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Michael Ian Black's cynical, self-effacing performances in the sketch-comedy show The State and the subsequent college-dormitory hit Wet Hot American Summer generated a cult following. But the comedian is probably most recognizable as a snarky commentator on VH1's I Love the '80s nostalgia series. His latest endeavor is the Comedy Central show Michael and Michael Have Issues, which debuts July 15 and co-stars fellow State alum Michael Showalter. TIME talked to Black about his career, tacos and whether or not he really loves the '80s. (See a history of stand-up comedy in pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian Michael Ian Black | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

Tell me about your new show, Michael and Michael Have Issues. It's about the lives of sketch-comedy writers, but I'd say it's more specific than that. It's really sort of about the relationship between my partner Michael Showalter and me, rather than the fact that we make sketch comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian Michael Ian Black | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

...basically, this show is going to be about his neuroses and your attempts to calm him down. Well, not really. As a result of his neuroses, I'm incredibly neurotic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian Michael Ian Black | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

...ever tempted to say, "Yes, I do work with you"? No, but I do lie about some things. Whenever anyone asks me if I'm from a TV show, I say yes - no matter whether I've ever been on it. It just makes the conversation that much easier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian Michael Ian Black | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

...which cause 70 percent of cervical cancer cases, according to drugmaker Merck’s Web site. There are over 40 strains of HPV that can infect the human genital area, according to the Center for Disease Control's Web site, although most people who become infected do not show symptoms...

Author: By Arianna Markel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HPV Vaccine Subsidy To End July 31 | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

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