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…the beard doesn’t need him as much.

We say that because waaaaaaaaay back in 2002 [remember that kids ?!] there was a show on a channel called VH1. You know that channel now as the Crack–Ho Channel.

This show was aimed at making a late night talk show staring an up-and-coming Zach Galifianakis. The show wasn’t great but the fact that the show got canceled and Zach just started to do whatever he wanted the last few weeks knowing he’s canceled is pure comic gold.

You can see some of that gold with the #4 entry on our 5 Best Zach Galifianakis Moments. It’s fantastic!

Here’s a clip with Alan Tudyk Zach looking baby soft with his future Hangover star Bradley Cooper talking about Cooper’s Alias gig.

If one thing can be learned from this video is that sometimes a beard is necessary.

Is the world ready for a Zach Galifianakis takeover?

The timing is right for the portly, bearded hipster who moonlights as an actor in between stand-up comedy shows. He’s tried his hand at sitcoms, movies, and even hosted a late-night show on VH1. The demise of that last venture is a beautiful chronicle of a man unable to fit into the system. The show imploded and was canceled after 9 weeks after being heavily promoted by the network.

The cherub comedian is now poised to take the thunder on his terms. First up is his latest role in the comedy “The Hangover” which opens this weekend and is already in talks for a sequel. The new audience for Galifianakis is perfect timing for the man who loves to incorporate the crowd into his act.

Galifianakis’ humor is a mix of awkward Andy Kaufman stints and skewed Steven Wright perspectives on life. He has a reputation of using ‘bait & switch” tactics during his shows usually involving a planted audience member causing trouble and forcing the show to a stop.

Now, let’s take a look at 5 of the best Zach Galifianakis Moments.

The bread-and-butter of Galifianaki’s’s career is on stage. It is here he is able to exorcise his demons and experiment with the crowd. He’s not afraid to push the comfort levels to the max and you may end up leaving one of his shows wondering what the hell just happened.

The 2005 “Comedians of Comedy” helped Galifianakis break out and led to his popular “Live at the Purple Onion” stand-up DVD which solidified his beard as his best act.

Zach Galifianakis had a short lived show on VH1 called “Late World with Zach” that didn’t go over too well with the VH1 brass. Turns out that Zach just isn’t the corporate-type of guy. Once he had a feeling that the show was cancelled the gloves were off. Shows went crazy real fast with one episode filmed with only one person in the audience (who left halfway) and another where Zach searched for a younger, hipper audience. At a preschool. Where he called the VH1 managers pigs.

The best way to get a first-hand experience on the awkward and unpredictable humor of Zach Galifianakis is to watch his mock-interviews with celebrities. “Between 2 Ferns” is the cheesy cable-access quality show where anything goes including trying to feel up Michael Cera, punching Bradley Cooper, or hitting on Natalie Portman’s dog.

Zach Galifianakis may looked like a disheveled hobo but that has only helped his career. One odd fan happened to be rapper Kanye West who enlisted Zach for a video of the single “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.”

What happened was pure magic. Galifianakis and indie-folk hero Will Oldham went off by themselves and created a video with Zach lip syncing the song on a farm while driving a tractor.

Pure magic.

The unpredictability of Zach Galifianakis and his distaste for corporate culture seem like the a great match up for an ad campaign, right?

Absolute Vodka thought so. And they gave Zach freedom to do whatever he wanted.

Of all the Galifianakis clips, gags and sketches currently in Internet orbit, none have done more to cement his reputation as a leader of the comic avant-garde, curiously enough, than a series of three ads in 2008 for Absolut vodka. “This advertising firm from Sweden called me out of the blue and asked me to do an ad,” Galifianakis said. “The one request they had was to not make it look too ’80s, since Absolut is perceived as kind of an ’80s brand.” He paused there for a moment, clearly savoring the memory. “That’s what gave us the idea to make the skits a kind of homage to ‘The Golden Girls.’

Galifianakis teamed up with Adult Swim’s Tim and Eric to create a 3-part sketch video that really is too bizarre for words but truly epic in it’s oddity

Watch Part 2
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Zach chats with Bradley Cooper, star of “The Hangover” to help continue our “Zach Galifianakis Week.” These awkward interviews are priceless but we agree with Bradley Cooper in that Zach needs to water his ferns.

Sandra Bullock is in for a busy season. After laying somewhat low on the radar since the profitable MISS CONGENIALITY flicks, Sandra is making sure you remember she’s a high-dollar leading lady. We still like Sandra even though she has repeatedly denied our script for SPEED 3: ANNIE’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH DAVE AND THOMAS IN THE NINJA GARDEN OF MONKEY ROBOTS (a little wordy, we know…)

Sandra stars in 2 big romantic flicks this year. The first is THE PROPOSAL with Ryan Reynolds and a grabby Betty White due out in June.

Next up is the stalker comedy ALL ABOUT STEVE in which Mary Horowitz (Bullock) is a desparate single chick with ugly boots who ends up falling head-over-heels for her blind date, Steve . Sadly, Steve (Bradley Cooper) doesn’t feel the same way but that doesn’t stop Mary from following him across the country to change his mind.

Keep an eye out for the underrated Bradley Cooper who is moving up the ladder with a nice, juicy role as the love of Mary’s life. Cooper was recently seen as Jim Carrey’s best friend in the hit YES, MAN and is staring in 5 movies this year. Yikes! That dude needs to give his agent a raise!

ALL ABOUT STEVE opens in theaters March 6th.