Exit 57 was a half-hour sketch comedy series produced by HBO Downtown Productions for the Comedy Central cable network in 1995 and 1996.

The sketches took place within the fictional suburban setting of Quad Cities.  The opening credits depicted the five cast members standing near their broken down car on the side of the highway. A bizarre motorist picks them up. The driver was listening to a news report on the radio about a serial killer, but he changes the station. The song "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked a Cake" plays as he holds a camera up to snap photos of each passenger. Paul, Stephen, Jodi, Amy, and Mitch become visibly suspicious of their driver's strange behavior and they ask him to pull off the highway onto Exit 57.

The stars and creators of Exit 57 (Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, Mitch Rouse) all knew each other from their days with the famed Second City comedy troupe.

During Exit 57's two-year run, the show earned five CableACE Award nominations for best writing, performing, and comedy series.

Note: the names of these episodes are for the purpose of distinguishing them and aren't "official" as far as I know. Also sketches that Paul does not appear in are not listed. For a complete listing of sketches, check out Tony's Exit 57 page, which is where I shamelessly stole this intro because I couldn't come up with anything better.

Pilot Intro
Length: 1:04

The Pilot intro is different from the rest of the series and features the cast member's names on various objects (Paul's a wrestling robe). Cagney, Paul's late dog, also makes an appearance.

Gladiators
Length: 3:07

A sports commentator at the Roman Coliseum talks with Spartacus about his latest victory and then with the decapitated loser's coach Agrippa.

Length: 1:47

The quirky intro to the show with the gang in the car of the bizarre motorist.

Victim Reenactment
Length: 6:48

Lenny is a thug who is jailed for beating a man with a metal baseball bat. He blames his anger on "inner-city rage" even though he's from the suburbs. To help the healing, the victim is brought in and the whole scenario acted out again.

My Wife Dumped Me for a Guy Named Jesus
Length: 3:22

A man who's wife leaves leaves him and his sinful ways to find Jesus sings a sad song about her betrayal. I guess he'll be fixing his own dinner.
The mp3 of this song can be found in the multimedia section.

Unresponsive
Length: 5:27

A man's wife has become "unresponsive" in the bedroom and the doctor suggests institutionalizing her. Nurse Betts suggests that all she needs is a little excitement.

Office Crush
Length: 3:27

Paul convinces his co-worker that he has a crush on her by dropping her hints. When she says she cares for him too, he recants, and then convinces her again he was just scared and was lying.

Dentistry Sneak Attack
Length: 2:23

A group of dentists are on the prowl in the wild for a new patient and corner him.

Bottomless Lake
Length: 6:55

Tyrone and Persephone present their so with a non sequitur about who he would save from drowning in bottomless Lake Okakrote, his mother or father.

Lung Problems
Length: 2:17

A man has developed a mysterious difficulty breathing. A doctor diagnoses him as healthy because of a "faulty" X-ray which has a cigarette burn.

The Messenger
Length: 4:22

Stephen dupes both of his friends by going back and forth between Paul and Amy, with his messages getting lost in translation on the way.

Have Some Corn
Length: 2:58

The community center is putting on a Thanksgiving play and the director is not satisfied with the way his actors are performing.

Charlie
Length: 2:07

These two soldiers are angry at Charlie and his selfish ways and dwell on his actions during combat.

Mary the Dead Girl
Length: 1:20

Rusty is bereaved over Mary's death and decides to take action.

Prison Infidelity
Length: 5:41

Lenny suspects his cell mate of digging a hole with someone else when he sees dirt under his nails. He becomes emotional and wonders why his cell mate wants to dig with Earl instead of him.

Professional Children
Length: 3:13

Toby and Stinky are second graders making a trap. They meet a new boy, Rudy, and give him some advice on things a new kid should know. Then they're accosted by two girls.

Employees Only
Length: 2:34

Paul Pinelli is just trying to get to his job on the 5th floor, world products, but has forgotten his I.D. The overzealous doorman won't let him up until he tries a clever trick.

Financial Planning
Length: 2:06

The Andersons seek revenge against the investment broker who robbed them blind by supposedly investing their money in Chilean llamas, but he actually vacationed in Aruba.

Craft Carnival
Length: 3:35

Mr. Daniels, the craft fair organizer comes over to tell Bobbi that she must remove the items that are not actually crafts (ie shoe ashtrays) or she'll be asked to leave.

Softball Game
Length: 2:49

A group of parents get over-enthusiastic over their daughters' softball game and a tussle ensues when one of the girls drops the ball.

No! Yes!
Length: 3:30

Different couples are shown interacting with one another. Paul is having an argument with his wife about her talking too much on the telephone and moving his things.

Hot Dog Stand
Length: 2:48

Amber takes a liking to the Greek hot dog vendor after failing to impress some French picnickers.

Sleep Like a Baby
Length: 2:54

This ranch hand says he'll sleep like a baby after a hard days work. The boss doesn't like the sound of it and wants out but his fellow worker stands up for him.

One Hand Clapping
Length: 4:45

Mr. Dinello, a student a the Quad Cities Community College, is a clueless philosophy student who's really into Zen and wants to debate his teacher. He finally discovers what the sound of "one hand clapping" is.

The Robbery
Length: 2:44

A man seeking refuge from the rain is a victim of mistaken identity due to graffiti on a wanted poster. It has pleasing results for him.

Roofers
Length: 4:53

A tortured poetic soul is captivated by a sunbathing young lass. He can't get her out of his mind, so he convinces his friend to talk to her for him.

The Rattler
Length: 3:59

Colleagues are trying to talk a man down who is threatening to jump off the ledge of the K&L Candy Company's corporate headquarters to avoid bad press. They call in The Rattler to get things done.

Shy Bladder
Length: 2:38

Paul arrives just in time to kick in a case of a double shy bladder.

Damn Blackout
Length: 1:44

A ditzy newsstand clerk talks about how he couldn't get a job when he was looking for one because he's Italian. All hell breaks lose when a customer goes mad after a power outage.

Fat Baby
Length: 3:44

Bill can't help but express his feelings about his friends' fat baby and then the insults start flying.

Honey Pie
Length: 4:30

This family is awful caught with the sexy drifter and each other. Junior is awful friendly with his Momma and doesn't want to see the drifter go.

Fur Coat
Length: 4:50

Norbel is a little too obsessed with his fur coat. A confrontation occurs between his date and her ex boyfriend, Axl, that puts the coat in peril.

Doctors Operating on Doctors
Length: 4:32

How many more have to die? These three incompetent surgeons operate on other doctors and their patients keep dying. The pressure is too much.

Fur Coat Revisited
Length: 0:14

A short where Norbel's fox fur coat is yet again in imminent peril.

Oh Randy
Length: 3:28

Randy is enraged by her parents punishment. While she rants and raves, her Dad grooms a banzai tree. Randy continues her ranting through dinner, and is still going all the way until bedtime. [these three parts aired throughout the episode and have been combined.]

Salmon Farm
Length: 5:26

There's trouble at Harrod's salmon farm. The local trout baron comes by and tries to sway him into selling the farm, but he won't budge.

Captain Cocksicle
Length: 2:41

Paul interrupts Mitch's game of pool with insults and can't take the hint that he isn't wanted.

Surgery Sideshow
Length: 2:24

The surgeon tries to liven up the surgery for the audience by looking into a pan to perform. He loses his patient, but doesn't want to lose the crowd so he entertains them with juggling & animal balloons.

Dance Studio Survivors
Length: 6:10

Poor Phillip has a cone on his head because he had a polyp removed and keeps getting it infected. Laura introduces him to her imbalanced mother, who quickly tries to seduce him. He leaves and tragedy ensues.

Dancing Muchachos *
Length: 2:12

These three muchachos try and impress two ladies with their smooth moves and sweet song, but are rejected, even though Humberto is the designated driver every other night.

Subtle Innuendos
Length: 0:35

Paul gets a surprise when he goes to talk to Amy and sees she is pregnant and very friendly.

Scoot Night
Length: 5:05

The family from "Bottomless Lake" is guilting their son again about wanting to go out on Scoot Night with Kathleen Cullivitz while the Reverend is there.

Tick Check
Length: 2:37

Stephen gets one heck of a tick and Paul figures out a way to help him.

Dean Pepper
Length: 5:20

Karen is in trouble with Dean Pepper. She describes her night at a party and how she met a guy she had a real connection with.

Scarves
Length: 1:21

One part avant-garde art film, one part Calvin Klein ad spoof, Paul and Stephen play boys whose mother wouldn't let them play.

Frog Giggin
Length: 2:08

Jesus, God and Fate help to answer why Jodi's daddy had to die and give some frog giggin advice.

Troy and Laughton
Length: 5:48

Troy is a cool grocery store worker who gets under the skin of his do-gooder co-worker, Laughton. Laughton's plan to get Troy in trouble backfires terribly.

Blind Date
Length: 4:20

Paul is a blind date Jennifer is willing to manipulate her roommate for.

Cronie
Length: 5:20

The character from "Office Crush" is up to his old antics again, asking a co-worker to help him identify a rash that's developed in his "cronal region".

Father Son Wrestling
Length: 3:41

Unibrowed brothers have an unwanted wrestling match with their father who thinks he can still take them.

Combat
Length: 5:42

A military doctor uses psychological manipulation to create soldiers willing to fight at the sound a gun being fired, but a nurse tries to foil his plan.

Down in the Basement
Length: 5:14

Rod finds himself demonstrating his techniques for his girlfriend's father, Mr. Friegal... over and over.

Daddy Always Liked You Best
Length: 0:49

Brothers get in a fight over their father's inheritance and who he loved more.

Asphalt
Length: 0:47

Paul wants this lovely wooded area flattened and made into parking lots and gets a ride along the way.

Tattletale
Length: 4:27

Principal Daniels mistakes Amy for another girl who has gotten in trouble for unauthorized use of heavy machinery and Rufus comes to her defense.

Attack of the Giant Ladybug
Length: 6:00

A town finds themselves confronted with a giant ladybug who isn't a threat, but must be taken down.

Pre-Marital Counseling
Length: 5:33

Paul and his fiance go to church-sanctioned pre-marital counseling and find themselves faced with Marty and Gina, a very odd couple.

Blaze
Length: 2:08

Cops try and take down this notorious criminal mastermind but his sarcastic sounding answers leave them confused. [this aired in two different segments throughout the show and have been combined]

Floor Sanders
Length: 4:30

The boss of a floor sanding company and has to deal with an incompetent employee, Dominic, not following procedure and manipulating his way back into his job.

The Credit Card
Length: 4:26

Russell Bits is a swinging bachelor who enjoys the ladies and his frozen tigers. He runs into a bit of a problem with his credit card. [this cuts off before it is finished]