The Elliott family—that’s Chris Elliott, Paula Niedert, and their two daughters, Abby and Bridey Elliott—is collaborating on a film for the first time. Written and directed by Bridey, Clara’s Ghost follows a self-absorbed showbiz family over the course of a single evening as they deal with personal demons. At the…
The Elliott family—that’s Chris Elliott, Paula Niedert, and their two daughters, Abby and Bridey Elliott—is collaborating on a film for the first time. Directed by Bridey, Clara’s Ghost follows a self-absorbed showbiz family over the course of a single evening as they deal with personal demons—and some potentially…
What does it take to build a successful, decade-spanning marriage? At Sundance, after the premiere of their film Clara’s Ghost, we spoke with Chris Elliott and Paula Neidert, who have been married for over 30 years, about the secret to their success.
Last week, Last Man On Earth unceremoniously sent Pamela and Glenn back to the mainland to search for Glenn’s likely deceased children. Thus, “Wisconsin” is the first episode this season just to feature the core ensemble (plus Jasper, who wanders in and out of frame depending on the needs of any given scene). The…
This week’s episode of The Last Man On Earth features not one, but two guest stars. First, Kristen Wiig as Pamela Brinton, a former socialite and philanthropist who sought shelter in an underground bunker for three years, slowly found the gang aboard their yacht, alienated them all with her haughty behavior, and then…
My World Of Flops is Nathan Rabin’s survey of books, television shows, musical releases, or other forms of entertainment that were financial flops, critical failures, or lack a substantial cult following.
Bob Elliott, one half of the comedy duo Bob And Ray, has died at age 92. With his late partner, Ray Goulding, who died in 1990, Elliott spent decades perfecting a specific kind of humor: bone-dry, low-key, often bracingly dark, and completely absurd and surreal. Bob And Ray’s countless characters are capable of saying…
For fans of comic absurdity, there was nothing like Fox’s early slate of sitcoms. Perhaps the channel’s early prime-time high point (or nadir, depending on your sense of humor) was Get A Life, the Chris Elliott vehicle that premiered on September 23, 1990, and ran for two seasons. The show starred Elliott as an…
The special features on the complete Get A Life DVD collection include the usual goodies—commentary tracks from creator David Mirkin (co-creator Adam Resnick and star Chris Elliott are conspicuously absent), featurettes in which comedy heavyweights such as Judd Apatow and James L. Brooks wax rhapsodic on their love…
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question you’d…
