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Super Dave

Super Dave is a Canadian/American variety show starring and hosted by the fictional character Super Dave Osborne. It ran from 1987 to 1991 on Showtime in the US and the Global Television Network in Canada. Super Dave was spun off from the sketch comedy series Bizarre, which featured Bob Einstein in recurring roles, including Super Dave. Super Dave made his first appearance on the 1972 TV series The John Byner Comedy Hour. Einstein then regularly played the character on the short-lived 1976 variety show Van Dyke and Company starring Dick Van Dyke.

TV Show Stats +8%

5 seasons

97 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1987

Rating

TV Show

6.0/10

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Season 1

13 episodes
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Ultimate Slam Dunk
Episode 1

Ultimate Slam Dunk

Episode 1 • Nov 27, 1987

Super Dave is late for his new show but his car arrives performing handbrake turns. Super attempts to open his show with a question period. Ray Charles sings "They Can't Take That Away From Me". At the Super Dave Memorial Sports Arena, the Super Dave Slam Dunkers perform acrobatic slam dunks. Fuji helps Super Dave perform the "Ultimate Slam Dunk" using a hydraulic catapult that will raise him upright and shoot him into the air where he will catch the ball and slam dunk it.

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Lip Synching Concert Area
Episode 2

Lip Synching Concert Area

Episode 2 • Dec 04, 1987

Super Dave interviews a woman in the audience who dubiously claims to have had Elvis Presley's baby, and a woman who claims to be carrying Warren Beatty's child. Jenny Jones performs standup comedy. Super Dave originally plans to play "Vehicle Tag" with Fuji, but instead shows off the new Outdoor Lip-Synching Concert Area, where he plays the piano and lip-synchs to "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis.

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Vehicle Safety Centre - Buckle Up
Episode 3

Vehicle Safety Centre - Buckle Up

Episode 3 • Dec 11, 1987

At the Super Dave Confidence Training Area, Super Dave, accompanied by Donald, receives the "Man of the Year" award from the Academy of Human Performance. Robert Gruenberg juggles a chainsaw, an egg, and an apple. Kathy Walker and Bill Roberts do impersonations of Joan Rivers and Sonny Bono, rounding it off doing Sonny and Cher singing "I Got You Babe". At the Super Dave Vehicle Safety Centre, Super Dave acts as a crash test dummy and drives into a wall to demonstrate the dangers of not buckling up.

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Super Ride Straight To Hell
Episode 4

Super Ride Straight To Hell

Episode 4 • Dec 18, 1987

Super Dave attempts to do a comedy sketch with Cynthia Belliveau and John Hemphill entitled "Plastic Surgery to Celebrity's Pets" in which Super plays the Doctor. The Smothers Brothers Tom and Dick sing a lively Spanish tune, but Tom screws it up (accidentally?) by singing in German and Dick begins his insult rampage, which results in Super lecturing the Brothers about cussing on television. At the Heavy Metal Motorcycle Preparation Area, Super Dave attempts the "Super Ride Straight to Hell" in which he will jump a three inch wide ramp and land on another three inch wide ramp across the field.

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Poundacise
Episode 5

Poundacise

Episode 5 • Dec 25, 1987

Bernie Rothman from the International Television Video Association presents Super and Donald with a triple platinum award for his exercise tape. Super Dave gets the stuffing beat out of him by the Canadian Giant in his new "Poundacise" video. Super Dave attempts to boost ratings by having scantily clad women on the show. Ventriloquist Ronn Lucas performs a routine with Buffalo Billy the Cowboy and they finish by singing "Row Row Row Your Boat". Super Dave closes the show by lip synching "La Bamba".

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Vehicle Safety Centre - Bump And Rob
Episode 6

Vehicle Safety Centre - Bump And Rob

Episode 6 • Jan 01, 1988

A press conference at the Municipal Court House reveals that Super Dave is bringing Time magazine to court for accusing him of being a frivolous spender. A news report comes on regarding the death of a famous Elvis Impersonator, and many fellow impersonators come to pay their last respects. Comedian Rip Taylor performs prop comedy and does a tribute to Super Dave. At the Super Dave Vehicle Safety Centre, Super, with help from Fuji, attempts to explain to the public how to avoid becoming a victim of a "Bump and Rob".

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Season 2

21 episodes
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Racing Facility
Episode 1

Racing Facility

Episode 1 • TBA

Super and Donald show off the new Super Dave Plastic Surgery Area, where Super brings out "Donny Osmond", who has had a massive height reduction. He and Super lip-synch to Donny and Marie's "I'm A Little Bit Country". Jean and Michel Foubrac, from the Super Dave bicycle compound, play "La Marche de Toreador". At the Super Dave Osborne Racing Facility, Fuji explains his new computer system for cars that tells exactly what needs fixing when you pull into a service station. Super Dave attempts to use this system to set a new record for a pit crew stop time on the race track, using the Super Dave Race Car.

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Jim And Tammy Bakker
Episode 2

Jim And Tammy Bakker

Episode 2 • TBA

Steven Kolodny shows his first Super Dave compilation video. Super Dave and the Super Dave Band attempt to play "Stump the Band" with the audience, where audience members name a song, and if the band can't play it, they get a free dinner. KD Lang sings "Rock Stock and Teardrops". Super Dave has had Jim and Tammy Bakker's old house flown into the compound, which Super will attempt a stunt with. In an attempt to purge his soul, he will set fire to the house and ride his Super Dave Atomic Bike through it.

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Wheel Of Good Fortune Contest
Episode 3

Wheel Of Good Fortune Contest

Episode 3 • TBA

Super Dave opens the show introducing the "Super Dave Wheel Of Good Fortune" contest, where chosen contestant Rusty Lightbody will take part. Super talks to Herb Normis and Louise Duart, who claim they can channel people. Liberty Silver sings "Let It Begin Tonight". Super then returns to the contest, where he will be strapped to the wheel as it spins, and Gary, the head of the Super Dave Archery School, will shoot arrows at him. When an arrow hits any of the prizes on the wheel, be it $500, a Mike Walden Wardrobe, or lunch with Fuji, Rusty will win that prize.

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Presidential Safety Vehicle
Episode 4

Presidential Safety Vehicle

Episode 4 • TBA

Super Dave welcomes Tony Cox, head of the network, who is up in the box. He then holds the Super Dave Recollection Contest, where audience members watch a clip of one of Super's stunts, and win prizes for remembering a specific detail about the clip. Two of the clips feature the Super Dave Stunt School from BIZARRE. After the contest, Tony berates Super Dave for how he presents his show, much to Super's annoyance. Bobby McFerrin sings "All I Want". Super and Fuji present their new "Presidential Safety Vehicle" that allows the President of the United States to present himself in a parade. The vehicle features a seat enclosed in safety glass which is height adjustable, and the "Goodwill Hand of Peace" which is a giant hand that waves at the crowds.

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Girl's Softball Team
Episode 5

Girl's Softball Team

Episode 5 • TBA

Super Dave is at the Osborne Memorial Hospital due to an awful accident. He was rehearsing the show introduction with the girl's softball team at the Super Dave Memorial Sports Arena, where a powerful magnet caused a bus to run into him. Back at the studio, Veronique Belliveau sings "Make A Move On Me". The doctor is wheeling Super in for an operation to remove the fragments of magnet from his body. Glen Campbell sings "Light Years" and "Gentle On My Mind". The operation was a success, despite the fact that the doctor's surgical instruments kept getting stuck to Super.

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Christmas Human Cannonball
Episode 6

Christmas Human Cannonball

Episode 6 • TBA

It's the annual holiday show! Super shows off his Super Dave Walk of Fame and presents Mike Walden with his very own star. Liona Boyd plays "Parranda" and "Can't Help Falling In Love". Super Dave introduces Bob Speca, a student of his who shows off his big domino layout. Fuji helps Super prepare his "Christmas Human Cannonball" stunt, where he will be shot out, do a triple flip, land in a chimney, come out the fireplace, and deliver presents to children.

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Season 3

25 episodes
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Boxing Academy
Episode 1

Boxing Academy

Episode 1 • TBA

At the Super Dave Dancing Animal area, Super shows off Popeye the Super Dog who has been trained to dig for loose change. He then dances and sings to "Land of a Thousand Dances" by Wilson Pickett in front of a tiger, a lion, and a leopard. Kim Carnes sings "Heartbreak Radio". Fuji and Super give a tour of the Super Dave Boxing Academy, where we meet Evander Holyfield, who Super hopes to make into the next heavyweight champion. The Super Dave Band is also present to play the national anthem as motivation. The new training program involves studying videos of your opponent, using a computer to find which fighter you are most like, and sparring with a boxing robot.

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End Highway Profanity Tour
Episode 2

End Highway Profanity Tour

Episode 2 • TBA

The compound is celebrating its 20 millionth visitor and fans are lining up for autographs. In an effort to avoid the crowds, Donald takes Super on a shortcut through several passages and stairways to get to the stage. Melissa Manchester sings "Walk on by". Super is getting ready to do his singalong bus tour to "End Highway Profanity", and he and Fuji show off the bus he will be riding in. Fuji drives the bus off as Super sits on the roof playing the piano and singing along to "King of the Road" by Roger Miller.

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Atomic Yo-Yo
Episode 3

Atomic Yo-Yo

Episode 3 • TBA

Super opens the show with a piano solo and shows how he improved the piano by adding a water fountain, a parasol, and a player piano device. Super introduces his electrician, Carl Hodges, whose birthday is today. Super decides to let him perform, and he does impressions of Johnny Cash singing "Ring of Fire", Elvis Presley singing "Heartbreak Hotel", and Kenny Rogers singing "The Gambler". Super presents stuntman Robbie Knievel with a hall of fame award for his jump over the Caesar's palace fountain in Vegas (he doesn't throw it away). Fuji and Robbie help Super perform the "Atomic Yo-Yo Through Life" stunt, where Super gets into a giant Yo-Yo and a giant hydraulic hand will raise it up and down.

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Be Kind To Animals Area
Episode 4

Be Kind To Animals Area

Episode 4 • TBA

Super plays "Name That March" with the audience, where they guess what marching song and formation the Super Dave Band performs. Banig sings "Billy". At the Super Dave "Be Kind to Animals" area, Super presents the automotive bull fight ring as an alternative to bullfighting, where they use cars instead of bulls. Fuji, as the bull, drives a giant blue tank with horns on the roof, while Super acts as the matador and drives a little red car and they have a spectacular chase around the arena.

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Atomic Jack In The Box
Episode 5

Atomic Jack In The Box

Episode 5 • TBA

It's the annual holiday show, but Super is not feeling festive. He is being traded by the network, despite Bernie Weinthall's efforts to fight it. Liona Boyd plays "Carnival" and "Silent Night". Super shows off the new billiard pool area and introduces his prize student Gene Catron, who has made a setup of dominoes, cues, triangles, and billiard balls. Fuji helps Super perform the "Atomic Jack in the Box" stunt, where Super will get into a giant Jack in the Box, "Pop Goes the Weasel" will play, and Super will be shot up to the top of a giant Christmas tree and sing a holiday song.

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Noise Pollution House
Episode 6

Noise Pollution House

Episode 6 • TBA

Super shows off his Senior Citizen's football team, showing videos of his training sessions and exercises. Super brings them all up on stage after they played their big game. Colin James performs "Chicks 'n Cars (and the Third World War". Super and Donald give a tour of their "Noise Pollution House", whose ambience and interior decoration allows the tenant to just ignore the various noises from outdoors when their house is in a noisy area, by playing soothing sounds and having relaxing pictures. They demonstrate the house being in a freeway area, near an airport, near a police station, and near a train track.

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Season 4

25 episodes
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A House For Ray
Episode 1

A House For Ray

Episode 1 • TBA

On the shores of Lake Osborne, Super explains how Ted Koppel has accused him of signing a major tennis shoe deal and exploiting it. Super and Donald show off the new "Super Dave Ark", which will be used to bring animals from the mainland to his special island zoo. Ray Charles sings "What I'd say". Super and Fuji show off the special house they built for Ray Charles, and decide to play a little trick on him by rearranging the furniture from one room to another. Super gets in the bed and plans to surprise Ray!

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Recycled Raft Ride
Episode 2

Recycled Raft Ride

Episode 2 • TBA

It's the holiday show! At Super's Souvenir village, Super and Donald show off the area with an anti-pollution theme, and there are many decorations sold at the gift shop made from trash items. They also show the picture area where kids can have their picture taken with Santa. Kids can also take a special ride up the chimney, which Super tries out with disastrous results. Back in the studio, Super has been given $3000 to give to three lucky people in the audience, and he draws three random seat numbers. Loreena McKennitt sings and plays "Greensleeves" on the harp, which also ends in an unfortunate mishap. Back at the souvenir village, Fuji helps Super try out the "Super Dave's Recycled Raft Ride", which is a white water raft ride with a "surprise ending".

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Fast Food Restaurant
Episode 3

Fast Food Restaurant

Episode 3 • TBA

Steve Kolodny shows off his latest Super Dave compilation video, and Super gives him his own office, which until recently was occupied by Bernie. Michel Lauziere once again tries to do an act on the show, performing musical tricks. Super and Fuji open the new Super Dave Fast Food restaurant, which Super claims will serve healthy food made and served by graduates of the Super Dave food university. Super introduces the chef, who like the previous chef is an aspiring singer. They end the tour by showing how they strive to get an order done in the shortest time by having Fuji order at the drive thru.

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Storybookland - Red Riding Hood
Episode 4

Storybookland - Red Riding Hood

Episode 4 • TBA

Danny Menendez, one of the show's electricians, opens the show by juggling. Michelle Wright sings "New Kind of Love". Super and Fuji revisit Storybookland, where there have been new areas added, and they reenact "Little Red Riding Hood", with Super as red and Fuji as the wolf. The story is supposed to end with Red getting rid of the wolf while he is in grandma's house by triggering the Murphy bed.

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Bungee School
Episode 5

Bungee School

Episode 5 • TBA

At the Super Dave Equestrian Academy, Super and Donald give a tour of the stables, showing Super's favourite horse Darla, the horse washing area, and the saddle room. Bernie Weinthal is seen riding a very small mule, and Jean Paul Peret the famous rider performs some dressage exercises, then Super tries out some exercises himself. Sue Medley sings "Dangerous Times". Audience member Dave Ellis tells a parachuting joke before sending it to Mike Walden. At the new Super Dave Bungee School, Fuji explains how they improve discipline and concentration in students by using the mantra "Blue skies, clean air, and the weight is perfect!", and throwing down a dummy weight first. One of Super's prize students, Austin, performs a jump. Super then gets ready to do his own jump.

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International Raceway
Episode 6

International Raceway

Episode 6 • TBA

Super wants to hold a "Super Dave Beach Boys Contest", where the Beach Boys will perform a song and audience members will sing along to win money. However, the Super Dave Band shows up instead. (The Super Dave Band also causes a surprise when they know a SECOND song.) At the new Super dave international raceway, Super tries to break his own record doing a lap around the track in the Super Racer. Fuji has improved the track to make it more challenging by hiding land mines on it, which the Super One accidentally hits. Back in the studio, Laura Branigan sings "Never in a Million Years". Super appears to be okay, but he still needs to go to the hospital for testing, so he gets put in an ambulance.

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Season 5

13 episodes
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Senior Citizens' Theatre
Episode 1

Senior Citizens' Theatre

Episode 1 • TBA

Glen Campbell sings "On a Good Night". Super and Donald give a tour of the new Super Dave Senior Citizens' Theatre, which has features specifically built for senior citizens and their needs. The movie playing is Super's "Garbane" fuel demonstration. Super find out the building was renovated, and he wonders what the building used to be. Donald tells him it used to be a senior citizens' parking lot.

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Mr. Osborne's Neighbourhood
Episode 2

Mr. Osborne's Neighbourhood

Episode 2 • TBA

Rodney McCray from the Chicago White Sox is inducted into the Super Dave Hall of Fame, and George Brett and Rocket Ismail are also present for the occasion. Michelle Wright sings "All You Really Want To Do". Donald and Super introduce the Children's TV Hall of Fame area of the compound, and perform "Mr. Osborne's neighbourhood" (A spoof of Mr. Rogers' Neighbourhood) with Super as Mr. Osborne, and Donald as Mr. Conductor, learning about trains. Mr. Osborne visits "Train Land" and also learns not to put his hand on the miniature train tracks, while Mr. Conductor gets locked in the closet. Mr. Osborne tells us an un-child friendly story about a duck named Wilbur.

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Country Western Days
Episode 3

Country Western Days

Episode 3 • TBA

Super shows his new golf video, featuring Fuji, showing Super's golf tips. Peter Longo, the head of the heavy equipment area of the compound, tries to hit a golf ball off Super's mouth, with unfortunate results. Colin James plays "Just Came Back". Super and Fuji give a tour of the Country Western area, where families can come and have a real Wild West experience. Tommy Arbor performs trick riding, and we see Bernie in the general store. Stunt fist fights and gun fights also happen from time to time to entertain the crowd. Super has a shootout with Jimbo North, and he gets shot and flies backwards through a window. He seems to be okay, though, and he explains how the stunt worked using a cable attached to his back and pulled by a car, as well as breakaway glass and mats.

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Home Alone House
Episode 4

Home Alone House

Episode 4 • TBA

Super tries to open the show with a poem he wrote, but he is interrupted once again by Michel Lauziere trying to impress Super with various tricks. Super Dave shows blooper footage of a girl from the audience who had to do many takes to throw it to Mike Walden. Super and Fuji introduce the new "Home Alone" house based on the hit movie. They have a game where Super plays Kevin, and Fuji and Mike play the robbers. Super stays in the house that's filled with fun traps, and Fuji and Mike will arm themselves with toys from the truck. Every prank Super plays that successfully hits the opponent earns points, and Fuji and Mike score points the further they get in the house.

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Star Car
Episode 5

Star Car

Episode 5 • TBA

At the Super Dave International Raceway, Super and Fuji introduce a special race where each car is sponsored by a male celebrity, but driven by a female celebrity. Super demonstrates driving the white pace car, which unfortunately blows up when he starts it. Crystal Gayle sings "Same Old Story". In the hospital, Dr Vargas is in the process of X-raying Super, which turns disastrous when he gets distracted by Mike. The Jeff Healey Band sings "Full Circle". Dr Vargas has given Super a clean bill of health, despite him having to relocate a lot of bones, and he is recovering in a hospital room which also sponsored by the celebrities. To make him feel better, Mike shows a flashback of the Super Dave cola car.

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Casino Circus
Episode 6

Casino Circus

Episode 6 • TBA

Super and Donald open up the new Casino Circus, featuring games where you can win credit at the general store. One of the games is "Stunt Wheel", where you bet on specific stunts to come up on the wheel, and you need to answer a trivia question to win. The demonstration gives us a flashback of the "Atomic Yo-yo" stunt. They also demonstrate the slot machine, which gives a flashback of the "Outdoor Lip Synching Area". Super continues on to "Shoot for the Stars", where you shoot a basket to win money. The tour ends with the "Matilda" game where you sit on one end of a seesaw, and a 4000 pound dummy of a woman falls on the other end and you get launched up and grab a money bag. The dummy moves around, and you have to make it drop at the right moment.

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