Jon Heder Gets Comedy Central Show

Jon Heder might not be a household name (yet) but he’s definitely carving a niche for himself.  I remember the first time I saw Napoleon Dynamite.  I was bedridden with pneumonia and I had to contain most of my laughter throughout the film (it hurt to laugh).  When it got to that infamous dance scene, I completely lost it.  I was in such hysterics that I had to take pain medication and go right to be afterwards.  I just imagined what it would have been like to see something like that at my high school and I laughed until I cried (literally).

While Blades of Glory was easily one of the cheesiest movies I have ever watched (okay, it was pretty terrible), but I couldn’t help but laugh at how Heder played off of Will Ferrell.  I think that, considering the script and strange plot, Heder was still pretty funny.

Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Heder, Ferrell and Adam McKay are collaborating to create a sitcom on Comedy Central.  So far the network has ordered 10 episodes of the show which features Heder as “as an out-of-work computer IT specialist who returns to his small hometown and moves in with his parents and younger brother.”  It’s being described as a “multicamera comedy” so I’m curious about how that’s going to turn out.

Incredibly, the network has agreed to order 90 more episodes of the first 10 are well-received by viewers.  That’s a HUGE deal.  Yeah, I know the budget on Comedy isn’t great but it’s still major.  This could really springboard Heder into the mainstream if all goes well.

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