Comedian Hannibal Buress is hot stuff right now. He's a favorite on Comedy Central with his summer comedy series "Why?" and also as a regular on the network's "Broad City." He also appears on other TV shows on Adult Swim and FX. But did you know Buress previously made a pilot for a comedy reality series called "Unemployable", which follows him as he tries out different type of jobs for which, of course, he's completely unsuitable for? Like working on a goat farm, and as a cook in a diner.. The pilot was made independently and pitched to Comedy Central as a possible series, but was rejected by the network. Actually it's hard to understand why. Judging from the...
- 10/10/2015
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Hannibal Buress is taking his employment matters into his own hands. That is, he posted a treat for you via Vimeo this week; it's a foiled reality project he was working on called Unemployable, which essentially wanted to give Hannibal test runs at jobs he definitely shouldn't have and ultimately prove that comedy is his best bet for making a living. "Last year I made a pilot for Comedy Central. I was excited about it so 2 days after we submitted, I announced that it was picked up for 10 episodes," he wrote of the idea. "It wasn’t picked up for 10 episodes but I felt like putting it out into the universe. That didn’t work out but television is made to be seen so here it is." The rejected pilot takes our fearless hero to a goat farm (a.k.a. a cow-dog farm), where he tries to dance with...
- 10/7/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
Hannibal Buress is having a bit of a he's-everywhere moment right now. The former Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock writer can be found as the sidekick on Adult Swim’s The Eric Andre Show and as love interest Lincoln on Comedy Central’s Broad City, in addition to providing voices for two animated series: FX's Chozen and Adult Swim's China, Il. New Yorkers can see Buress hosting his own weekly stand-up show most Sunday nights at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, and in May, he’ll appear as a...
- 3/26/2014
- Rollingstone.com
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