An "Einstein" of goofy comedy

I have been watching some of the third and final season of "ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT" on DVD.
One of the minor characters featured is Larry Middleman, a surrogate for the Bluth patriarch George Sr. Kept in the family penthouse because of a house arrest order, George remains involved in family meetings through the surrogate, who is wired with a headset and a small video camera attached to his forehead (under the bill of a baseball cap marked "surrogate").
Some of the characters address Middleman (a hilariously appropriate name) as he *was* their father, and not just a surrogate.
If Middleman looks familiar (and he certainly sounds familiar to me), it's because the character is played by BOB EINSTEIN.
You might have seen Einstein in "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
I remember laughing at him for years in his would-be daredevil guise -- SUPER DAVE OSBORNE.
Throughout the 70s, 80s and early 90s, Super Dave would appear on television attempting ridiculously difficult stunts, which would invariably, miserably fail.
Einstein comes from a comedic family -- his younger brother is actor Albert Brooks -- and I love the bizarre humor he injected into "Arrested Development."