The BEST episodes of Mr. Show

Every episode of Mr. Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mr. Show!

Mr. Show was the insanely funny, critically loved but HBO-loathed sketch comedy that ran on the channel for 4 years from 1995-1998. The show was created, executive produced, written and starred comics/writers Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. The show also starred Tom Kenny, Jill Talley and John Ennis. Featured performers/writers included Paul F. Tompkins, Jerry Minor, B.J. Porter, Scott Aukerman, Brian Posehn, and Jay Johnston. Featured performers included Mary-Lynn Rajskub, Brett Paesal, and Sarah Silverman. The show has spawned a movie based on popular character Ronnie Dobbs in Run Ronnie Run. Bob's wife, Naomi Odenkirk, has compiled everything you could ever want to know about the show in her wonderful book, Mr. Show: What Happened.

Last Updated: 2/22/2024Network: HBOStatus: Ended
Share:
Rudy Will Await Your Foundation
star
8.58
26 votes

#1 - Rudy Will Await Your Foundation

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/1998

The Mr. Show ""Bloopers"", Superstar Machine, Phone Sex, Audition, Dad and You, The Pre-Natal Pageant, and the Burgandy Loaf 6-Star Resturant.

Directors: John Moffitt
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Life Is Precious and God and the Bible
star
8.39
33 votes

#2 - Life Is Precious and God and the Bible

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/1998

Bob catches David high on "medical marijuana" > Law School: Bob abducts a student and takes his place as assistant to the law-school teacher > Lifeboat: Todd the talk-show host takes his show to the "sea."

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Heaven's Chimney
star
7.90
40 votes

#3 - Heaven's Chimney

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1997

Up Heaven's Chimney led by "The Bob" > Deprogramming > Life after Mr. Show > Crazy Religious Beliefs > "Watch us have sex" > The Devastator > Directions > The 12th Annual Educational Film Festival: The Limits of Science > Hail Satan Network.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Like Chickens...Delicious Chickens
star
7.83
30 votes

#4 - Like Chickens...Delicious Chickens

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/14/1998

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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Patriotism, Pepper, and Professionalism
star
7.77
26 votes

#5 - Patriotism, Pepper, and Professionalism

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/28/1998

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

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Show Me Your Weenis!
star
7.75
32 votes

#6 - Show Me Your Weenis!

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/1998

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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Story of Everest
star
7.72
29 votes

#7 - The Story of Everest

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/1998

Lethal Injeksion Production, Sweetie Pie Jonus-New Executive Producer, Larry Cleest:Rapist, Pallies, The Story of Everest, The Movie: The Story of Everest.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Sad Songs are Nature's Onions
star
7.71
31 votes

#8 - Sad Songs are Nature's Onions

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/21/1998

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

Directors: John Moffitt
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Please Don't Kill Me
star
7.61
36 votes

#9 - Please Don't Kill Me

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1997

The swearing jar > "Swear to God" with The Reverend Winton Dupree > Landlords > The Fad 3 > Hunger strike > Mustard and Mayonnaise > The Dr. X Annual Save the Earth Telethon > Mustmayostardayonnaise.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Flat Top Tony and the Purple Canoes
star
7.56
32 votes

#10 - Flat Top Tony and the Purple Canoes

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1997

Mr. Show Morning Show: The Womyn's Solidarity Collective > "Got a Good Thing Going" - The Beetletown Players > V-TV presents "Smoosh" and "Norma Jean Monster" > Young people and their companions > Nooz 6 Blooperz! > Wee-Time Toddler Wear sales meeting > Predicting the future of fashion with Nostradamus > Indomitable Spirit > Apocalypse Drill > "Smoosh" on the moon.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
It's a No Brainer
star
7.56
32 votes

#11 - It's a No Brainer

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1997

Puny Devil Knee-High Socks> Protesters > Channel 6: We Make the News > "Culture Hunt" > Jack WEbber > Dream of a Lifetime > Catholics and Satanists united > "Let's Get Sloppy!"

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost
star
7.55
38 votes

#12 - The Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1997

Guidance Counselor Moe Phelps > Gus Kryzinski, Night Janitor > Local World News > Blowjob > Titanicca > The Pre-Taped Call-in Show > The Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost > Chip on the Shoulder Club > A Trip Up My Mother's Ass > The Moe Phelps Guide to Classical Acting.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Oh, You Men
star
7.54
67 votes

#13 - Oh, You Men

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1997

"Who wants a banana?" > Taping "The Lost Episode" with The Mayor of Television > Entertainment 4 Every 1 Productions > East Coast/West Coast ventriloquist feud > Watch more TV > The hanged man > The Delongpre Dannon Show > Ol' Fisherman's Sticky Pads > Lie Detector > Tee-Vee T.V.: The Time Caplet with Sam and Criminy Crafft > "Druggachusettes" > Losing "The Lost Episode" > "Who wants a banana?" reprise.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Bush is a Pussy
star
7.41
32 votes

#14 - Bush is a Pussy

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1997

Kedzie Matthews understudies for David > David fires Bob and David > The value of human worth > Value Magazine > The ex-Siamese twins > Bad News Breakers > 24 is the highest number > The Great Bilouza > Mediocrity > Kedzie on Dr. Katz's Couch.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
A Talking Junkie
star
7.33
82 votes

#15 - A Talking Junkie

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/22/1996

David affects an English accent > "Mr Junkie: The Talking Junkie" > Adopted son > The red balloon > Mom and pop porno store > Three Times One Minus One on "The White People Co-Opting Black Culture" Network > "Rap: The Musical" > The Homage Awards > HBO's Creepy Peeping Videos.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Eat Rotten Fruit From a Shitty Tree
star
7.33
58 votes

#16 - Eat Rotten Fruit From a Shitty Tree

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/1998

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

Directors: John Moffitt
Watch Now:Apple TV
Who Let You In?
star
7.32
111 votes

#17 - Who Let You In?

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/1995

Must-see TV – Pope flees homicide accusations in popemobile > A pope expert speaks > Larry learns guitar > I.D.S. (Imminent Death Syndrome) > The trial of the millennium > "Spank," a performance artist, tries to make his statement on the American flag > "Spank" has his day in court > Courtroom experts > The Founding Fathers: A History of the Flag > The Museum of History.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Velveteen Touch of a Dandy Fop
star
7.26
97 votes

#18 - The Velveteen Touch of a Dandy Fop

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/20/1996

Good deeds for charity > Helping the non-handicapped > Subway scene > Dr. Sammy's "Old Lady, Biker, Gay Guy, Japanese Man: The 4 Voices Within" > The last donut > Dickie Crickets, The King of Megaphone Crooners > Who greenlighted "Coupon: The Movie?" > The trial > The trailer > The testimonials.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
If You're Going to Write a Comedy Scene, You're Going to Have Some Rat Feces in There
star
7.25
68 votes

#19 - If You're Going to Write a Comedy Scene, You're Going to Have Some Rat Feces in There

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/1996

Mr. Show goes public and opens up the floor for questions from you, the shareholders > Child labor script writers > Van Hammersly, champion billiard player > "We love our gay son" > "Work is play!" Greg Sniper, principal stockholder of Mr. Show, plays a visit to the set > Downsizing > The new economics of child labor > Senator Tankerbell speaks > GloboChem presents "San Francisco: The Theme Park" - Family Friendly!

Watch Now:Apple TV
Goin' on a Holiday
star
7.24
34 votes

#20 - Goin' on a Holiday

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1997

Our families are here tonight > The Coming Age War > A world run by old people > Secret love > Photo shop > "America will blow up the moon" > You're fired > Don Pratt > "Seventies Movie Classics: Bare Ambition & Streak-Dome '97" > Goin' on a Holiday > A kinder, gentler Mr. Show.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Biggest Failure in Broadway History
star
7.01
101 votes

#21 - The Biggest Failure in Broadway History

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/29/1996

Waiting for David > The Generation Gap > "No Adults Allowed" - Talking to Teenagers > Slacker discrimination > The New Ku Klux Klan > American Ad Awards: NAMBLA "We're Not Killers" > "Drunk Cops: Hammered in Detroit" > Nathan's pet iguana > "Jeepers Creepers - Semi-Star" the musical > Offensive ending.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
A White Man Set Them Free
star
7.00
34 votes

#22 - A White Man Set Them Free

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1997

Viewer Hate Mail > The Mr. Show Cracker Barrel > The Misunderstood Letters of Sharwood Lish > Marriage-Con & Boat Show > Biosphere > Corporate ice cream > The Last Indian > Dying asshole in Vietnam > Night Talk with the Senate Subcommittee > All-Star Solute to The Last Indian > Les Balloons Sportif.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
It's Perfectly Understandishable
star
6.93
29 votes

#23 - It's Perfectly Understandishable

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/1998

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.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice
star
6.93
42 votes

#24 - Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1997

A Very Special Episode > David comes out > Off to see the ratings man > Santa's secret > Tatiana the Weather Hermaphrodite > Cock Ring Warehouse > Best friend's marriage announcement > "Fuzz: The Musical" > The Brave Choice Awards > "The Bob Lamonta Story" > Everyone's a winner.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Now, Who Wants Ice Cream?
star
6.85
89 votes

#25 - Now, Who Wants Ice Cream?

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/1996

Mr. Show becomes a sovereign nation > Mountain Dougie part 1 > The Peterson Family News > Thrilling Miracles > 8-in-1 Super Pan infomercial > Only the British can fly > New Freelands, Montana: Mountain Dougie part 2 > U.S. Customs > "Take Back the Streets" with F.F. Woodycooks > The Independent Nations Games > The Standoff: Day 4.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV