Michael and Michael Have Issues

• Check out the promo for Zach Galifianakis on SNL! — NBC.com
• Ryan Gosling has reportedly signed on to the new Steve Carell project — The Playlist
• The Academy cuts an Oscar Avatar spoof by Sacha Baron Cohen out of respect to James Cameron. Aw, man . . . — MTV Movies Blog
• The Jersey Shore's Pauly D. spoofs Avatar! — Radar Online
• A Hurt Locker producer has been banned from the Oscars — Vulture
• Take a look back at Tim Burton's best movies — Rotten Tomatoes
• Here's a sneak peek at tonight's series finale of Nip/Tuck — TV.com
• Did the premiere of Parenthood do a good job of portraying Asperger's? — LilSugar
• Check out the trailer for After Life with Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson — Slash Film
• Noooo! Comedy Central pulls the plug on Michael and Michael Have Issues — AV Club
• Oscar trend: why do actresses get divorced right after they win? — The Frisky

OK, I'm all for making geek chic, but this is kind of pushing it. First, So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson sported her pink headphones on camera, and now, on Comedy Central's new show Michael and Michael Have Issues, boss Biederman wears his earbuds around his neck.

The big difference between the SYTYCD and Michael is that it's possible that Gibson was listening to her cans before the taping and just left them on, but the earbuds are part of Michael's Josh Pais's character — he always wears the Apple earbuds around his neck, with no iPod in sight.

I wear my earbuds like this when I'm going somewhere after listening to my iPod and plan to listen to it again when I leave, but it's funny that the character rocks the earbuds continually.

Do you wear your earbuds like this? What's behind the look? Status? Convenience? Just like the way it looks?

In Comedy Central's Michael and Michael Have Issues, we have another show-within-a-show, a la 30 Rock. This one stars former members of The State (and a bunch of other stuff like Stella and Wet Hot American Summer), Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter, as the hosts of their own fictitious sketch show. We'll go "behind-the-scenes" and learn all about the issues that "the two misguided stars wrestle with as they confront their own issues of insecurity and jealousy as each attempts to undermine the other."

The show premieres tonight and I can't wait. Between this and the release of The State on DVD, this week is already awesomely funny. To check out a preview clip for Michael and Michael Have Issues, read more