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Life is Precious and God and the Bible
 It's cliche, but I have to use the word irreverent when describing the comedy of David Cross and Bob Odenkirk. Consider this line from a Mr. Show sketch about a couple who's son can't convince them he's not gay. "You gay bastard! No gay son of mine is not gay! You better get gay or I’ll make you gay! "
Or a sketch called the "Crackerbarrel" where Bob and David try to drum up more hate mail from their viewers.
 It once felt like we were the only ones on God's green earth who worship Bob and David. When Mr. Show was cancelled by HBO, the Canadian comedy channel dropped it in favour of some lame cartoon called Kevin Spencer. After receiving tons of complaints (and only a few of those from us), The Comedy Network decided to air Mr. Show in re-runs. Now that they realize there's an audience, though, it's chock full of commercials which break the smooth flow of the skits.
It's easy to hate the Comedy Network, which lost Tom Green to MTV and continues to air such crap as Make Me Laugh. They don't have much else to offer, other than re-runs of the greatly-missed Larry Sanders Show and Kids in the Hall (what is Scott Thompson doing these days, anyway?). It's harder to hate HBO because we love The Sopranos, even though neither of us can afford to waste more money on Roger's Cable to watch the second season. Oh, who am I kidding? It's easy to hate HBO. Maybe HBO really does stand for Hate Bob Odenkirk. If you like (or loathe) Mr. Show, tell us about it.
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