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CollegeHumor and MTV make like Jake and Amir

The deal isn't official yet, but CollegeHumor and MTV plan to launch a TV show together. In the finished pilot, the Tumblr-popular Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld host, rolling clips between skits like the one in the clip below. Sam Reich plays College Humor cofounder Ricky Van Veen. Word has it CollegeHumor insisted on getting online distribution rights and that MTV readily complied.

7:00 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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mrx5000 at 07:15 AM on 02/21/08
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Cool! I hope I can play these shows on my iPod and share them on Facebook, as well as MySpace, Joost, Splooge, and PoopyDoop!!!
Nicholas Carlson at 07:20 AM on 02/21/08
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@mrx5000: I hear talks with PoopyDoop have stalled.
Rick at 07:43 AM on 02/21/08
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Those names aren't nearly semitic enough, fail
EricFrostHatesLife at 07:45 AM on 02/21/08
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I love being an early adopter!
sample032 at 07:59 AM on 02/21/08
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I see the big-media-style product placement has begun.
caseyliz at 08:25 AM on 02/21/08
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NOOO! I love Jake and Amir! Please don't go to the dark side that is MTV!!!
MrMedia at 10:24 AM on 02/21/08
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PoopyDoop down for routine maintenance? WTF????
WagCurious at 10:32 AM on 02/21/08
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I don't get it. How is that funny? Was the script translated over from Uzbeki and the funny just got lost in the translation.

Now a guy wearing a dress, that's funny! Man, I miss Uncle Milt.
mandarin at 10:34 AM on 02/21/08
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The guy with glasses looks like someone from Wonder Years...
SlutsorNuts at 11:11 AM on 02/21/08
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@caseyliz: I'm conflicted over this. I wish them great success, but I'm dreading the Jakke and Amir Cancun, 2008 Spring Break Special that seems destined to follow.
caseyliz at 12:00 PM on 02/21/08
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@SlutsorNuts: That's exactly how I feel. Anything other than MTV, I wouldn't really have a problem with it.
Alaska Miller at 12:08 PM on 02/21/08
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their videos aren't funny. this some kind of symbiotic transfer of crap from medium to medium.
caseyliz at 01:59 PM on 02/21/08
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According to Jake Hurwitz's blog, this isn't even true.
Nicholas Carlson at 03:06 PM on 02/21/08
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@caseyliz:Got a link? Only pushback I'm hearing is that it'll be the whole cast of "Hardly Working" hosting, not just Jake and Amir.
Figaro at 08:12 PM on 02/21/08
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Jake simply can't act. He's laughing and giggling and smirking after every line. This is going to be a major fail.
Rick at 06:25 AM on 02/22/08
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man, if I knew who either of these people were, I'd off myself
Nicholas Carlson at 08:13 AM on 02/22/08
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@Rick: I think they're funny. "OK, please don't turn this into a thing."
HelloBrooklyn at 09:32 AM on 02/22/08
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Wouldn't MTV be better off just syndicating old episodes of The Office? At least then the characters and jokes will be original.