Comedian Pauly Shore

Legendary comedian, actor, and podcaster Pauly Shore has been a household name since the 90s when his MTV show Totally Pauly ran for six years. The fan favorite series led to an HBO comedy special and starring roles in cult classic films, Jury Duty, Bio-Dome, and Encino Man. Shore most recently starred in Lionsgate's raunchy comedy film Guest House. Other recent projects include Adam Sandler's Sandy Wexler, Dreamworks’ Pinocchio: A True Story, and the indie feature How it Ends starring Whitney Cummings, Olivia Wilde, and Nick Kroll.
October 2023, Shore launched his new late-night variety style show, The Jam in the Van Show hosted by Pauly Shore. The show brings Pauly back to his MTV roots, with guests from the worlds of entertainment, music, and social media colliding weekly. Celebrities from Corey Feldman to beloved influencers, The Old Gays, are thrown into a blender with Pauly, his comedian co-hosts, and a musical guest, to create one of the wackiest web shows of all time.
Over the years, Pauly has produced and starred in several of his own projects, including the mockumentary Pauly Shore is Dead, featuring a host of star-studded cameos from Pamela Anderson to Eminem, Ben Stiller, and Paris Hilton. Pauly has also starred in several Showtime comedy specials including Vegas is My Oyster, with Andy Dick, Tom Green, and Bobby Lee, and Pauly-Tics, featuring Larry King.
His 2014 documentary, Pauly Shore Stands Alone, that followed his tour through cold and obscure Wisconsin towns, won Best Documentary at the Downtown LA Film Festival and an American Cinema Editors Award for Best Documentary. Shore is currently working on a new documentary of his life spanning the 70s, 80s, and 90s, along with a memoir entitled How'd You Expect Me to Turn Out.
Along with comedy and acting, Pauly has built a dedicated music following through his band, Pauly Shore and The Crustys. Their long-awaited first LP, Pauly Shore and the Crustys - Crustopolis Vol. 1. was released in 2023. In 2017, Pauly expanded into podcasting with the Pauly Shore Podcast Show, and later, Pauly Shore’s Random Rants, with his guests including Judd Apatow and Bob Saget.
In recent months, Pauly’s vibrant online fanbase has issued calls for the actor to take on the role of beloved fitness guru, Richard Simmons. Inspired by memes, an undeniable resemblance, and Pauly’s own Sweating With the Wiez' content series, this biopic-in-the-making is one to watch.
You can next see Pauly in the documentary, I Wanna Open for Pauly Shore: a satirical take on American Idol that follows five up-and-coming comics vying for a chance to open for Pauly as he headlines in Appleton, Wisconsin. Filmed live in LA, the cast includes Don Barris (Jimmy Kimmel) and Vicki Barbolak (America's Got Talent) as hosts and judges of the competition.
Pauly is currently on tour across the US performing a pair of unique comedy shows. His traditional and beloved Pauly Shore stand-up, and an autobiographical one-man show entitled Stick with the Dancing: Funny Stories From my Childhood. Back home in Los Angeles, Pauly has just launched a new series Hooray for Paulywood documenting his days trying to fit back in to La La Land.

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