Hey We Know That Guy

The LA Times, in their Gems of this TV season:

Max, on "TMZ" (syndicated): Amid the committed cluelessness of show macher Harvey Levin and the near-sycophancy of his fellow reporters, the surfer-esque post-irony of "TMZ's" Max is welcome and intriguing. His colleagues are honed cynics, but he, with his broad face and shaggy blond hair, instead sells childlike innocence about the ways of Hollywood. Levin often pokes at his limited reference points, but when you're holding forth on Patrick Dempsey's "goofy-looking Porsche," what more do you need? As Mark McGrath of "Extra" encouraged him this year: Max, get your own show -- your rad reports are too beautiful for this world. (Or, apparently, a last name -- "TMZ" declined to provide it.)