Funny or Die Presents

Funny or Die Presents is a half-hour sketch comedy show that spawned from the comedy website Funny or Die, created by Will Ferrell & Adam McKay. It premiered on HBO on February 19, 2010. It is also currently being broadcast in the UK on Sky Atlantic.

Creation[]

Funny or Die Presents was created in June 2008 when HBO bought a stake in Funnyordie.com and commissioned that at least 10 episodes be broadcast on HBO as part of the deal.^[1]

Description[]

Every show consists of several comedy sketches that vary in length and can contain several sketches or even one full length sketch.

Format[]

The program is viewed as if you are watching a television network called "The Funny or Die Network" (sometimes referred to as FOD) which is a hybrid network that fuses the internet with television. Each sketch is viewed as a show on this network, some shows are mini-series, some are shown in parts and some are one offs, only appearing once. In the first episode the network is described as:

What you are about to see is nothing short of a miracle. Television so revolutionary that at this point in time, there is nothing like it anywhere.

Now you may ask yourself: "How is this possible?" Computers, that's how! Funny or die is at the forefront of computer technology, leading the way in computer comedy programming. Tonight marks a departure from our usual business model as we join the ever declining world of broadcast television. Think of what you're about to see as kind of a network unto itself, a half-hour network complete with its own lineup of wonderful shows. Basically, the same kinda horseshit we throw up on our website.

-Ed Haligan, Head of West Coast sales & marketing

Each episode of Season 1 starts in a white room with Ed Haligan (played by Steve Tom) who introduces the show and leads into a starting theme and a "network schedule" which describes the sketches being featured in that particular episode.

Notable sketches[]

• "1000 Cats"
• "Drunk History"
• "Derek Waters LOL"
• "Playground Politics"
• "Designated Driver"
• "The Amazing Adventures of David and Jennie"
• "Sleeping with Celebrities"
• "Welcome to my Study"
• "The Slovin & Allen Show"
• "Holdup"
• "The Carpet Brothers"
• "Just 3 Boyz" and "The Terrys" by Tim and Eric

Episodes[]

Cast[]

• Steve Tom as Ed Haligan, the presenter.

The cast of the sketches often include notable celebrities, including:

• Derek Waters^[2]
• Malin Åkerman
• Creed Bratton
• Rachael Harris
• Ed Helms
• Rob Huebel
• Rob Riggle
• Paul Scheer
• Brett Gelman
• David Koechner
• Jerry Minor
• Will Ferrell
• Chris Parnell
• Thomas Lennon
• Ian Roberts
• Zach Galifianakis
• John C. Reilly
• Tim Heidecker
• Eric Wareheim
• David Spade
• Zooey Deschanel
• Rich Fulcher
• June Diane Raphael
• Kate Walsh
• Busy Philipps
• Don Cheadle
• Tim Meadows
• Elijah Wood
• Crispin Glover
• Kristen Wiig
• Grey DeLisle
• Maile Flanagan

Writing credits[]

• Andrew Steele (9 episodes)
• Jason Woliner (5 episodes)
• Maggie Carey (4 episodes)
• Owen Burke (4 episodes)
• Paul Scheer (4 episodes)
• Rob Riggle (4 episodes)
• Rob Huebel (4 episodes)
• Mike O'Connell (4 episodes)
• Neal Brennan (4 episodes)
• Tim Heidecker (3 episodes)
• Eric Wareheim (3 episodes)
• Andrea Savage (3 episodes)
• Leo Allen (2 episodes)
• Tom Gianas (2 episodes)
• David Neher (2 episodes)
• David Koechner (2 episodes)
• Jennie Pierson (2 episodes)
• T. Sean Shannon (2 episodes)
• Eric Slovin (2 episodes)
• Derek Waters (2 episodes)
• Will Ferrell (1 episode)
• Chris Henchy (1 episode)
• Adam McKay (1 episode)
• Zach Galifianakis (1 episode)

References[]

Funny or Die Presents at IMDb