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Chris Elliott’s Daughter Joins Cast Of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!!
I am – Hercules!!
Abby Elliott, granddaughter of comedy great Bob Elliott (of Bob & Ray fame) and daughter of comedy great and former SNL cast member Chris Elliott (“Get A Life,” “Cabin Boy”), has joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” She’s lent her voice to both “King of the Hill” and Mike Judge’s upcoming ABC series “The Goode Family” and has performed improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
Also joining the SNL cast is Michaela Watkins (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”). She comes out of The Groundlings, the same Los Angeles improv outfit that produced Laraine Newman, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Jan Hooks, Julia Sweeney, Will Ferrell, Cheri Oteri, Ana Gasteyer, Chris Parnell, Chris Kattan, Will Forte and Kristen Wiig.
Paul Rudd hosts the first new post-election SNL this weekend with musical guest Beyonce.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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She's not as ugly as sin. I'm confused. Just hope she's as funny as him.
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Oh, yeah, a post: That should have been Jaden Smith's job.
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Holy crap!
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but I'm curious is Second City still producing any SNLers or are they just picking up UCB and Groundlings and random comedians
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she's looking good in them comedy genes
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I think her mom is keeping a really big secret.
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Chris Elliot:
http://tinyurl.com/5zk3kh
used his sperm to make Abby Elliot:
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the one that isn't funny
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In LA, Second City and IO are about two blocks from each other, and UCB is five minutes away on Franklin next to the Pig (a coffeehouse). Lots of improvers float back and forth between the three locations, sometimes on the same night. Some students from those schools also float over to the Groundlings, Bang, Westside Eclectic....
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perhaps they should hire one of those "black" people i've been hearing about lately to portray the president. and no, part-asian does not count as black.
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Naw, just kidding. Hope she does well.
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first of all thanks to the podosphere for the information on the LA improv scene, I wasn't sure how that all worked.Tron, Reubans was a Groundling but there has been a lot of controversy about his tenure there, when he hit it big with Pee Wee, he made big promises to his Groundling friends that he didn't follow up on, as well as some accusations that he had quite a bit of help in creating Pee Wee from other groundlings (namely Hartman who wrote the first film with Reubens). I'm not sure how much is true or even if I got all the facts right, but there is some bad blood between them. I'm assuming that's why he wasn't mentioned, either that or Herc was just mentioning SNL Groundling alums
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...wow.
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and she's old enough to be an SNL cast member? jesus, i'm OLD.
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I saw a show about 6 years ago at the Groundlings where Reubens was a special guest and he was outstanding. I'm guessing any bad blood has since been washed away. I'm always wary of new "SNL" castmembers, they either have to prove themselves or get fired fast to win my love.
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I've been told I look like Chris Elliott when I have all my facial hair in.
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Anybody else read Live from New York? Chris Elliot and Janeane Garofalo bashed the hell out of SNL in it. Wonder what he thinks about his daughter signing on (and I wonder how amused/apprehensive Lorne Michaels is about it).
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of the Elliot family do voice work? Shows you their casting smarts.Oh please, oh please, Will Farrell do a one-shot this weekend, so you and Rudd can reprise your Anchorman characters..please?
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SNL should take a page from their book and hire a more diverse cast.
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When did that memo come out?
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She's actually pretty cute.
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Nov 13, 2008 9:43:20 AM CST
Of course they haven't tapped Second City alumni in a while...
by eriamjh
... haven't you seen how unfunny they are without them? SCTV, BABY!!!
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Myers looks very lonely by himself. Hire his brother to freak people out.
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He has a twenty-somethign daughter?! God. I'M fucking old.
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His glory days on Letterman, and his cameos in Abyss and Manhunter were 20 years ago..God, now I feel old.
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http://tiny.cc/v4r6F
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Yeah! Portland's own! In addition to her numerous television credits yadda yadda she was in Brainwaves Improv Comedy...the same group as me! I've worked with her several times in different capacities. She's funny, easy on the eyes AND kinda crazy. Bonus.Nice going Mickey!
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Will she do her parts from under the seats? "I'll be watching youuuuuu..."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgLCoW7YUGA / That is a huge shock. I thought she would be as bad as the chick who played Katy Perry. Who is awful. The other new chick is funny too. / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-xKETBhm5s
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he's out of a job, he's funny as hell, plus he's non white so SNL could use him in so many sketchesseriously is anyone else kinda shocked at how white the cast has been for 5 years or so, like asians and black can be funnyp.s chris eliots daughter is hot, i'd lick her ass if i could
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Remember Chris Elliot's spectacular year as an SNL regular in 1994? Some of his bits are classics like.... and... ummmmm..... and let's not forget......
Basically, if she appears in one sketch in a skimpy outfit, her SNL tenure will be far more memorable than her father's.
On a side note, that 1994 cast was a whole host of misued talent that included Elliot, Jay Mohr, Laura Kightlinger, Janeane Garrafalo, Michael McKeon, and Mark McKinney. -
...then she'll be, uh...what's zero divided by 2?
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That's news to me and it ain't cool.
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That was a really good impression of Kirsten Dunst. She doesn't look like Dunst at all, but the voice and mannerisms really sold it for me.
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ba-da-bing! thank you ladies and germs. tip your waitresses. i'll be here all week!
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Nov 14, 2008 12:02:10 AM CST
I dunno how feel about jerking off to Chris Elliot's daughter...
by jimcurry
but I'm gonna do it anyway...
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SNL is variable (mediocre/terrible)...30 ROCK registers zip on the Nielson scale (less than 8 million viewers, 3rd or 4th in its time slot). Chris Elliot's daughter evokes her Dad; equally variable.
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My favorite bit that Chris Elliot did on David Letterman was Conspiracy Guy. "You know who I am," he would tell a clueless Letterman. Then he would go into a crazy rant, and he would be taken away by two men in sun glasses. Elliot was once very funny, but he lost his comedic edge years ago. I don't plan on watching SNL again anytime soon.
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is gone.... and SNL continues. Ah well. A few funny skits, inconsistent music acts... nothing else on Saturday at 11:30. Bring back McCloud!!!!!
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I just laughed out loud at that. GOOD SHIT! hahahaha
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SNL! SNL! Lemme guess, an opening involving politics, an unimaginative ad involving sexual inneundo, andy samberg doing something ironic involving pseudo homoeroticism, and Kristen Wiig doing something genius the show doesn't deserve. Oh yeah and Fred Armisen showing up in every sketch generating negative laughs. Love it!
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clearly people need the snl talkback near the top on saturdays.
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YES. That's what the primetime spin-off should be called.
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As far as I can tell, these new ladies didn't appear, save for Elliot showing up to just pop in and say "action" or something. Did I miss anything else?
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Michaela Watkins was the old lady who slit her own throat in the short. She might also have been "passerby #3" in a later sketch. They both appeared at curtain call, which would have been tough to spot if some of the cast hadn't been literally pointing them out.
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