Chris Gethard

1 sketch, 9 claims, and 9 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

Blank Check with Griffin & David: As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard (guest)

Loves an unapologetic dickhead performance and Star Wars minutiae (memorized the encyclopedia in high school); a sucker for Helen Hunt and for underdog films like Breaking Away. Can't stand Poe Dameron's mutiny, bad-movie-in-theaters stories, or romances where a straight man and woman can't just respect each other.

Stances

  • Kinnear's performance is the best in the film and may be his career peak
  • Poe Dameron is a war criminal
  • Wants straight male/female friendships that stay non-romantic
  • Nicholson in this film is top three for lovable dickheads

Humor: Rambling, self-deprecating, and gleefully obsessive, treating Star Wars lore like legal argument.

In their words

  • “But the one thing I'll say right away is I love a good, unapologetic dickhead character.” (0:32:35)
  • “Having memorized the Star Wars encyclopedia in high school, I know the name of the Soleston that signed the compact of the new Republic” (0:20:50)
  • “I think there is a lack of movies in which a straight man and a straight woman have mutual respect for each other that isn't romantic and that's how it ends.” (1:56:42)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Their claims

Showing 1–9 of 9 claims.

  1. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi. Chris jokes both films are secretly about Nien Nunb.
    “Force Awakens and Last Jedi have both secretly been about Nee and Nub.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:14:49 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens → Wedge Antilles. The Max Fonsito character was meant to be Wedge, but the actor held out for a bigger part.
    “The Max Fonsito character in Force Awakens was supposed to be Wedge as like a handshake.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:15:42 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): As Good as It Gets → Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Chris ranks Nicholson's unapologetic jerk alongside Steve Martin in Planes, Trains and Automobiles among the best comedic performances.
    “Steve Martin in Plains Trains and Audible.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:33:09 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): As Good as It Gets → Greg Kinnear. Chris asks if the film is Kinnear's career peak.
    “as good as it gets, is it peak Kaneer?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:45:55 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Joaquin Phoenix → Gladiator. Chris likes Phoenix's Gladiator performance.
    “I'll say, I really appreciated his performance in Gladiator.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:05:43 · Chris Gethard (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. people (people): Joel Schumacher → 8mm. Roberts named Flatliners and Gandolfini named 8mm as their regrets; both are Schumacher films.
    “And then Julie Roberts said, oh, we both said Joel Schumacher movies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:07:33 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. people (people): Mike Nichols → Judd Apatow. Chris could have met Nichols through Apatow to talk about early improv.
    “and he mentioned that he had just met Mike Nichols.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:19:52 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Shane Black → Iron Man 3. Shane Black (cameo here) directed Iron Man 3, which cut Chris.
    “Director of Fireman 3, who later cut me from his film.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:36:26 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  9. programming (programming): Breaking Away → The Outsiders. Chris watched both for the first time back to back on planes.
    “Yeah, I watched that and the outsiders back to back on planes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:50:00 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)

Their fun items

Showing 1–9 of 9 fun items.

  1. fun, about Al Roker / The Chris Gethard Show: Roker turned Chris down on Christmas Eve 2009, so Chris went bigger and tweeted at Diddy, launching his career.
    “You could say that a lot of my career took off because Al Roker rejected me.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:05:13 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Star Wars: The Last Jedi / Poe Dameron: Chris's rant that Poe is a mutineer and war criminal responsible for most of the rebels' deaths.
    “This guy, by the standards of any military outfit, should be they should behead him on TV for treason and mutiny.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:10:17 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Wedge Antilles: Chris tells the story that Wedge's actor held out for a bigger part and the studio shrugged.
    “Or we'll just fucking draw this in a computer, dick.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:16:00 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Chris Gethard: He still gets residual checks for three movies he was cut out of, including Iron Man 3.
    “I get residuals from 3 movies I was cut out of, which is insane.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:16:34 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Jack Nicholson: Chris puts Melvin Udall in his top three unapologetic dickhead performances.
    “I think Jack Nicholson and this might be in my top three.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:32:43 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about 8mm: Chris describes the needle-reset-on-a-record scare as a terrifying moment.
    “and there's a vinyl record playing, and it runs out, and then you hear the needle get reset from another room”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:06:49 · Chris Gethard (0.70 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Mike Nichols: Chris missed a chance to talk early improv with Nichols via Judd Apatow.
    “I could have sat with Mike Nichols and just talked about the earliest days of improv.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:20:29 · Chris Gethard (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about The Wolfman: Chris walked out and the crowd applauded his timing.
    “I popped out of my seat and walked out with such good timing that the crowd applauded my walkout.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 2:03:08 · Chris Gethard (0.70 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Soul Plane: Chris took a date to see it; audience was mostly Hasidic Jews and one uncomfortable black man.
    “I took a lady on a date in high school to see Soul Plane”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 2:05:09 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)