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# LA MOCA Debuts Online Comedy Series
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/la-moca-debuts-online-comedy-series/
- Published: 2013-12-25T15:30:09.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:44:46.000Z
- Description: Why would a contemporary art museum launch a web comedy series? Well ... why not, I guess?
- Author: Jillian Steinhauer
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:59 (2012, 2013, part 2)

Why would a contemporary art museum launch a web comedy series? Well … why not, I guess? On its YouTube channel, [MOCAtv](http://www.youtube.com/user/MOCATV/?ref=hyperallergic.com), the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is premiering a new show called *Ambiance Man*, created by writer, director, and photographer [Alix Lambert](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alix%5FLambert?ref=hyperallergic.com). It stars Fred Armisen as the title character, a long-haired, frock-wearing superhero who aims to improve unpleasant situations. As the YouTube description says: “While most super heroes \[*sic*\] are focused on preventing the end of the world, Ambiance Man is focused on transforming the moments that feel like the end of the world.”

According to the [*LA Times*](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-mocatv-comedy-20131219,0,7903432.story?ref=hyperallergic.com#axzz2oJWjQPpJ), the series will also star “Jack Black as uber villain Unidentifiable Odor and performance artist Jibz Cameron, a.k.a., Dynasty Handbag, as the dour Buzz Kill.” They add that *Ambiance Man* is part of a new Art and Comedy initiative on MOCAtv.

Presented here, without comment, are a *Masterpiece Theater*–style introductory video detailing the upbringing of Ambiance Man (above) and the first episode, in two parts. Enjoy.