Super Dave Osborne

A regular feature of the show was Super Dave Osborne, played by Bob Einstein, in which Super Dave would perform elaborate mock stunts meant to enthrall viewers; a reporter would assist in framing the sketch. Inevitably, the stunt would fail spectacularly, resulting in severe, hilarious injury to Super Dave. These sketches would usually finish with a view of the scene, in which Super Dave was buried, encased, launched etc., as appropriate for the sketch. Meanwhile, feigning agony, Super Dave would discuss sundry details: informa ...

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Canadian humour is an integral part of the Canadian Identity. Canadians have excelled at comedy and humour in many domains. There are several traditions in Canadian humour in both English and French. While these traditions are distinct and at times very different, there are common themes that relate to Canadians' shared history and geopolitical situation in North America and the world. Various trends can be noted in Canadian comedy. One thread is the portrayal of a "typical" Canadian family in an on-going radio or television se ...

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Crank Yankers is a United States TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that features actual prank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests which are re-enacted onscreen by puppets. The show premiered in 2002 and airs on the Comedy Central network. Show regulars include Wanda Sykes, Jim Florentine, Susie Essman, Super Dave Osborne, and Tracy Morgan. The puppets are designed by Funny Ga ...

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Arrested Development is a character-driven comedy television series about a formerly wealthy, habitually dysfunctional family. New episodes currently air in the USA on Mondays at 8:00pm EST on Fox. The show is presented in a way reminiscent of documentary, with omniscient narration (by Ron Howard), archival photographs, and historic footage. Although set in Newport Beach and Balboa Island, California, it is primarily filmed in locations around Culver City and Marina del Rey. The show was created by Mitchell Hurwitz (T ...

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From the first major work of Canadian humour, Thomas McCulloch’s Letters of Mephibosheth Stepsure (1821-23) in the Halifax weekly Acadian Recorder, Canadian humourous writing has tended more towards prose than poetry. McCulloch's satirical letters have been described by Northrop Frye as "quiet, observant, deeply conservative in a human sense…” McCulloch's satirical persona, the "conventional, old-fashioned, homespun" farmer, is part of a tradition that originates with Addison and Swift. Compared to McCulloch’s dry, and ...

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DejaView - Canadian Content. Adventures in Rainbow County Danger Bay Jokes on Us Seeing Things Sketches of Our Town Super Dave Osborne T&T It Seems Like Yesterday ...

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This is a list of the show's main characters, played by the show's main cast. Each character appears in this list appears in most of the shows episodes; and they are listed in the order that they appear in the opening credits. Characters from Arrested Development - Michael Bluth. Michael Bluth is the fraternal twin of Lindsay. They were born after Gob and before Byron. He is portrayed by Jason Bateman. Michael was President of the Bluth Company for most of the first season but was replaced by ...

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The plot for Arrested Development revolves around the members of the Bluth family, who generally lead excessive lifestyles. At the center of the show is the relatively honorable Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), who strives to do the right thing and keep his family together, despite their materialism, selfishness and manipulation. His teenage son, George Michael (Michael Cera), has the same qualities of decency, but feels a constant pressure to live up to his father's expectations, and is reluctantly willing to follow his father's p ...

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Footage exists of classic races like the 1986 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix in which the Chevy Corvette of Doc Bundy hit the Ford Probe of Lyn St. James and the Jaguar of Chip Robinson at Turn 1. St. James' car caught fire, and Chip Robinson nearly cartwheeled into the crowd, but fortunately she survived the flames and he escaped uninjured within the track bounds. Sadly, Riverside was the site of the only fatality in IMSA GTP history, when in the 1983 running of the Times Grand Prix, Rolf Stommelen's Joest-constructed Porsche 935 lost its rear wing at the Dogleg, went down an old section of track, and hit two ...

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After former Los Angeles Rams player Les Richter sold the property to Fritz Duda (an attorney from Riverside who later moved to Texas) 1988 would be the final year of active racing for Riverside International Raceway. On June 12, 1988, NASCAR held its final race at RIR - a race won by Rusty Wallace (a Caution flag was out for Ruben Garcia when he came off Turn 9 and lost control of his car and hit a wall, missing the grandstands). In 1989, after the Score Off Road Series held its last race, the track finally closed its gates after 32 years o ...

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RIR was also a prime spot for movie shoots and advertisements. Parts of CHiPs and Knight Rider were shot on location at RIR. RIR was also a location in the movies: The Love Bug, Roadracers, On the Beach, Speedway, Stacey, The Rockford Files, Thunder Alley, and Winning. In addition, the movie, The Killers, starring Ronald Reagan, was filmed at RIR. As well as the above, the TV show Simon and Simon and the HBO program Super Dave Osborne, not to mentio ...

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Besides the short ukulele-based theme song composed by David Schwartz, which is also used as Lindsay's cell phone ringtone, a couple of other songs are featured prominently in Arrested Development. GOB uses Europe's 1986 hit single, "The Final Countdown" in his magic acts, attempting to increase the audience's excitement through improvised dancing and rapid-fire magic tricks. The dramatic, synthesized chords, combined with GOB's high energy and overacting are a clear parody of modern magic acts. ...

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Arrested Development, Arrested Development - Origins, Arrested Development - Characters, Arrested Development - Casting, Arrested Development - Plot synopsis, Arrested Development - First season, Arrested Development - Second season, Arrested Development - Third season, Arrested Development - Themes and other characteristics, Arrested Development - Unique presentation, Arrested Development - Intertextuality and reflexivity, Arrested Development - Topicality, Arrested Development - Continuity, Arrested Development - Music, Arrested Development - Response, Arrested Development - Ratings, Arrested Development - Future, Arrested Development - Critical reviews, Arrested Development - Nominations and awards, Arrested Development - Broadcast history, Arrested Development - DVD release, Arrested Development - Episode list, Arrested Development - Trivia, Arrested Development - Celebrity guests, Arrested Development - Recurring roles, Arrested Development - Cameo appearances, Arrested Development - Broadcasters

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Many of Canada's comedy acts and performers have started out on radio, primarily on the national Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) network. While individual comedy show and segments have been around almost as long as the network, the focus has tended be more on specific shows featuring particular groups of comedians. The real beginnings of Canadian radio comedy began in the late 1930s with the debut of The Happy Gang, a long-running weekly variety show that was regularly sprinkled with corny jokes in between tunes. It deb ...

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Many of Canada's most popular and enduring comedy shows are in the sketch comedy genre. Paradoxically, Canadian television has fared poorly with conventional, American-style sitcoms, but has often fared better with dramedies and other types of programming that break the sitcom form. Canadian television comedy begins with Wayne and Shuster, a sketch comedy duo who began on radio in 1946 before moving to television. They became one of Canada's most enduring comedy teams, not just on Canadian television, but in the United States as well: ...

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The first season of Arrested Development premiered in the U.S. on November 2, 2003, on Fox. The time slot has been repeatedly changed in attempts to increase its ratings. Three seasons, totalling 53 episodes, have been produced. It airs on Fox, Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET. The series also airs in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, among others. In Canada, the show airs Mondays at 8:00 p.m. ET on either Global or CH (many viewers can see the show on FOX if they get cable). The series began airing in the U.K. on Septemb ...

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Arrested Development, Arrested Development - Origins, Arrested Development - Characters, Arrested Development - Casting, Arrested Development - Plot synopsis, Arrested Development - First season, Arrested Development - Second season, Arrested Development - Third season, Arrested Development - Themes and other characteristics, Arrested Development - Unique presentation, Arrested Development - Intertextuality and reflexivity, Arrested Development - Topicality, Arrested Development - Continuity, Arrested Development - Music, Arrested Development - Response, Arrested Development - Ratings, Arrested Development - Future, Arrested Development - Critical reviews, Arrested Development - Nominations and awards, Arrested Development - Broadcast history, Arrested Development - DVD release, Arrested Development - Episode list, Arrested Development - Trivia, Arrested Development - Celebrity guests, Arrested Development - Recurring roles, Arrested Development - Cameo appearances, Arrested Development - Broadcasters

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Particularly in recent years, Canada has produced a number of famous musical groups who have been described as "comedy rock". Bands such as Barenaked Ladies, Moxy Früvous and Rheostatics are sometimes misunderstood as being strictly novelty bands, but in fact many of their songs use humour to illuminate more serious themes. A number of other acts, such as Corky and the Juice Pigs, Arrogant Worms and Bowser and Blue write specifically comedic songs. Nancy White is a noted Canadian musical satirist, whose comedic folk songs about Canadian culture and politics have ...

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Arrested Development - First season. George Bluth Sr., patriarch of the Bluth family, is the founder and former CEO of the Bluth Company, which markets and builds mini-mansions, among other activities. George Sr. is arrested by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for defrauding customers and gross spending of the company's money for "personal expenses". His wife Lucille becomes CEO, and immediately names as the new president her youngest son Buster, who proves ill equipped. Seeing no other options, the fa ...

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