Pauly Shore

Paul Montgomery Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his performances in 1990s comedy films. was born on February 1, 1968, in Beverly Hills, California, the son of Sammy Shore and Mitzi Shore (née Saidel). Sammy was a comedian. He and Mitzi co-founded The Comedy Store with Rudy De Luca. After Sammy and Mitzi divorced, Mitzi owned and operated the Comedy Store as part of the divorce settlement from 1974 until her 2018 death. Shore was raised Jewish and grew up in Beverly Hills, California. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1986.

Career

Stand-up career Inspired by his parents' work in comedy and show business, a 17-year-old Shore made his stand-up debut at the Alley Cat Bistro in Culver City. "Everyone else in school was filling out their SAT applications, but I just passed mine back. I knew I wasn't going to go to college." Shore was mentored by Sam Kinison and opened several of his sets. While touring the comedy club circuit, Shore cultivated an alter ego persona called "The Weasel". "The Weasel" involved Shore speaking in a surfer parlance, heavily peppered with dudespeak slang such as "edged", "melons" and "grinding" as well as his catchphrase, "Hey, BU-DDY."

MTV Shore's big break came as an on-air MTV VJ, a position he held from 1989 to 1994. At the height of his MTV fame, Shore had his own show, Totally Pauly, serving as a host on MTV's annual Spring Break parties. He also released a music video, "Lisa, Lisa, the One I Adore". In a 2017 interview on Joe Rogan, Shore blamed Jeffrey Katzenberg and not listening to his managers for the latter films. Shore provided the voice of Robert "Bobby" Zimuruski in A Goofy Movie (1995) and its direct-to-video sequel, An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000).

In 1997, Shore starred in the eponymous TV show Pauly, which was cancelled after five episodes aired. He made a cameo appearance in the American rock band Limp Bizkit music video "N 2 Gether Now" as a pizza deliveryman and a briefer appearance in "Break Stuff". The Golden Raspberry Awards has recognized Shore's film performances several times, awarding him Worst New Star of the Year for Encino Man, Worst Actor of the Year for Bio-Dome, and Worst New Star of the Decade for the 1990s, and nominating him for Worst Actor of the Century (which he lost to Sylvester Stallone).

In 2003, Shore produced, wrote, directed and starred in Pauly Shore Is Dead, a semi-autobiographical mockumentary, and in 2005, starred in the short-lived reality television series Minding the Store. In 2010, Shore starred in Adopted, which sees him traveling to Africa to adopt a child.

In March 2018, Shore appeared as himself in episode 10 of the TV series Alone Together.

In January 2024, following a fan campaign, Shore revealed a teaser for a short film, starring himself as Richard Simmons titled The Court Jester. Simmons released a statement revealing that he did not give permission for the short.

Discography Year Title Record label 1991 The Future of America WTG Records 1992 Scraps from the Future WTG Records/Epic 1993 Son in Law (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Hollywood Records 1994 Pink Diggily Diggily Priority Records 2000 Hollywood, We've Got a Problem Landing Patch Records 2024 Crustopolis, Vol. 1 (as Pauly Shore and the Crustys) Jett Plastic Recordings

Selected television

Year Title Role Notes 1987 21 Jump Street Kenny Ryan Season 2 Episode 4 "Two for the Road" 1988 St. Elsewhere Franky Season 6, Episode 16 "Down and Out on Beacon Hill" 1989 Rock & Read Host Married... with Children The Captain Season 3 Episode 14 "A Three Job, No Income Family" What's Alan Watching? Craig TV pilot, aired February 27, 1989 1990 Totally Pauly Host Aired intermittently until 1997 1992 Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You Himself A Tribute to Sam Kinison Bobby's World George Voice, 7 episodes Playboy: The Best of Jenny McCarthy Himself 1997 Pauly Pauly Sherman TV series. Cancelled after five episodes, leaving two unaired. Playboy: Jenny McCarthy, the Playboy Years Himself 1999 King of the Hill MTV DJVoice, episode: "Escape from Party Island"Fantasy IslandAaron FilnerEpisode: "The Real Thing" Futurama HimselfVoice, episode: "The Cryonic Woman" 2005 Minding the Store 2007 Natural Born Komics 2011 Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster 2012 Pauly Shore's Pauly~Tics Whiskey Business Nicky Ferelli 2014 Pauly Shore Stands Alone Himself 2015Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja The Kev Voice, episode: "Club Ninja-dise/To Smell and Back"2016 Workaholics Himself Episode: "Wolves of Rancho" 2017 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Johnny BlowholeVoice, episode: "Bounce Lounge" Hell's Kitchen Himself Episode: "Playing Your Cards Right" Funny You Should Ask 2 episodes 2018 Alone Together 2020 The Comedy Store

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1988 For Keeps Retro 18 Again! Barrett 1989 Lost Angels Kid #3 Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge BuzzWedding Band Nicky Dream Date Rudy 1992 Encino Man Stanley "Stoney" Brown Class Act Julian Thomas 1993 Son in Law Crawl 1994 In the Army Now Bones Conway 1995 A Goofy Movie Robert "Bobby" ZimuruskiVoice, uncredited Jury Duty Thomas B. "Tommy" Collins 1996 Bio-Dome Bud Macintosh The Curse of Inferno Chuck Betts 1997 Casper: A Spirited Beginning Snivel 1998 Junket Whore HimselfCasper Meets Wendy The Oracle 2000 An Extremely Goofy Movie Robert "Bobby" ZimuruskiVoice Red Letters Anthony Griglio The Princess and the Barrio Boy Wesley The Bogus Witch Project Himself 2001 The Wash Man in Trunk Spooge 2002 Rebel Fish Himself/DVD Host 2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself/Bucky's Cousin 2005 My Big Fat Independent Movie Himself 2007 Natural Born Komics 2009 Opposite Day Robert Benson 2010 Adopted Himself Stonerville Rod Hardbone 2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star AFA Emcee 2014 Pauly Shore Stands Alone Himself2020Guest HouseRandy Cockfield The Little Penguin Pororo's Dinosaur Island Adventure Mr. Y Voice 2021 The Little Penguin Pororo's Treasure Island Adventure Captain Dark 2022Pinocchio: A True StoryPinocchio Voice, U.S Dub 2024 The Court Jester Richard Simmons