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Super Dave Osborne is a character created and played by comedian Bob Einstein. Einstein's comedic depiction was of a naive but optimistic stuntman who was frequently comically injured when his stunts went spectacularly wrong.
In 1987, Einstein got his own variety show titled Super Dave, which ran from 1987 to 1991 on the Global Television Network in Canada (where the show was produced at the network's Toronto studio) and Showtime in the United States.
Super Dave: Created by Allan Blye, Bob Einstein. With Bob Einstein, Art Irizawa, Mike Walden, Don Lake. Battered and abused stuntman Super Dave Osborne gets his own nighttime talk show.
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- 1987-11-24
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Super Dave (also known as The Super Dave Osborne Show) is a variety show starring and hosted by the fictional character Super Dave Osborne (played by Bob Einstein). It ran from 1987 to 1991 on Showtime in the United States and the Global Television Network in Canada.
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- Bob Einstein is the brother of Albert Brooks. No Super Dave primer would be complete without mention of the fact that Einstein vied for attention as a child with younger brother Albert, who went on to become an acclaimed writer, director, and actor with films like 1985’s Lost in America and 1991’s Defending Your Life.
- The Super Dave character wasn't directly inspired by Evel Knievel. When Einstein came up with the Super Dave character for a 1976 variety show, Van Dyke and Company, Evel Knievel’s popularity was in full swing.
- Super Dave might have been cable TV's first spin-off series. Einstein portrayed Super Dave in a Showtime variety series titled Bizarre from 1979 to 1985.
- Bob Einstein nearly seriously injured himself for real. Super Dave aficionados are familiar with the character’s formula, which involves bragging about his stunt prowess before inevitably getting mangled, crushed, or otherwise maimed after things go awry.
Jan 2, 2019 · Super Dave Osborne, whose real name was Bob Einstein, died Wednesday morning after a career of stunt-filled sketches, writing for classic TV comedy shows and appearing in a popular returning...
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Jan 2, 2019 · Jan. 2, 2019. Bob Einstein, whose career as a comedy writer took a quirky turn into television acting as the hapless daredevil Super Dave Osborne, and later as a friend of Larry David’s on...
