FRIDAY HALL OF FAMERS - SUPER DAVE OSBORNE

From CBS News:
Comic actor Bob Einstein died Wednesday at his home in Indian Wells, California.

The older brother of actor and filmmaker Albert Brooks, Bob Einstein is best remembered for two characters he portrayed on television.

First was Super Dave Osborne, the clueless stuntman who made occasional visits to "The Late Show with David Letterman".

From KSLA:
Bob Einstein, an actor and comedian known for his hapless “Super Dave” stuntman character and stints on shows like “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” died on Wednesday at 76.

According to Deadline, he had recently been diagnosed with cancer and died at his home in Indian Wells, CA.

Einstein appeared on late-night shows as “Super Dave Osborne” across decades, starting in 1972 on “The John Byner Comedy Hour.”

The character, an Evel Knievel-like figure whose stunts always failed, would also make late-night appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel through the years.

From Wikipedia:
Super Dave Osborne is a character created and played by comedian Bob Einstein. Einstein's comedic depiction is of a naive but optimistic stuntman who frequently appears injured when his stunts go spectacularly wrong. 
 

Super Dave Osborne strode across the Toobworld dimensions.  Many of his stunts were seen on variety shows and talk shows, so they could be seen as being from Skitlandia.  At the same time, Super Dave would appear on those talk shows (Einstein staying in character) to present those videos, so those appearances qualify for Earth Prime-Time membership.  His TV specials and product commercials would fully be a part of the main Toobworld as well.  And then there are his appearances in the Tooniverse.

Let’s run down those many appearances on our TV screens.

Mostly from the IMDb:

The John Byner Comedy Hour
- Episode #1.1 (1972)
... Super Dave Osborne

Bizarre
(1981-1985)  

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
- Episode #1.5 (1988)
... Super Dave Osborne

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Super Dave/Park Overall/Mark Schiff (1989)
... Super Dave Osborne

Videosyncrasy
- Montreal International Tennis Tournament (1991)
... Super Dave Osborne

Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire
- The Fuji-tive (1992)
... Super Dave Osborne

The Super Dave Superbowl of Knowledge
Super Dave Osborne (voice)  

Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular
Super Dave Osborne  

Super Dave's All Stars
- Episode #1.3 (1998)
- Episode #1.1 (1997)
- Episode #1.2
... Super Dave Osborne (voice)

Super Dave
- First Annual Super Dave Swimsuit Edition (1991)
- Episode dated 21 October 1999 (1998)
- Episode dated 21 October 1998 (1999)

The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
Super Dave Osborne

The Man Show
- Jimmy Asks Women 'What Do You Weigh?' (2003)
 ... Super Dave Osborne

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Episode #1.150 (2003)
- Episode #6.120 (2008)
- Episode #8.48 (2009)
... Super Dave Osborne

Super Dave's Spike Tacular
- Super Risks His Life in the Battle of the Decade (2009)
- Paint Ball Battle of the Decade (2009)
- Green Machine Record Breaker (2009)
- Explosive Debut... Welcome Back Super! (2009)

Wikipedia had more shows listed for his appearances….

From Wikipedia:

• The John Byner Comedy Hour (1972),
• first appearance of the character
• Van Dyke and Company (1976)
• The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour (1977)
• Bizarre (1980–1985)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1980s), recurring
• Late Night with David Letterman (1980s), recurring guest
• Super Dave (1987–1991)
• Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire (1992)
• In Living Color (1993)
• WWE Monday Night RAW (1994–1995)
• Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular (1995)
• Super Dave's All Stars (1997)
• Hollywood Squares (1998–2004), recurring guest
• Super Dave's Spike-Tacular (2009)
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (November 11, 2009)
• TNA Impact! (November 12, 2009)
• Norm Macdonald Live (March 26, 2013)
• Anger Management (April 2013)

From Wikipedia:
Super Dave was featured in Nike commercials in 1990, comparing his latest dunking contraptions to the Nike Air Flight basketball shoe, and appearing with such NBA stars as Reggie Miller and Gerald Wilkins (whom he called Roger and Harold, respectively, and got corrected). When his contraption went wrong, he either went through the wall, the ceiling, or face-planted into a backboard, then he would say he hurt or broke an unusual part of his body, to which Walden would optimistically go, "Well, of course you did!"

On several occasions in the late 1990s, he has appeared in commercials for Haggar Clothing. Some notable stunts he was in were going through an extreme car wash, and falling off a motorhome with lots of heavy debris landing on him to show that their cotton-based clothing will never wrinkle.

The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000)

On the ABC television show Happy Endings, Super Dave Osborne is referenced in season 1 episode 8 entitled, "The Girl with the David Tattoo".  

Even if the specials were contested as being outside of the main Toobworld, that reference marks him as being part of Earth Prime-Time.

Unfortunately, I checked the script for that episode and I can't find any mention of Super Dave Osborne.  There is a line "That's super gay."  It could have been mis-heard.

Super Dave with Future Hall of Famer Mr. T

Super Dave with Ray Charles
(One day he might be in the Hall)

I have to admit, I never considered Super Dave Osborne for membership in the Television Crossover Hall of Fame until I read of Bob Epstein’s death at the beginning of the year.  But even so, I probably would have kept bumping him back had I not started this Friday Hall of Famer feature.  And had I started the Monday Memorial TVXOHOF Tributes earlier, he would have already been in.

By the way, the other character he's known for is Marty Funkhouser from 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', which stars last week's inductee Larry David.

Better late than never, I guess.  Welcome to the Hall, Super Dave…..