Michael Ian Black and D.L. Hughley will be dueling game show hosts. TBS announced today that the two comedians will host Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host, a series from reality kingpin Mark Burnett in which one of the two hosts is trying to present the contestant with a wrong answer and one is telling the truth. Hughley and Black will each share a bizarre fact with the contestant, who will have to choose which one isn't a lie. Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host is set to premiere in late 2013, unless that's a lie too.
Ben Stiller's company Red Hour Productions is developing a new family sitcom pilot for ABC, starring and is written by Michael Ian Black, Vulture reports. The show, called You're Not Doing It Right, is based on Black's memoir of the same name, which was released earlier this year. Executive produced by Stiller and Black, it's a comedy about modern marriage and parenting set in Connecticut, where Black and his family reside in real life. ABC has a script commitment to the project, meaning that they're not yet obligated to produce a pilot or to order the project to series, but given Stiller and Black's industry clout and ABC's [...]
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show is returning for a third season on July 20th at 11:00pm. Headliners will include Hannibal Buress, Marc Maron, David O’Doherty, Michael Ian Black, Dana Gould, and Wyatt Cenac. Also appearing will be Leo Allen, Kurt Braunohler, Michael Che, Dan St. Germain, Emily Heller, Mike Lawrence, Adam Newman, Andy Zaltzman and so on and so on. OK, all of these funny people are going to be on your show, we get it! Stop bragging, John.
Following a series of events that most comedy fans will agree is absolute bullshit, Louis C.K. has withdrawn from his role hosting the Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner this June. It appears that C.K. is trying to avoid the ridiculous circus of controversy caused by Fox News' Greta Van Susteren's proposed boycott of the event, in which she takes issue with C.K.'s jokes about Sarah Palin and calls him a "pig" who "denigrates women."
Sure, he denigrates Sarah Palin to no end. But she's one politician, not some representative of all womankind. As Michael Ian Black writes in a blog [...]
Michael Showalter was Watch What Happens Live! on Bravo last night, where he gave the impression that a Wet Hot American Summersequel would really be happening. Just as we were all trying on our Camp Firewood uniforms to see if they still fit, though, Michael Ian Black tweeted, "I just found out there's going to be a "Wet Hot American Summer" sequel from @mshowalter on TV. Apparently, I'm not in it." Alas! There go our once-buoyant hopes, dashed against the merciless rocks of reality. Why can't they just make this movie already?
Gothamist had Michael Ian Black interview Marc Maron in advance of Maron's new IFC show, and it proves to be as contentious as any conversation between Michael Ian Black and Marc Maron. Listen to the full audio below or head over to Gothamist to read the nonstop barrage of insults and apologies for yourself.
Here's the first episode of Michael Ian Black's new Adult Swim show You're Whole, a phony 11-minute self-improvement infomercial he stars in as ponytailed sleazebag Randall Tyree Mandersohn. Black wrote the series with Stella/State buddy Michael Showalter directing. Adult Swim produced three episodes, which will be airing at 4am over the next three weeks. The first episode (above) will be playing on Adult Swim at 4am M-F this week, with the second episode airing at that time every day next week, and the third the week after.
Adult Swim is no stranger to airing fake infomercials created by comedians early in the morning. Three years ago, David Cross and Jon [...]
Ken Marino has been alternative comedy's leading hunk for about 20 years now, so he's the perfect candidate to pretend to pretend to find love. Burning Love is the ideal web series for people who enjoy when people ask, "can I steal you for a minute?" Well, Burning Love, because you are so funny and you have such a terrific cast of female comedians (Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Natasha Leggero, June Diane Raphael, Ken Jeong), you can steal me for around eight minutes a week. After the jump you can find episode two and three, where we learn which archetype from TheBachelor everyone represents and who is the famous [...]
Yesterday, Michael Ian Black's wrote a blog post about his new book You're Not Doing It Right, in which he explains what it's like to feel that you're not doing it right.
I suspect there are many people out who feel as I used to, that everybody else has their shit figured out, that they are the only ones muddling through life with this intense feeling of incompetence, that any successes that have are accidental and any failures deserved.
Michael Ian Black's new book, You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations, is available for pre-order now and comes out Feb. 28. The celebrity blurbs alone make this one worth checking out. "You would have to be a vapid crapsack not to enjoy this book," says Chris Hardwick. "Reading this book felt like taking a long road trip with Michael himself—which I’ve done. And I actually recommend the book more," writes Mike Birbiglia. Now I want to read a book of all celebrity blurbs. Until someone gets on publishing that, though, this Black book should be pretty good.
Here's a really silly interview between musician John Vanderslice and Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, David Wain) that serves as proof that the Stella guys should never be apart from each other.
MaximumFunCon, Jesse Thorn's annual weekend of well-dressed, bookish comedy is getting an east coast version. From October 26-28, Maximum Fun fans will gather for a weekend of comedy, classes, activities, and merriment in the sure to be archetypally autumnal Poconos. (Just look at the picture.) Performers and presenters include Michael Ian Black, Jonathan Ames, Dick Cavett, John Hodgman, Julie Klausner, Kevin Allison, and more!!!! Get more info here. It's a good place to wear that sweater vest one last time before the transition into full-length sweater weather.
Dear Michael Ian Black, I have been in a relationship with my current computer for about nine months, and the spark is starting to go out of our relationship. We browse the same websites, and refresh every few minutes, but there's something perfunctory about it. I can't help but wish my computer would take me to a new site where I could read your advice on romantic questions in time for Valentine's Day. Also, I would like to get a taste of your writing style before spending money on a copy of your book You're Not Doing It Right. But my computer never takes me to a site [...]
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