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]

Contents [show] 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