Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestMichael and Michael agree to appear on a rival sketch comedy show.
Longtime collaborators Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter (co-founders of The State comedy troupe, which spawned the same-named MTV show) join forces once again for this twist on narrative and sketch comedies that features the duo as hosts of their own fictitious sketch show. Behind the scenes, viewers see the two Michaels wrestling with how best to run the show, while they simultaneously confront their own issues of insecurity and jealousy as they try to undermine each other.
Writing
Razor-sharp improvised-feeling banter.
Acting
Black and Showalter's genuine decades-long chemistry.
Editing
Seamless sketch-to-behind-scenes transitions.
Creators
Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on Comedy Central in 2009 but was canceled after one season, becoming a 'lost' gem that predated the meta-comedy boom of shows like 'Documentary Now!'
The fictional show-within-a-show format let Black and Showalter recycle abandoned State sketches while arguing about them on camera.
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