Pauly Shore

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Biography

Recent Role:
Himself on TMZ on TV
Gender:
Male
Born:
2-1-1968
Birthplace:
Hollywood, California
Birth Name:
Paul Montgomery Shore
A wildly goofy, deliberately obnoxious standup comedian, Shore shot to fame on MTV, and later moved his established "weasel" persona into features. The son of comic Sammy Shore, who opened for Elvis Presley in Las Vegas in the 1960s and 70s, and Mitzi Shore, the powerful and influential owner of L.A.'s The Comedy Store, Shore grew up surrounded by comics. At 19, he began trying to tickle funny bones himself, both at his mother's and other clubs. Shore also guested on TV in "21 Jump Street" and had small feature roles in "For Keeps" and "18 Again!" (both 1988). His trademarked kinky curly hairMore and his emerging man-child image, horny and eager to talk crudely about sex, yet also geeky and airheaded, attracted attention. It especially appealed to teens, who identified with an underachieving nerd yet imitated and admired an already congealed style they also saw as cool.
MTV proved to be the perfect arena for Shore's image, his popular "Totally Pauly" first aired during afternoons, but during summers expanded its time slot and moved to midnight. Shore's core audience, young grads uncertain of their futures, loved his hysterical espousal of whatever he found "maa-jor, buuuddy". His breakthrough film came with the surprise hit ($40 million domestically) "Encino" Man" (1992), as one of two pals who find a prehistoric man and try to acclimatize him to the 90s, thus proving just how unevolved they are themselves. Shore subsequently bounded into his own film vehicles, showcasing his "fish out of water" antics in "The Son-in-Law" (1993), in which his patented L.A. boy must take to the farm, and "In the Army Now" (1994), where Shore joins up and gets his trademarked hairdo shaved off.


The box-office dip of these two vehicles was noticeable but slight, suggesting a solid profit-making system for Shore's films, whose costs have been modest. "Jury Duty" (1995), with Shore disrupting the legal system, and "Bio-Dome" (1996), in which he and a pal (Stephen Baldwin) stumble into an experimental man-made ecosystem, though, marked a sizable decline in popularity. For a time, Shore had other things to contend with, including the suicide of his girlfriend, porn star Shannon "Savannah" Wilsey, after she injured her face in a car crash. The comic has retrenched, though, returning regularly to his home base on TV, continuing to perform live and making a more "serious" comedy with the low-budget indie "The Curse of Inferno" (still to be released).

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    4.5 Poor
    Funny but annoying. hide show

    I should actually say that Pauly Shore is not that bad a comedian. He is fairly funny in VERY small doses. I don't like the fact that he always seems like he is on something, but I guess that is his way of being funny. His movies have been ridiculous, as they were all odd and weird. I would say that of all of them, the best would have to be the army movie. I actually thought that it was quite decent and entertaining. Overall, I wish he would actually act serious for once and maybe he would be taken seriously. Thank you.

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    10 Perfect
    I absolutely love this guy. He has some awesome qualities most people do not see. hide show

    Besides laughing until I cry when he is joking around, I love his down-to-earth silliness.
    I have run into him at a few events and was happy to find out he is very thoughtful and caring too, and was actually very intelligent when he was being serious. He put some funny ass videos on YouTube recently, and I just saw this new comedy movie he made, 'natural born komics'....all are pretty damn funny.....i think. ;)
    He is in a different place in his career now. It is simply different types of comedy. He does more sketches, stand-up, and things pertaining to world events. He is like, an older more clever Pauly.

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    10 Perfect
    Pauly Shore is a comedic genius. hide show

    He isn't given enough credit. He is smart, funny, and a brilliant person. He has been underrated for too long. If you don't believe me, watch "Pauly Shore is Dead." Only a pure genius could write with such a perfect satire of himself. For too long this amazingly inspiring man has been the but of every harsh Hollywood joke. I am hear to say, enough is enough. Pauly shore deserves everyone’s respect; he's earned it. Not only did he write, direct, and star in his completely original and telling tale of his sort-of-life. He was able to show the world who he really is, and it's NOT "The Weasel" anymore. This is Pauly Shore: real comic, real actor, real genius, real person. Laugh with him, not at him (unless he wants you to).

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    10 Perfect
    I think Pauly is one of the best. He has an inane ability to make me laugh about even some things that should be taken seriously. I think that even with his sexual perversion he is about the funniest comedian in the business. hide show

    If there is one thing I can always count on, that is a Pauly Shore movie to make me laugh. I thought Encino Man was hilarious. I think even the new minding the store has its moments of extreme humor. I feel that Pauly Shore has the guts and talent to make the unfunny, funny. He is definitely a one of a kind comedian. I have always wanted to see him in person and on October 3rd I’ll get my chance. This man is totally cool Buddy! And to top it off he is about as completely gorgeous as a nerd could have ever been. It take a special person to be able to pull off the nerd look and act and still be completely cute and funny all at the same time.

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    Pauly Shore. . . hide show

    Pauly Shore was great in his short run of fame. I laughed so hard in Biodome, In the army now, and Son in Law. But as he got older so did his character. He needs to try something new with his show Minding the Store, because the weasely young screwball is no more.

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