8. Adam McKay & Will Ferrell

You're probably asking yourself who the hell Adam McKay is. He's the guy who co-wrote and directed 2004's
Anchorman and this year's
Talladega Nights and helps make Will Ferrell so damn funny. Together, they're a lethal combination (assuming you're highly allergic to really funny movies). Talladega's trailer contained more genuine laughs than most feature-length comedies. (We're looking at you,
You, Me & Dupree.)
7. Tina Fey

What do you do when you've outgrown
SNL, where you broke into the old boys' club enough to become the first female head writer in the show's history? If you're Fey, you start up a new show based largely on that experience. The show,
30 Rock, airs on NBC and stars
SNL alums Tracy Morgan and Rachel Dratch as well as 1,375-time
SNL host Alec Baldwin. If Fey's success on
SNL is any indication,
30 Rock should be around for a while.
6. Seth Green & Matt Senreich

If your knowledge of Green is limited to his cameo work as Dr. Evil's son in the
Austin Powers movies, then you don't know what you're missing. If your knowledge of Senreich goes in any way beyond the duo' current project,
Robot Chicken, then you're probably his mom (in which case, thanks for reading, Mrs. Senreich!). The pair' stop-motion animation show bolsters Adult Swim's lineup with hilarious send-ups of pop culture, consistently-and lovingly-trashing childhood TV memories and never thinking twice about tackling issues like cancer, animal abuse or rampant addiction.
5. Jeremy Piven

Piven's work as Ari Gold on
Entourage has earned him a reprieve from his earlier work on
Grace Under Fire and
Ellen. Hey, a man's gotta eat, and if a few ill-advised career moves led to his current phenomenal job of playing agent-with-an-attitude Gold, then so much the better. Early on, Piven showed off his comedic chops in
PCU and
Old School, and now shows no signs of looking back. Playing someone who would rather kick his own mother in the throat than waste time on an unimportant meeting, it appears the well-traveled actor has finally found his niche.
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