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The Worst Episodes of Mr. Show with Bob and David

Every episode of Mr. Show with Bob and David ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Mr. Show with Bob and David!

Worst episode
S1E1 The Cry of a Hungry Baby
7.2395 votes
Best episode
S4E4 The Story of Everest
9.0172 votes
Top season
Season 4
8.6avg
Binge time
13h 54m
30 episodes
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 1 Episode 1 - The Cry of a Hungry Baby
    7.2/10(395 votes)

    S1:E1

    A man coerces a group into servitude by eating glass; a criminal loses his popular appeal when he fails to get arrested. Also: a trip to a convenience store results in a phone call to the President.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  2. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 1 Episode 3 - We Regret to Inform You
    7.7/10(273 votes)

    S1:E3

    An accident in editing combines a couple's honeymoon video with a porn film; an actor prepares for a role as a mental patient--by having a lobotomy; and a pair of college-basketball recruiters target a toddler prospect.

    Directors:Troy Miller, Stacy Peralta
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  3. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 2 Episode 5 - Operation Hell on Earth
    7.8/10(178 votes)

    S2:E5

    A hate group meets to divide up the U.S. into segregated sections and rival college basketball recruiters vie for the services of a 5-year-old boy. Also: a "Blame-A-Thon."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 1 Episode 4 - Who Let You In?
    7.9/10(242 votes)

    S1:E4

    A spoof of the O.J. trial finds the Pope eluding officials in the Popemobile and a "bloody ring" that doesn't fit; and a pool champ hawks his "how to" video featuring "great moments" in human disasters.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  5. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 4 Episode 7 - Eat Rotten Fruit From a Shitty Tree
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    S4:E7

    The Mr.Show Watercooler, Smarty Pants, International News Report: The President has Farted, God's biography ""My Life in the Fastlane"", Probings

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  6. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 2 Episode 4 - If You're Going to Write a Comedy Scene, You're Going to Have Some Rat Feces in There
    8.1/10(203 votes)

    S2:E4

    A U.S. senator sells San Francisco to a corporation that turns it into a theme park. Also: children toil to write comedy sketches--for 18 cents an hour; and parents insist that their son is gay.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bill Odenkirk, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross

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  7. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 3 Episode 9 - A White Man Set Them Free
    8.1/10(136 votes)

    S3:E9

    Mr. Show Viewer Hate Mail; Mr. Show Cracker Barrel, The Misunderstood Letters of Sharwood Lish, Marriage-Con and Boat Show '97; The Last Indian; Dying Asshole in Vietnam, Senator Tankerbell on Late Night with the Senate Sub-Comittee, All-Star Tribute to the Last Indian; Les Balloons Sportif.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bill Odenkirk, Mike Upchurch, Michael Stoyanov, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  8. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 1 Episode 2 - What to Think
    8.2/10(324 votes)

    S1:E2

    A TV show about the little-known 13th apostle; a support group for heterosexuals; a corporation that features a lovable mascot in its vulgar ads. Also: "Golden Books for Seniors"; and a naked-puppet act.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  9. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 2 Episode 3 - The Biggest Failure in Broadway History
    8.2/10(232 votes)

    S2:E3

    A parody of "Jesus Christ Superstar"; and a takeoff on "Cops," involving drunken police officers. Also: the "new hate-free Ku Klux Klan."

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Odenkirk, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  10. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 3 Episode 4 - Flat Top Tony and the Purple Canoes
    8.2/10(156 votes)

    S3:E4

    The Mid-Morning Show;Bob and David and the Womyn's Solidarity Collective;Smoosh on the Moon;Young People and their Companions; Wee-Time Toddler Care; Nostradamus and his ever present pal;Indomitable Spirit;Apocalypse Drill.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bill Odenkirk, Mike Upchurch, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  11. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 3 Episode 5 - Please Don't Kill Me
    8.2/10(152 votes)

    S3:E5

    The Mr. Show Swear Jar;Landlords; The Fad 3; Pugazi's Hunger Strike; Mayostard and Mustardayonaise; The Dr. X Annual Save the Earth Telethon; Mayomustardayonaise.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bill Odenkirk, Mike Upchurch, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  12. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 3 Episode 8 - It's a No Brainer
    8.2/10(136 votes)

    S3:E8

    Puny Devil Knee High Socks;Protesters;On The Spot News;Lineup Room/VTV Link;Culture Hunt;Frankly Anne;;Jack Webber;Dream Of A Lifetime;Kiddie Massage Cream;Christians and Satanists Unite;Lets Get Sloppy; Fishing.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bill Odenkirk, Mike Upchurch, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  13. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 4 Episode 8 - Like Chickens...Delicious Chickens
    8.2/10(131 votes)

    S4:E8

    David waits for his reparations from the Swiss Government, Edmund Premmington addresses the Gentleman's Hunt Club, Plane Crash, The Civil War:The Re-enactments.

    Directors:Troy Miller, Peyton Reed
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  14. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 2 Episode 2 - A Talking Junkie
    8.3/10(202 votes)

    S2:E2

    David has a junkie friend; a married couple run a "mom and pop" porn shop; and R&B group Three Times One Minus One appear on WPCBCN—the White People Co-Opting Black Culture Network—where they complain about being hassled by the cops for jaywalking.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  15. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 3 Episode 2 - Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice
    8.3/10(164 votes)

    S3:E2

    David makes a brave choice. The boys make a trip to "The ratings man" who doubles as Santa. We meet the Tatiana, the weather hermaphrodite, and see a promo for cock ring warehouse. When Bob gets married, Paul, John, David, and Jay respond by beating him up. Terry Twilstein gives Ronnie Dobbs a chance to make a soundtrack album for the TV Show "Fuzz" along with Ronnie's wife and John and Ken Daly as two cops. At the Cyrus Dewey Awards, David plays Bob Lamonta, who made a movie about himself in which his parents, played by Bob and Jill, are retarded.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bill Odenkirk, Mike Upchurch, Michael Stoyanov, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross

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  16. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 4 Episode 9 - Sad Songs are Nature's Onions
    8.4/10(129 votes)

    S4:E9

    David decides to run away, The Reason Behind the Content Warnings, Inside The Actor with Cyrus, Land of the Lost Parody, The Teardrop Awards.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  17. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 4 Episode 10 - Patriotism, Pepper, and Professionalism
    8.4/10(136 votes)

    S4:E10

    Globo-Chem Corporate Retreat, Honesty in Motion, Fenderman Documentary, The Week Apart, Marilyn Monster ""Fun-Ployees"" Training Video,

    Directors:David Cross, Peyton Reed
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  18. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 3 Episode 7 - Bush is a Pussy
    8.4/10(144 votes)

    S3:E7

    Kedzie Matthews replaces Bob for the night, Kedzie is a hit, The Value of Human Worth, The Ex-Siamese Twins, The Bad News Breakers, 24 is the Highest Number, Philouza, Mediocrity, Kedzie on Dr. Katz's Couch.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bill Odenkirk, Mike Upchurch, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  19. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 2 Episode 1 - Now, Who Wants Ice Cream?
    8.4/10(219 votes)

    S2:E1

    A separatist demands that his Montana cabin be declared its own sovereign nation; two European vacationers try to slip illegal drugs past customs; a cooking demonstration turns tragic. Also: an Olympics parody.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  20. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 3 Episode 6 - Goin' On a Holiday
    8.5/10(145 votes)

    S3:E6

    "Our Families Are Here Tonight", The Coming Age War, The Hanged Man, 'Ol Fisherman Sticky Pads; Lie Detector; Seventies Movie Channel:Streakers and Streak-Dome 97, The New Mr. Show.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bill Odenkirk, Mike Upchurch, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  21. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 3 Episode 1 - Heaven's Chimney
    8.5/10(172 votes)

    S3:E1

    "The Bob" and David attempt to go up Heaven's Chimney. Spoof TV Bloopers using religious beliefs. David and Karen Kilgarif ask Bob and Brett Paesal to watch them have sex. A violent roller coaster destroys hundreds of people. Tom introducers the world's oldest educational film. Tom & Jill host a TV show on the Hail Satan Network.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Bill Odenkirk, Mike Upchurch, Michael Stoyanov, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  22. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 2 Episode 6 - The Velveteen Touch of a Dandy Fop
    8.5/10(193 votes)

    S2:E6

    A horror-movie parody entitled "Coupon: The Movie"; advice from a Beverly Hills "psychoactualist." Also: dueling megaphone crooners.

    Director:Troy Miller
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Odenkirk, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  23. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 4 Episode 2 - Show Me Your Weenis!
    8.6/10(142 votes)

    S4:E2

    Swingin' Show, The Mr. Show Boys Clubs, Get Your Own News, Fucked Up Kidnapper, Underground Tapes, Wycked Sceptre Party Tape, Menocu Buttplugs, House of the Future, and Racist in the Year 3000.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

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  24. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 4 Episode 5 - It's Perfectly Understandishable
    8.6/10(144 votes)

    S4:E5

    Rehersal Tape, In the Cage, Trainers to the Stars, Blind Love, Emergency Psychic Hotline, 18 Dalai Lama, Camp Monk Academy, and an In the Cage reprieve.

    Directors:David Grossman, Jonathan Dayton
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Scott Aukerman, Brian Posehn, B. J. Porter, Bill Odenkirk, Jerry Collins, David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos

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  25. Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 4 Episode 6 - It's Insane, This Guy's Taint
    8.7/10(144 votes)

    S4:E6

    Tribute, Fat Intervention, Interventionist Intervention, Car Wash Change Thief Action Squad, The Men's Club of Allah, Kalunda, Taint Magazine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Odenkirk, David Cross

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Cry of a Hungry Baby" is the worst rated episode of Mr. Show with Bob and David. It scored 7.2/10 from 395 votes. Directed by Troy Miller and written by Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, it aired on November 3, 1995. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "We Regret to Inform You".

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