Human Giant

Human Giant
The cast of Human Giant (from left to right), Huebel, Scheer and Ansari.
Genre	Sketch comedy
Created by	Aziz Ansari Rob Huebel Paul Scheer Jason Woliner
Starring	Aziz Ansari Rob Huebel Paul Scheer
Opening theme	"Romantic Rights" by Death from Above 1979
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Running time	30 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	3 Arts Entertainment
Release
Original network	MTV
Original release	April 5, 2007 – April 16, 2008
External links
Website

Human Giant was a sketch comedy show on MTV, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and directed primarily by Jason Woliner.

The show ran for two seasons. In interviews, the group has mentioned that they were offered a third season by MTV but were unable to complete it due to Ansari's commitments to the hit NBC show Parks and Recreation, while Ansari mentioned on Howard Stern that the show's end was more because it is hard to keep a sketch show consistently funny over several seasons. However, the group has stated that MTV has left the door open for the group to complete a third season at a later date or to produce a special for the network. In 2010, Ansari, Huebel and Scheer reunited to do a skit for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards.

In November 2008, The Hollywood Reporter noted the group was developing a feature film with Red Hour Productions, the production company run by Ben Stiller and producer Stuart Cornfeld.

The show, which premiered on April 5, 2007, consists of short humorous videos. Some of the clips were first seen online such as "Shutterbugs", as part of Channel 101 NY, "Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru", "The Illusionators" and an unaired skit called "Other Music". Human Giant has also gained a large audience in the New York City comedy scene through live shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade and their weekly comedy show, Crash Test.

The show closed out a Thursday night "10 Spot" line-up for MTV, which also included Pimp My Ride, Short Circuitz (before being put on hiatus), and Adventures in Hollyhood, ending with Human Giant. The line-up started at 9 PM and ended at 11 PM.