Pauly Shore
Paul (Pauly) Montgomery Shore, born
February 1,
1968, is a
American actor and
comedian. He and his brother Peter are the sons of Sam and
Mitzi Shore, who founded the legendary
Los Angeles comedy club,
The Comedy Store. He grew up in
Beverly Hills and graduated from
Beverly Hills High School in
1986.
Shore began his career in
stand-up and a few bit parts in several late-
1980s movies. His big break came when he became an
MTV host, a position he held from 1989-1994. Pauly had his own show,
Totally Pauly, and served as a traveling ambassador, most memorably on MTV's annual Spring Break parties. At his first Spring Break gig, he unleashed his catchphrase, "weasel", on the world.
Shore's first comedy album, 1991's
The Future of America, was named Best Comedy Album by the College Music Journalists. The album paved the way for Shore's subsequent releases
Scraps from the Future and
Pink Diggly Diggly.
Shore's first film, the critically panned
cult film Encino Man (1992), garnered him a
Golden Raspberry Award for his performance, largely because Shore was unabashedly not acting -- his character uncannily resembled his MTV persona. The movie was remarkably popular, and Shore parlayed it into several other films:
Son In Law (nominated for an
MTV Movie Award),
In The Army Now, 1995 Razzie winner
Jury Duty, and 1996 Razzie winner
Bio-Dome. Pauly's wave of fame crashed when he tried to turn back to TV in 1997 with the series
Pauly on the
Fox Network, the premier of which received ratings so low that it was cancelled the next day. He has since created a
mockumentary about his life called "Pauly Shore is Dead"
In 2000 he won the Razzie award for "Worst New Star of the Decade," but lost "Worst Actor of the Century" to
Sylvester Stallone. He also would guest star in an early episode of
Degrassi: The Next Generation as a store clerk selling condoms to Jimmy and Spinner.
By that time, though, Shore had fully retreated to smaller movie roles, and a "weasel"-free stand-up routine. He attempted a comeback with the star-studded, autobiographical independent film
Pauly Shore Is Dead: You'll Never Wiez In This Town Again, which went to video on
January 25,
2005, after a small theatrical run. The film garnered critical praise and was positively received by fans, quickly developing a cult following.
Currently, Shore has a reality show on
TBS titled
Minding the Store. The series follows Shore as he takes control of the Comedy Store and attempts to revitalize it. In a
CNN article to promote the show in 2005, Shore admitted that he is a recovering
sex addict and currently seeing a therapist, and that he allowed some of his therapy sessions to be taped for the show. Shore also said that if anyone did not laugh while viewing the show, they would receive a dollar. The individual simply had to mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Shore, care of TBS, and would in turn receive a dollar bill. This deal was only open to the first 250,000 people, and it is unknown if anyone ever did receive a dollar.
*Shore made an appearance in the animated series
Futurama in the second season episode "
The Cryonic Woman". In it, Shore is awakened from cryogenic sleep in the year 3000 by Fry, who then proceeds to torture him with a 'probulator'. He returns later on to reveal him being the boyfriend of
Fry's ex-girlfriend.
*Shore is mentioned in the "Weird Al" Yankovic song "Albuquerque" in the line "And the in-flight movie was Bio-Dome with Pauly Shore" [
1]
*Shore dated pornographic actress
Savannah in 1991-1992 and remained her good friend until the actress' suicide in 1994.
*Shore dated pop star
Kylie Minogue for six months in 1997 and claims he hasn't found anyone like her since. [
2]
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Official website*
The Day I Met Pauly Shore*
Interview: Pauly Shore (Badmouth.net)
