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* RetroactiveRecognition: Besides being part of the writer staff, Creator/DavidCross makes a brief appearance on camera, before he his collaboration with Creator/BobOdenkirk on ''Series/MrShow''.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Besides being part of the writer writing staff, Creator/DavidCross makes a brief appearance on camera, before he his collaboration with Creator/BobOdenkirk on ''Series/MrShow''.''Series/MrShow'' (the writing partnership between Odenkirk and Cross began here).
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* GeniusBonus: The "Mohican Master 2000" sketch really assumes that you have a great memory for the details of ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', making jokes out of Hawkeye's pronunciation of "Yan-Kee traders" and "KAAN-tuck-EEE."

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* TooGoodToLast: As Stiller himself quipped in promotional spots for the series' 1995 re-airing on Creator/ComedyCentral, ''The Ben Stiller Show'' was considered a couple of years ahead of its time[[note]] "Of course, that was three years ago, so now we're a year late. But it's still kinda funny..."[[/note]] and so, despite positive critical reviews, it struggled to find an audience, leading the axe to fall after just twelve episodes (leaving a thirteenth unaired until the Comedy Central run).

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Besides being part of the writer staff, Creator/DavidCross makes a brief appearance on camera, before he his collaboration with Creator/BobOdenkirk on ''Series/MrShow''.
* TooGoodToLast: As Stiller himself quipped in promotional spots for the series' 1995 re-airing on Creator/ComedyCentral, ''The Ben Stiller Show'' was considered a couple of years ahead of its time[[note]] "Of course, that was three years ago, so now we're a year late. But it's still kinda funny..."[[/note]] and so, despite positive critical reviews, it struggled to find an audience, leading the axe to fall after just twelve episodes (leaving a thirteenth unaired until the Comedy Central run).run).
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* TooGoodToLastTooGoodToLast: As Stiller himself quipped in promotional spots for the series' 1995 re-airing on Creator/ComedyCentral, ''The Ben Stiller Show'' was considered a couple of years ahead of its time[[note]] "Of course, that was three years ago, so now we're a year late. But it's still kinda funny..."[[/note]] and so, despite positive critical reviews, it struggled to find an audience, leading the axe to fall after just twelve episodes (leaving a thirteenth unaired until the Comedy Central run).
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* HilariousInHindsight: Michael Pheret the slimy agent tells {{Roseanne}} she shouldn't keep her show going until it's in the middle of the pack with ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}.''
* MemeticBadass: BruceSpringsteen.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Michael Pheret the slimy agent tells {{Roseanne}} Series/{{Roseanne}} she shouldn't keep her show going until it's in the middle of the pack with ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}.''
* MemeticBadass: BruceSpringsteen.Music/BruceSpringsteen.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Michael Pheret the slimy agent tells {{Roseanne}} she shouldn't keep her show going until it's in the middle of the pack with ''{{Seinfeld}}.''

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* HilariousInHindsight: Michael Pheret the slimy agent tells {{Roseanne}} she shouldn't keep her show going until it's in the middle of the pack with ''{{Seinfeld}}.''Series/{{Seinfeld}}.''
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* MemeticBadass: BruceSpringsteen.

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* MemeticBadass: BruceSpringsteen.BruceSpringsteen.
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* MemeticBadass: BruceSpringsteen.
* TooGoodToLast: The show was doomed from the start, being aired Sunday nights against ''Series/SixtyMinutes'', and not given enough time to find an audience. It won an Emmy for best comedy writing months after it went off the air.

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* MemeticBadass: BruceSpringsteen.
* TooGoodToLast: The show was doomed from the start, being aired Sunday nights against ''Series/SixtyMinutes'', and not given enough time to find an audience. It won an Emmy for best comedy writing months after it went off the air.
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* TooGoodToLast: The show was doomed from the start, being aired Sunday nights against ''[[SixtyMinutes 60 Minutes]]'', and not given enough time to find an audience. It won an Emmy for best comedy writing months after it went off the air.

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* TooGoodToLast: The show was doomed from the start, being aired Sunday nights against ''[[SixtyMinutes 60 Minutes]]'', ''Series/SixtyMinutes'', and not given enough time to find an audience. It won an Emmy for best comedy writing months after it went off the air.

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* TooGoodToLastTooGoodToLast: The show was doomed from the start, being aired Sunday nights against ''[[SixtyMinutes 60 Minutes]]'', and not given enough time to find an audience. It won an Emmy for best comedy writing months after it went off the air.

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