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==Related projects== [[File:Mr._Show_at_Festival_Supreme.jpg|thumb|Cross and Odenkirk as themselves, live at [[Festival Supreme]] in 2013<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=August|date=2013-10-17|title=Festival Supreme: A comedy Coachella on the Santa Monica Pier|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-tenacious-d-20131017-story.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>]] ===''Run Ronnie Run''=== {{Main|Run Ronnie Run!}} ''Mr. Show'' also spawned a [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] movie, ''[[Run Ronnie Run]]'', which was shown at the 2002 [[Sundance Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web | url= http://history.sundance.org/films/2626/run_ronnie_run | year= 2002 | title= Run Ronnie Run! | publisher= [[Sundance Film Festival]] | access-date= 2013-06-02 | archive-date= 2020-11-16 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201116171150/http://history.sundance.org/films/2626/run_ronnie_run | url-status= live }}</ref> but went [[straight-to-DVD]]. In an April 2004 article in [[Chunklet (magazine)|''Chunklet'' magazine]], Odenkirk noted numerous problems they had had with the film, blaming the film's director, [[Troy Miller (film producer)|Troy Miller]], who "chose to freeze us out, hold us at arm's length and not let us influence the movie nearly on the scale that we should have."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bobanddavid.com/interviews.asp?artID=116| archive-date= 2007-06-07| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070607210342/http://www.bobanddavid.com/interviews.asp?artID=116 | title= Is ''Run, Ronnie, Run'' Overrated? You bet. Here's why.|date= April 29, 2004|author=[[Bob Odenkirk]] (as told to Henry Owings)| work= [[Chunklet (magazine)|Chunklet]] | access-date=2013-06-02| quote= Look, people are angry at New Line. Don't be angry at New Line. The only thing New Line did "wrong" was not defend us. But in their defense, they didn't know who we were! ... On the other hand, the person to blame is the director, who knew us, and knew how important we were to our own comedy, and chose to freeze us out, hold us at arm's length and not let us influence the movie nearly on the scale that we should have.}}</ref> ===''Mr. Show Live: Hooray for America!''=== In September 2002, original cast members Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, John Ennis, Brian Posehn and [[Stephanie Courtney]] toured in a show called ''Mr. Show: Hooray for America!!!''. The two-month stint included "distillations" of some of Mr. Show's sketches, such as "The Burgundy Loaf", and new material.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sam|last=Adams|url=http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2002-09-19/artpicks4.shtml|title=Mr. Show: Hooray for America!|date=2002-09-19|access-date=2007-12-05|archive-date=2012-07-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729134243/http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2002-09-19/artpicks4.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In the stage show, the large fictitious [[mega-corporation]] Globo-Chem ("We own everything, so you don't have to!") sponsors David's stage persona to run for the presidency of the United States.<ref>{{cite news|first=James|last=Sullivan|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/10/03/DD176439.DTL|title='Mr. Show' time|date=2002-10-03|access-date=2007-12-05|work=The San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> The tour included 16 large cities and [[college town]]s in North America: [[San Diego]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Philadelphia]], [[New York City]], [[Boston]], [[Ann Arbor]], [[Chicago]], [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Minneapolis]], [[Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco]], [[Sacramento]], [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Seattle]], and [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite news|first=James|last=Sullivan|url=http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/?p=221|title=Bob and David in 'Hooray for America!!'|date=June 30, 2002|access-date=2013-06-02|archive-date=2020-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116171142/https://arthurmag.com/2002/06/30/boband-david-in-hooray-for-america/|url-status=live}}</ref> ===''Hollywood Said No!''=== In September 2013, Grand Central Publishing released ''Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show'', a book of rejected scripts and unused ''Mr. Show'' sketches. The audiobook version included full cast readings by former ''Mr. Show'' performers and writers. One of the rejected scripts is the original version of ''Hooray for America!'', which had earlier been adapted as part of the Mr. Show Live tour.<ref>Odenkirk, Bob, David Cross and Brian Posehn. ''Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show'' (2013). Paris: Hachette Audio. Audio</ref> ===''Mr. Show Zoomtacular Annual Business Call for Charity''=== During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in May 2020, Cross, Odenkirk and most of the show's supporting cast including Kenny, Talley, Johnston, Ennis, Aukerman, Posehn, Paesel, Rajskub, and Tompkins, created a [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]]-based streaming ''Mr. Show'' reunion event, the ''Mr. Show Zoomtacular Annual Business Call for Charity'', with proceeds benefiting the [[LIFT (nonprofit)|LIFT]] charity. The event featured new sketches in the style of ''Mr. Show'', as well as updates from the various cast members on their own current projects, and concluded with the cast and additional friends singing a cover of "[[Eat It]]" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], who also participated, that mocked a prior attempt to cover "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]" by [[Gal Gadot]] and other celebrities performed earlier.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/bob-odenkirk-david-cross-mr-show-zoom-reunion.html | title = Bob Odenkirk and David Cross Reunite the Mr. Show Gang for a Night of New Sketches | first = Vikram | last = Murthi | date = May 14, 2020 | access-date = May 14, 2020 | work = [[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] | archive-date = November 16, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201116171208/https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/bob-odenkirk-david-cross-mr-show-zoom-reunion.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
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