BIZARRE: Super Dave’s most famous fall
by Admin on Jan.08, 2009, under Wierd
Classic bit from the late 70’s/early 80’s sketch comedy show BIZARRE, with Bob Einstein as Super Dave Osborne and Mike Walden as Mike Walden, atop Canada’s famous CN Tower
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7 comments for this entry:
January 8th, 2009 on 12:28 am
Doinkblink said:
God, him and Benny Hill with those ’stunt falls’! Gotta love it1 Sure wish Bizarre reruns were on TV now, same with Laff In Gong Show and Benny Hinn.
(sorry I was trying to reply and hit remove accidentally! YouTube really needs to reword those two and move them further apart!)
As for Benny HiNN, I think he’s still one of the funniest jokesters on TV, but I really miss Benny HiLL.
January 8th, 2009 on 12:28 am
If I remember correctly, he also did the stunt on the Super-Dave show. They re-created the Bizarre set of that stunt. They even used footage from Bizarre of the crane hoisting the car into the compactor.
January 8th, 2009 on 12:28 am
The car-crusher stunt was the first Super Dave stunt on the BIZARRE show as well, in either the first or second episode, only this time it was a big crane claw that lifts the car into the compactor, which then crushes it down into a cube. Super Dave makes similar comments afterwards, only with more swearing (”I’ll watch the rest of the show through my asshole”) than he could ever do on the Van Dyke show.
January 8th, 2009 on 12:28 am
Thank you! It was the Van Dyke show I was remembering. I think the first Super Dave I ever saw was a car “stunt” Where ir was a close shot of him and the car. Then the camera pulls back and an electromagnet falls and puts the car into a compactor! Of course the commentary was hilarious. “I’m in the glove compartment!”. You have a great collection of vids. Rob
January 8th, 2009 on 12:28 am
Super Dave’s first-ever appearance was on the John Byner Comedy Hour in 1972, which probably explains the later reunion between Byner and Bob Einstein on Bizarre in the 80’s. Einstein also played Super Dave on a variety show hosted by Dick Van Dyke in the mid-70’s.
January 8th, 2009 on 12:28 am
The funniest part of his stunts was his in-the-moment commentary. “I’m coming up to the ramp now, and…I…missed it! OH MY GOD!!! OH THIS HURTS!!!”. Does anyone remember whose variety show Bob Einstein introduced his “Super Dave” character on? I think it was Sonny and Cher, but please post a comment if you know for sure.
January 16th, 2009 on 1:09 am
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