A favorite pastime for my friends and I, is to make fun of television celebrities, oh how we wish that there was a job where we could do this full time, luckily there is ” The Soup, but that job seems to be taken by the witty sarcastic Joel McHale and we dont mind one little bit.

The Soup, which began its life as Talk Soup in 1991 has had a slew of hosts starting with Greg Kinnear who won an Emmy in 1995 for his work but left soon after to pursue acting. While there were a number of hosts after he left, including Aisha Tyler, and John Henson, it wasnt until 2004 when Joel McHale came on board that the show was resurrected to its now cult hit status.

While it started with the new name the What The? Awards it was quickly renamed The Soup ” and thank goodness for that. Its current name is not only much easier to remember but recognizes its roots of the original Talk Soup.

The wit and sarcastic jokes that Joel McHale uses on the show has not only captured the fans attention, but also Hollywood has taken notice and he has since been offered a role in the upcoming The Informant movie with Matt Damon, and also the NBC pilot Community with Chevy Chase.

Joel McHale has always said that he came to Hollywood to make movies and his dream is about to come true when The Informant is released in September 2009 which he plays an FBI agent alongside Matt Damon and Scott Bakula.

Each The Soup segment focuses on the various types of television genres and includes fan favourites such as Chicks Man, Reality Show Clip Time, and Who’s Pissing Steve Edwards Off This Week.

The Soup also has many different characters that help make it funny including Mankini, Spaghetti Cat, the Star Wars nerds, Matt the Intern and more recently the Hollywood Douche.

Lou the Chihuahua is another favourite character on the show but is not owned by Joel McHale as some people think. Lou is actually owned by executive producer Edward Boyd.

The Soup specials appear regularly as well. Often called The Soup Presents …, these show some of the funniest television clips of that year that have previously been on the show.

While Joel McHale has said that he has no plans to leave The Soup, with his acting career taking off that will remain to be seen.