Always loved this clip! Lizz Winstead was the bridge to make this happen......as noted in the credits, she was the head writer at the time and she was also an old friend of Bob's going back to their days in Minneapolis in the early 1980's. Craig Kilborn had a weird career......anybody as old as me (almost 50) first saw him on ESPN Sportscenter as a well-remembered and much-beloved anchor who cracked everybody up in the early 1990's. Then he goes on to be the very first host of the Daily Show, a much different show compared to what it later became under Jon Stewart. Then Kilborn became the replacement for an institution (Tom Snyder) on CBS, going from Tom's one-on-one format (sorely missed nowadays) to a standard late night talk show. Jon Stewart goes on to superstardom with the Daily Show......Craig Ferguson goes on to acclaim as the replacement for Kilborn after he leaves the CBS Late Show.......seems to be a pattern here, lol. Jokes aside.....I always liked Kilborn......he's an acquired taste.....but once you get his humor and his "aloofness"......he's pretty damn funny in his own right. I think he would have gone to do another type of show, but after his run-ins with Peter Lasally at CBS.....he got the "difficult" tag hung on him through the network backchannels and that reputation unfortunately spread to other networks who were possibly interested in him. I don't know if it's true or not, but rumor was that Kilborn did do a late night show as a pilot for another network (ABC, perhaps?) a few years after his departure from CBS as a test run to see if the ratings were good and by all reports, the ratings weren't very good. Kilborn has done the occasional interview every few years since.....I think he was on the Rich Eisen show within the last couple of years along with his old Sportscenter partner, Keith Olbermann.
Yeah they did play it all the way through. I recorded it from the point where Craig asks if Mould ever heard of Husker Du. At the end Craig says "It's a fine thing."
I wonder how many people even knew what they were spoofing. The Bowie/Crosby clip is semi-famous now thanks to RUclips and Funny or Die. But it was pretty obscure back then.
@Durandal1717 this is what i have been looking for for years...this is the only place I've been able to find the original bob mould 'dog on fire' anywhere...
@oppositecar Hey there! Thanks for your reply; I do remember that they played the whole song before an episode of The Daily Show that Holiday Season and I never got it on tape... I was sad.
Absolutely love this Timeless clip. It's awesome to see The Why Files Channel following in its footsteps paying homage to the original in 2023
Always loved this clip!
Lizz Winstead was the bridge to make this happen......as noted in the credits, she was the head writer at the time and she was also an old friend of Bob's going back to their days in Minneapolis in the early 1980's.
Craig Kilborn had a weird career......anybody as old as me (almost 50) first saw him on ESPN Sportscenter as a well-remembered and much-beloved anchor who cracked everybody up in the early 1990's. Then he goes on to be the very first host of the Daily Show, a much different show compared to what it later became under Jon Stewart.
Then Kilborn became the replacement for an institution (Tom Snyder) on CBS, going from Tom's one-on-one format (sorely missed nowadays) to a standard late night talk show.
Jon Stewart goes on to superstardom with the Daily Show......Craig Ferguson goes on to acclaim as the replacement for Kilborn after he leaves the CBS Late Show.......seems to be a pattern here, lol.
Jokes aside.....I always liked Kilborn......he's an acquired taste.....but once you get his humor and his "aloofness"......he's pretty damn funny in his own right. I think he would have gone to do another type of show, but after his run-ins with Peter Lasally at CBS.....he got the "difficult" tag hung on him through the network backchannels and that reputation unfortunately spread to other networks who were possibly interested in him. I don't know if it's true or not, but rumor was that Kilborn did do a late night show as a pilot for another network (ABC, perhaps?) a few years after his departure from CBS as a test run to see if the ratings were good and by all reports, the ratings weren't very good.
Kilborn has done the occasional interview every few years since.....I think he was on the Rich Eisen show within the last couple of years along with his old Sportscenter partner, Keith Olbermann.
Kilby is also a Minnesota native
Fun fact: Hüsker Dü literally means "Do you remember?" in Norwegian. So, Craig was saying, "Do you remember, do you remember?"
This makes me love drums.🥁🪘
Been looking for this for a long time..almost thought i dreamed this bit happened
Holy fuck.
Cracks me up every time. Thanks!
Yeah they did play it all the way through. I recorded it from the point where Craig asks if Mould ever heard of Husker Du. At the end Craig says "It's a fine thing."
AH THOSE WERE THE DAYS!
I wonder how many people even knew what they were spoofing. The Bowie/Crosby clip is semi-famous now thanks to RUclips and Funny or Die. But it was pretty obscure back then.
Yup picked that up for sure
I wondered the same thing. I wouldn't have gotten it at the time.
@Durandal1717 this is what i have been looking for for years...this is the only place I've been able to find the original bob mould 'dog on fire' anywhere...
Bob's a natural. But I'm selfish so I'm glad he kept releasing music instead of pursuing acting.
WHERE'S BOB'S EMMY?
"Do you remember Husker Du?" Yes!
This is the Daily Show when it was funny. I forgot it used to be a comedy show.
Kilborn YAY
@PatRicNasty Nothing beyond what I posted made it onto the air; I included everything up to the point where they cut away.
Wow, talk about odd . . .
@oppositecar Hey there! Thanks for your reply; I do remember that they played the whole song before an episode of The Daily Show that Holiday Season and I never got it on tape... I was sad.
This is great! Is there a version that is uncut? I would LOVE to hear them do the whole song!