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Man arrested for 1,000th Time: A real-life Ronnie Dobbs!

This is easily my favorite headline of the day. Man arrested for the 1,000th time! For real:

I’m trying to think what I’ve even done 1,000 times that’s as impressive…Oh yeah, I did 1,000 push-ups and ab crunches about an hour ago. Sometimes when the burn leaves my body I start to forget.

What pleases me most about this news story is that it’s seemingly ripped from one of my favorite sketch comedy shows: Mr. Show. One name you need to know: Ronnie Dobbs. He, of course, was a character played by David Cross and was the most-arrested man in their fictional Cops knock-off show “Fuzz”.

Here’s the first time we meet Mr. Dobbs:

The best Ronnie Dobbs moments come in “Fuzz: The Musical”:

What’s next, NASA attempting to blow up the moon!?

intervening on an intervention

I was watching this the other day from the Mr. Show Season 4 DVD and it made me all the more excited for the new David Cross / Bob Odenkirk comedy project for HBO: David’s Situtation. Some fine bits from Season 4:
Intervention

Taint Mansion (from the longer ‘it’s insane, this guy’s taint’ skecth)