Arrested Development Series
Arrested Development is one of the funniest show on television ever, and, in my opinion, bows only before Seinfeld as the funniest show I've ever seen. How dare I make such a brazen claim after only three seasons? I challenge you to acquire this series set by any means necessary and watch it. If you sit stone-faced throughout these episodes, I would submit you are either (a) in a coma or (b) wouldn't know what funny is if it fucked you silly or (c) just have awful taste in television. One of the standouts was Michael Cera, who played George Michael Bluth, Michael's son, a naïve, over-sensitive, hard-working boy who is just getting to know his family. He and his father are rebounding from his mother's death two years ago, so the sight of kin is inviting—especially his cousin Maebe, to whom he taken a guilt-inducing crush. He's just awkward and it's hilarious watching him in this show. The hardest laughs come from watching his cluelessness.
Superbad DVD
Superbad DVD
Green laundry detergent-infused beer and Gold Slick vodka aside, a hearty not guilty goes out to the boys of Superbad. But most evidently, Michael Cera. Cera is only 19 and with his experiences on Arrested Development, he's becoming more and more the valuable comic talent who throws in a hilarious comment or two under his breath, while playing an effective straight man for someone else to bounce jokes off of. It's awesome to see him totally hold his own.
Clark and Michael
Clark Duke and Michael Cera have taken over my brain for the past six to eleven days, or so, since I first watched their online series, Clark and Michael. The first episode was directed by Clark Duke as his film school thesis and after charming his way up to the executive suite at CBS, he and Cera got the greenlight to shoot ten ten-ish minute episodes. The series takes the form of a mockumentary following Duke and Cera’s ambitions to write and sell a pilot for a television series. Hilarity ensues.
The humor in this series is SO deadpan and under the radar. There are so many subtleties, that multiple views of every single episode is recommended. Drawing from some of the humor Arrested Development became famous for (or never became famous for?), Clark and Michael are constantly falling into awkward silence paired with the slightest glances into the camera. Comedic gold, anyone?
Via Wikipedia:Duke and Cera play fictionalized versions of themselves, Cera describing the characters as “more idiotic and more deluded”. The series is a low-budget affair, filmed on handheld cameras by friends of the duo. The cameras are acknowledged by Clark, Michael and others, who will sometimes address them or those operating them; in one scene, an upset Michael shouts a cameraman out of the bathroom, after which Clark angrily points out to the crew that their contract states “no bathroom stuff”. Boom mics are often visible, and the crew have also intervened in fights between Clark and Michael.
While I love Clark Duke, I think Michael Cera has some of the greatest one liners in the series. So, in the words of Clark Duke, because I cant think of any Cera jokes at the moment, “If you only watch one show on the internet today that was written/directed/produced/edited/scored by Clark Duke and Michael Cera, please let that show be Clark and Michael. Invite us into your homes. Offer us a glass of water and let us talk to your kids for a while"
Visit http://www.clarkandmichael.com/ to watch all the episodes.
The humor in this series is SO deadpan and under the radar. There are so many subtleties, that multiple views of every single episode is recommended. Drawing from some of the humor Arrested Development became famous for (or never became famous for?), Clark and Michael are constantly falling into awkward silence paired with the slightest glances into the camera. Comedic gold, anyone?
Via Wikipedia:Duke and Cera play fictionalized versions of themselves, Cera describing the characters as “more idiotic and more deluded”. The series is a low-budget affair, filmed on handheld cameras by friends of the duo. The cameras are acknowledged by Clark, Michael and others, who will sometimes address them or those operating them; in one scene, an upset Michael shouts a cameraman out of the bathroom, after which Clark angrily points out to the crew that their contract states “no bathroom stuff”. Boom mics are often visible, and the crew have also intervened in fights between Clark and Michael.
While I love Clark Duke, I think Michael Cera has some of the greatest one liners in the series. So, in the words of Clark Duke, because I cant think of any Cera jokes at the moment, “If you only watch one show on the internet today that was written/directed/produced/edited/scored by Clark Duke and Michael Cera, please let that show be Clark and Michael. Invite us into your homes. Offer us a glass of water and let us talk to your kids for a while"
Visit http://www.clarkandmichael.com/ to watch all the episodes.
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