A-ha! MICHAEL IAN BLACK does not miss an opportunity to be hilarious in the World Premiere of the one hour stand up special Michael Ian Black: Very Famous, debuting Saturday, August 6th at 11pm ET/PT on Comedy Central. A few days later, on Tuesday, August 9th, the uncensored and extended CD of the album will be released physically and digitally via Comedy Central Records.
Filmed at The Trocadero Theater in Philadelphia, Black expresses the irony in being an accomplished and well-known comedian who strangers constantly find un-amusing. Being considered a famous comedian (yet simultaneously unfunny), is an irreverent backdrop for Black to recount his euphoric skydiving experience, his disdain for his children’s unoriginal Halloween costumes and the inevitable awkwardness of a rectal exam.
During the first week of August, Black will host #SnarkWeek on COMEDY CENTRAL and CC.com/standup. From Monday, August 1 to Saturday, August 6, the network will air its snarkiest programs, culminating with the premiere of the biting and “Jawsâ€-dropping premiere of Michael Ian Black: Very Famous, on Saturday, August 6, at 11:00 p.m. CC.com/standup will be the digital home of #SnarkWeek, featuring exclusive videos from Black, programming from the most biting comedians and a live video chat with Black.
Black regularly tours the country performing his ribald brand of humor and observations and will soon begin a national tour, titled “Black is White.†Tickets for his 20-city tour are on sale now. Fans of sketch comedy know Black’s work from such seminal television programs as The State, Viva Variety, Stella, and Michael and Michael Have Issues, all of which he co-created, wrote and starred. Black has also appeared in NBC’s Ed and VH1′s I Love the… series. Movie roles include Wet Hot American Summer, Take Me Home Tonight, and The Baxter. Black is the co-writer of the 2007 comedy, Run, Fatboy, Run and he wrote and directed the 2006 release, Wedding Daze. His first comedy CD, I Am A Wonderful Man was released in 2007.
Black is also the author of the contemporary classic, My Custom Van (and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face), the children’s books Chicken Cheeks, The Purple Kangaroo, and A Pig Parade Is A Terrible Idea and the forthcoming I’m Bored. His memoir, You’re Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death and Other Humiliations, will be released in February, 2012. Black co-hosts the popular podcast Mike and Tom Eat Snacks with Tom Cavanagh. His newest project is a book collaboration with conservative writer Meghan McCain entitled Stupid for America, to be published by DeCapo Publishing in 2012.
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