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Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous

2013 · 1 season

A cringe-comedy mockumentary that makes you squirm and laugh at the delusions of a fame-obsessed teen, with a surprisingly tender core.

Created by
Bo Burnham, Dan Lagana
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bo Burnham, Kari Coleman, Thomas F. Wilson
Overview
Zach hires a camera crew to film him throughout his daily life as a part of his quest to become an over-night celebrity - even though he possesses no real talent. From Zach's attempts to become a celebrity chef or a ring-tone recording artist to purposefully going missing, he'll try any avenue to get noticed and stop at nothing until he reaches fame.

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Created by
Bo Burnham, Dan Lagana
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bo Burnham, Kari Coleman, Thomas F. Wilson
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • celebrity
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • media
  • friendship
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • mockumentary
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour8
Realism7
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
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Starring
Bo Burnham, Kari Coleman, Thomas F. Wilson, Cameron Palatas, Caitlin Gerard, Armen Weitzman, Robbie Amell, Shelley Hennig
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 21 min each
Network
MTV
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Languages
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