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Upon hearing his name, you may not be sure exactly which roles Joe Lo Truglio has played or what movies he has been in.

Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter now will star in their own Comedy Central show.

Showalter in Wet Hot American Summer . "I'm OUTTA heeeerrrrrrre" - Doug "I want you inside me!" - Gerald "Coop" Cooperberg The above two quotes represent one of two likely possibilities for people's first impressions of MICHAEL SHOWALTER, who comes to the Wilbur Theatre this Friday along with his friend and frequent collaborator, Michael Ian Black.

Family Matters TV comedies, by their very definition, aren't taken very seriously - family sitcoms least of all.

Q: There is an actor in the movie "Desperate Hours," with Mickey Rourke and Anthony Hopkins, who looks just like "Law & Order: SVU" star Christopher Meloni.

Tags: Chuck Klosterman , Comedy Central , Michael Ian Black , Michael Showalter , MTV , program board Program Board has booked two high-profile speaking events for the month of November.

A familiar face to cable TV audiences paid a visit to our area this week. Michael Ian Black stars in the Comedy Central series "Michael and Michael Have Issues," along with fellow comedian Michael Showalter.

Over 15 years since debuting as MTV's first foray into sketch comedy, "The State: The Complete Series" is finally a reality.

It took a long time for Michael Ian Black to figure out that he was funny, which is strange considering his part in founding one of the more recognizable sketch comedy groups in recent memory, "The State." Though he originally anticipated a career as a traditional theater actor, he was moved far beyond the stage once MTV gave the group its own ...

After more than 20 years of comedic collaborations, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter finally get to star in their own show together.

While it has taken a few years, I think it is safe to say that today, THE STATE , the short lived MTV sketch comedy show from the early 90's, is one of the most influential.

Filmed at The Wilbur Theatre in Boston, the DVD captures the ensemble's signature mix of smart and silly, with the aid of a few slide shows, musical numbers and a brand-new Stella short entitled "Birthday." Black, Showalter and Wain created Stella back in 1997 and have captured a loyal following over the years.

Posted in Comedy , Television by Jonathan Messinger on August 27th, 2009 at 2:58 pm I've never hidden my fandom for The State , nor for its members' later projects.

Germantown Academy grad Bradley Cooper sure seems to have arrived, celebrity-wise, becoming some kind of leading man/ladies man.

Bradley Cooper may be many things, including star of the summer blockbuster "The Hangover," and Sandra Bullock's co-star in the upcoming romantic comedy "All About Steve." But most interesting is the fact that the rising star is shamelessly, refreshingly candid.

A scene from 'The Haunting in Connecticut' The Haunting in Connecticut Lionsgate, $29.95/$34.98; Blu-ray, $39.99 "The Haunting in Connecticut" features strong performances from a top-notch cast that includes Virginia Madsen, Elias Koteas, Martin Donovan and Kyle Gallner, but then director Peter Cornwell strands those actors in a hallucinatory ...

When they began writing "The Oranges," Ian Helfer and Jay Reiss had been friends for 15 years but had never worked together.

Head downtown for a night of premium comedy from the best stand-ups and performers in NYC including Nathan Fielder , Jessi Klein , Tom McCaffrey , A.D. Miles and more.

Kevin Allison, the lone gay of the '90s sketch group The State , dishes on the group's formation, their fallout with Les Moonves, and bouncing back after hitting bottom.

A lot of time when you've waited anxiously for something for a long period of time, when that special something finally arrives in your greedy little paws, it turns out to be a bit of a disappointment.