Pauly Shore

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Pauly Shore
Birth name	Paul Montgomery Shore
Born	February 1, 1968 (age 39) Hollywood, California
Other name(s)	Pauley Shore Eugene Shore The Weasel
Notable roles	Stoney Brown in Encino Man Crawl in Son in Law Bones Conway in In the Army Now Tommy Collins in Jury Duty Bud Macintosh in Bio-Dome

Paul Montgomery Shore, better known by his stage name Pauly Shore (born February 1, 1968 in Hollywood,California [1]), is an American actor and comedian, best known for starring in a series of comedy films in the 1990s.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Alleged assault on stage 2 Filmography 3 Television work 4 Discography 5 Awards and nominations 6 Trivia 7 External links

[edit] Biography

Pauly and his brother Joseph 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. His 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. Shore's wave of fame crashed when he tried to turn back to TV in 1997 with the series Pauly on the Fox Network, the premiere of which received ratings so low that the show was canceled the next day.

In 2000 he won the Razzie award for "Worst New Star of the Decade", but lost "Worst Actor of the Century" to Sylvester Stallone. By that time, though, Shore had fully retreated to smaller movie roles, and a "weasel"-free stand-up routine. Despite rumors, he was NOT a guest star in an early episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation as a store clerk selling condoms to Toby and JT.

He attempted a comeback with the star-studded, autobiographical independent mockumentary called Pauly Shore Is Dead, 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.

Also in 2005, Shore had a reality show on TBS titled Minding the Store. The series followed Shore as he took control of the Comedy Store and attempted to revitalize it. In a CNN article to promote the show, 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[2]. This deal was only open to the first 250,000 people, and it is unknown if anyone ever did receive a dollar. The show was canceled after ten episodes.

[edit] Alleged assault on stage

Shore was punched to the ground after tangling with hecklers at a Texas comedy club in December 2006. Shore was performing at the 8th Street Comedy Club in Odessa, Texas when he became irritated with audience members talking through his performance. In an angry exchange, one club-goer in a cowboy hat took to the stage and, goaded by the audience, punched Shore’s face, causing him to fall to the floor. The heckler was then led away by what appeared to be a police officer. Shore stood up and muttered, "Fuck all you fuckin' white trash motherfuckers," before leaving the stage.

Later it came out the incident was staged. The chief of police of Odessa, Texas has issued a press release saying that the incident with Pauly Shore getting punched out at a Odessa comedy club was a hoax. He says it was a skit that went as planned and no one was ever in any danger and no one was hurt. An off-duty Odessa police officer was working at the club that night and was involved from the beginning. The statement says in part:

After viewing the video, the officer who was employed at the club in an off duty capacity, was contacted by investigators. The officer reported he had met with Mr. Shore prior to his set, and was asked to participate in the skit. The officer stated that the skit went as designed and that Shore was not injured in the designed skit.

Subsequently, it became clear the audience was in on it as well and the whole videotaping was staged. A tape started circulating on Youtube with footage of a first and a second take of the incident. On the first take Shore starts laughing and says: Fuck, I don't think I can fuckin' pull this off."

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1988	For Keeps?	Retro
1988	18 Again!	Barrett
1989	Rock & Read	Host	Video
1989	Lost Angels	Kid #3
1989	Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge	Buzz
1990	Wedding Band	Nicky
1992	Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You	Himself	Video
1992	Encino Man	Stoney Brown
1992	Class Act	Julian Thomas	Uncredited
1993	Son in Law	Crawl
1994	In the Army Now	Bones Conway
1995	A Goofy Movie	Robert "Bobby" Zimmeruski	Uncredited
1995	Jury Duty	Tommy Connors
1996	Bio-Dome	Bud Macintosh
1996	Playboy: The Best of Jenny McCarthy	Himself	Video
1997	The Curse of the Inferno	Chuck Betts
1997	Playboy: Jenny McCarthy, the Playboy Years	Himself	Video
1998	Junket Whore	Himself
2000	An Extremely Goofy Movie	Robert "Bobby" Zimmeruski	Video
2000	Red Letters	Anthony Griglio	Uncredited
2001	The Wash	Man in Trunk
2002	Rebel Fish	Himself/DVD Host
2003	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Pauly Shore/Bucky's Cousin	Video; also writer, director, and producer
2004	Film Trix 2004	Himself	Short film
2005	My Big Fat Independent Movie	Himself
2005	Playboy: Hef's Halloween Spooctacular	Himself	Video
2006	Natural Born Komics	Himself	Video; also writer, director, and executive producer

[edit] Television work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	21 Jump Street	Kenny Ryan	Guest star, episode: "Two for the Road"
1988	St. Elsewhere	Frankie	Guest star, episode: "Down and Out on Beacon Hill"
1989 - 1994	Totally Pauly	Host/Himself	Series regular
1989	Married with Children	Captain	Guest star, episode: "A Three Job, No Income Family"
	Dream Date	Rudy	Television movie
	What's Alan Watching?	Craig	Television movie
1991	Late Night with David Letterman	Himself	Guest star, episode: "July 31, 1991"
1992	The Howard Stern Show	Himself	Guest star, episode: "May 2, 1992"
	The Comedy Store's 20th Birthday	Himself	Television special
	MTV Video Music Awards 1992	Himself	Television special
	Late Night with David Letterman	Himself	Guest star, episode: "May 22, 1992"
1993	Bobby's World	George	Guest star, voice only, episode: "It's My Party"
	Pauly Does Dallas	Himself	Television special
	Late Night with David Letterman	Himself	Guest star, episode: "February 24, 1993"
	A Tribute to Sam Kinison	Himself	Television special
	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Guest star, episode: "The Grand Opening"
1994	The Word	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Episode #5.2"
	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Doubt of the Benefit"
	Late Show with David Letterman	Himself	Guest star, episode: "November 3, 1994"
1995	MADtv	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Episode #1.9"
	Late Show with David Letterman	Himself	Guest star, episode: "April 7, 1995"
1996	Beverly Hills, 90210	Unruly Bar Patron	Guest star, episode: "You Say It's Your Birthday: Part 2"
	Late Show with David Letterman	Himself	Guest star, episodes: "January 9, 1996" and "June 20, 1996"
1997	MADtv	Host/Himself	Guest star, episode: "Episode #2.16"
	Pauly	Pauly Sherman	Series regular
	Mr. Rhodes	Max	Guest star, episode: "Tom's Not Headmaster Show"
	Casper: A Spirited Beginning	Snivel	Television movie, voice only
	Late Show with David Letterman	Himself	Guest star, episodes: "February 27, 1997" and "July 21, 1997"
1998	Casper Meets Wendy	The Oracle	Television movie
	V.I.P.	Himself	Guest star, episode: "What to Do with Vallery When You're Dead"
	I Was an MTV VJ	Himself	Television special
	Late Show with David Letterman	Himself	Guest star, episode: "July 24, 1998"
1999	King of the Hill	Deejay	Guest star, voice only, episode: "Escape from Party Island"
	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Himself	Guest star, episodes: "June 15, 1999" and "December 29, 1999"
	Fantasy Island		Guest star, episode: "The Real Thing"
	Hefner: Unauthorized	Lenny Bruce	Television movie, uncredited
	E! True Hollywood Story	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Savannah"
2000	Nash Bridges	Mickey Gamble	Guest star, episode: "Rip Off"
	The Princess & the Barrio Boy	Wesley	Television movie
	The Bogus Witch Project	Himself/Host	Television movie
	Futurama	Himself	Guest star, voice only, episode: "The Cryonic Woman"
	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Himself	Guest star, episode: "May 25, 2000" and "July 25, 2000"
	Howard Stern	Himself	Guest star, episode: "March 31, 2000"
	The Howard Stern Radio Show	Himself	Guest star, episode: "March 18, 2000"
2001	E! True Hollywood Story	Himself	Guest star, episode: "The Comedy Store"
2002	Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion	Himself	Television special
2003	Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration	Himself	Television special
	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Maserati"
	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Himself	Guest star, episode: "November 18, 2003"
	MTV Cribs	Himself	Guest star, episode: "November 17, 2003"
	I Love the '80s Strikes Back	Himself	Miniseries
	I Love the '70s	Himself	Miniseries
	The Brendan Leonard Show	Himself	Guest star, episode: "California Cool"
	Punk'd	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Episode #1.4"
2004	Father of the Pride	Justin	Guest star, voice only, episode: "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend"
	Live with Regis and Kelly	Himself	Guest star, episode: "October 5, 2004"
	101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments	Himself/Commentator	Television special
	Access Granted	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Young Buck"
	On-Air with Ryan Seacrest	Himself	Guest star, episode: "July 7 2004"
	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Episode #3.18"
	Spring Break Celebrity Fantasies	Himself	Television special
	When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World	Himself	Television special
2005	Minding the Store	Himself	Series regular
	Entourage	Himself	Guest star, episodes: "Aquamansion" and "The Abyss"
	The View	Himself	Guest star, episode: "July 27, 2005"
	Late Show with David Letterman	Himself	Guest star, episode: "July 26, 2005"
	Howard Stern	Himself	Guest star, episode: "February 17, 2005"
	The Screensavers	Himself	Guest star, episode: "February 4, 2005"
	Big Time	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Episode #2.13"
	My Super Sweet 16	Himself	Guest star, episode: "January 18, 2005"
2006	The Fabulous Life of... Really Rich Real Estate	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Episode #1.5"
	In the Mix	Himself	Guest star, episode: "Morgan Freeman, Jack Guzman and 'The Hills Have Eyes'"

[edit] Discography

Year	Album title
1991	The Future of America
1992	Scraps from the Future
1994	Pink Diggly Diggly
2000	Hollywood, We've Got a Problem

[edit] Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	For	Notes
1992	Won	Razzie Award	Worst New Star	Encino Man
1994	Nominated	MTV Movie Award	Best Comedic Performance	Son in Law
1995	Won	Razzie Award	Worst Actor	Jury Duty
1996	Won	Razzie Award	Worst Actor	Bio-Dome	Tied with Tom Arnold (for Big Bully, Carpool, and The Stupids)
1999	Won	Razzie Award	Worst New Star of the Decade	Bio-Dome, Encino Man, Jury Duty, etc.
	Nominated	Razzie Award	Worst Actor of the Century	Bio-Dome, Encino Man, Jury Duty, etc.
2003	Won	Slamdunk Film Festival	Audience Choice Award	Pauly Shore is Dead

[edit] Trivia

• 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 to reveal that he is 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" [3] and in the song "Confessions Part III" ("Like, remember when I told you I knew Pauly Shore, Pauly Shore/That's a lie, I don't know what I said that for"). Also, on The Weird Al Show episode titled "The Competition", Al threatens band Radish with forcing them to watch the collected works of Pauly Shore if they do not play a song on his show, to which the band gives in and plays.
• 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. [4]
• Shore also dated actresses Tiffani Amber Thiessen and Pamela Paulshock; and model Jillian Grace.
• Shore used to catch a ride home from Beverly Hills High School with a then-relatively-unknown Bill Hicks, who was hired to do odd jobs by Shore's mother Mitzi.
• Shore has appeared in many music videos over the years. These include Green Jelly's "Electric Harley House (Of Love)" (1993), Limp Bizkit's "N 2 Gether Now" (1999), Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff" (2000), Ja Rule's "Livin' It Up", and Young Buck's "Shorty Wanna Ride"
• Shore attended the same high school (Beverly Hills High School)as Corbin Bernsen, Albert Brooks, Nicholas Cage, Jackie Cooper, Kenan & Kel, Reef Da Lost Cauze, E.G. Daily, Rhonda Fleming, Gina Gershon, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Lenny Kravitz, Rob Reiner, Antonio Sabato Jr., David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Slash, Michael Tolkin, Mannie Fresh, and Betty White.

[edit] External links

• Link video about his name Official interview
• Official website
• Pauly Shore at the Internet Movie Database
• Pauly Shore at NNDB
• Pauly Shore at MySpace