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Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2013
  • TV-14
  • 21m
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8.3/10
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Bo Burnham in Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013)
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After recently graduating high school, young Zach Stone opts out of a college to pursue the New American Dream: becoming famous with no talent whatsoever.After recently graduating high school, young Zach Stone opts out of a college to pursue the New American Dream: becoming famous with no talent whatsoever.After recently graduating high school, young Zach Stone opts out of a college to pursue the New American Dream: becoming famous with no talent whatsoever.

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    • Bo Burnham
    • Dan Lagana
  • Stars
    • Bo Burnham
    • Tom Wilson
    • Kari Coleman
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      • Bo Burnham
      • Dan Lagana
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      • Bo Burnham
      • Tom Wilson
      • Kari Coleman
    • 18User reviews
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    10xxsarahcaroline

    One of the best comedies I've ever seen.

    When I looked up Zach Stone (after falling in love with Inside, of course) I saw nothing but glowing reviews. Seriously. Amazon was overflowing with 5-star reviews.

    When I watched the show, I found out why.

    Zach Stone is one of the funniest TV shows I've ever seen. It's The Office's ADHD child. The stripped down nature of the show makes it feel intimate, like you really are watching this kid make his own TV show and annoy his family to death. And then he makes mistakes that feel all too human and relatable.

    One minute, Zach is rapping at a funeral and making you laugh while cringing into your seat, the next minute he's doing a hysterical impression of Gordon Ramsey. The jokes in the show are as hyper as Zach himself, flying at you a mile a minute. You'll be cracking up over what just happened, while trying to keep up with the punch line of the following joke, only to end up dying over the next joke. This show doesn't hold your hand either. It throws media references at you, occasionally dropping an introspective comment on whatever celebrity fad Zach is trying out today, then hitting you with a Justin Bieber joke for viewers that might not get the deeper humor. And there is plenty of easy humor. If you just want to have a good time, Zach's got you covered. If you want to think a little deeper, Zach's got that too.

    A show this funny has no right to make me cry as much as it did. Which is why Zach Stone fits perfectly into the body of Bo Burnham's work. To loosely quote Bo, he likes to point out how stupid comedy is while making you laugh and pulling on your heart strings. (A very simplified, Bo-like way of describing the emotional power of his comedy.) And in Zach stone, he has plenty to say in between the lines. Society tells Zach to go to college, but he rejects it in pursuit of his own happiness, even if he has no idea what he's doing. Zach's desire for fame seems foolish, but could it be he's figured out something the rest of us haven't? Then there's the added layer of how meta it is. As far as I've read, Bo chose to perform stand-up instead of go to college, and a few years later he wrote a show about Zach who's so determined to become famous that he skips out on college to do so. So is Bo making fun of himself? No idea, but I love trying to figure it out.

    It seems like a show that's actually about Bo's life, right? Except it's not. Bo is not playing himself here, or acting in his stage persona. He's playing a wildly different character than himself, a kid with ridiculous energy who's simultaneously the most annoying teen you know and a spotless ray of sunshine.

    This show also achieves the rare feat of having a strong narrative with a beginning, middle, and end. It's an actual story with an actual ending. You'll leave the last episode totally satisfied (and then fall into a depression that there isn't more because MTV was too dumb to see the magic happening right in front of them.)

    For anyone wondering about the adult content, the show's humor is fairly edgy but curses are bleeped out. Episode 4 leans towards an R rating but the rest of the show is comfortably PG-13.

    I'm glad this show exists. Hopefully you'll feel that way too.
    8dswhitcomb

    Where was this show and why didn't I know about it?

    I had never heard of this little gem until it popped up on my Netflix page. Seeing it starred Bo Burnham I was intrigued. I had no idea this was something he did almost a decade ago.

    I loved this show so much. Seeing a young, semi-manic Bo allows the viewer into his head somewhat. ZSIGTBF shows the beginnings of the genius he becomes in his stand up and specials. He's a genius to say the least. This show could have been made today and it would be relevant. A teen who wants to be famous but has nothing to offer for that to happen is literally the Instagram and TikTok of today. The difference is that this show is funny, smart, and tender at times. It looks like MTV did a poor job of promoting this show when they had it. Ironic since the theme is insta-fame via in your face media.
    9Agdhfhsbsidbr

    Hadn't expected this

    Well i really like Bo Burnham, his shows and his songs. I were very obsessed with him around 2020 and uhm in that time i started watching everything of him. I started watching this series in 2020, i loved it i totally loved it!

    I mean ofcourse i like Bo Burnham but i swear i'm always honest to myself about those things but this show just made me laugh felt relatable and were very intrestering to me!

    It's about a boy who is different then other normal teens named Zach Stone and he wants to be famous and starts filming his life. Zach Stone is Bo Burnham by the way.

    Zach Stone graduated from High School.
    9GoldenBoughSwing

    Surprisingly Funny and Good

    There are plenty of variables that would make one think this show could be horrible: 1. It's on MTV 2. It's about a teenager trying to be famous 3. It's about reality TV 4. It's on MTV

    But the show is a surprisingly funny AND poignant satire/parody of people's lust for fame. I would've thought the main character would be annoying to watch, but the way the show is written, the awkward situations he gets himself into are hilarious. I'm a fan of awkward humor shows (ie The Office, Peep Show, etc.) where it makes you cringe sometimes because the situations get so awkward for the characters.

    And the show's poignancy comes from how the main character's selfish conquest for fame affects his most important, long term relationships with family and friends.
    10callmeluna

    Honestly, perfect.

    I must preface this by saying I miiiight be a little biased - this is my biggest comfort show. But, I've had other comfort shows, and I didn't feel this highly about them! This show makes me feel so many things in a way no other piece of media has ever made me feel. This show, at it's core, is about the sadness and loneliness of a young adult named Zach Stone who just wants people to like him. On the outside, from the first episode, it seems like the show is just going to be about some crazy high school graduate who's obsessed with himself doing anything to get fame, but as you continue, you realize that really, Zach just wants people to like him, because he doesn't like himself. This sentiment resonates with myself and many other teens and young adults. This show is emotional and funny at the same time, and is possibly Bo's best work.

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      Cancelled only after one season. Bo Burnham made this public on his Twitter.
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      Referenced in Tosh.0: Roof Jump (2014)

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    • Release date
      • May 2, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Зак Стоун собирается стать популярным
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      • 3 Arts Entertainment
      • MTV Networks
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