“Michael and Michael” gets a chance to vent

LOS ANGELES: Comedy Central is developing a pilot for the sketch comedy "Michael and Michael Have Issues" and has added Josh Pais to the cast."Michael," from Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter -- who were members of the writing/acting comedy troupe on the 1990s series "The State" -- is a half-hour project. Its segments address the two men's various issues with themselves, each other and the world at large. Pais plays Jim Biederman, the executive producer of the duo's show within a show. The character takes the name from an actual exec producer on the Comedy Central project.Pais, who next appears in Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York" and the independent comedy "Assassination of a High School President," recently wrapped an untitled comedy from writer-director Nicole Holofcener ("Lovely & Amazing," "Friends With Money").