Stand-up career Inspired by his parents' work in comedy and
show business, a 17-year-old Shore made his stand-up debut at the Alley Cat Bistro in
Culver City. "Everyone else in school was filling out their
SAT applications, but I just passed mine back. I knew I wasn't going to go to college." Shore was mentored by
Sam Kinison and opened several of his sets. While touring the comedy club circuit, Shore cultivated an
alter ego persona called "The Weasel". "The Weasel" involved Shore speaking in a
surfer parlance, heavily peppered with
dudespeak slang such as "edged", "melons" and "grinding" as well as his
catchphrase, "Hey, BU-DDY."
MTV Shore's big break came as an on-air
MTV VJ, a position he held from 1989 to 1994. At the height of his MTV fame, Shore had his own show,
Totally Pauly, serving as a host on MTV's annual
Spring Break parties. He also released a music video, "Lisa, Lisa, the One I Adore". Shore provided the voice of Robert "Bobby" Zimuruski in
A Goofy Movie (1995) and its direct-to-video sequel,
An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000). In 1997, Shore starred in the eponymous TV show
Pauly, which was cancelled after five episodes aired. He made a
cameo appearance in the American
rock band
Limp Bizkit music video "
N 2 Gether Now" as a pizza deliveryman and a briefer appearance in "
Break Stuff". The
Golden Raspberry Awards has recognized Shore's film performances several times, awarding him Worst New Star of the Year for
Encino Man, Worst Actor of the Year for
Bio-Dome, and Worst New Star of the Decade for the 1990s, and nominating him for Worst Actor of the Century (which he lost to
Sylvester Stallone). In 2003, Shore produced, wrote, directed and starred in
Pauly Shore Is Dead, a semi-autobiographical
mockumentary, and in 2005, starred in the short-lived reality television series
Minding the Store. In 2010, Shore starred in
Adopted, which sees him traveling to
Africa to adopt a child. In March 2018, Shore appeared as himself in episode 10 of the TV series
Alone Together. In January 2024, following a fan campaign, Shore revealed a teaser for a short film, starring himself as
Richard Simmons titled
The Court Jester. Simmons released a statement revealing that he did not give permission for the short. ==Discography==