Bob Einstein, RIP

[Mod City]

www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/obituaries/bob-einstein-dead.html

I didn't know much of his work outside Super Dave Osbourne, but damn do I love that character. It's still funny. One of the best of the deadpan comedians.

Rest well, sir.

[afriendlychicken]

I saw it announced on METV. That Super Dave Osborne character was great. He made the character a likable/unlikable person. I went and re-watched a few skits from Bizarre and had forgotten that most of his stunts failed because one: he wasn't good at calculating the outcomes and two: his crew's constant sabotaging of his stunts because, well, they didn't really like him. It made for great non-pc humor like this skit (there's a couple of swear words in this so it's pg-13):



R. I. P. Bob Einstein.

[Mod City]

I had forgotten the character had a bit of a "jerk" streak, but he did have one! Einstein described him as a decent guy who was confident for no reason. Thought that was a pretty good description.