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Reviews

'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous' Is Gonna Be Good

by | May 3rd, 2013

Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous walks a fine line. Co-created by and starring YouTube sensation turned comedy wunderkind Bo Burnham, the mockumentary-style show follows a new high school graduate who hires a film crew to make a reality show about his life. “You’re watching exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage of a pre-celebrity,” Zach Stone says in the first minute of the pilot. He’s spending his life savings, and foregoing college, to follow his dream of fame at all costs.

Mocking reality shows has existed almost as long as reality shows themselves and become almost a genre unto itself, with recent examples like spoof web series Burning Love and Bobcat Goldthwait’s [...]

New Shows

Bo Burnham's MTV Show 'Zach Stone' Will Debut May 2nd

by | March 13th, 2013

MTV has set a premiere date for Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, a new sitcom co-created by and starring comedian Bo Burnham. The show will kick off its first season on Thursday, May 2nd, at 10:30pm after a Jersey Shore spin-off called The Show with Vinny. Zach Stone stars Burnham as the title character, a guy who just got out of high school who foregoes college to try to become famous – despite not having any talent. Burnham rose up via a series of viral YouTube videos of himself performing comedic songs before releasing successful albums and Comedy Central specials and impressing Judd Apatow enough to hire him to develop [...]

Interviews

Talking to Bo Burnham About His New MTV Show, Working with Judd Apatow, and Playing an Unrelatable Character

by | May 1st, 2013

After becoming one of the first people to rise to fame via YouTube as a teen writing funny songs from his bedroom in 2006, comedian/musician Bo Burnham is making the big jump to TV this week. He's starring in Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, a new comedy he co-created that premieres this Thursday at 10:30pm on MTV. A mockumentary about a fame-obsessed high school grad who foregoes college so that he can stay in his hometown and hire a camera crew to follow him around, Zach Stone is Burnham's first-ever starring role. I had the chance to talk with Burnham this week in advance of the premiere of his [...]

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MTV Greenlights Bo Burnham's Pilot About a Fame-Seeking Teen

by | May 6th, 2011

MTV just greenlit a pilot by Bo Burnham entitled Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. It'll be "a mocumentary, which centers on Zach (Burnham), a kid fresh out of high school who hires a camera crew to film him because he wants to be famous."

Trailers

Watch a Trailer for Bo Burnham's New MTV Show 'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous'

by | April 10th, 2013

MTV is set to debut Zach Stone Is Gonne Be Famous, a new sitcom co-created by and starring comedian Bo Burnham, on May 2nd, and here's a trailer for the show the network just put out. The show also stars Tom F. Wilson, Armen Weitzman, Kari Coleman, Cameron Palatas, and Caitlin Gerard. Zach Stone follows Burnham as a recent high school grad who, instead of going to college, hires a camera crew to film a reality show about his life, which I'm told is just as common a choice as attending college with today's teens.

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