David Spade once did the “Hollywood Minute” on “Saturday Night Live.” Now he will try to stretch a minute into a half-hour of similar material.
“The Showbiz Show” aims to spoof entertainment news shows the same way Jon Stewart spoofs the nightly news. Comedy Central said Monday the show probably will debut in September.
Spade said the explosion of entertainment information makes the timing perfect for this type of show.
“Even my mom is like, `Cinderella Man’ took a bit of a dip the second week,'” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Huh? How did you hear that? `Does Angelina Jolie really drink blood? Call me back.'”
Spade’s program will feature a similar formula to “The Daily Show,” with “correspondents,” on-location pieces, parodies using film clips and celebrity guests.
“There’s so much that’s funny in all these magazines and shows that there needs to be a different point of view,” he said. “I’m not saying it has to be mean mean jokes aren’t always the funniest. I think it’s just making fun and taking a new angle, and kind of doing what people are thinking for real.”
Spade, who’s worked mainly in sitcoms (“Just Shoot Me!” and “8 Simple Rules … “) for the past few years, said he was eager for the opportunity to do more topical comedy.
After Crowe’s arrest for throwing a phone at a hotel employee, comedy writers are certainly happy to know there are a few jerks out there, he said.
“The things I do in my trailer when I’m mad I don’t want people to know about,” he said.
And Tom Cruise, after his recent bizarre appearance on the “Oprah” show, seems to be the source of an endless supply of material for entertainment shows.
“I think people out here are saying `We’re OK with happiness. We’re uncomfortable with possible fake happiness, like if we’d been punked,'” he said.
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