Jack Black needed a “little blast of oxygen” after snagging the Comedic Genius Award at the MTV Movie and TV Awards.
Jack Black needed air as he won the Comedic Genius Award at the MTV Movie and Music Awards
The ‘Nacho Libre’ star dedicated his award to “all the School of Rockers out there” - referencing the classic 2003 movie - and gave a shout-out to his “Tenacious D-isciples” - the fans of the comedy rock duo he created with Kyle Gass - while he picked up the accolade.
After a career highlights montage and parading on-stage to Twisted Sister’s ‘I Wanna Rock’ and accepting the gong, the 52-year-old actor said: "I need a little blast of oxygen!"
Jack continued: “Comedic Genius, are you kidding? For what?,” before listing many of the funny flick that have made him a household name and getting a devil horn from his 61-year-old music partner sitting in the audience.
"I don't deserve this but I will take it. Thank you MTV! This is for all the School of Rockers out there and for all the Tenacious D-sciples."
Jack went on to thank his wife, Tanya Haden and their “two incredible boys,” Tom, 14, and Samuel, 15.
The ‘Jumanji’ star was introduced by Awkwafina, who described him as "a guy that makes us laugh 'til we cry,” while gushing about his rocker status, a gamer and a “facial-hair aficionado” and being “one of the nicest guys on the planet”.
Of the award - whose previous winners include Kevin Hart, Melissa McCarthy and Sacha Baron Cohen - MTV said: The Comedic Genius designation 'honors an actor who has made incomparable contributions to the world of comedy, providing a major influence through their work and transforming the genre at large' — and what could better describe Black's work in both film and the musical sphere, where his band Tenacious D has made a Grammy-winning career out of embracing spectacle (and pure rock and roll attitude)."
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