Chiwetel Ejiofor reads possibly the funniest letter of recommendation ever
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- In March of 1999, the following letter of recommmendation, written by the president of Pendleton Tool and Die Company about an unusal employee, was reprinted in New Yorker magazine.
Chiwetel Ejiofor joined us to read this hilarious letter at Letters Live at the Alexandra Palace Theatre back in December 2018.
© Kurt Luchs, The New Yorker, 1999
Chiwetel Ejiofor has been a favorite since his remarkable role as the nameless assassin in Serenity.
He has consistently shown himself to be an outstanding talent.
I would gladly listen to this human read cereal ingredients.
Fortunately, he has had the opportunity to share his skills with us all.
The assassin was called Keith.
@@chasdawes7541 ah, the film that bridged the gap between season 1 and season 2. Anytime now friends.
I have an almost strange compulsion, at any mention of Serenity or Firefly, to say this:
How does a Reaver clean their spear?
They run it through the Wash.
@@mrkrunch4340 Too soon…
Such skillful writing is always a delight. Thank you for bringing these to the world.
Thank you for watching! x
Brilliantly written and delivered.
I once wrote in a performance review that one of my co-workers had "delusions of adequacy". Instead of getting a lot of laughter (as Mr. Ejiofor rightly did), I got called in for an awkward conversation with the head of HR.
There is a Kurt at my job.
He was mostly useless for 6 months. Then one day he decided to rage-quit over some minor issue. Fortunately, he scrawled out a resignation letter ("F**k you! I quit!"), wadded it up, and threw it at the GM.
That was at least 2 years ago. He calls once or twice a week and stops by every few months to ask when he'll be hired back.
Beautiful voice ❤
In high school, my brother's best friend was a guy named Kurt.
He was a pretty good guy, just not too bright. One time he noticed someone left the keys in the ignition of a backhoe tractor at a construction site, so he decided to take it for a drive around town.
The construction crew boss decided not to press charges because Kurt wasn't trying to steal it, he just "borrowed" it for about 15 minutes and left it in the ditch where it ended up because he didn't know what he was doing.
Fortunately for Kurt, he didn't cause any real damage.
A wonderfully witty letter read by my favorite actor in the deadpan delivery it deserved 😂
Loved this performance! Funny letter, great delivery.
Wonderful oration.
Kurt sounds like a fun guy.
Everyone needs drinking buddy like Kurt. Not a colleague at work or an employ or a neighbour, but a friend who lives in another state and you meet for a drink once in a while.
Despite being the subject of the "letter", Kurt Luchs is also the author. 😉 He has written for many publications - more details on his website...
Thank you for this information! I was trying to look this up on Google and then realized I should probably check the comments.
Makes sense - I was puzzled as to why any company would have kept such a massive liability on the payroll for 5 years (unless he was the boss's son).
Hilarious!
What a good sport!
I think Kurt may have been my upstairs neighbor some time ago, except he went by Ryan at the time...😄
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I recommend Kurt for the Hall of Legends award. 😂
I have never known or worked with Kurt, but I would like to heartily recommend him for living as far away from me as humanly possible, which I think means Antarctica
Very funny. I didn't want it to end.
Written by a legend, read by. A legend. lol. Curt is also a legend.
tears right now - we all need to write this for those in need
Bloody hilarious!!! ✌️
This Kurt sounds like a real special person 😂😂😂
I think I worked with him at at least one job! It’s the hands thing that’s the give away!
"Do you know what your sin is, Kurt?"
--The Operative
Hell, he's a fan of all seven.
Wonderful and extremely funny❤😂
Love him 😅😂
Brilliant.
Love this letter
I grew up with a "Kurt", I heard that at the factory where he works, people's lunches and women's bums weren't safe.
This reminds me of the Lexicon of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations (by Robert Thornton), which includes such gems as:
To describe an inept person-”I enthusiastically recommend this candidate with no qualifications whatsoever.”
To describe an ex-employee who had problems getting along with fellow workers-”I am pleased to say that this candidate is a former colleague of mine.”
To describe an unproductive candidate-”I can assure you that no person would be better for the job.”
Brilliant!!
Stellar!! ❤❤
Fantastic
Oh bugger , I think he works for me
Blahahahahaha!!! ✌️
Kurt is the irl version of Dwight Schrute, it seems.
Are we sure he's not talking about the crew onboard Firefly and just collectively calling them Kurt?
I'm sending this to every HR person I iknow. So funny.
I don't know if it was made clear at the performance (it isn't in the description above..), but this is a _fake_ letter, written by the supposed subject - Kurt Luchs - who is a humourist.
I think that it's pretty obvious that the letter must be fake - no one would ever write, let alone send, such a letter. It would be much less time consuming to put a sign on your back that says "PLEASE SUE ME."
@@balok63a40 The letter does not explicitly libel the ex-employee, and anyway, since it purports to be a letter of recommendation (and not one written in response to an enquiry to a referee) it would be given to the ex-employee. It would therefore be entirely at the discretion of the ex-employee who got to see it. So I disagree.
This is the politest “fuck this guy” I’ve ever heard
OMG!
Poor Kurt. Although, to be fair, he probably should have known better than to ask that particular former employer for a letter of recommendation. It kinda sounds like he didn't have a lot of options, though.
I think I know Kurt...s
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Sounds like a screenplay for Jim Carrey movie.
This has all the hallmarks of a fictional Shouts & Murmurs article from The New Yorker, not a real letter. Of course, the story of the barrel of bricks is presumed to be fiction as well, but, some things, you just _have_ to read them aloud.
The barrel of bricks is one of the funniest things I have heard read aloud. 😀
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Please tell me Kurt was a washed out police K9, and this would be perfect.
A k-9 who worked as a filing clerk? I'd like to see that.
It sounds a lot like Kurt may be on the Autism Spectrum.
Does anyone know if Letters Live are sold on DVD?
Hooray for for the black job. 😊
Corporate bondage. How funny. 🙄
Great letter, but my goodness, I hope this letter is fiction! Because if this Kurt actually existed... Yikes!
But did he get the job?
Brillaint apart from the "voices in his head" line. We should not be mocking a mental illness if that is what is being described. I'm disappointed
I recommend Kurt for the Hall of Legends award. 😂