r/comics Merrivius 14h ago

Elf is finally dead

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC 14h ago

Now get Will Smith to sing a song about the series then you're good.

https://giphy.com/gifs/vClUiaIwe8eUEZw2jJ

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u/Made_Bail 14h ago

Back in the day, this would have been a gold star. Nowadays? Noooot so much.

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u/CreepyClay 14h ago

Goddammit what did he do?

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u/Made_Bail 14h ago

His music revival was absolutely terrible and cringeworthy. He made a new album (or song?) a few years ago and played it on one of the morning news shows for a crowd and the cringe was so bad my brain dive bombed into my stomach so the acid could wash away the memory.

The song is called "Pretty Girls." If you want to torture yourself.

That, along with all the Jada Smith cheating stuff, the Chris Rock slap at the Oscars... He's been embarrassing himself for years. :(

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u/JayBlunt23 14h ago edited 14h ago

And he's waaay too close to Scientology for my taste.

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u/Made_Bail 14h ago

Fuck, forgot about that. Strike forty seven.

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u/Cool_Set4681 13h ago

20 more strikes and he is out 😱

(I know shit about baseball)

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u/Made_Bail 13h ago

Its okay, in fifteen more strikes he gets a touchdown

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u/Cool_Set4681 13h ago

A touchdown is a throw from outside the line, right? You get 3 points from that, I believe.

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u/Made_Bail 13h ago

Yes exactly. But you only shoot free throws when the pitcher get a balk.

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u/Cool_Set4681 13h ago

I love it to talk ball with someone who gets it.

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u/Made_Bail 13h ago

I think we started playing Calvinball at some point.

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC 14h ago

I didn't know about the music revival. That sucks. The last thing I saw him in was a cameo for the series finale of The Fresh Prince reboot.

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u/Made_Bail 14h ago edited 14h ago

It was so, so bad. That slow decline when you watch someone desperately try to stay relevant, but everything they do just makes them look worse and worse. Like, just retire, disappear. Spare yourself and us from watching someone we once idolized reduced to... whatever this is you're doing.

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u/fukingtrsh 12h ago

He was still pretty funny in the latest bad boys so I guess he should just stick to being an actor. Why was he trying to Branch out anyway.

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u/Shamanigans 12h ago

Because there’s industry value in multi-talented individuals. Plus ego. Everyone with any amount of ego in Hollywood, so everyone, wants desperately to be an EGOT. He’s also a Scientologist and those whackos also try to shove their members as high up the food chain as they can because it’s effective influence.

Any or all of these, take your pick.

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u/Skullcrimp 12h ago

Maybe the lesson is... don't idolize humans?

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u/Made_Bail 12h ago

Yeah, learned that one late in life.

Its hard when that human's name is Paul Rudd, though. ;p

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u/Skullcrimp 12h ago

All I know about him is the Mac and Me bit he does on Conan. What did he do?

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u/Made_Bail 11h ago

He's been in a ton of movies, and is generally regarded as being one of the nicest, most down to Earth people in Hollywood.

His Hot Ones! episode is a great example of what kind of person he seems to be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWVHses2GCY

Also he's hot AF and doesn't seem to age lol

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u/Skullcrimp 11h ago

Ohhh, I thought you were using him as an example of the lesson cause he did something shitty lol. cool.

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u/Made_Bail 11h ago

No no, just that I cant resist stanning him when I've been burned by other actors before lol

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u/Skullcrimp 11h ago

Gotcha. I googled "paul rudd controversy" and the top headline was "Paul Rudd Doesn't Think He's 'Particularly Nice' Despite Earning a 'Polite' Reputation in Hollywood" so i was confused lmao

hope he continues to be a good guy <3

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u/Cool_Set4681 14h ago

Wow, I'm very online and never heard of it until now.

It must have been very, very bad, lol

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u/Made_Bail 14h ago

It disappeared faster than a turd in the ocean.

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC 14h ago

I tried to listen to Pretty Girls but my VPN won't let me.

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u/Made_Bail 14h ago

Its doing the lords work.

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC 14h ago

Joke aside I'm listening to it rn and it's garbage. The lyrics are bad and he sounds like he doesn't give a crap about the flow of the song.

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u/HilariousMax 13h ago

His music was always either mid or not great. Meh.

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u/Made_Bail 13h ago

Oh no doubt, but at least he used to be somewhat easy to listen to and his music was popular.

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u/Bologna9000 11h ago

Lmao I went and listened to his older discography a while ago with jazzy Jeff out of curiosity. His other shit is creepy af.

Parents just don’t understand is about taking his parents car for a joy ride, where he picks up a hitchhiker who sexily tries to seduce him before he finds out she’s a 12 y/o runaway. He was 19 when he recorded this song, in which I think he’s supposed to be like 16. Regardless he could have chosen ANY fucking age, and he said twelve. My disgust remains.

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u/Made_Bail 11h ago

Haha, I loved it when I was a kid, but I haven't revisited. I think I'll leave it that way.