The Cry of a Hungry Baby
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| Mr. Show episode | |
| "The Cry of a Hungry Baby" | |
| Episode no. | 1 |
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| Prod. code | 101 |
| Orig. Airdate | November 3, 1995 |
| Writers | Bob Odenkirk & David Cross, (Uncredited, Additional Material - Louis C.K. on "Asshole at Party") |
| Directors | John Moffitt (live segments), Troy Miller (location segments) |
| Season 1 November 3, 1995 – November 24, 1995 |
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"The Cry of a Hungry Baby" was the first episode of the HBO series Mr. Show to air. It originally aired on November 3, 1995.
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[edit] Synopsis
[edit] Entitilitus Cold Open
Ronnie Dobbs performs a PSA for the disease Entitilitus. Dobbs mentions that he has been stricken with the disease and that he will have died by the time that the PSA has aired.
Cast: David Cross - Ronnie Dobbs
[edit] Hitler Sings/Guys In Audience Open
The show begins, castmember Mary-Lynn Rajskub introduces the audience to hosts Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. Bob and David asks the audience members for suggestions of what they would like to see their show be about. They take suggestions from two audience members named Ernie and Gary. Bob and David dislike Ernie and Gary's suggestions, so they decide to do what they want to do. David sings a song from his musical Hitler Sings and Bob attempts to name every state in 18 seconds. Ernie interrupts the show, from the audience; and Bob and David become angry and kick him and Gary out of the show.
Cast: Mary-Lynn Rajskub - herself, Bob Odenkirk - himself, David Cross - himself, Bob Odenkirk - Ernie, David Cross - Gary, John Ennis - security guard
[edit] Hit By Truck
The show follows Ernie and Gary as they leave the studio, after being kicked out of the Mr. Show taping. Gary ditches Ernie to go to a party with his friend Stevie, and Ernie is hit by a truck.
Cast: Bob Odenkirk - Ernie, David Cross - Gary, John Ennis - Stevie
[edit] Asshole At Party
The show follows Stevie and Gary to the party that they were attending. The party is hosted by Geena and Lyn. Father Jim, a Catholic priest, is a guest at the party. Soon after arriving, Gary begins making silly bets. Gary bets that if he can eat some broken glass that everyone at the party has to be his personal slave. Gary does this, and everyone except for Father Jim refuses to be his slave. Father Jim argues that since none of them said no to his bet, that they agreed to it. Gary makes Father Jim do some ridiculous things, until Father Jim learns that this was all a prank played on him by everyone at the party. Geene, Lyn, Stevie, and Gary go off to watch the secret video that they made of Father Jim, and they leave him alone to discuss his ethics in a monologue.
Cast: David Cross - Gary, John Ennis - Stevie, Jill Talley - Geena, Tom Kenny - Lyn, Bob Odenkirk - Father Jim
[edit] Watching VCR Link
Everyone at the party watches the video of Father Jim, before popping in a video of convenience store security footage.
Cast: David Cross - Gary, John Ennis - Stevie, Jill Talley - Geena, Tom Kenny - Lyn
[edit] Change For A Dollar
On the video of convenience store security footage that the guests are watching, a customer asks the clerk for change for a dollar. Pete, the clerk, thinks about this for a bit, before going to ask his manager for permission. The manager, Danny, cannot make up his mind about the dollar, so he asks his boss, Mr. Spivey. Mr. Spivey asks Kyle, his boss, who is on vacation playing golf. Kyle cannot make up his mind, so he calls the President of the United States, who tells him no. Eventually, word gets back to the convenience store clerk and he tells the customer no.
As noted in the DVD commentary, David Cross can be seen losing his composure during the portion of the sketch in which Odenkirk as Kyle begins dancing about with his golf club.
Cast: David Cross - Pete, Jill Talley - customer, Bob Odenkirk - customer, Bob Odenkirk - Danny, David Cross - Mr. Spivey, Bob Odenkirk - Kyle, David Cross - caddy, David Cross - The President of the United States, Bob Odenkirk - Secret Service bodyguard
[edit] Ronnie Dobbs
The customer leaves the convenience store and talks to Ronnie Dobbs, who he was getting the change for. Ronnie becomes angry about not getting his change, until he recognizes his old friend Terry Twillstein. Terry reminisces about how he was the cameraman for a police reality show called Fuzz, which is very similar to the show Cops. Terry's flashback tells the audience of how Ronnie was arrested numerous times on Fuzz, more than any other person. Terry tells the audience of how he created Ronnie's spin-off show, Ronnie Dobbs Gets Arrested, in which Ronnie would get arrested in a different location each week. However, things took a turn for the worse when Ronnie stopped committing crimes and drinking. In Terry's flashback, he confronts Ronnie about this problem and how he cannot have a show anymore unless he commits crimes. Ronnie becomes angry and kicks Terry out of his mansion. Terry tells the audience that Ronnie died and he sold his story to be made into a film.
Cast: Bob Odenkirk - customer, David Cross - Ronwell "Ronnie" Quincy Dobbs, Bill Odenkirk - stand-in, Bob Odenkirk - Terry Twillstein, Marylynn Rajskub - Tammy Dobbs, Paul Tompkins - police officer, Maynard Keenan - Ronnie's friend, Tom Kenny - studio executive, John Ennis - police officer, Greg Behrendt - police officer, Doug Benson - police officer, Paul Kozlowski - police officer, Jesse Ennis - police officer, Ken Daley - police officer, Brian Anton - French police officer, Conan O'Brien - himself, Andy Richter - himself, Maynard Keenan - Puscifer vocalist, Adam Jones - Puscifer guitarist, Jenny McCarthy - Rhonda, Brian Posehn - police officer, David Cross - himself, Bob Odenkirk - himself
[edit] Ronnie Dobbs Movie
Part of the movie based on Ronnie's life, Natural Born Drunk: The Ronnie Dobbs Story, is shown. In the movie, an extremely-exaggerated version of Terry and an equally-exaggerated version of Ronnie appear in a scene, in which Ronnie dies in Terry's arms.
Cast: Tom Kenny - actor portraying Terry, John Ennis - actor portraying Ronnie
[edit] Incubation Pants Close
Terry explains the clip to the audience, but is interrupted by David Cross who tell Bob that the thirty minutes are up. Bob stops playing Terry and removes a baby chicken from his pants. The rest of the cast surrounds Bob to look at the bird.
Cast: Bob Odenkirk - Terry Twillstein, David Cross - himself, Bob Odenkirk - himself, Tom Kenny - himself, John Ennis - himself, Jill Talley - herself
[edit] Show Sponsor
The show's sponsor, O'Henderson's Incubation Pants, which Bob was wearing, show a promo and the show comes to a close.
Cast: David Cross - Voice over
[edit] Trivia
- Title: Typically, the title of each Mr. Show episode is taken from a line of dialogue in the show. However, this episode is one of the two exceptions (the other being "Eat Rotten Fruit from a Shitty Tree"). The line "The Cry of a Hungry Baby" was taken from the original stage show, but was cut before the episode was written.
- Fake Special Thanks: Rick Dees
- DVD Commentary: Bob Odenkirk (as himself and as Orville Duberville LaVignon, Bob and David's arrogant acting coach who uses the commentary to promote various Mrs. Whiffle frozen food products), David Cross
- The "Asshole At Party" sketch came from an idea that David Cross came up with, during a conversation with comedian Louis C.K.
- The scene in the "Ronnie Dobbs" sketch where images of Ronnie and Terry meeting with a Hollywood producer (played by Tom Kenny) was actually cut because HBO executives deemed the scene not funny enough, much like the voiceover jokes.
[edit] Credits
[edit] Cast
Here is a list of the credited cast for the episode:
- Cast: David Cross, John Ennis, Tom Kenny, Bob Odenkirk, Jill Talley
- Featuring: Brian Anton, Greg Behrendt, Doug Benson, Adam Jones, Ken Daley, Jesse Ennis, Todd Glass, Maynard Keenan, Paul Kozlowski, Jenny McCarthy, Conan O’Brien, Bill Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Marylynn Rajskub, Andy Richter, Paul Tompkins
[edit] Crew
- Executive producers: Brad Grey, Bernie Brillstein, Bob Odenkirk & David Cross
- Produced by: Troy Miller
- Co-producer: Tim Sarkes
- Associate producer: Melissa Kimberly
[edit] Special thanks
- Peter Giambalvo, Peralta Productions, Meleva Barbula, Shecke Bugge, Rick Dees, Phil Duff, Ari Emanuel, Hollywood Moguls Theater, Tracy Katsky, Lisa Leingang, Jeff Ross, Upfront Theater - Santa Monica, CA
