jul 9, 2014 21:29:25 GMT -5
Don't ask me why, but I almost wish WWE had brought Super Dave in to host an episode of RAW when they were doing the guest host phase. I could picture all kinds of interesting skits where he challenges various wrestlers to different spectacular fears only to end up getting slammed in brutal fashion. He hosted an episode of TNA Impact in 2009. |
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jul 9, 2014 21:33:03 GMT -5
Albert Einstein is his little brother. You might know him a little better as Albert Brooks. No lesser expert on funny than Mel Brooks declared on the Tonight Show that Albert was the funniest person in the US when he was still just a teenager.
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Post by "I'm Batman..." on Jul 9, 2014 21:35:20 GMT -5
He was Marty Funkhouser on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jul 9, 2014 21:36:10 GMT -5
Don't ask me why, but I almost wish WWE had brought Super Dave in to host an episode of RAW when they were doing the guest host phase. I could picture all kinds of interesting skits where he challenges various wrestlers to different spectacular fears only to end up getting slammed in brutal fashion. He hosted an episode of TNA Impact in 2009. TNA Wrestling: such a wreck even Super Dave Osborne won't go back |
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jul 9, 2014 21:37:11 GMT -5
But alas! He did appear on Raw in the early/mid 1990s when he had a show on the USA Network. I believe it was in 1994 and you can find it on the Network. Pretty funny stuff if you like Bob Einstein.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 21:46:18 GMT -5
All I know about him was that he appeared on the Hollywood Squares revival.
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Post by Shy Guy on Jul 9, 2014 21:47:21 GMT -5
i thought he was dead
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jul 9, 2014 21:51:36 GMT -5
He played Bobby Caldwell, the father of Matt Damon's character, in the last Ocean's movie.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jul 9, 2014 21:53:17 GMT -5
Since everyone is saying what other roles he played, he was also on Arrested Development. CM Punk referenced his Curb Your Enthusiasm character during his feud with John Laurinaitis.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Jul 9, 2014 21:53:20 GMT -5
He also was behind People Power
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jul 9, 2014 21:55:10 GMT -5
Dating myself, I remember seeing him on the show Bizarre on HBO.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jul 9, 2014 21:56:25 GMT -5
I have his movie too. So stupid, but so much fun.
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Post by ICBM on Jul 9, 2014 21:58:43 GMT -5
Yeah I remember his show on show time back in the 80's(damn I am old). I always hoped he'd pull off the stunt just once. KD Lang got a ton of press off his show and he really helped her career when she was just starting out. A little rascist if you think about it. Fuji was such a horrible caricature of Asian men oh portrayed the worst racial stereotypes about Asians. But nobody cared then. Anyway, I liked the show and his shtick
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Jul 9, 2014 22:10:17 GMT -5
All I have to say is thank you Based Super Dave.
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Post by Malcolm on Jul 9, 2014 22:31:15 GMT -5
I remember watching the cartoon on Fox Kids and the live action show on syndication.  |
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Post by bluemeii on Jul 9, 2014 22:45:26 GMT -5
Dating myself, I remember seeing him on the show Bizarre on HBO. I remember that ...was Showtime though, but yeah I used to watch that show. That little short guy that was in Stroker Ace, played Burt Reynolds character's friend that showed up at the end, was the host. |
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jul 9, 2014 22:51:17 GMT -5
John Byner, and yer right...it was Showtime.
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Post by chazraps on Jul 9, 2014 23:57:02 GMT -5
Super Dave Osborne was great in his two appearances on Norm Macdonald's podcast last year. Love the guy. [quote author=" ICBM" source="/post/10876640/thread" timestamp="1404961123" A little rascist if you think about it. Fuji was such a horrible caricature of Asian men oh portrayed the worst racial stereotypes about Asians. But nobody cared then. [/quote] Apparently, Fuji was just a regular guy and that's how he really was. Osbourne met him and liked his positivity and willingness to go along with anything, so he became a regular. |
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