Human Giant Hijacks MTV

We don't know how something as original, subversive, and hysterical as The Human Giant can be so successful, but apparently it is, because MTV is letting the group take over their network (and its sequel channel) for 24 hours this weekend starting Friday at noon. This sounds as crazy on MTV's part as parents leaving their six-year-old twins in charge of the house for the weekend, but you the viewer get to reap the rewards. Aziz Ansari assures that they have free reign to do whatever they want to do for 24 hours, including airing any show they want and inviting any guest they want, so of course they've invited a superteam of comic heroes like Bob Odenkirk, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Showalter, Jon Benjamin, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Jon Glaser, Eugene Mirman, Andy Blitz, and Rob Riggle, many of whom have already appeared on the sketch show. There will also be musical guests and, presumably, some Human Giant episodes or something. The Crazy Police will be on call in case, you know, things get too crazy.

Join them live at your television set for the full extravaganza if you can, because there's not a whole lot of 24-hour torrents out there.

Do You Superbad?

Superbad, somehow only the second most anticipated Judd Apatow related comedy of the year, has gone and got itself an official movie site. Right now you can download a screensaver and stare at a countdown clock, but word on the street is that the place will soon become as happening as the high school keg parties depicted in the film. And oh yeah, there's also the first trailer. Nothing super bad about that, provided you have a functioning US driver's license to get through Sony's creepy childproof digi-lock.

The film, directed by Undeclared vet Gregg Mottola and written by the great Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, releases August 17. Star Michael Cera also has Jason Reitman's Juno and the sketch film Parental Guidance Suggested coming later this year, and his new web series, Clark and Michael, premieres this month at CBS.com. The latter is a mockumentary following Cera and best friend Clark Duke living the high life based on an indefinite pilot greenlight, and features everyone under the sun, including Arrested Development pals David Cross and Tony Hale, plus Andy Richter, Patton Oswalt, Tim and Eric, and Superbad co-star Jonah Hill, who will match Cera's gusto with appearances in the surefire hit Evan Almighty and the Danny DeVito comedy One Part Sugar, as well as lending his voice to the star-studded CGI Seussage fest Horton Hears a Who. You also may have caught him in the premiere episode of Human Giant, and you'll see him the aforementioned other Apatow production, Knocked Up. Hey, who needs college?

Jack Black and Michael Cera Latest on Web TV Bandwagon

Today there are two new pieces of news from the "you can pretty much cancel your cable and Tivo" department. Michael Cera, best known as George Michael Bluth on the lamented Arrested Development, has signed on with CBS to bring a new Web series called The Good Life to their online station Innertube. Cera and writing/acting partner Clark Duke, who also perform in the band The Long Goodbye, have been posting low-budget videos via YouTube on their MySpace Film page, which apparently grabbed the attention of the network, who has ordered eight episodes of the mockumentary about two TV producers who begin prematurely living it up like fat cats before they've actually sold their TV show, or to paraphrase Cera's ex-narrator Ron Howard, spending money they haven't yet earned from jobs they don't yet have.

Meanwhile, Jack Black is teaming up with Rob Schrab and Dan Harmon, creators of Scud: The Disposable Assassin and Monster House, to bring a new viewer's choice show to VH1 and VH1.com, based on Schrab and Harmon's innovative Channel 101. Just like that "channel," The Department of Acceptable Media Presents: Acceptable TV will feature an ever-expanding array of short TV pilots created by Black, Schrab, and Harmon, and amateur Internet filmmakers. The best pilots will be compiled on each Acceptable episode, and viewers can vote online for which shows should get followup episodes. All of the pilots, accepted or not, will be on display at VH1.com.