TV series
Super Dave
1987–1988 · 5 seasons
A silly, deadpan variety show where a hapless stuntman brags and then fails spectacularly, played for cheerful laughs.
- Created by
- Jack Budgell
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Bob Einstein, Art Irizawa, Mike Walden
- Overview
- Super Dave is a Canadian/American variety show starring and hosted by the fictional character Super Dave Osborne. It ran from 1987 to 1991 on Showtime in the US and the Global Television Network in Canada. Super Dave was spun off from the sketch comedy series Bizarre, which featured Bob Einstein in recurring roles, including Super Dave. Super Dave made his first appearance on the 1972 TV series The John Byner Comedy Hour. Einstein then regularly played the character on the short-lived 1976 variety show Van Dyke and Company starring Dick Van Dyke.
- How it feels
- Absurd, light, satirical and campy. Brisk and fine in the background.
- About
- Celebrity, media, ambition
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Jack Budgell
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Bob Einstein, Art Irizawa, Mike Walden
