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* AluminumChristmasTrees: In one sketch, NASA plans to blow up the moon. As ridiculous as that sounds, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_A119 there was an actual plan to do that in 1958.]]
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* PlayAlongMeme: ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' tumblr loves to pretend that some sketches of Bob (usually the jokes about giving blowjobs or being a hooker) are actually details of what "Slippin' Jimmy" got up to.
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* RefrainFromAssuming: It's called "How High the Mountain," not "Y'all are Brutalizing Me".
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** After ''Better Call Saul'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMS59sxwxs Law School sketch]] is funnier because the professor is played by Creator/MichaelMcKean, who plays Saul's older brother Chuck [=McGill=] in that show.

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** After ''Better Call Saul'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMS59sxwxs com/watch?v=mk_9qBhuXt0 Law School sketch]] is funnier because the professor is played by Creator/MichaelMcKean, who plays Saul's older brother Chuck [=McGill=] in that show.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Jill Talley]], [[WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman Paul F. Tompkins]], Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and Creator/DinoStamatopoulos all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Creator/BobOdenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (or ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'') and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Jill Talley]], [[WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman Paul F. Tompkins]], Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], Creator/ScottAdsit, and Creator/DinoStamatopoulos all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Creator/BobOdenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (or ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'') and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/rudy-will-await-your-foundation-the-story-of-evere,44401/ This AV Club article]] notes that "Pre-Natal Pageant" is a lot less effective when [[Series/ToddlersAndTiaras certain shows]] have portrayed even more cringing sights than anything in that sketch.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/rudy-will-await-your-foundation-the-story-of-evere,44401/ This AV Club article]] notes that "Pre-Natal Pageant" is a lot less effective when [[Series/ToddlersAndTiaras certain shows]] have portrayed even more cringing sights than anything in that sketch.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Jill Talley, Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and Creator/DinoStamatopoulos all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (or ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'') and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Jill Talley, Talley]], [[WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman Paul F Tompkins, F. Tompkins]], Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and Creator/DinoStamatopoulos all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, Creator/BobOdenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (or ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'') and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.
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* The Mayostard / Mustardayonnaise / Mustmayostardayonnaise sketch with showed adds for products that sell Mayonnaise and mustard combinations (And Mayostard and Mustardayonnaise combination) would be come a reality when Heinz released Mayomust in 2019.

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* ** The Mayostard / Mustardayonnaise / Mustmayostardayonnaise sketch with showed adds for products that sell Mayonnaise and mustard combinations (And Mayostard and Mustardayonnaise combination) would be come a reality when Heinz released Mayomust in 2019.
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* The Mayostard / Mustardayonnaise / Mustmayostardayonnaise sketch with showed adds for products that sell Mayonnaise and mustard combinations (And Mayostard and Mustardayonnaise combination) would be come a reality when Heinz released Mayomust in 2019.

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* HoYay: [[HoYay/MrShow Enough to warrant its own page]]

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** Len Gibbons, owner of Gibbons' Market the old timey store that was owned by his grandfather. Constantly gets his grocery store attacked by Megachain store, Fairsley. Through out the sketch, Gibbons loses less locations and eventually ends up selling produce in a pickup truck.

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** Len Gibbons, owner of Gibbons' Market the old timey store that was owned by his grandfather. Constantly gets his grocery store attacked by Megachain store, Fairsley. Through out the sketch, Gibbons loses less locations and eventually ends up selling produce in a pickup truck.truck.
** The poor [[InnocentSoprano Hated Milk Machine]] from "The Joke: The Musical", who was just "doing what [he was] told" and wasn't to blame for the salesman being killed, but still feels heartbroken and runs away from the farm at the end.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show occasionally wears its [[TheNineties 90s]] sensibilities on its sleeve.
** The emphasis on 90s slacker culture and wardrobe, most notably in the "Jeepers Creepers" sketch, a musical about the messiah of slackers, who doesn't do anything and won't commit to any specific message.
** One transition sketch is about college guys watching bootleg VHS cassettes, a precursor to viral videos before the internet.
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** Len Gibbons, owner of Gibbons' Market the old timey store that was owned by his grandfather. Constantly gets his grocery store attacked by Megachain store, Fairsley. Making claims that Gibbons has rats, no apples, child abductions, constant fires, employees with active sores and lesions, and Homeless people defecating in their aisles. Through out the sketch, Gibbons loses less locations and eventually ends up selling produce in a pickup truck.

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** Len Gibbons, owner of Gibbons' Market the old timey store that was owned by his grandfather. Constantly gets his grocery store attacked by Megachain store, Fairsley. Making claims that Gibbons has rats, no apples, child abductions, constant fires, employees with active sores and lesions, and Homeless people defecating in their aisles. Through out the sketch, Gibbons loses less locations and eventually ends up selling produce in a pickup truck.

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* TheWoobie: Oddly enough, the first character Odenkirk plays in the show.
-->'''Ernie''': Wow, he's really changed. He used to be a nice guy, but now he's kinda mean . . .

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Oddly enough, the first character Odenkirk plays in the show.
-->'''Ernie''': Wow, he's really changed. He used to be a nice guy, but now he's kinda mean . . . .
** Len Gibbons, owner of Gibbons' Market the old timey store that was owned by his grandfather. Constantly gets his grocery store attacked by Megachain store, Fairsley. Making claims that Gibbons has rats, no apples, child abductions, constant fires, employees with active sores and lesions, and Homeless people defecating in their aisles. Through out the sketch, Gibbons loses less locations and eventually ends up selling produce in a pickup truck.
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* EarWorm: Several
** The theme song probably tops all the other examples.
** "Legend, a legend, a third wheel legend . . ."
** "'Cause I'm a Superstar, in a Superstar machine . . ."
** "Chirpity Doo Da, Shiminy Shake, Look who's got his very first date . . ."
** All the songs in FUZZ: The Musical, but especially Ronnie's.
** Goin' on a Holiday
** New UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco
** You've got to follow your balloon . . .
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** The disclaimer at the beginning of "The Altered State of Druggachusettes" ("The following children's program is not suitable for younger or more sensitive viewers") is similar to the notorious disclaimer that ended up getting used on the ''Series/SesameStreet Old School'' DVD sets ("These early ''Sesame Street'' episodes are intended for grownups and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child").
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A kid 12 years ago would probably see Cross in Alvin and the Chipmunks than Arrested Development


* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Jill Talley, Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and Creator/DinoStamatopoulos all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Jill Talley, Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and Creator/DinoStamatopoulos all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (or ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'') and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show occasionally wears its [[TheNineties 90s]] sensibilities on its sleeve.
** The emphasis on 90s slacker culture and wardrobe, most notably in the "Jeepers Creepers" sketch, a musical about the messiah of slackers, who doesn't do anything and won't commit to any specific message.
** One transition sketch is about college guys watching bootleg VHS cassettes, a precursor to viral videos before the internet.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: All of Jeepers Creepers Semi-star. Also the remix of the theme song from the third episode. The theme song itself could count.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: All of Jeepers Creepers Semi-star. Also the remix of the theme song from the third episode. The theme song itself could count.
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** After ''Better Call Saul'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMS59sxwxs Law School sketch]] is funnier because the professor is played by Michael [=McKean=], who plays Saul's older brother Chuck [=McGill=] in that show.

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** After ''Better Call Saul'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMS59sxwxs Law School sketch]] is funnier because the professor is played by Michael [=McKean=], Creator/MichaelMcKean, who plays Saul's older brother Chuck [=McGill=] in that show.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Jill Talley, Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and [[Series/{{Community}} Dino]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Stamatopoulos]] all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Jill Talley, Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and [[Series/{{Community}} Dino]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Stamatopoulos]] Creator/DinoStamatopoulos all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.

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* NightmareFuel: The Superpan sketch especially, combining this with SurrealHumor and MoodWhiplash

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* NightmareFuel: The Superpan sketch especially, combining this with SurrealHumor and MoodWhiplashMoodWhiplash.
** Adam from the Titannica sketch. People have compared him to Hiroshi Ouchi. ''[[SchmuckBait Don't Google that]]''.
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It's the internet. You should know the right form of its by now


* CultClassic: Although never a mainstream success, the show launched a number of notable comedic careers and enjoys a dedicated following from audiences and comics alike. It's long-term popularity even warranted a short-run revival series almost two decades afterwards called ''Series/WithBobAndDavid'', which runs in Netflix.

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* CultClassic: Although never a mainstream success, the show launched a number of notable comedic careers and enjoys a dedicated following from audiences and comics alike. It's Its long-term popularity even warranted a short-run revival series almost two decades afterwards called ''Series/WithBobAndDavid'', which runs in Netflix.
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* NightmareFuel: The Superpan sketch especially, combining this with SurrealHumor and MoodWhiplash
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and [[Series/{{Community}} Dino]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Stamatopoulos]] all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Jill Talley, Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and [[Series/{{Community}} Dino]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Stamatopoulos]] all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was somewhat well-known doing voicework in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]] and [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott Adsit]] all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was somewhat well-known doing voicework just starting his career in voice work in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]] and Aukerman]], [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott Adsit]] Scott]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Adsit]], and [[Series/{{Community}} Dino]] [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Stamatopoulos]] all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.
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** David Cross in cut-offs during the "confused heterosexual" sketch in episode two.[[Main/DontExplainTheJoke Never-Nudes, anyone]]

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** David Cross in cut-offs during the "confused heterosexual" sketch in episode two. [[Main/DontExplainTheJoke Never-Nudes, anyone]]anyone]]?
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** David Cross in cut-offs during the "confused heterosexual" sketch in episode two.[[Main/DontExplainTheJoke Never-Nudes, anyone]]
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was somewhat well-known doing voicework in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]] and [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott Adsit]] all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/JackBlack, [[Series/TwentyFour Mary Lynn Rajskub]], TomKenny[[note]]even Creator/TomKenny[[note]]even though Tom Kenny was already in a sketch series: the short-lived FOX series "The Edge" and was somewhat well-known doing voicework in kids' cartoons[[/note]], Paul F Tompkins, Creator/BrianPosehn, [[Series/ComedyBangBang Scott Aukerman]] and [[Series/ThirtyRock Scott Adsit]] all got their start here. Also somewhat applicable to Creator/DavidCross and Bob Odenkirk, if one first came across them in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'', respectively. The show also features the first use of "Puscifer," the name that Maynard James Keenan's would eventually give his avant garde side projects.
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** Speaking of ''Breaking Bad'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaO-U-zJU18 does this sketch remind you of Badger getting stung by undercover cops]]?

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