TONY Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Open to a random page—say, page 143—in offbeat comedian Chris Elliott’s "novel" Into Hot Air (released last week in paperback), and you might encounter sparkling prose like "What? Don’t be ridiculous. Polar bears and people don’t even have the same blood type," or, a few lines later, "Homely Lizzie—that was her name—was no ordinary prostitute!" [...]
Trends (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Acting career of Chris Elliott. Elliott often tends to play a smarmy character who thinks he is a "ladies' man" and is clueless to the fact that the women cannot stand him. He exploited that in a series of TV ads touting snack foods, in which the women tell him "Get out of here!" (though he does not "get it"). Elliott became known in the early 1980s, when he was a writer...
Left In Aboite (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Abby Elliott, 21 year old daughter of Chris Elliot, will be debuting on Saturday Night Live this Saturday. Elliot, along with Michaela Watkins , were added to the cast to replace Amy Poehler. Here's a sampling of Abby Elliott's work:
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
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...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins have been signed to join Saturday Night Live and will both debut November 15. 21 year old Abby Elliott is the daughter of former SNL cast member Chris Elliott, making her the first child of a former cast member to be hired in the shows history. Elliot’s thin resume includes a [...]
BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Lorne Michaels, in the wake of Amy Poehler's departure, has acted quickly. Late last night, it was reported by a variety of sources that Saturday Night Live has hired two new female cast members, Allison Elliott and Michaela Watkins. An...
DailyStab (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
With Tina Fey and Amy Poehler out, ‘Saturday Night Live’ has added two two fresh faces to fill the shoes of the show’s recently departed female superstars. NBC announced on Thursday that Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins have joined the show this week as featured players. Elliott comes from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, an improv/sketch company co-founded [...]
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Cast and CrewDirectorDamien WayansProducerKeenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Rick AlvarezScreenwriterShawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damien WayansStarringShawn WayansMarlon WayansAmy SedarisEssence AtkinsKeenen Ivory WayansDavid Alan GrierChris Elliott
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' handles Amy Poehler 's departure by hiring in Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins.
Zap2it.com - News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Amy Poehler will be missed, but the show must go on. has added Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins as featured players to the sketch comedy troupe, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Elliott, 26, is the daughter of actor Chris Elliott, which makes her a second-generation "SNL" player. Her father was a cast member of the 1994-1995 season. She's a performer for the Upright...
Frankly My Dear... (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
"I will not pander," the mildly profane, palsied old painter (Peter O'Toole) tells young Thomas Kinkade in the movie, Christmas Cottage. "I will not put crap out on the market!" Oh, Toolie, if only that were so. The great Peter...
ID in the News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Chris Elliott writes in the Cambridge News: Cambridge academics and community leaders have banded together to attack the introduction of Britain’s first wave of ID cards. They fear the new cards, being introduced from tomorrow for foreigners from outside the European Union, will deter overseas students from coming to the city to study - plunging Cambridge into [...]
Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
- Sarah Harding of “Girls Aloud” on Paris Hilton: “If she moved here [to the UK] I would move out, as I can’t stand to be in the same country as the silly cow.”[Radar Online] - Chris Elliott channels Homer Simpson in a mumu and flashes the crowd on David Letterman (link leads to video) [Television.AOL.com] - [...]
The Daily What (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
- Saturday Night Live welcomed two new female cast members : Michaela Watkins and Abby Elliott, daughter of comedian Chris Elliott. While there was certainly a dearth of females on SNL , a more disturbing trend remains: the utter lack of black female cast members. As EW PopWatch blog reminds us , in SNL’s 33 years on the air there have been only four black female hires: Maya Rudolph,...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Wonder how she got the job???? Debuting on this week's SNL is Groundlings veteran Abby Elliott, who will also become the first to start an SNL familial legacy. Abby is the daughter of former cast member Chris Elliott. She will be joining the team along with fellow Groundlings Michaela Watkins. The two were recruited after a months long [...]
