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MICHAEL & MICHAEL
HAVE ISSUES!!

I am – Hercules!!


A sitcom about a sketch show from “The State” and “Stella” veterans Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black, “Michael & Michael Have Issues” offers a lot of juvenile backstage behavior that wouldn’t feel out of place on “30 Rock,” though “Issues” tends to be a lot slower about moving on to the next gag.

Didn’t love “Issues”; didn’t hate it. In truth, it feels like it might fit better with most of the stoner comedies they brew up in Atlanta for the Cartoon Network’s late-night Adult Swim programming block.

The second episode, which focuses on drug use, will feel tame to anyone who’s heard Artie Lange extol the virtues and drawbacks of heroin abuse on the Stern or Letterman shows.

It’s certainly not in the league of the channel’s “South Park,” “The Sarah Silverman Program” or “Important Things With Demetri Martin.” My issue with “Michael & Michael” is it’s just not funny enough to garner a season pass on my DVRs. I would, however, dip my balls in it.

Entertainment Weekly says:

… if you've ever wanted to watch a farting-butterfly sketch struggle to take flight, this just might be the show for you. …

The Los Angeles Times says:

… Practically speaking, the mix of sketch and story lets them not invest too heavily in either, and "Michael & Michael" is pretty consistently amusing in a low-boil way while rarely breaking into brilliance. And given the insistent childishness of the leads, it remains somehow genial even at its nastiest. …

The Boston Globe says:

… works because it’s funny, and it’s funny because of its chemistry. …

The Hollywood Reporter says:

… In the end, despite frenetic jump cuts and abrupt scene changes and attempts to goose along the "story," the 21 minutes devoted to actual "MMHI" content feels like twice that. The pacing might be anarchical, but that doesn't mean it can't plod; the off-the-wall style aims for a current "Monty Python" but misses the mark. …

10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Comedy Central.



Season Eight: Volume Five!!


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by Billy Goat
Jul 15th, 2009
05:45:03 PM
Wow, nobody cares about this show?
by Billy Goat
Jul 15th, 2009
06:07:19 PM
Needs some David Wain
by SifoDyasJr.
Jul 15th, 2009
06:26:22 PM

by coffeeandpie
Jul 15th, 2009
07:04:43 PM
Did Tosh.0 get any pub around here?
by p5mmr9
Jul 15th, 2009
07:59:30 PM
Tosh.0 was less funny than DANE COOK
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Jul 15th, 2009
09:07:42 PM
seriously? Tosh.0 was hilarious
by BadMrWonka
Jul 16th, 2009
12:26:00 AM
you NEED to follow Michael Ian Black on Twitter
by BadMrWonka
Jul 16th, 2009
12:35:51 AM
i listened to MIB's "comedy" album
by howlermonkey
Jul 16th, 2009
12:46:03 AM
oh, and Tosh.0
by howlermonkey
Jul 16th, 2009
12:48:53 AM
god damn howlermonkey is cool
by BadMrWonka
Jul 16th, 2009
01:13:23 AM
badmrwonka
by howlermonkey
Jul 16th, 2009
02:42:26 AM
Herc finds another reason to mention Stern
by mascan42
Jul 16th, 2009
03:50:03 AM
It's not as good as The Sarah Silverman Show? So, you're
by Coughlins Laws
Jul 16th, 2009
07:04:02 AM
Yeah, wasever. Kurt Russel already did it...
by _Palmer_Eldritch
Jul 16th, 2009
08:28:52 AM
howlermonkey-
by Chadley BeBay
Jul 16th, 2009
08:48:03 AM
Was Important Things
by Series7
Jul 16th, 2009
09:00:22 AM
Stella and MIB's comedy in general
by Series7
Jul 16th, 2009
09:03:57 AM
Stella is a perfect television series...
by DanielKurland
Jul 16th, 2009
10:14:36 AM
Everything is funnier than Sarah Silverman.
by Subtitles_Off
Jul 16th, 2009
11:13:52 PM
You know what I miss?
by Subtitles_Off
Jul 16th, 2009
11:14:39 PM
kurt russel?...
by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby
Jul 16th, 2009
11:27:13 PM
Kurt Russell is not
by Subtitles_Off
Jul 17th, 2009
08:11:06 AM
Subtitles_Off
by BadMrWonka
Jul 17th, 2009
09:23:27 PM
loved the show
by imascooby1985
Jul 18th, 2009
02:18:50 PM
how many times is comedy central going to give these losers show
by Gigy
Jul 18th, 2009
06:22:45 PM
I give it four episodes
by SpAm BoY
Jul 19th, 2009
10:24:55 AM

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