Humor Database: Stevenhaggen's Food Pawn Shop with Steve Buscemi and Will Ferrell

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Stevenhaggen's Food Pawn Shop with Steve Buscemi and Will Ferrell

Stavenhagen's Food Pawn Shop with Steve Buscemi and Will Ferrell from Adam "Ghost Panther" McKay

"Stevenhaggen's Food Pawn Shop with Steve Buscemi and Will Ferrell." Dir. Adam McKay. Independent Short Film, 2008. Funny or Die. 8.08. 2.22.09. <>

This is a short film by Adam McKay that pokes fun at the economy and how at such dire times like the present, that we may have to result to pawning food. The film has some well known comedian actors in it such as Will Ferrell and Steve Buscemi.

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Woody Allen (1935-)
Best Known For: Annie Hall(Film), The Kugelmass Episode(Short Story), Manhattan(Film), The Purple Rose of Cairo(Film), Vicky Christina Barcelona(Comedy/Musical), Hannah and Her Sisters(Film), Husbands and Wives(Film)
Major Themes: Humor, Drama, Comedy, Fame, Romance, Fantasy, Art
(Tahsin Gur)

Dave Attell (1965-)
Best Known For: Insomniac With Dave Attell (TV), Comedy Central Presents (TV), Saturday Night Live (TV), Captain Miserable (DVD)
Major Themes: Drug and alcohol abuse, sexuality, his own creepiness, and self-deprecating or insulting humor.
(Eric Till)

Maria Bamford (1970-).
Best Known For: The Comedians of Comedy(Tour/Film), Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job(TV), Tom Goes to the Mayor(TV), Comedy Central Presents(TV), The Maria Bamford Show(Web), How to Win(CD)
Major Themes: Family, Mental Illness, Relationships, Observational, Characters and Impersonations
(Brad Jacobsohn)

Steve Carell (1962-)
Best Known For: 40 Year Old Virgin (film), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (film), The Office (TV show), Evan Almighty (film), Little Miss Sunshine (film), Daily Show (as a correspondent)
Major Themes: innocence, morality, family, awkward situations, value of balance in career vs. home life
(Brianna Townsend)

George Carlin (1937-2008)
Best Known For: George Carlin: Again! (HBO Special), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (film) , Doin' It Again (HBO Special), Jammin' In New York (HBO Special), You Are All Diseased (HBO Special), George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy (HBO Special).
Major Themes: Politics, religion, language, everyday life, drugs, sex, fame and celebrity.
(Chris Gabriele)

Jim Carrey (1962-)
Best known for: The Mask(film), Liar Liar(film), The Truman Show(drama), Man on the Moon (film), How the Grinch Stole Christmas(film), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(film). Major Themes: Absurdity, Comedy, Evolution, Fear, Hero, Imitation, Relationship, Wild.
(Yumi Matsumura)

Dave Chappelle (1973-) Best Known For: Chappelle's Show(TV), Killin' Them Softly(Stand-up), For What It's Worth(Stand-up), Robin Hood: Men in Tights(film) Major Themes: Racism, American politics, African American culture, pop culture, recreational drug use, human sexuality. (Eumin Kang)

John Cleese (1939-). Best Known For: Fawlty Towers (Television Series), Monty Python's Flying Circus (Television Series), How to Irritate People (Film), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Film), Monty Python's Life of Brian (Film), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Film), A Fish Called Wanda (Film).
Major Themes: Physical Comedy, Surreal Comedy, Dark Comedy, English Culture, Character Humor
(Aron Wiegand)

Stephen Colbert (1964 - )
Best Known For: The Colbert Report (talk-show), The Daily Show (talk-show), I Am America (And So Can You) (book author), America (The Book) (book co-author), Chuck Noblet in Strangers with Candy (TV series), and Phil Ken Sebben and Myron Reducto in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (TV series).
Major Themes: American Culture, American Conservatism, Current Events, Egomania, Popular Culture.
(Ariana Lania)

Dane Jeffrey Cook (1972-)
Best Known For: Harmful If Swallowed (comedy album), Retaliation (comedy album), and Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden (comedy album). Mystery Men(film),My Best Friend's GirlMen (film), The Lost Pilots (DVD).
Major Themes: Observational humor, Family, Violence, Personalities and Dark humor.
(Hind Bennani)

Bill Cosby (1937-)
Best Known For:Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! (stand-up album), I Spy (TV), Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (cartoon), The Cosby Show (TV), Cosby (TV), Fatherhood (book)
Major Themes: Parenting, Marriage, Childhood, Religion, Racial Issues
(Andrew Kirkman)

David Cross
Best Known For: Arrested Development (TV), Mr. Show with Larry and David (TV), Shut Up You Fucking Baby! (Stand-Up), It's Not Funny (Stand-Up)
Major Themes: Politics, Current Events, Judiasm, Atheism, Celebrity, American Culture
(Paul Lopreiato)

Ellen DeGeneres (1958-)
Best Known For: host of self-titled Emmy-winning Talk show, voted "Best Female Club Standup" in 1991 Comedy Awards, named "Entertainer of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly in both 1997 and 1998, author two New York Times best-selling books "My Point... And I Do Have One" and "The Funny Thing is..."
Major Themes: coming out, idiosyncrasies, dreams, pop culture, growing older, society's problems, embarrassing moments, awkward situations
(Amelia Bryce)

Tina Fey (1970-)
Best known for: Mean Girls (film), Saturday Night Live (inparticular her impersonantion of Sarah Palin)(TV show), Baby Mama (film), and 30 Rock (TV show).
Major themes: politics, youth culture, parenting, and the entertainment business.
(Adam Gallagher)

Jim Gaffigan
Best Known For: Beyond the Pale(DVD)Welcome to New York (TV) Hot Pockets(TV) Super Troopers(film) and My Boys (TV)
Major Themes: Food, American eating habits, Jokes on Laziness, Impersonations, Religion.
(Steve Cetel)

Zach Galifinakis (1969) Best Known For: Live at the Purple Onion (DVD), Dog Bites Man (TV), Absolut Vodka Commericals (Internet), The Comedians of Comedy (DVD).
Major Themes: Absurdist Humor, Musical Comedy, Appearance, One-liners, Anger, Character humor, Audience Involvement
(Adam Ramirez)

Kathy Griffin (1960-) Best known for: My Life on the D List (TV), Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful (film), Truth or Dare (film), Suddenly Susan (TV) Major Themes: Celebrities, Plastic Surgery, Attitudes, Eating Disorders, Sexual Orientation, Dating Lives, Candid Observations, Controversies. (Amanda Zimmer)

Chelsea Handler (1975-) Best Known For: Girls Behaving Badly (TV), Chelsea Lately(TV), The Chelsea Handler Show(TV), My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands(Book), Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea.(Book) Major Themes: Alcohol & Drugs, Media, Sexuality, Current Events, Celebrities (Stefanie Petropoulos)

Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005)
Best Known For: Do You Believe in Gosh? (CD), Mitch All Together (CD), Strategic Grill Locations (CD), Comedy Central Presents (TV) and Premium Blend (TV)
Major Themes: object observations, everyday life, self-deprecation
(Hannah Clemenson)

Gabriel Iglesias (1976-)
Best Known For: Comedy Central Presents (stand-up), Que Locos (latino stand-up), Last Comic Standing (game show), The Tonight Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live (talk show)
Major Themes: weight, imitation, travel, fellow comedians
(Max Nelson-Gal)

Steve Martin (1945-)
Best Known For: The Jerk (film), Shopgirl (film and novel), Saturday Night Live, Born Standing Up (autobiography), Parenthood (film)
Major Themes: absurdism (arrow-through-the-head), physical comedy, celebrity, self-confidence, family/ fatherhood
(Professor Thomas)

Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
Best Known For: You Bet Your Life (TV/Radio Quiz Show), Duck Soup (film), Animal Crackers (film), Horse Feathers (film), A Night at the Opera (film), The Big Store (film), Monkey Business (film)
Major Themes: Love (esp. love music), Sexual Innuendo, His own appearance (fake mustache, cigar, etc.)
(Zach Drescher)

Carlos Mencia (1967-).
Best Known For: Take a Joke America (comedy album), The Three Amigos (comedy tour), 'Carlos Mencia: Not For the Easily Offended' (DVD), Mind of Mencia (TV), Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached (DVD), 'The Heartbreak Kid' (Film).
Major Themes: Racial Issues, Immigration, Religion, Relationship, Hispanic Humor.
(Rebecca Heath)

Eddie Murphy (1961-).Best Known For: Coming to America (Film), Beverly Hills Cops (Film), Nutty Professor (Film), Doctor Dolittle (Film)
Major Themes: sexual orientation, racial issues, dating, personalty traits of celebrities
(Shekinatu Fasancy)

Mike Myers (1963-)
Best Known For: Wayne’s World & Wayne’s World 2 (Film), So I married and Axe Murder (Film), Austin Powers Trilogy (Films), and Sherk (Film).
Major Themes: Sex, Espionage, Alcohol and Drugs, Love, and Relationships.
(Alejandro Barberi)

Patton Oswalt (1969-)
Best Known For: The Comedians of Comedy (tour), Ratatouille (voice acting), King of Queens (supporting role), Mad TV (writer), Comedy Central (specials, roasts, shows, etc).
Major Themes: Religion, stupidity, pop culture, marketing ploys, politics.
(Kaytee Nesmith)

Chris Rock (1965-)
Best known for: Everybody Hates Chris (T.V. Series), Down to Earth, Chris Rock: Never Scared (T.V.), I Think I love My Wife (Film), Head of State(Film), Madagascar (Film), In Living Color (T.V. series), Pootie Tang (Film)
Major themes: Black humor, musical comedy, observational comedy, political satire, satire
(Crystal Hart)

Henry Rollins (1961- )
Best known for: Black Flag (band), Rollins Band (band), Solipsist (book), Think Tank (Spoken Word Album), Black Coffee Blues (Book), The Henry Rollins Show (talk show), Feast (film), several other books and spoken word albums. Major Themes: Music, Politics, Travel and Culture, Aging, Media, Sexuality, Religion, Consumerism, Drugs & Alcohol, Current Events.
(Jonathan Holin)

David Sedaris (1956-)
Best Known For: This American Life (radio show), Me Talk Pretty One Day (book), Naked (book), Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (book), The Santaland Diaries (essay) Major Themes: Adolescence; Aging; Alcohol, Tobacco, & Drugs; Culture Shock; Death; Education; Family Life; Homosexuality; Religion; Travel; Working
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Jerry Seinfeld (1954- )
Best Known For: Seinfeld (TV), Bee Movie (animated film), Comedian (documentary)
Major themes: Human behavior, American Culture, Gender
(Marco Zamora)

Sarah Silverman (1970-)
Best known For: The Sarah Silverman Program. Jesus is Magic (stand up), Saturday Night Live, MTV Video Music Awards (tv), Super High Me (documentary), I’m Fucking Mat Damon (Music Video)
Major Themes: Race, Sex, Religion, Gender, Stereotypes (Rachel Carroll)

Jon Stewart (1962-)
Best Known For: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (T.V. series), America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (book), Wordplay (documentary), Wishful Thinking (movie).
Major Themes: The News Media, George W. Bush, Politics, Economics, Foreign Policy.
(Benjamin Matek)

Daniel Tosh (1975-)
Best Known For: Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious (comedy album), True Stories I Made Up (comedy album), and Comedy Central Presents: Daniel Tosh (DVD).
Major Themes: Class Differences, TV, Pop Culture, Religion, and Politics.
(Ryan Fitzgerald)

Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Best Known For: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (book), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (book), The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (book), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (book).
Major Themes: politics, religion, race, social commentary.
(Dan Westlund)

Robin Williams (1951-) Best Known For: Mork and Mindy(TV) , Good Morning Vietnam(Film), Mrs Doubtfire (Film), Patch Adams (Film) Good Will Hunting (Film), The Fisher King (Film), Dead Poets Society (Film), Bicentennial Man (Film), Aladdin (Animated Film), Hook (animated Film) Major Themes: Race, Ethnicity, Family, Current Events, Comedy, Popular Culture, Freedom, Forgiveness, Healing, and the search for a sense of home. (Nahir Cruz)

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Stevenhaggen's Food Pawn Shop with Steve Buscemi and Will Ferrell

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