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“Our idea in going into Funny or Die was that it would be a kind of clubhouse for us and friends of ours who could come and try stuff that they couldn’t do as easily in movies or TV. And it was also about us getting to find new talent,” McKay said.

Now, the partners will take a similar approach in developing programming for HBO.

Good idea or bad idea?

This has the potential to be a great partnership, but the big question for me: is there an audience big enough to support it? The humor at Funny or Die is pretty alt and, of course, free. Whereas HBO is a pay service (duh). Still, HBO is the leader in comedy programming and with the new Bob and David sitcom “David’s Situation”, the other Ferrell/McKay venture “East Bound and Down,” and now this, it looks like HBO is trying to tap into alt humor and get some of that Adult Swim market.

Could be very interesting…

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