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Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black
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Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black is a writer, comedian, and actor who has created and starred in many television series including Michael and Michael Have Issues, Stella, and The State. He also starred in the NBC television show Ed and on Vh1's I Love The... series. He wrote the screenplay for the film Run, Fatboy, Run and wrote and directed the film Wedding Daze. Michael regularly tours the country as a stand-up comedian, and is the bestselling author of the book My Custom Van (and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face) and the children's books Chicken Cheeks, The Purple Kangaroo, A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea, and the forthcoming I'm Bored.... Read full bio

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    3. The Making Of Michael Ian Black's The Purple Kangaroo
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You're Not Doing It Right will be released on February 28, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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I'm Bored will be released on September 18, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from You're Not Doing It Right
Jan 14, 2012
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I'm Bored
Jan 07, 2012
News:
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea has won an award
Jul 15, 2011
News:
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea has won an award
Jul 15, 2011
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea will be released on May 24, 2011 in eBook
May 24, 2011
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea is now available in eBook
May 24, 2011
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A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea has won an award
Dec 09, 2010

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Zimbio, January 23, 2012
...Beckinsale and directed by David Gordon Green. He had worked on several occasions with the comedy troupe Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain), making cameo appearances in their short films and eponymous TV series. Sam Rockwell...
CNN, December 23, 2011
...152 Winter safety tips 73 The life of a Disneyland parade dancer 174 Hot holiday gadgets 150 showbiz Michael Ian Black is 'very famous' 148 Celebrities say what?! 78 Jackson's belongings bring in big cash 95 Griffin's proud of 'banging bikini bod' 151...
ArticlesBase, November 7, 2011
...05:13) Review of My Little Black Book - The definitive source for iphone app reviews. (01:44) Michael Ian Black reads from his new children’s book, The Purple Kangaroo, with illustrations by Peter Brown. (02:31) Author Michael Ian Black's new in...
Austin American Statesman, November 7, 2011
...company. Izea gave him a short list, which included names like "Jersey Shore" reality TV star JWOWW, comedian Michael Ian Black and rapper Bow Wow. Smith polled his interns and they picked Lindsay Lohan, the actress most famous for her run-ins with the...
Austin American Statesman, November 6, 2011
...company. Izea gave him a short list, which included names like "Jersey Shore" reality TV star JWOWW, comedian Michael Ian Black and rapper Bow Wow. Smith polled his interns and they picked Lindsay Lohan, the actress most famous for her run-ins with the...
Japan Today, November 6, 2011
...company. Izea gave him a short list, which included names like ?Jersey Shore? reality TV star JWOWW, comedian Michael Ian Black and rapper Bow Wow. Smith polled his interns and they picked Lindsay Lohan, the actress most famous for her run-ins with the...
Northwestern, November 4, 2011
...company. Izea gave him a short list, which included names like “Jersey Shore” reality TV star JWOWW, comedian Michael Ian Black and rapper Bow Wow. Smith polled his interns and they picked Lindsay Lohan, the actress most famous for her run-ins with...
Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room, September 24, 2011
...it's just right outside the window." - Daniel WoodrellFrom "No Way to Treat a Body" with Michael Black, Neal Baer, Kathryn Casey, Connie Dial, Matt Hilton, and Morley Swingle.We went because we are huge fans of Kathryn Casey's true crime writing (though...
Book Group Buzz - Discussion of Book Clubs, Readin, June 8, 2011
...workshop in Green Lake, WI, called Just in Crime with Theodore B. Hertel, Jr., Libby Fischer Hellman and Michael Black.  The six day experience includes lectures, workshops, film showings and various entertainments found at the Green Lake Conference...
Long and Short Romance Reviews, April 29, 2011
...only outlet allowed for her magic is matchmaking—for others, not herself. Why bother? The only man she wants, Michael Black, is a man she can never have. Suddenly the guests are abuzz with news of a young sorceress found drained of blood in the parlor....