Documentarians don't come much more dedicated than Morgan Spurlock. The director nearly destroyed his liver on his McDonalds-only diet for his film Super Size Me; he and his girlfriend (now wife), Alexandra Jamieson, lived on minimum wage for his FX series, 30 Days; and this year he went to prison for the show. On the occasion of the Season 1 DVD release of 30 Days — which brings to light different perspectives on controversial issues (homophobia, alcoholism, anti-Muslim sentiment) by asking people to walk a mile in someone else's shoes —
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Documentarians don't come much more dedicated than Morgan Spurlock. The director nearly destroyed his liver on his McDonalds-only diet for his film Super Size Me; he and his girlfriend (now wife), Alexandra Jamieson, lived on minimum wage for his FX series, 30 Days; and this year he went to prison for the show. On the occasion of the Season 1 DVD release of 30 Days — which brings to light different perspectives on controversial issues (homophobia, alcoholism, anti-Muslim sentiment) by asking people to walk a mile in someone else's shoes —
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The director of the McDonald's exposé Super Size Me earned himself an entire pad of demerits by giving a potty-mouthed speech at a Philadelphia high school's first health fair, the Associated Press tattles. Not only did the supposed funnyman take aim at the IQs of Mickey D's employees and the easiest target in the world, teachers, he slammed the special-ed students who had the misfortune to be in attendance. On the plus side, I'm sure school officials were delighted that, at the inaugural event, their students had learned so much about the pitfalls of poor mental health.
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Variety reports that Comedy Central will be unveiling sketches from the never-before-seen Season 3 of Chappelle's Show, which had to abruptly halt production in April when host Dave Chappelle disappeared on what was later learned to be a "spiritual retreat." The new offerings, which will be shown first on Comedy Central's online broadband network and then broadcast sometime in 2006, include send-ups of MTV's Cribs and the 2004 documentary Super Size Me. At this late date, you may as well throw in a Pac-Man spoof.
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After gorging on McDonald's for 30 days in his Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock saw how compelling people find it to watch someone change for a month. So he filmed 30 Days, a six-episode FX series — starting tonight at 10 pm/ET — that chronicles one-month journeys of various people, from a Christian man living with a Muslim family to Spurlock and his fiancée trying to live on minimum wage. The filmmaker stepped away from the camera to discuss his new show.
TV Guide: In tonight's premiere episode, you and Alex live on minimum wage. You injure your wrist and have no health insurance.
Morgan Spurlock: When you're having to make the decision of "Where are we going to spend what little money we have?" as my arm is swelling up and starting to turn black... I was like, "This isn't good!" [Laughs]
TVG: Were there moments when you thought a segment might fall apart?
Spurlock: The [June 29
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