superior writing career?
http://ca.pbsstatic.com/l/01/7301/9780385297301.jpg
point: chris elliott
― ☝ (am0n), Monday, 5 September 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
does stern have a cute daughter w/ poor taste in men?
― balls, Monday, 5 September 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
both have been kind of adrift since the mid-'90s, but Elliott has gotten back to what he does best with "Eagleheart" whereas Stern's CV from Bushwacked onward is fully depressing.
― big spiritual hat club (some dude), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
elliott turns up in tiny bit parts on (usually cbs) sitcoms ALOT
― balls, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
― big spiritual hat club (some dude), Monday, September 5, 2011 9:06 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark
Whip It is really good - i actually started marinating on this poll idea months ago when i watched it found myself wondering who the fat old guy playing ellen page's dad was, then doing a double-take when i realized it was DS
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
elliott was p good as lily's dad on how i met your mother
― max, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:23 (twelve years ago) link
also i spent all this time thinking that elliott was in celtic pride. but it was stern!!!!
― max, Monday, September 5, 2011 2:24 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark
see, we needed this poll!!
― https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Monday, September 5, 2011 6:54 PM (Yesterday)
ya when i saw this thread my first thought was 'i don't know who chris elliott is but i bet it's that guy i always mix up with daniel stern', and INDEED. this discussion will save me from having to visit Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up! the next time it comes to mind.
― known for melding an outrageous stage presence with tenacious hooks (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 19 September 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
still weird me out that so many people apparently mix these 2 up, they have such fundamentally different voices/personalities/hair/etc. imo.
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 11:50 (twelve years ago) link
I rewatched Home Alone a couple weeks back, and as an adult, the Rube Goldberg torture sequence at the end is kinda hard to take. It almost feels like a dry run for The Passion of the Christ: by the time Pesci's head gets subjected to the blowtorch, your brain shuts down and the burglars completely cease to exist.
I can't imagine how parents took it
― "You're such a species-ist." (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
how is this even a question/comparison? I don't see what the two have in common at all, apart from being slightly bug-eyed I guess.
Chris Elliot in a walk
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I've never misted these two up at all. Another Elliot fan here. I haven't seen it in years but there was a time in my life where I watched Cabin Boy more than any one person ever should. I'd revisit it now but I'm afraid I'd hate it and I don't want to tarnish the memory.
― will eat pudding (ENBB), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
misted these two up at all
err, mixed
― will eat pudding (ENBB), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
I already regret my vote
― ███★★★███ (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
god that Leno thing is so awesome
"this chin cost me $800 out of my own pocket"
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwUl9HjahRg&feature=related
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
Love that. "I'm a comedy porcupine!"
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltjg74q1eq1qzjw8go1_400.jpg
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
v beautiful hair chris
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 27 October 2011 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
why would someone photoshop chris elliot's face onto richard marx?
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 27 October 2011 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
Had no idea he had some Adult Swim show.
I was in attendance for his Neil Diamond cover last week:
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2011/12/comedian_chris_elliott_feelies.html
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
watching Cabin Boy right now!
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
― https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Monday, September 5, 2011 9:45 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark
lol i was absent mindedly half watching this movie and it took an hour before i realized that wasn't Randy Quaid
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:25 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― Hungry4Ass, Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:27 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRIWTliXJU4&feature=related
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 26 October 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.fright.com/edge/WhosAfraidOfChris.htm American comedy from this era is mostly unknown to me, I've never heard of Get A Life. Was Elliott really so hated and was the comedy scene really so macho?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 14 December 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
I think that guy is overstating things pretty majorly. Elliott was more cult/marginal than hated -- he was working for Letterman back when Letterman was the weird guy at 12:35, and Get A Life was on FOX back when FOX had like 2 hit shows and a bunch of stuff that was pretty much off the pop culture radar. Cabin Boy was the moment where a bunch of movie critics suddenly were confronted with this guy and panned him, but i doubt it was reviewed worse than Billy Madison, the difference was just that Sandler's movies made money.
I think Elliott kinda was ahead of his time -- he was more in step with the kind of that became cool circa Mr. Show but by that time he had already flunked out of SNL and was kind of an old guy, spent 15 years just popping up in Farrelly Bros and Wayans Bros movies until things cycled around to the point that something like Adult Swim existed to give him a proper starring vehicle.
― some dude, Sunday, 14 December 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
Totally agree with some dude. Show me ANY critic who didn't like Get a Life. It was universally critically acclaimed. People who knew Chris Elliott from his Letterman appearances loved the show and even people who were not familiar with him became converts because of that show. Yeah, it lasted two seasons... just like Twin Peaks lasted two seasons.
― Josefa, Monday, 15 December 2014 01:18 (nine years ago) link
Some dude otm
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 December 2014 02:57 (nine years ago) link
How is there not a dedicated Chris Elliott thread. Seriously. Come on, people.
Anyway, new special edition Cabin Boy blu-ray is coming from Kino. Loving this cover:
http://images2.static-bluray.com/movies/covers/43221_large.jpg
― Rep. Bob Excellentfrappuccino (Old Lunch), Friday, 22 June 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
YES!!
― An Uphill Battle For Legumes (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 23 June 2018 11:59 (five years ago) link
this was a really weird poll. Stern is/was an actor, CE is a comedian.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 23 June 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link