Mr. Show with Bob and David: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mr. Show with Bob and David Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Now, Who Wants Ice Cream?
Nov 15, 1996
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 tra
A Talking Junkie
Nov 22, 1996
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
The Biggest Failure in Broadway History
Nov 29, 1996
A parody of "Jesus Christ Superstar"; and a takeoff on "Cops," involving drunken police officers. Also: the "new hate-free Ku Klux Klan."
If You're Going to Write a Comedy Scene, You're Going to Have Some Rat Feces in There
Dec 6, 1996
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 the
Operation Hell on Earth
Dec 13, 1996
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."
The Velveteen Touch of a Dandy Fop
Dec 20, 1996
A horror-movie parody entitled "Coupon: The Movie"; advice from a Beverly Hills "psychoactualist." Also: dueling megaphone crooners.