Super Dave
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Super Dave

Super Dave is a Canadian/American variety show starring and hosted by the fictional character Super Dave Osborne. It ran from 1987 to 1991 on Showtime in the US and the Global Television Network in Canada. Super Dave was spun off from the sketch comedy series Bizarre, which featured Bob Einstein in recurring roles, including Super Dave. Super Dave made his first appearance on the 1972 TV series The John Byner Comedy Hour. Einstein then regularly played the character on the short-lived 1976 variety show Van Dyke and Company starring Dick Van Dyke.

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1. Boxing Academy

0.030 min

At the Super Dave Dancing Animal area, Super shows off Popeye the Super Dog who has been trained to dig for loose change. He then dances and sings to "Land of a Thousand Dances" by Wilson Pickett in front of a tiger, a lion, and a leopard. Kim Carnes sings "Heartbreak Radio". Fuji and Super give a tour of the Super Dave Boxing Academy, where we meet Evander Holyfield, who Super hopes to make into the next heavyweight champion. The Super Dave Band is also present to play the national anthem as motivation. The new training program involves studying videos of your opponent, using a computer to find which fighter you are most like, and sparring with a boxing robot.