Pauly Shore

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Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, director, writer and producer who starred in several comedy films in the 1990s and hosted a video show on MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Shore is still performing stand-up comedy and toured in 2012.[1]

Early life

Shore was born Paul Montgomery Shore,[2] the son of Mitzi Shore (née Saidel), who founded The Comedy Store, and Sammy Shore, a comedian.[3][4] Shore was raised Jewish,[5] and grew up in Beverly Hills, California. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1986.[6]

Career

Stand-up career

Inspired by his parents' work in comedy and show business, a 17-year-old Shore made his stand-up debut at the Alley Cat Bistro in Culver City. "Everyone else in school was filling out their SAT applications, but I just passed mine back. I knew I wasn't going to go to college."[7] Shore was mentored by Sam Kinison and opened several of his sets. While touring the comedy club circuit, Shore cultivated an alter ego persona, "The Weasel".

"The Weasel" involved Shore speaking in a surfer parlance, heavily peppered with dudespeak slang such as "edged", "melons" and "grinding" as well as his catchphrase, "Hey, BU-DDY."[8]

MTV

Shore's big break came as an on-air MTV VJ, a position he held from 1989 to 1994. At the height of his MTV fame, Shore had his own show, Totally Pauly, serving as a host, most memorably on MTV's annual Spring Break parties. He also released a music video, "Lisa, Lisa, the One I Adore".[8]

Film career

In 1992, Shore starred in Encino Man which was a modest hit. The film's success propelled Shore to star in additional personalized vehicles, albeit less successful: Son in Law (1993), In the Army Now (1994), Jury Duty (1995), and Bio-Dome (1996). All five films received sharply negative reviews, with the last three each holding a rating below 10% at Rotten Tomatoes; in addition, each of the movies grossed less at the box office than the one before. Shore makes a cameo appearance in the American rock band Limp Bizkit music video "N 2 Gether Now",[9][10] as a pizza deliveryman, and a briefer appearance in Break Stuff.[11]

In 2003, Shore produced, wrote, directed and starred in Pauly Shore Is Dead, a semi-autobiographical mockumentary, and in 2005 starred in the short-lived reality television series Minding the Store. In 2010 Shore starred in Adopted, which sees him traveling to Africa to adopt a child.[12] In addition, he has several short subject films and multiple projects in the works such as his MTV pilot called The Shores and various projects with such as Funny or Die.[13]

Filmography

Year Title Role Gross
1988 For Keeps Retro $17.5 million
18 Again! Barrett $2.6 million
1989 Rock & Read Host
Lost Angels Kid #3 $1.2 million
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge Buzz
1990 Wedding Band Nicky
1992 Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You Himself
Encino Man Stanley "Stoney" Brown $40.6 million
Class Act Julian Thomas $13.3 million
1993 Son in Law Crawl $36.4 million
1994 In the Army Now Bones Conway $28.8 million
1995 A Goofy Movie Robert "Bobby" Zimmeruski $35.3 million
Jury Duty Thomas B. "Tommy" Collins $17 million
1996 Bio-Dome Bud Macintosh $13.4 million
Playboy: The Best of Jenny McCarthy Himself
1997 The Curse of Inferno Chuck Betts
Playboy: Jenny McCarthy, the Playboy Years Himself
Casper: A Spirited Beginning Snivel (voice)
1998 Junket Whore Himself
Casper Meets Wendy The Oracle
1999 King of the Hill MTV DJ
2000 An Extremely Goofy Movie Robert "Bobby" Zimmeruski
Red Letters Anthony Griglio
The Princess and the Barrio Boy Wesley
The Bogus Witch Project Himself
2001 The Wash Man in Trunk $10.2 million
2002 Rebel Fish Himself/DVD Host
2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself/Bucky's Cousin
2005 My Big Fat Independent Movie Himself
2007 Natural Born Komics Himself
2009 Opposite Day Robert Benson
2010 Pauly Shore's 'Adopted' Himself
Stonerville Rod Hardbone
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star AFA emcee
2012 Whiskey Business Nicky Ferelli

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ http://paulyshore.com/shows/
  2. ↑ "Interview: Pauly Shore biography". AskMen.com.
  3. ↑ Pauly Shore Biography (1968-). FilmReference.com
  4. ↑ Unknown page. Findarticles.com[dead link]
  5. ↑ Meyers, Kate (July 23, 1993). "Shore Thing", Entertainment Weekly
  6. ↑ Biography for Pauly Shore at the Internet Movie Database
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Google books).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Google news archive)
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. {Google books}.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ About. paulyshore.com.
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