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Pauly Montgomery Shore (born February 1, 1968) is
an American comedian known for his vivid
portrayals of American youth culture. He is of
Jewish descent; he and his brother, Peter, are the
sons of Sam and Mitzi Shore, who founded the Los
Angeles, California|Los Angeles comedy club The
Comedy Store. 

Shore started with Stand-up comedy|stand-up and
had unmemorable bit parts in several late-1980s
movies.  His big break came as an MTV host, from
1989-1994.  He had his own show, Totally Pauly,
and served as a traveling ambassador, most
memorably on MTV's annual Spring Break parties. 
At his first Spring Break gig, he unleashed his
catchphrase, "weasel," on the world.

Shore's first comedy album, 1991's The Future of
America, was named Best Comedy Album by the
College Music Journalists. The album paved the way
for Shore's subsequent releases Scraps from the
Future, and Pink Diggly Diggly.

Shore's first film, the critically panned Encino
Man in 1992, garnered him a Golden Raspberry
Awards|Golden Raspberry Award for his performance,
largely because Shore was unabashedly not acting
-- his character uncannily resembled his MTV
persona.  Yet the movie was remarkably popular,
and Shore parlayed it into several other films:
Son In Law (nominated for an MTV Movie Awards
1994|MTV Movie Award), In The Army Now, 1995
Razzie winner Jury Duty, and 1996 Razzie winner
Bio-Dome.  Pauly's wave of fame crashed when he
tried to turn back to TV in 1997, with the series
Pauly on the FOX network. It only aired one
episode, which ranks among one of the lowest rated
episodes of a television show in history. It was
cancelled the next day; in some markets, the show
was cut off in mid-episode and replaced by either
reruns of other shows, commercials, or a test
pattern.  

In 2000 he won the Razzie award for "Worst New
Star of the Decade," but lost "Worst Actor of the
Century" to Sylvester Stallone.

By that time, though, Shore had fully retreated to
smaller movie roles, and a "weasel"-free stand-up
routine. He attempted a surprisingly successful
comeback with the star-studded, autobiographical
independent film Pauly Shore Is Dead: You'll Never
Wiez In This Town Again, which went to video on
January 25, 2005, after a small theater release.
The film garnered critical praise and was
positively received by fans, and began to quickly
develop a cult following. 

Currently, Shore has a reality show on TBS (TV
Network)|TBS, titled Minding the Store. The series
will follow Shore as he takes control of the
Comedy Store and attempts to revitalize it. In a
CNN article to promote the show,
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/08/pauly.sho
re.ap/index.html in 2005, Shore admitted that he
is a recovering sex addict and currently seeing a
therapist, and that he allowed some of his therapy
sessions to be taped for the show.