Dog Bites Man
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Dog Bites Man is a partially improvised[link] comedy television show on Comedy Central that debuted in 2006 C.E.
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Premise
Dog Bites Man is a parody of local news coverage, filmed in Denver as a mockumentary. The show begins with Tillie Sullivan, a former intern for KHBX, returning to the station in Spokane, Washington to produce the show American Lives. Tillie reconnects with Kevin Beekin, a big reporter at the station, whom she once dated. Kevin still has feelings for Tillie. With the rest of their news team, made up of Alan the director and Marty the intern, they set out to cover the big stories in Spokane.Their news station logo is modeled after Fisher Communication's stations, most notably KOMO-TV 4 based in Seattle.
Cast
- Matt Walsh as Kevin Beekin, the star reporter for the news show, who used to date Tillie the producer and still has feelings for her
- Zach Galifianakis as Alan Finger, the show's director. Also a musician, in episode 3, he scored a hit song in Panama City using the name "The Finger" (the song was titled "Come and Get It (Up In Them Guts)").
- A.D. Miles as Marty Shonson, an intern who works on the show as a production assistant
- Andrea Savage as Tillie Sullivan, the show's emotional and incompetent producer who cries when she makes mistakes
List of episodes
- 101 Assignment: Bodybuilders
- 102 Assignment: Undercover Homosexual
- 103 Assignment: Spring Break
- 104 Assignment: Republican Leadership Conference
Producers and creators
- Jonathan Barry - Executive Producer
- Justin Falvey - Executive Producer
- Darryl Frank - Executive Producer
- Dan Mazer - Executive Producer
- Keith Raskin - Producer
- Dan Mazer - Creator
Trivia
- The title comes from an old journalistic saying, that if a dog bites a man it isn't newsworthy, but that if a man bites a dog it is.
References
- [Journos Go Wild], Village Voice, June 1 2006
- [Sitcom set in TV station is a dog with no teeth], Sun-Sentinel, June 7, 2006
External links
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