Watching Michael and Michael Have Issues, a perfectly acceptable comedy, but not, perhaps the greatest achievement of these two charming comedians, I found myself really longing to watch their brief lived series from a few years back, Stella.
The loosey goosey, often absurd and silly skit show stars The State co-conspirators (and the famous people you're most likely to see walking the streets of Manhattan), Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain. The trio performed under the name Stella with less safe for television material for years before they were picked up for a series. But the glory was short lived and The Mind of Mencia was there to fill there shoes after only ten episodes.
In one of my personal favorite episodes, the suit clad boys crash a Paul Rudd attended company picnic only to become heads of “the big account”. Another finds them battling paper boy bullies through the art of friendship rapping. You can find these moments and more on dvd – which is also finally true regarding long awaited release The State – though it's had “a very long wait” for a very long time on netflix, boo.
But what do you think?