Bob Einstein, of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Super Dave fame, has died

[Deleted member 14649]

I can't remember a scene he didn't steal in Curb. RIP.

Can't believe Richard Lewis outlived him. Guy has looked like death for the last 9 seasons.

 

[Truant]

No, Funkman :( RIP

 

[Wingfan19]

The ending to this gets me every time, haha.

 

[Hybris]

RIP, shitty start to the year

 

[AuthenticM]

RIP

I wonder how Curb will deal with this once they get around to it.

 

[Carolina Reaper]

Had no idea he was Albert Brookes' brother. RIP. Should have done more Lebatard.

 

[angelgrievous]

RIP, I loved this dudes work on Curb. So good.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

Maaan, I still remember the day I found out Super Dave Osborne was a character, the world wasn't the same after that.

 

[CrankyJay]

wtf, mean gene and funkhauser? fuck this shit

rip

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Damn, that takes me back. RIP, Super Dave.

 

[Deleted member 4346]

Aww man that sucks, he was great. RIP.

 

[Everybody Lies]

Well...this is a shitty start to the year. Curb won't be the same without him. RIP.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Damn this is heartbreaking :(

 

[Vire]

Oh that's terrible, he was so fucking funny in Curb.

RIP Funkman

 

[Deleted member 29660]

Forever Super Dave to me, first on Bizarre (holy shit that would not fly today) and then his own show.

I hope he has some genuine Saskatchewan seal skin buried with him.

 

[Fitts]

RIP. Loved Super Dave as a kid and of course he was amazing on Curb. His small part in Arrested Development was amazing as well.

And I didn't know Mean Gene died. Another huge part of my childhood. :(

 

[Eros]

Damn, he was great. RIP.

 

[lunarworks]

That's funny, the Super Dave show was so recognizably Canadian I assumed Einstein was Canadian himself until I learned otherwise a few years ago.

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I figured it out 30 or so years ago, but it was still cool. I wanted to go see the stunts.

Then there was this:

 

[uncelestial]

Aw, he was so awesome. He was beloved by so many comedians, it's really great to see the tributes.

Norm MacDonald does a stunning impression of him:



It's clear how much Norm loves him, and I did too.

 

[L Thammy]

Fuck. It didn't even occur that they were the same person. This guy's been bringing me laughs my whole life.

RIP.

 

[CountAntonio]

Great comedian RIP super Dave.

 

[Eila]

Dang, not the Funkhouser. RIP.
He was a few years older than Larry, despite the looks.

 

[Mudcrab]

One of my favorite bits from him on the Dan Lebatard show:

WATCH GRONKOWSKI!!!

 

[Deleted member 1627]

Man, Super Dave used to have me in tears as a kid :(

 

[FoxJenkins]

The lebatard curse strikes double. Damn RIP.

 

[Plinko]

Super Dave made me laugh so much as a kid. I forgot about the show until today, rewatched many skits on Twitter, and laughed just the same. Rest in peace.

 

[Strike]

Loved him on Arrested Development. RIP.

 

[Khanimus]

Super Dave was some of the hardest I'd laughed as a kid. This hurts.

 

[Bitanator]

This is too sad, the Funkhouser was my favorite character, dude was comedy gold every scene.

RIP

 

[scottbeowulf]

Mean Gene and now Super Dave? It's like my childhood is being killed off. R.I.P.

 

[Snake Eater]

RIP


loved his character on Curb

 

[Deleted member 16365]

For me his best role was the surrogate in Arrested Development.

 

[Conkerkid11]

That sucks.

Why post a Tweet of an article though? Who even is the guy who tweeted that?

 

[Kinn]

RIP

 

[BLEEN]

I can't remember a scene he didn't steal in Curb. RIP.

Can't believe Richard Lewis outlived him. Guy has looked like death for the last 9 seasons.

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Lmao that never gets old.

 

[Paperboywriter]

https://youtu.be/EVfEWKpVuac?t=138 GO TO 2:18 and witness the best apology ever. RIP FUCKMAN, I'M GONNA MISS YA

 

[BLEEN]

That sucks.

Why post a Tweet of an article though? Who even is the guy who tweeted that?

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I'm with you. Using Twitter as a source of info is asinine. I stay off that godforsaken site unless I'm looking for breaking news which is gonna be wrong half the time anyway.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Oh, damn. :(

RIP

 

[Paperboywriter]

hopefully larry david does something special for next season of curb. he is prob the only writer who could get away with that.

 

[WhySoDevious]

I loved Super Dave. This is so sad.

RIP

 

[Blitzrules240]

Damn gonna miss him on Curb.

RIP Bob.

 

[Greg NYC3]

I loved this dude as Super Dave so much growing up, RIP.

I had no idea that he was Albert Brook's brother though, what a talented family.

 

[Malleymal]

#ProtectGregCote

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Protecting it!!

 

[TheGameshark]

Fuck...Funkhauser was one of the best characters on that show

RIP

 

[M.Bluth]

Oh damn! I've never not ended up in stitches whenever I've seen him in something. RIP :(

 

[wenis]

RIP Super Dave. What a classic character actor and comedian.

 

[Zeeman]

There was a great episode of Super Dave that I can't find a clip from, where they played a prank on Ray Charles by moving all the furniture around in his house which culminates in Super Dave waiting on his bed for him and

Spoiler

asking "Which room was this one before?" with Mike Walden responding "The garage" and Ray driving through the wall and crushing Super Dave.

which was hysterical to me as a kid

 

[iareharSon]

I'm sad. I just started watching Curb for the first time a few months back, and am on the latest season right now, and the Funkman was definitely a favorite.... RIP :(

 

[bangai-o]

That tweet is pretty shit saying celeb deaths come in 3s. Why even bring that up?

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[Bog]

Seconding how great he was on Norm's show (the real one, not the watered down Netflix thing). He was also great on his two episodes of Comedians in Cars.