Anticipating "Stella" on Comedy Central

"Wet Hot American Summer"

And I liked the premiere episode of stella better than the skits I saw -- I got a little tired of all the humping, if that's even possible.

Top 5
1. "Sleep with the State" Essay Concept
2. The Barry Lutz Show
3. Louie at the Last Supper
4. Bearded Men of Space Station 11
5. Kabuki Doug

To his credit, Michael Ian Black has had his funny moments on all those "I Love the 80's" shows on Vh1.

That one note is occaissionally funny (notice I said "funny moments").

Because I have hope in my heart that things will work out well for them.

And Antoine, I was giving Michael Ian Black -- an ACTIVE MEMBER of "the State" and "Stella" (and a bit player in "Ed") his due. That it happned to air on Vh1 is incidental. I have no reason to suspect that the opinions he states on those shows are not his own. Thus, I am saying: he is capable of being funny. That said, I never found much to laugh at on "The State".

CUE RIMSHOT

GIVE ALEX THE GASFACE

GO TO BATHROOM

Okay, "Reno 911" is best described by any adjective that is the direct antonym of "devoid of laughs". Have you seen more than two seconds of the show?

Please stop posing.

Thanks.

http://www.larp.com/atlas/photos/fop.jpg

Thanks.

I've been accused of many a misdeed in my day, but this one I don't get. By expressing my disdain for "The State," how does that make me a poser?

Unless, of course, you meant to type: "Alex, Please stop posting, Thanks".

...in which case, the answer is: IN YOUR DREAMS, BITCH!

I was reiterating Cutty's point (above). I don't see why you are anticipating something that you're clearly not interested in ... and so I'm going to start a thread about how I am anticipating new material from Killing Joke.

Oh, and as well you should.

Probably the most insulting thing I've ever read on ILX, because The State is my favorite show ever, and Mad TV is probably the worst horseshit on TV that claims to be "comedy."

Try to make it clear in the thread title if you're just going to make an announcement that you hate something, so that people who enjoy can have their own thread.

State veterans have gone onto "Viva Variety" and "Reno 911", both of which were also unwatchably devoid of laughs.

Shut up.

I would say yes, there's a good chance of it.

It was so nice 5 years ago when no one knew what Stella was, and I didn't have to hear from people who "don't get it." And as much as I want the show to be successful, I know that most of its biggest fans are going to be complete losers, and that it will be hated by just as many people as those who love it.

also i know every line from wet hot american summer like the back of my hand.

at an obama benefit:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1800518

Funny revive: I just walked, like, four blocks right next to Showalter this morning. Combined with walking past Sean Lennon last night, it's like some kind of "celebrities whose moms I like" festival.

Whoa whoa, Michael Showalter's mom is Elaine Showalter?!?!

YES!!

I was sad when they yanked this show.

Weird. I don't know if I've actually read anything of hers, but I saw her speak at the MLA in 1999!

I was totally unaware of it when it was on tv, but the dvd is awesome.

I read some of her stuff in college. I only found out she was his mom because it was mentioned in a New York Times article this weekend.

Ha, nabisco, there was a week years back when I saw Sean walking around with his Cibo Matto girlfriend near Houston and Sixth, and then a few days later I was walking across Central Park when I heard some people talking behind me and one of them was his mom. The strangest thing was that the first thing I heard was some Max von Sydow type guy going on about "101 Dalmations" - "You LOVE dogs and therefore you humanize them!" before I heard tsomebody respond in that trademark whispery baby doll Yoko voice. I hung fire to let them pass and indeed it was her. Still not sure about Max.

I think I saw Sean at Dazzle Ships or just at normal Heathers once.

He looks more and more like John as he ages -- there's like 100% nose resemblance at this point. It probably didn't hurt that he was wearing an outfit that looked like he grabbed it from a closet marked "Let It Be / Amish Era," hat included.

Anyway, yeah, I checked on whether the Showalters were related a long time ago, because "Showalter" is one of those rare-ish names that I only see in hardcore clusters among ... Indiana Mennonites, Ohio Mennonites, and I guess some kind of Pennsylvania "Dutch" descendants? It's right up there with "Yoder."

Yoder is one of the whitest names in America, I recently learned.

Actually, *the* whitest. 98.1% of Yoders are white.

There some kind of bad "Why doesn't Yoders people ever want to...?" joke coming.

I guess that's just for names already in the top 1000. Overall, Yoder is like 3,800th whitest, and Showalter is 18,000th whitest (out of 65,500 total). Yes, I looked into this, because I'm jaymc.

evidently Sean bought a bunch of DVDs at our store years back (he was performing at a nearby theatre) and tried to return them a few hours later and was pissed off that the clerk wouldn't give him a cash refund, just store credit. I think he pulled some "do you know who I am" shit, which is kinda stupid when people know you're John Lennon's heir.

Did something actually use the word "heir"?

"I'm John Lennon's heir, by-atch!"

who only knows, the woman that waited on him is crazy and I just wish I could have seen them square off. I'm surprised she didn't tell him to give peace a chance or something.

on subject, I'm kinda embarassed I've only seen two episodes of this show (loved the pilot, didn't get into the second).

Michael Showalter's stand up cd totally sucks. The Baxter does too. Im starting to think he totally sucks.

yes, he does

No.

I've enjoyed him in wainier contexts, but he's definitely not to be trusted.

really wanted to like this show, watched it twice and hated it.

Showalter was pretty mean to me recently as well but Im not letting that get in the way of my opinion of him which was pretty high until i actually started thinking about his work.

I saw him live a couple months ago and he was great, but yeah, the cd kinda sucks.

The only thing that made me lol is during one of those New Yorker-y travel narratives: "My big dick accidentally slipped into her vagina. Aaaand we began buttfucking."

pretty hacky, that line.

it's totally dumb but it made me laugh.

Anyway I think he's probably better on other people's projects than when he's running the show.

As I recall, the show started out kinda "meh", but got better a few episodes along.

the "Stella Shorts" dvd is great great great. The only great episode of the tv show is the one where they rap with all those paperboys.

He comes off pretty dicky in his recent lengthy Onion A/V club interview. I thought "The Baxter" was sort of nice. Love "Wet Hot American Summer." I mostly just wish I had seen Shudder to Think last night, though.

oh yah doesnt he SERIOUSLY say he loves Dane Cook? eep.

the michael showalter showalter >>>>>> stella

http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2005/10/04/inside-dvd-streetcar2.jpg

evidently Sean bought a bunch of DVDs at our store years back

Was one of them Moonwalker?

I love Wet Hot American Summer, but Showalter has been pretty meh in everything else.

i love stella.

I've enjoyed him in wainier contexts, but he's definitely not to be trusted.

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Stella Shorts is the best.

the live dvd is pretty funny imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz1NlrAJBv8

wain is the glue that holds this ship 2gether

IN YOUR DREAMS, BITCH!

jk wain pwns. my favorite "the State" sketch is the one where he discovers the word "and"

wain is the glue that holds this ship 2gether

bison otm

both michaels post-stella keep getting more horrible

i like MIB the man, the blogger, and the twitterer. tv guy not so much.

This is all on Netflix Watch Instantly. So funny.

I use the word "tableau" a lot more thanks to this show.

This is the trippiest show ever.

This is where I reiterate that you should acquire the "Stella Shorts" DVD because it is funnier than the Comedy Central "Stella".

I'll check it out. How come I had never seen this before? They are really really brilliant.

I definitely saw the Janeane Garofalo episode back when it first aired, but I don't think I really got what they were doing on the show at the time. Like it was amusing, but didn't quite blow my mind.