the comic's comic: Discovering a TV star: How Funny or Die found Chris Gethard for Comedy Central's "Big Lake"

August 10, 2010

Discovering a TV star: How Funny or Die found Chris Gethard for Comedy Central's "Big Lake"

Big Lake debuts a week from tonight on Comedy Central, and the guys producing the show from Gary Sanchez Productions (aka the guys who run Funny or Die) decided to reveal the backstory on how they found Chris Gethard to star in the sitcom. As you may recall, Gethard was a replacement after Jon Heder was not a dynamite fit for the part. So to speak. Anyhow. You UCB comedy fans may think you know everything about Chris Gethard. Adam McKay and Chris Henchy want to fill you in on the other part of the story, wherein they found him in the wild and then tamed him for TV. Sounds about right.

And if you don't know what Big Lake is about, then watch this extended trailer. Roll it.

Aug 10, 2010 6:13:24 AM | Chris Gethard, Chris Parnell, Funny or Die, Horatio Sanz, Seth Morris

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