Michael Cera: America’s New Comedic Genius

(Editor's Note: Some of the YouTube clips below contain profanity and questionable content. If you are easily offended, step away now!)

Michael Cera is best known as George-Michael, the naive son of Michael Bluth on FOX's legendary "Arrested Development". George-Michael was a scene-stealer on a show full of scene-stealers (I'd rank him just behind Will Arnett's GOB as the show's best character).

Because of Cera's youthful innocence (he was born in 1988 in Brampton, Ontario, for pete's sake), it was sometimes difficult to tell if his brilliance on the show was due to great directing or, best case scenario, Cera was just a perfect fit for the role.

Both are gross underestimations.

Michael Cera is the next comedy god, a baby-faced wunderkind, a prodigy. A boy wonder, if you will.

Substantial evidence #1: Impossible is the Opposite of Possible

This is Cera's first step away from his awkward typecasting on "AD". His self-help guru is spot on, but the joke sometimes veers into the obvious, with scenes of Cera lifting light weights going a bit too on-the-nose. His tale of learning to play the guitar, punctuated with the punch line of rubbing it in the face of his mother is outstanding.

But the video wasn't enough to fully realize Cera's skill, because the premise was just reversing the George-Michael character we expect.

Substantial evidence #2: Michael Cera gets fired from "Knocked Up" (NSFW)