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The only reason why she did the film was she really wanted to do comedy after doing 5 years of drama on "Melrose Place". To this day, Courtney has never seen the film. In the same Conan interview, Norm MacDonald made a joke that the 'board' in "Chairman of the Board" is spelled B-O-R-E-D.
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is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Alex Zamm, and starring Carrot Top in his only lead role in a feature-length film. In the film, a surfer and inventor named Edison inherits and runs a billionaire's company. It was poorly received by both critics and audiences. Both Carrot Top and Raquel Welch received Razzie nominations for the 1999 Golde...
Edison (Carrot Top) is a poor, failed inventor and surf bum who's spent his rent money on another unsuccessful invention. After failing to make money at a variety of jobs, Edison soon runs into a wealthy business magnate Armand McMillan (Jack Warden) whose car has broken down on the side of the road. After Edison uses his inventions to assist Arman...
•Carrot Top – Edison
•Courtney Thorne-Smith – Natalie Stockwell
•Larry Miller – Bradford McMillan
•Raquel Welch – Grace Kosik
•Mystro Clark – Ty
•Jack Plotnick – Zak
received negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 13% based on reviews from 8 critics.
During a promotional appearance for the film on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Thorne-Smith was the second guest after comedian Norm Macdonald, who frequently interrupted Thorne-Smith's attempt to promote the movie with jokes about Carrot Top and the movie failing at the box office. Macdonald even went so far as to say that the film's title should be "Box Office Poison", and joked that the actual title should be spelled Chairman of the Bored. This led to the apparent surprise and amusement of O'Brien, the audience, and even Thorne-Smith. This interview was selected as a top moment from Late Night in several compilation episodes and specials.
David Kronke of the Los Angeles Times referred to the film as "a standard-issue rags-to-riches plot, enlivened by only by a tchotchke-heavy production design that might engage those entranced by bright, shiny objects", and compared the film to "Good Burger, but with French tickler jokes."
Comedian and former Mystery Science Theater 3000 host Michael J. Nelson named the film the fifth worst comedy ever made.
Chairman of the Board. Film. Trivia. YMMV. Create Subpage. "I bet the "Board" is spelled B-O-R-E-D." After establishing himself in The '90s as America's premier prop comic, Scott Thompson — better known as Carrot Top — made the jump to feature films with this 1998 comedy directed by Alex Zamm.
Chairman of the Board is a 1998 comedy film directed by Alex Zamm, starring Courtney Thorne-Smith and Carrot Top. In the film, a surfer and inventor named Edison inherits and runs a billionaire's company. It was poorly received by both critics and audiences.
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Chairman of the Board (1998) Directed by Alex Zamm Genres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Slapstick , Workplace Comedy | Release Date - Mar 13, 1998 (USA - Unknown), Mar 13, 1998 (USA) | Run Time - 95 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating -
Comedy. PG13. Watchlist. Mop-haired comic Carrot Top makes his big-screen debut as a nerdy, unemployed surfer whose chance encounter with a wealthy businessman ends with him becoming the head of...
