Breaking Bad Stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Return to Star in Electric Emmy Promo

Some stars just don't have an off switch. Bryan Cranston can't seem to stop being excellent. He is back along with Breaking Bad co-star Aaron Paul and Veep/Seinfeld queen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, in a hilarious Emmy promo skit. Cranston and Dreyfus both have already proven beyond a doubt they have consummate comedy chops, but it's a delightful surprise to see Aaron Paul play a hilarious simpleton pawn shop owner. 

Granted, Jesse had his moments in BB (the dinner scene, wow), but this short shows Paul might have a serious future in comedy. Now that Breaking Bad is over, he can do pretty much whatever he wants. An Aaron Paul sitcom could be great, or turn out to be a disaster, but either way a lot of people would certainly tune in. I'm sure more than a few writers out there are thinking about it after watching this.

Also, JLD is wonderful as always. 

Get Excited for Silicon Valley

For those of you who haven't experienced HBO's newest triumph: Silicon Valley, you're missing out. It's about a group of programmers trying to navigate their creation through the jungle of bicycle meetings and nerd rage that is the California computer scene. Created by the man behind King of the Hill: Mike Judge, this show looks like one of the most promising new comedies on air. Its freshman season ended last month, and boasted great ratings and rave reviews from all but a few tech magazine critics (who were annoyed by the misuse of the hexadecimal times tables. Seriously).

The main reason Sillicon Valley is so good is its cast. T. J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, Zach Woods, Martin Starr, and Kumail Nanjiani fill out an excellent core group. Together they have years of stand-up comedy experience, and a ton of great appearances on screen. Their combined credits include: In the Loop (the British precursor to Veep), Freaks and Geeks (gone too soon), and Portlandia (weird but brilliant).  

T. J. Miller plays the soon-to-be-legendary character Erlich Bachmann (great name right?). He's been flitting around the acting scene for a while (see She's Out of My League), but other than SV, he's best as a comic. Watch Silicon Valley if you think this is hilarious as I do. If you don't think it's hilarious, watch SV anyway.

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