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Wednesday, April 1
The Indiana Daily Student

Hipsters and hillbillies: The evolution of 'Mr. Show

For the six of you who actually read my column and the two of those six who can remember back as far as a year, you may recollect me writing something about Run Ronnie Run. Well, the film, which is essentially the bastard love child of comedic geniuses Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, has finally seen the light, albeit in direct-to-DVD treatment.\nRonnie expands on a series of skits from the first and third seasons of "Mr. Show," in which a good ol' boy by the name of Ronwell "Ronnie" Q. Dobbs (Cross) spends his days being arrested for various acts of drunken tomfoolery. Soon, Ronnie's lawbreaking skills are placed on a national stage after frequent appearances on the "Cops"-esque reality show, "Fuzz," and his own subsequent spin-off, "Ronnie Dobbs Gets Arrested," produced by British boob Terry Twillstein (Odenkirk).\nThe movie, while very funny, is a tad hit-and-miss. Inherently, the humor of Cross, Odenkirk and "Mr. Show" itself is very freewheeling -- better suited to sketches than to feature-length. The DVD benefits greatly from some lively deleted scenes and the hilarious Three Times One Minus One music video, "The Greatest Love in History," which is sure to please "Mr. Show" fanatics. A commentary track would've been nice, as Cross and Odenkirk have since disassociated themselves from the film. Alas, no dice.

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