# Albert Brooks and the guy who plays "Super Dave" Osbourne are brothers!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-and-the-guy-who-plays-super-dave-osbourne-are-brothers/144402
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 22, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-and-the-guy-who-plays-super-dave-osbourne-are-brothers/144402 "2002-12-22T17:53:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-and-the-guy-who-plays-super-dave-osbourne-are-brothers/144402/1 "2002-12-22T17:53:57Z")
I would have never guessed. And Albert’s original name is “Albert Einstein”. The guy who plays Super Dave is his bro Bob Einstein.
I love the IMDB. The SDMB and IMDB are the two greatest resources ever made for the idlly curious.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-and-the-guy-who-plays-super-dave-osbourne-are-brothers/144402/2 "2002-12-22T18:17:08Z")
[Spock]Fascinating[/Spock]
That would explain why neither is funny. It runs in the family.
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-and-the-guy-who-plays-super-dave-osbourne-are-brothers/144402/3 "2002-12-22T18:23:27Z")
Ahh, c’mon. Albert Brooks is friggin’ hilarious. “Defending Your Life” was great.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-and-the-guy-who-plays-super-dave-osbourne-are-brothers/144402/4 "2002-12-22T18:33:10Z")
Here’s an interesting Albert Brooks story:
A have a friend who used to work for the local Fox affiliate. A few years ago, when _The Simpsons_ went into syndication, Fox sent out a huge press kit which included the correct ways to advertise the show, which logos to use, etc. A note for the episode, “Bart’s Inner Child”, in which Brooks voices a self-help guru, absolutely farbade ANY mention of Brooks as being in the episode. Failure to adhere to this would cause the affiliate to lose ALL rights to broadcast the show.
_Lost in America_? The only thing lost is the two hours the viewer has invested in this boring piece of crap.
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### Author:  [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-and-the-guy-who-plays-super-dave-osbourne-are-brothers/144402/5 "2002-12-22T18:42:21Z")
Albert Brooks has been in several episodes of “The Simpsons”, but he is never advertised as a special guest in any of them. His best role was as Jacques, the bowling pro who tried to seduce Marge.
“Marge, there are 10 pins in my heart. You have knocked down nine. Pick up the spare, Marge. Pick up the spare!”
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### Author:  [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-and-the-guy-who-plays-super-dave-osbourne-are-brothers/144402/6 "2002-12-22T18:45:51Z")
I think Super Dave’s funnier but Albert is more of the smartass.
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### Author:  [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-and-the-guy-who-plays-super-dave-osbourne-are-brothers/144402/7 "2002-12-22T19:04:06Z")
Real Life is an amzing movie.