When<i> Mr. Show with Bob and David</i> ended its original run in December 1998, HBO was two weeks from premiering <i>The Sopranos</i>, the show that ushered in television's Golden Age.

Mr. Show ran for 30 episodes (plus two clip show specials) between 1995 and 1998. It didn’t set the world alight in terms of audience figures, but its weird and wonderful stylings mark it as a ...