History Series / MrShow

* AcmeProducts: [=GloboChem=].

* BlackComedyRape: Due to a new cost-saving measure at Pendleton State Prison, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKE9W0O8bX8 convicted rapist Larry Kleist]] is able serve out his term while living a semi-normal life -- he just had to take out ads in the local paper announcing himself, put signs on his lawn, begin every phone call with "Larry Kleist, rapist" (when he works as a ''telemarketer''), and be accompanied everywhere he goes by "an assigned state-licensed public warning engineer", who wears sandwich boards saying "I'M WITH A RAPIST" and follows his car in a van blaring out warnings on loudspeakers.

* MegaCorp: Globochem.

* MisterDescriptor

** The show has done some rather mocking parodies of real celebrities, including Creator/DrDemento, Music/WeirdAlJankovic, Carrot Top, and Music/TobyKeith.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Mike in the Phone Sex sketch (of course) does this while listening to his friend Glenn Peterson pretend to be a call girl.
-->'''Glen''': You're done?
-->'''Mike''': [[TooMuchInformation Fuck yeah man, you should see all this]].
** Also in the [[spoiler:"Watch Us Have Sex"]] sketch.
-->"I like to masturbate in a closed room while [[spoiler:people are waiting for pie to cool]]!

* HasTwoMommies: Superstar has two daddies.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Largely [[AvertedTrope averted]]. The show largely avoided making references to current subjects. If it did, it was usually through parodies with different names (i.e. FUZZ for Series/{{Cops}}). Most of these sketches are still funny without knowing what they parodied.
** One notable exception is the Season 1 episode "Who Let You In?", which has several sketches centering around the Pope being on trial for murder--a reference to the then-recent OJ Simpson case.

* CampStraight:Toddy in Wee Time Toddler Wear is just as campy as his co-workers, but is angered by Nostradamus's advances, saying, "Oh no! NO! I ''know'' what you're thinking! Hey look, I've got a wife and three ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' kids, OK?"

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Nancy in the Thrilling Miracles sketch.

* 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.]]

It is noted for its edgy, cynical, and oftentimes cruel sense of humor as well as the way the sketches would transition into each other, much like an episode of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. The show filled its ranks with performers and writers from the alternative comedy scene, and served as a career springboard for many up-and-coming comedians. The show never obtained a great deal of popularity, and was eventually dumped into a poor time slot before getting canceled. However, the show earned a loyal cult following and has proved to be one of the more influential comedy shows in recent decades.

* RefrainFromAssuming: It's called "How High the Mountain," not "Y'all are Brutalizing Me"

* CompanionCube: Red Balloon.
* {{Corpsing}}: A few times.
** Bob and Jill look like they're trying not to smile after the "Third Wheel Legend" song, particularly after David accidentally bumps Jill when she's frozen.
** After David as a fashion designer says to his lover "Extra cheese if you please! I'm on my knees!" Nostradamus smiles (which was a case of ThrowItIn). Tom as UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln almost breaks after saying "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Hey, put your poo box away!]]"

--> '''Bad News Breakers''': Your wife is cheating on you!
--> '''Bob''': Awww... who wants ice cream?

--> '''Jill''': David...I accept you, but I don't accept the choice you've made.
--> '''David''': It's not a choice, Jill. God ''made'' me this way.
--> '''Jill''': Then I reject God.

-->'''Kleist:''' ''[On phone]'' Hello! Insurance is my game, Larry is my name! Raping was another game of mine. Have you considered -- hello? ''[Hangs up in disappointment]''

* CameraChase: Parodied with David Cross playing a documentary show host. Whenever the camera cuts back to him, he starts at the back of the room and slowly walks forward as the camera zooms in. This happens several times until he runs out of room and hasn't finished his statement. After a moment of confusion, he steps back and the camera zooms out again so he can resume walking and talking.

* RealityEnsues: In "Blind Girl", after the genuinely blind Steven ditches his pretending girlfriend and his potential romantic rival, he triumphantly peels away from the apartment building in a red convertible. Two seconds later, he's killed in a fatal collision.

* BlackComedyRape: Due to a new cost-saving measure at Pendleton State Prison, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKE9W0O8bX8 convicted rapist Larry Kleist]] is able serve out his term while living a semi-normal life -- he just had to take out ads in the local paper announcing himself, put signs on his lawn, begin every phone call with "Larry Kleist, rapist," (when he works as a ''telemarketer''), and be accompanied everywhere he goes by "an assigned state-licensed public warning engineer", who wears sandwich boards saying "I'M WITH A RAPIST" and follows his car in a van blaring out warnings on loudspeakers.

* BlackComedyRape: It now costs $800,000 a year to jail just one criminal. That's enough to send a family of five to college, or send that same lucky family on a 79 day rafting expedition. But at Pendleton State Prison, a new money-saving program allows criminals to be productive members of society while serving out their terms. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKE9W0O8bX8 Like Larry Kleist, rapist]]. He lives like any other non-raping person out there. But you wouldn't know he was a rapist if it were not for the friendly reminders that Larry is required by law to provide, such as signs on his front lawn, and taking out an ad in the local newspaper when he moved in. When he goes to work, he's accompanied by an assigned state-licensed public warning engineer, who wears sandwich boards saying "I'M WITH A RAPIST" wherever Larry goes, or, when he's driving, follows him in a van blaring out warnings on loudspeakers.

* MaleGaze: Parodied with their mascots, the Mr Show [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Objects]].