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		<title>NBC Wants To Be Funny, And Not In A Pitiful Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penn Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NBC decided to pick up four comedy pilots from established comedians that actually have decent premises. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cdn2.screenjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/chelsea-handler.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-22561" style="margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px;" title="chelsea-handler" src="http://cdn2.screenjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/chelsea-handler-238x300.jpg" alt="" width="238" height="300" /></a>NBC execs woke up this morning, clouded in <a href='http://www.screenjunkies.com/tag/shame/' class='linkify' target='_blank'>shame</a> and the stench of <a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/tv/tv-news/nbc-tired-of-making-bad-decisions-wants-mcg-to-direct-wonder-woman/" target="_blank">Wonder Woman</a>&#8216;s perfume, and decided to take a couple steps to make things right. Namely, they decided to pick up four comedy pilots from established comedians that actually have decent premises. How delightfully novel, NBC!</p>
<p>The biggest pickup of the day is certainly the pilot based on <a href='http://www.screenjunkies.com/tag/chelsea-handler/' class='linkify' target='_blank'>Chelsea Handler</a>&#8216;s memoirs, <em>Are You There God? It&#8217;s Me Chelsea</em>. It essentially follows around a 20-something girl that lives her life, drinking and screwing a lot. It will be shot in a multi-camera format and development will be handled by the creators of &#8220;Dharma &amp; Greg.&#8221; I don&#8217;t care if &#8220;Dharma &amp; Greg&#8221; people are involved. I&#8217;m still optimistic.</p>
<p>Then there&#8217;s &#8220;<a href='http://www.screenjunkies.com/tag/brave/' class='linkify' target='_blank'>Brave</a> New World,&#8221; a comedy that follows a group of people working together at a theme park intended to recreate 1637 New England. I&#8217;m a sucker for jokes about blacksmiths and coopers, so needless to say, I&#8217;m pretty fired up about this one. Peter Tolan is running the show here and should have his hands full considering just yesterday another of his pilots, &#8220;The Council of Dads&#8221; got picked up yesterday by Fox.</p>
<p>Comedian <a href='http://www.screenjunkies.com/tag/whitney-cummings/' class='linkify' target='_blank'>Whitney Cummings</a> got her currently untitled project picked up by NBC, , but <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/nbc-picks-up-chelsea-handlers-vodka-comedy-pilot/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Deadline</a> says &#8220;focuses on a young couple and the ups and downs of a committed relationship in today’s complicated world.&#8221; Is television ready for such a show? Cummings is a promising talent, so let&#8217;s hope they flesh out the concept a little more as they move forward.</p>
<p>Finally, NBC got their dirty paws on &#8220;My Life As an Experiment&#8221;, which is based on the book by A.J. Jacobs, and will be produced by <a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/movie-news/gullivers-travels-lays-a-giant-3d-turd-at-the-box-office/" target="_blank">Jack Black</a>, among others. Jacobs has a reputation for incorporating bizarre challenges into his real life, then reporting the effects. He&#8217;s lived according to the bible, and read the entire encyclopedia, then reported the effects of the experiments on his marriage.&#8221;Honey, why are there ants all over the house? Oh, brother! Here we go again!&#8221; That&#8217;s a spec line I wrote that the show is free to use.</p>
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