Michael & Michael Have Issues (2009)

Genre

comedy

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two comedians play exaggerated versions of themselves as they bicker and sabotage each other while making a sketch comedy show. The series mixes scripted backstage scenes with silly comedy sketches.

lightheartedwryfast-pacedabsurdself-awareplayfulmockumentary-style

What happens

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. Both comedians appeared together in several TV comedy series, including The State, and Stella. The show premiered on July 15, 2009, on Comedy Central. Showalter and Black confirmed on March 3, 2010, via their Twitter accounts that the show had been canceled. The series starred Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter playing fictionalized versions of themselves. As stated in a 2009 New York Times article, "Mr. Black and Mr. Showalter play the bickering stars of a sketch comedy program who never miss an opportunity to undermine each other. In between skits about stores that sell only sweatpants and characters like John the British Fork Offerer, narrative segments chronicle the not-so-fictional frenemies who constantly step on each other’s toes, even in seemingly inconsequential situations like an interview for a high school newspaper or the search for a birthday gift for their producer." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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