The Super Bob Einstein Movie

This is a great tribute to a very special comedian. Known as Super Dave, Marty Funkhouser, or Bob Einstein. He had a unique style which spanned multiple decades. Bob worked with and is remembered in this by many famous people, including Steve Martin, Rob Reiner, Jimmy Kimmel, Larry David and more. The clips in this tribute are aged but still funny as hell. I recommend this if you like him, or never heard of him.

This was a wonderful tribute to the memory and career of such a unique performer and gave great insight into how far back and important he was on the comedy industry. I don't understand the reviews condemning the fact that other comedians told the straight up story of how Bob was. Based on what they all said he wouldn't have wanted it told with fluff, but instead as honestly as they stated. My only issue with the film was that I wish it were longer. While there probably wasn't that much more to say about his career, all the clips from his Super Dave stunts on "Bizarre" had me longing to revisit them all again.

...of a million laughs is watching two dozen comedians stomp all over the jokes of one who's shuffled off this mortal coil, then this is the flick for you.

I Love Super Dave... but this documentary kinda did him an injustice. My biggest issue was the fact that they spent a bit too much time with comedians instead of his family and there were way too many reactions to his clips, rather than just showing the clips. Why would I care if Kimmel or Silverman laugh at his old clips? Was that necessary to show?

I wanted more insight into his family and more of Albert Brooks, his daughter, and grandkids. Just showing a majority of comedians rehashing Dave's old jokes/clips seemed like a total waste. It came off as just filler. They put way more focus on the people they interviewed compared to Super dave.

Especially because most of the people they interviewed have a stain of political hackness to them these days which is a turnoff. Reiner, Kimmel, Silverman, Oswalt, etc embedded themselves in the last 4-5 years into politics and turned off at least 50% of the country. It's hard to take them seriously these days, unfortunately, which is why comedians shouldn't do hard politics unless it's part of some humor/joke. It's just hard for me to separate their public activism from their comedy.

I still recommend it, but I wish they had cut out the superfluous reactions, etc.

Between the old clips and the modern commentary of Bob Einstein's peers, this documentary is a perfect remembrance of his genius. It isn't just a great story about his life and who he was, but it's also incredibly entertaining. Easily watchable more than once.