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Michael Showalter

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Michael Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, director, writer and producer. [1]

101 relations: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Alternative comedy, American Dad!, Andrea Rosen, Andy Samberg, Anti-humor, Apartment 2F, Black comedy, Bob's Burgers, Brown University, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Cheap Seats (TV series), Childrens Hospital, CollegeHumor, Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series), Comedy Central, Cringe comedy, David Cross, David Wain, Elaine Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Episcopal Church (United States), ESPN Classic, Farce, Film, French literature, Grace and Frankie, Griffin & Phoenix (2006 film), Hair High, Hello, My Name Is Doris, Holly Hunter, Improvisational theatre, Inside Amy Schumer, Jammers (film), Janeane Garofalo, JDub Records, Jews, Jon Stewart, Justin Theroux, Kissing Jessica Stein, Kumail Nanjiani, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Law & Order, Love (TV series), Michael & Michael Have Issues, Michael Cera, Michael Ian Black, Michelle Williams (actress), Mike Birbiglia, Montclair Film, ..., NBC, Netflix, New York University, Newsreaders, Newsweek, Parody, Paul Rudd, Physical comedy, Princeton High School (New Jersey), Princeton, New Jersey, Ray Romano, Reno 911!: Miami, Roadside Attractions, Ronald Reagan, Satire, Search Party (TV series), Sex and the City, Signs (film), Sketch comedy, Sklar Brothers, Stand-up comedy, Stella (comedy group), Stella (U.S. TV series), Stella shorts, Super Fun Night, Surreal humour, Television, The Baxter, The Big Sick, The Daily Show, The Grinder (TV series), The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, The Michael Showalter Showalter, The State (1993 TV series), The Ten, The Wrong Coast, They Came Together, Toyota Yaris, Two Night Stand, United States, Wainy Days, Wet Hot American Summer, Wet Hot American Summer (franchise), Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, You Wrote It, You Watch It, You're Whole, Zach Galifianakis, Zak Orth, Zoe Kazan, 1999 MTV Movie Awards. Expand index (51 more) »

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material.

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Alternative comedy

Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era but can also be found in cartoons.

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American Dad!

American Dad! is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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Andrea Rosen

Andrea Rosen (born September 29, 1974) is an American comedian and actress most notable for her work with comedy troupes Stella and Variety Shac, and for her appearances in numerous television commercials.

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Andy Samberg

Andrew David Samberg (born August 18, 1978), is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and musician.

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Anti-humor

Anti-humor is a type of indirect humor that involves the joke-teller delivering something which is intentionally not funny, or lacking in intrinsic meaning.

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Apartment 2F

Apartment 2F, often written Apt.

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Black comedy

Black comedy, also known as dark comedy or gallows humor, is a comic style that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss.

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Bob's Burgers

Bob's Burgers is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated science fiction/adventure/comedy series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.

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Cheap Seats (TV series)

Cheap Seats without Ron Parker, or Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker commonly shortened to Cheap Seats, is a television program broadcast on ESPN Classic and hosted by brothers Randy and Jason Sklar.

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Childrens Hospital

Childrens Hospital (originally titled Children's Hospital as webisodes) is an American black comedy television series and web series that parodies the medical drama genre, created by and starring actor/comedian Rob Corddry.

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CollegeHumor

CollegeHumor is a comedy website based in Los Angeles and owned by InterActiveCorp (IAC).

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Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)

Comedy Bang! Bang! is a television series created and hosted by Scott Aukerman.

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Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Cringe comedy

Cringe comedy is a specific genre of comedy that derives humor from social awkwardness.

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David Cross

David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and writer, known primarily for his stand-up performances, the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show, and his role as Tobias Fünke in the sitcom Arrested Development.

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David Wain

David Benjamin Wain (born August 1, 1969) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director.

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Elaine Showalter

Elaine Showalter (born January 21, 1941) is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues.

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Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Irene Banks (née Mitchell; born February 10, 1974) is an American actress, director, model and producer.

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Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church is the United States-based member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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ESPN Classic

ESPN Classic is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns 20%).

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Farce

In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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French literature

French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French.

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Grace and Frankie

Grace and Frankie is an American comedy web television series created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris for Netflix.

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Griffin & Phoenix (2006 film)

Griffin & Phoenix is a 2006 American romance film produced by Gold Circle Films, starring Dermot Mulroney and Amanda Peet.

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Hair High

Hair High is a 2004 adult animated comedy-horror-romance by American filmmaker Bill Plympton.

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Hello, My Name Is Doris

Hello, My Name Is Doris is a 2016 US romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Showalter from a screenplay by Showalter and Laura Terruso, about a woman in her 60s who tries to act on her attraction to a younger co-worker.

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Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress and producer.

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Improvisational theatre

Improvisational theatre, often called improv or impro, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers.

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Inside Amy Schumer

Inside Amy Schumer is an American sketch comedy television series created and hosted by its star, Amy Schumer.

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Jammers (film)

Jammers is an American animated short film created by Lizz Hickey that was released as a television pilot on Cartoon Network's website.

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Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer.

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JDub Records

JDub Records was a non-profit record and event production company that produced Jewish music and cross cultural musical dialogue.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host.

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Justin Theroux

Justin Paul Theroux (born August 10, 1971) is an American actor, film producer, comedian, and screenwriter.

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Kissing Jessica Stein

Kissing Jessica Stein is a 2001 American independent romantic comedy film, written and co-produced by the film's stars, Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen.

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Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani (born February 21, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host.

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by comedian Jimmy Fallon.

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Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the ''Law & Order'' franchise.

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Love (TV series)

Love is an American romantic comedy web television series created by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, and Paul Rust, and starring Gillian Jacobs, Paul Rust, and Claudia O'Doherty.

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Michael & Michael Have Issues

Michael & Michael Have Issues (sometimes abbreviated MMHI) is a cable television comedy series starring comedians and actors Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter, who created the series.

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Michael Cera

Michael Austin Cera (born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor and musician.

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Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz; August 12, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director.

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Michelle Williams (actress)

Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress.

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Mike Birbiglia

Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker.

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Montclair Film

Montclair Film is a community-based film nonprofit most well known for organizing the annual Montclair Film Festival (MFF) held in late April, early May in Montclair, New Jersey, the festival showcases new works from american and international filmmakers, and has year-round events.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Netflix

Netflix, Inc. is an American over-the-top media services provider, headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

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New York University

New York University (NYU) is a private nonprofit research university based in New York City.

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Newsreaders

Newsreaders is an American television comedy that aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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Parody

A parody (also called a spoof, send-up, take-off, lampoon, play on something, caricature, or joke) is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation.

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Paul Rudd

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.

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Physical comedy

Physical comedy is a form of comedy focused on manipulation of the body for a humorous effect.

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Princeton High School (New Jersey)

Princeton High School (PHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Princeton Public Schools district, which serves all public school students in Princeton.

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Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, that was established in its current form on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township.

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Ray Romano

Raymond Albert Romano (born December 21, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter.

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Reno 911!: Miami

Reno 911!: Miami is a 2007 American cop comedy film based on Comedy Central's Reno 911! and directed by cast member Robert Ben Garant, who plays "Junior".

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Roadside Attractions

Roadside Attractions is an American production company and film distributor based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2003 by Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff, specializing largely in independent films.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Search Party (TV series)

Search Party is an American satirical dark comedy television series created by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, and Michael Showalter.

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Sex and the City

Sex and the City is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO.

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Signs (film)

Signs is a 2002 American science fiction horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and executive produced by Shyamalan, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer.

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Sketch comedy

Sketch comedy comprises a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long.

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Sklar Brothers

Farrell Randal "Randy" Sklar and Jason Nathan Sklar (born January 12, 1972), professionally known as the Sklar Brothers, are American identical twin comedians and actors.

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Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a comic style in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience, usually speaking directly to them.

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Stella (comedy group)

Stella is a comedy trio consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, and David Wain.

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Stella (U.S. TV series)

Stella is a television series that originally ran from June 28, 2005 to August 30, 2005 on the American television channel Comedy Central, created by and starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, the three members of the sketch comedy troupe of the same name and former cast members of MTV's The State.

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Stella shorts

The Stella shorts are a collection of short films by the comedy group Stella.

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Super Fun Night

Super Fun Night is an American sitcom that aired from October 2, 2013, to February 19, 2014, on ABC.

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Surreal humour

Surreal humour (also known as absurdist humour), or surreal comedy, is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, producing events and behaviours that are obviously illogical.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

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The Baxter

The Baxter is a 2005 film written by, directed by and starring American comedian Michael Showalter.

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The Big Sick

The Big Sick is a 2017 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani.

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The Daily Show

The Daily Show is an American late-night talk and news satire television program.

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The Grinder (TV series)

The Grinder is an American single-camera legal comedy television series created by Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel.

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The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles

The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles is an independent, nonprofit community weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of greater Los Angeles, published by TRIBE Media Corp.

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The Michael Showalter Showalter

The Michael Showalter Showalter was an internet video series starring by Michael Showalter that was hosted on the website, CollegeHumor.

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The State (1993 TV series)

The State is an American sketch comedy television series, originally broadcast on MTV between December 17, 1993, and July 1, 1995.

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The Ten

The Ten is a 2007 American comedy film, directed by David Wain and cowritten by Wain and Ken Marino, released through ThinkFilm.

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The Wrong Coast

The Wrong Coast is a Canadian stop-motion animated television show.

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They Came Together

They Came Together is a 2014 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by David Wain and written by Wain and Michael Showalter.

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Toyota Yaris

The is a subcompact car sold by Toyota since 1999, replacing the Starlet.

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Two Night Stand

Two Night Stand is a 2014 American romantic comedy film directed by Max Nichols and written by Mark Hammer.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wainy Days

Wainy Days is an internet video series starring David Wain that is hosted on the website, My Damn Channel.

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Wet Hot American Summer

Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by David Wain from a screenplay written by Wain and Michael Showalter.

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Wet Hot American Summer (franchise)

Wet Hot American Summer is an American satirical comedy media franchise created by David Wain and Michael Showalter with stories centered on Camp Firewood, a summer camp located near Waterville, Maine.

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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is a comedy web television series written by David Wain and Michael Showalter, and directed by Wain.

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Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later is a satirical comedy web television series created by David Wain and Michael Showalter, and directed by Wain.

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You Wrote It, You Watch It

You Wrote It, You Watch It is an MTV sketch comedy series hosted by Jon Stewart and featuring members of The State comedy troupe prior to being given their own show by the network.

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You're Whole

You're Whole is an American satirical television series created by Michael Ian Black for Adult Swim.

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Zach Galifianakis

Zachary Knight Galifianakis (born October 1, 1969) is an American actor, writer and comedian.

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Zak Orth

Zak Orth (born October 15, 1970) is an American actor known for his roles in Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Melinda and Melinda, In and Out, Music and Lyrics, and NYC 22.

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Zoe Kazan

Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress and playwright.

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1999 MTV Movie Awards

The 1999 MTV Movie Awards were hosted by Lisa Kudrow.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Showalter

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