I actually saw this in the theater. My sister and I were pretty bummed about bad news and it was the only movie we didn't have to wait half an hour for, so in we went. We were the only people in the theater, and we talked about what was going on. Finally we just up and left, still crying and upset, and the theater staff took pity on us and gave us some cheddar popcorn to make up for the movie.
Kind of ironic for McDonald to call another comedian out for being "box office poison" considering the string of flops and garbage that makes up a lot of his career. He nominally had top billing in two movies - as far as I know - and both couldn't even earn their budgets back. His TV career is a different subject, but as a leading man and "writer/lead actor in movies, Mc Donald was a complete failure, just like Carrot Top.
The clip of Norm MacDonald hits a little differently now. Love seeing him at his best, it took him less than a SECOND to come up with that quip. What a brilliant mind for comedy.
His picture is up on the wall with the rest of his class. How...unusual? idk, when I started reading that sentence I kind of expected it to end differently than "with the rest of his class", I guess.
OH god, all the worst 90s bad movie tropes in one mess: - Big Srs Business left in the hands of wacky man-child - inventor or quirky, useless inventions - unlikable buffoon gets down to earth woman Just Because - obnoxious fish eye lens Also I'd give anything for Phelous to review this based on how you said he found it insufferable LOL.
Joel Hodgson is a way better prop comedian. The invention exchanges back in his MST3K days were pretty creative. Also, unlike Carrot Top, he wasn't constantly screaming to make everything seem more wacky.
@@Feasco There was something of a feud between Joel Hodgson and that rat Gallagher, after Joel allegedly caught Gallagher rifling through his prop trunk at some venue, presumably looking for ideas to steal.
I think the 'wacky inventor' crazy in 90s movies came about from the success of back to the future and Doc Brown's popularity. Dumb comedies wanted to cash in on that but couldn't think of a good reason for why they invent or what they invent.
I literally had just started watching Neil Blomkamp's new short film, but as soon as this notification popped up... "Fuck this! This shit can wait! Allison has a new video!"
I am dumbfounded how Carrottop made a living as a comedian when he is one of the least funny people to ever exist. Its even more apparent when he is reviewed by Allison, one of the funniest people alive.
He was kind of funny when he first started, but people quickly got tired of his shtick and he never really changed. That's a problem a lot of famous comedians have. What is funny once (in a comedy club setting) isn't funny the 10,000th time years later to a large audience.
I think Alyson and Brad should do a bad movie game that is like horse and chicken combined, each one upping the ante until one of them bows out in disgust, shame, or apoplectic fury.
11:20 "A sexy lady"? She has a name, Allison. That's Cindy Margolis, the most downloaded woman of the 90s. Show some respect. (This is factually accurate, but also a joke. Please read with the same presentation as your show.)
This just in- for the past 10+ years Carrot Top has been comedian one-residence at Luxor Las Vegas and has been earning 13 million dollars a year... so... yeah I still wouldn’t trade places with him
The surfboard emergency brake could work, it'd have to be a giant flap that folds open from the front, obviously the hydrodynamics when folded up would be atrocious, but Carrot Top.
I think I remember a local theater in my area playing this. No, I did not see it, at least not until much later like early or mid-2010s when I caught it on Showtime. Don't ask me why, please.
Police Academy series anyone ? 1984-1994 ... first one budget 4,5 mil , box office 150 mil This movie is from 1998 costed 10 mil , box office 150 000 ... same as Police Academy 7 did in 1994 when all jokes was already old at that point .
Damn, I'm glad that I wasn't aware that this movie came out back in 1998. Courtney Thorne-Smith was probably my biggest celebrity crush back in the Nineties, so I might have thought about going to see it...
This came out in '98? It feels like it came out years earlier, likely just because it seems like the sort of thing that could only have happened between 1993-1995.
elNingyou That's exactly what I thought. I don't remember even hearing about this movie in 98 and never knew it existed until recently. I thought for sure it was released somewhere between 1988 -1995. Everything about it screams late 80s -early 90s.
That's because the whole movie screams "bad pauly shore ripoff" which was about in that same time your thinking and his movies were all the same kind of stuff. With a bit less prop comedy and more stoner vibe.
I just saw the Conan interview with Norm Macdonald and Courtney Thorne-Smith, and it was really funny. To quote Conan himself nowadays 'This interview is not gonna air tonight'.
When I first saw this at the video store, I literally thought it was one of those Direct-to-Video movies and not a movie that was actually screened in theaters.
5:50-5:58 That could describe most of Troom Troom's and 5-Minute Crafts' DIY crafts! In fact, I think this movie might be the inspiration of all their crafts.
johna vita Interesting fact: Charles Rocket was a recurring character on the TV show Touched by an Angel, his character was the angel of death and his name was Adam.
The film would still have more than a fair share of problems, but I think you summed up the biggest one perfectly: Our lead here just isn't a sympathetic character. Compare Chairman of the Board to, say, The Nutty Professor. I'm using the remake since it was closer to CotB's release, but either one could work here. Like this movie, The Nutty Professor featured an eccentric genius with a talent for invention, but it was far better received by critics and audiences alike. While there are plenty of different factors like the particular style of comedy, I think what ultimately separates CotB from it on the most important level is that the Professor was a likable guy. When he got nervous in front of his crush, it was endearingly awkward. When he got excited talking about science, Murphy's energy and charisma in the role made it feel like we were watching a person with genuine passion for their work, and you could get excited with them. When people mocked him for his weight or his lack of confidence, you empathized with him about how low it made him feel. He was clumsy, kept finding himself in bizarre situations, and had plenty of silly quirks, but at his core he was someone that you could relate to and who you wanted to see succeed as a result. Here, there's none of that. The lead's only real character trait is that he's eccentric, and most of those quirks just make him look like a dick. There are never any moments in the movie where it feels like they're really trying to form a connection between him and the audience. Throw in the fact that they rely almost exclusively on prop humor, and it's easy to see why he (and the film) fall short of other movies with eccentric scientists like Sherman Klump or Doc Brown.
I don't know if I got like a VHS copy of this or if it was on tv when I was real young or what, but I totally remember watching this, if only for that beginning baby scene. Maybe seven year-old me just didn't know comedy or something, but the imagery of carrot top and his zany antics were appealing in a visual sense, don't really know if I laughed at it or whatever, but somewhat engaging in a ADD-riddled second grader sense.
You know, Carrot Top and Yahoo Serious should have done a movie together. If they had set it on a high-tech speed boat, we'd be saying "Oscar-winning Carrot Top".
What is most depressing about the thought of this movie is how many people who I like who pop up in it, and people who had careers at the time! Anyway I adore Courtney Thorne Smith for Melrose Place, but boy they must have had something big on her to rope her into this...
my best friend and i couldn't get through the first 30 minutes of Drop Dead Fred, i can't imagine us being able to get thought the first minute of this
Criterion used to do April Fools releases and CHUD and Kindergarden Cop were selected. So if that ever comes back we could get a Chairman of the Board release
His character seems a lot like Pauly Shore, Yahoo Serious, Ernest P Worrell and their man-child godfather, Pee-Wee Herman. The plot sounds lifted from The Jerk.
The only good thing about Chairman of the Board is that it gave us that great Norm MacDonald line. And I bet that Larry Miller fired his agent after they convinced him to do this and "For Richer or Poorer".
Thank Christ I never gotten into Carrot Top. I also recall that the other IMDB Bottom 100 films Allison reviewed in the past are Foodfight, Birdemic 1 & 2, Zombie Nation, Ben & Arthur, Who's Your Caddy, Simon Sez, and It's Pat. 3:50- Just because movies like Armageddon got a Criterion DVD, it sure as shit doesn't mean that stuff like this would ever get one. 5:44- The opening scene to Man of Steel, this is not. 8:21- This also isn't the scenes in Batman Begins where Lucius Fox gives Bruce his wonderful toys. ...I just have DC movies on the mind. I agree that the prop humor in this review is far better that the prop humor in this movie. 11:00- (As Batman)- Bees, my god. People should be happy that Carrot Top (or anyone like him) never appears in the Transformers movies.
Anyone else think that Carrot Top bears a striking resemblance to Clint Howard? Seriously, picture Clint in a Raggedy Ann wig-- the likeness would come pretty close.
Haha would anyone expect anything less from this film? It was directed by Alex Zamm who brought as such GREAT films as Inspector Gadget 2, Doctor Dolittle 5: Million Dollar Mutts, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, Tooth Fairy 2, Jingle All The Way 2....all straight to DVD. I dont really need to go on do I lol?
When I'm having a bad day, when my depression kicks in, when my anxiety won't leave me alone... I come to this video and skip immediately to 9:01
I just watch the Super Fan Cut of "I Am Here...Now." The "please, don't cut off my ear/hand" scene? You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.
Carrot top was crushed by a shark in Sharknado 4 trailer ... no idea if hes in the actual movie .
I actually saw this in the theater. My sister and I were pretty bummed about bad news and it was the only movie we didn't have to wait half an hour for, so in we went. We were the only people in the theater, and we talked about what was going on. Finally we just up and left, still crying and upset, and the theater staff took pity on us and gave us some cheddar popcorn to make up for the movie.
You were a measurable percentage of that $306,000?! Wooooooow.
I hope everything turned out ok for you after that!
@@JacobinCad Surely it could only go up from there.
Godbless those theatre staff
Sorry about the bad news part, but that whole story is a classic comedy setup.
"I cant believe I went to Party City for this"-The title of my autobiography
The Norm Macdonald interview is absolutely hilarious. Norm wasn't even being interviewed and it's funnier than anything carrot top has ever done LOL.
You know it was good because even Carrot Top gushed about it after Norm's death.
Conan's attempt to shut Norm down, only to have it backfire is probably the single greatest moment of unscripted television.
Kind of ironic for McDonald to call another comedian out for being "box office poison" considering the string of flops and garbage that makes up a lot of his career. He nominally had top billing in two movies - as far as I know - and both couldn't even earn their budgets back. His TV career is a different subject, but as a leading man and "writer/lead actor in movies, Mc Donald was a complete failure, just like Carrot Top.
@@henrygvidonas9573 What are you, Carrot Top's disgruntled agent?
No. I saw Carrot Top live 1991, and I have never laughed so hard. Neither Carrot nor Norm could carry a film because they both are an acquired taste
That Norm MacDonald burn on Conan was one of the funniest things Ive ever seen in my entire life.
What was it about bad 90's comedies that thought a wide angle lens automatically meant funny?
Also I LOVED THE PROPS ALLISON
I WONDER WHERE THAT FISH HAS GONE...!
The clip of Norm MacDonald hits a little differently now.
Love seeing him at his best, it took him less than a SECOND to come up with that quip. What a brilliant mind for comedy.
Carrot Top went to my high school and played in the marching band. His picture is up on the wall with the rest of his class.
CynnamonSpyder - I'm so sorry...
CynnamonSpyder Channing Tatum went to my high school, so...same thing? Almost? I'm so sorry, I'll go now.
His picture is up on the wall with the rest of his class.
How...unusual? idk, when I started reading that sentence I kind of expected it to end differently than "with the rest of his class", I guess.
OH god, all the worst 90s bad movie tropes in one mess:
- Big Srs Business left in the hands of wacky man-child
- inventor or quirky, useless inventions
- unlikable buffoon gets down to earth woman Just Because
- obnoxious fish eye lens
Also I'd give anything for Phelous to review this based on how you said he found it insufferable LOL.
And the "villain" is a sensible, responsible person who just wants to run a business properly.
I remember hating this as a kid, and then being reassured that my hatred was correct as an adult.
Your dancing on the intro for this series gets me every time. It's perfection!
Joel Hodgson is a way better prop comedian. The invention exchanges back in his MST3K days were pretty creative. Also, unlike Carrot Top, he wasn't constantly screaming to make everything seem more wacky.
Well, I love Joel Hodgson of mst3k is better than carrot top.
Weird that MST3K sprung forth from prop-comedy, and yet it's BRILLIANT while 99% of prop comedy is insufferable.
@@Alucard-A-La-Carte it's cos Joel was super chill like a stoner and not like a meth tweaker carrot Top came off as
or a complete chud like Gallagher
@@Feasco There was something of a feud between Joel Hodgson and that rat Gallagher, after Joel allegedly caught Gallagher rifling through his prop trunk at some venue, presumably looking for ideas to steal.
@@Alucard-A-La-Carte The bots are the most loveable of props 😊
I keep coming back to these older videos just to re-watch the intros. The music, graphics, the super cute dancing.
For many years I thought Carrot Top was the same person as Yahoo Serious.
That baby looks more like Chucky than anything else.
Oh thank you for including the Norm McDonald clip.
Jerry here,
You killed me with the line "Even the DVD menu is a hot mess! What am I suppose to click on? How do I exit this movie?"
I think the 'wacky inventor' crazy in 90s movies came about from the success of back to the future and Doc Brown's popularity. Dumb comedies wanted to cash in on that but couldn't think of a good reason for why they invent or what they invent.
Yeah, I guess you can also throw in Honey I Shrunk The Kids for successful inventor comedy.
i want to say flubber too ? oh and the nutty professor movies
I think the Rube Goldberg machine in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure might've had something to do with it as well.
Don't forget that gravitas of 'Young Einstein '
I laughed and inappropriately long amount of time at the milk carton joke.
the image of just her face poppin out of that lil hat is so funny too
Imagine being the editor putting all those soundeffects in. I'd cry. And then start to drink.
I literally had just started watching Neil Blomkamp's new short film, but as soon as this notification popped up... "Fuck this! This shit can wait! Allison has a new video!"
The subtle insert of profanity in this narrative is very fitting and hints at the frustration of having to seat through this sparkling gem. Well done
I am dumbfounded how Carrottop made a living as a comedian when he is one of the least funny people to ever exist. Its even more apparent when he is reviewed by Allison, one of the funniest people alive.
It's not that uncommon for completely talentless hacks to be able to make a living at something they're bad at. Just look at Doug Walker.
He was kind of funny when he first started, but people quickly got tired of his shtick and he never really changed. That's a problem a lot of famous comedians have. What is funny once (in a comedy club setting) isn't funny the 10,000th time years later to a large audience.
Corey Hammond I think he's actually had a successful career in Vegas. Please don't ask me how or why.
You have terrible taste. Carrot Top sucks and so does she. No charisma, bland personality and isn't particularly clever.
"Annd he stole my haircut." Lol
I've seen Carrot Top at our county fair a few times, he puts on a good show.
I expected better from the director of Inspector Gadget 2 and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2.
Agree
I’m willing to bet money that WWE actually forgot that they filmed those promos with Carrot Top.
I think Alyson and Brad should do a bad movie game that is like horse and chicken combined, each one upping the ante until one of them bows out in disgust, shame, or apoplectic fury.
9:01-9:05 is one of my favorite jokes!
11:20 "A sexy lady"? She has a name, Allison. That's Cindy Margolis, the most downloaded woman of the 90s. Show some respect.
(This is factually accurate, but also a joke. Please read with the same presentation as your show.)
This just in- for the past 10+ years Carrot Top has been comedian one-residence at Luxor Las Vegas and has been earning 13 million dollars a year... so... yeah I still wouldn’t trade places with him
Anyone else sing along to the intro to Movie Nights? Yeaaaaa! Love your show!
The surfboard emergency brake could work, it'd have to be a giant flap that folds open from the front, obviously the hydrodynamics when folded up would be atrocious, but Carrot Top.
I think I remember a local theater in my area playing this. No, I did not see it, at least not until much later like early or mid-2010s when I caught it on Showtime. Don't ask me why, please.
Your hair are better than Carrot top
Also comedy premise that were generic in the 90's come across as weird now
The 90s were a more carefree time.
Police Academy series anyone ? 1984-1994 ... first one budget 4,5 mil , box office 150 mil
This movie is from 1998 costed 10 mil , box office 150 000 ... same as Police Academy 7 did in 1994 when all jokes was already old at that point .
"That man's probably dead now!" Sadly, ...yes. Wrong guy died.
Carrot top would make a terrifying slasher monster
I unironically loved this movie
I still can't believe you reviewed this lol A+
Damn, I'm glad that I wasn't aware that this movie came out back in 1998. Courtney Thorne-Smith was probably my biggest celebrity crush back in the Nineties, so I might have thought about going to see it...
AHHHH! I love the shirt and tie and suspenders! you look so cute!!
"I bet the board is spelt B.O.R.E.D"
Good work, as always, Allison
This came out in '98? It feels like it came out years earlier, likely just because it seems like the sort of thing that could only have happened between 1993-1995.
elNingyou That's exactly what I thought. I don't remember even hearing about this movie in 98 and never knew it existed until recently. I thought for sure it was released somewhere between 1988 -1995. Everything about it screams late 80s -early 90s.
That's because the whole movie screams "bad pauly shore ripoff" which was about in that same time your thinking and his movies were all the same kind of stuff. With a bit less prop comedy and more stoner vibe.
So Allison, is this your Bushwhacked?
BUSHWHACKED wacked wacked wacked
CARROTWHACKED
8:32-8:40
I mean, it's also called "you can shit on the side of the road"
It's also called a "gas station".
OH DAMN IT, I MADE A PUN.
The film is basically an expanded Carrot Top routine.
I'll take "Movies you misremember as being Pauly Shore movies" for 100, Alex. ....Also, spot on Phelan impression.
Love the suspenders!
I just saw the Conan interview with Norm Macdonald and Courtney Thorne-Smith, and it was really funny. To quote Conan himself nowadays 'This interview is not gonna air tonight'.
I remember watching this but I had forgotten until now
When I first saw this at the video store, I literally thought it was one of those Direct-to-Video movies and not a movie that was actually screened in theaters.
RIP DVD case of 'Santa with Muscles'
the intro for this gets you pumped for #PremiumCannon. Especially that bondian silhouette dancing in the background.
5:50-5:58 That could describe most of Troom Troom's and 5-Minute Crafts' DIY crafts! In fact, I think this movie might be the inspiration of all their crafts.
I feel like Phelans reaction would have been veeerrryyy similar to the beginning of the Five Across the Eyes review hahahaha
No, your haircut looks better than Carrot Top's.
At least it's pat had Charles Rocket, this movie had nothing, it was dead from the start, what a horrible experience.
johna vita Interesting fact: Charles Rocket was a recurring character on the TV show Touched by an Angel, his character was the angel of death and his name was Adam.
Tried searching for "crazy old man will editor" jobs on Indeed... no hits.
Hey the old guy who dies is the actor from Problem Child!! Big Ben!
I love these reviews. Mad props.
Carrottop's even scarier now that he's buffed.
yo he is mad swole now!!
Oh my God! I forgot about this review! I love this one!!!! Like tripping over an old friend!
My father used to use this movie as a form of punishment if I've got bad grades in school
Oh, that is so cruel.
The film would still have more than a fair share of problems, but I think you summed up the biggest one perfectly: Our lead here just isn't a sympathetic character. Compare Chairman of the Board to, say, The Nutty Professor. I'm using the remake since it was closer to CotB's release, but either one could work here. Like this movie, The Nutty Professor featured an eccentric genius with a talent for invention, but it was far better received by critics and audiences alike. While there are plenty of different factors like the particular style of comedy, I think what ultimately separates CotB from it on the most important level is that the Professor was a likable guy. When he got nervous in front of his crush, it was endearingly awkward. When he got excited talking about science, Murphy's energy and charisma in the role made it feel like we were watching a person with genuine passion for their work, and you could get excited with them. When people mocked him for his weight or his lack of confidence, you empathized with him about how low it made him feel. He was clumsy, kept finding himself in bizarre situations, and had plenty of silly quirks, but at his core he was someone that you could relate to and who you wanted to see succeed as a result.
Here, there's none of that. The lead's only real character trait is that he's eccentric, and most of those quirks just make him look like a dick. There are never any moments in the movie where it feels like they're really trying to form a connection between him and the audience. Throw in the fact that they rely almost exclusively on prop humor, and it's easy to see why he (and the film) fall short of other movies with eccentric scientists like Sherman Klump or Doc Brown.
new video...i am new to your channel and allready admire your vids 😅
looking forward to the next...
and...i am afraid of CarrotTop
11:02 - "That man's probably dead now." Yep. Actor Taylor Negron passed away in 2015.
I remember seeing this at my local video store on vhs. I remember that movie cover.
I don't know if I got like a VHS copy of this or if it was on tv when I was real young or what, but I totally remember watching this, if only for that beginning baby scene. Maybe seven year-old me just didn't know comedy or something, but the imagery of carrot top and his zany antics were appealing in a visual sense, don't really know if I laughed at it or whatever, but somewhat engaging in a ADD-riddled second grader sense.
2:12 Hahaha. Allison, your hair is way better.
Trinidad Botello So true, Trinity Bottle.
Carrot Top of the Box Office!
*chuckles*
This is your magnum opus
Dumb and Dumberer started similar, with Lloyd coming out of his own mother. Classy.
Lupa you pull off that hair way better than Carrot Top.
You know, Carrot Top and Yahoo Serious should have done a movie together. If they had set it on a high-tech speed boat, we'd be saying "Oscar-winning Carrot Top".
Holy shit, in theatres for THREE DAYS??? .....wow. That IS impressive.
For a moment I was like "Only starring feature role? What about In The Army Now?" then I checked and no, that was Pauly Shore.
I guess I'm a child of the 90s. I loved this movie. And you know what, I love Billy Madison too. And biodome. And Encino man.
Stripping a corpse because "well I need something to wear" is some textbook sociopathy.
I remember this movie as a kid. I enjoyed it when I saw it however, I am sure it hasn't age well for me. 😂
What is most depressing about the thought of this movie is how many people who I like who pop up in it, and people who had careers at the time! Anyway I adore Courtney Thorne Smith for Melrose Place, but boy they must have had something big on her to rope her into this...
"ive got a break"
thats not how that works. that's not how any of this works.
my best friend and i couldn't get through the first 30 minutes of Drop Dead Fred, i can't imagine us being able to get thought the first minute of this
I remember trying to sit through this at the theatre but I couldnt.
Love the new intro!
Criterion used to do April Fools releases and CHUD and Kindergarden Cop were selected. So if that ever comes back we could get a Chairman of the Board release
but those were good movies. this was shit.
His character seems a lot like Pauly Shore, Yahoo Serious, Ernest P Worrell and their man-child godfather, Pee-Wee Herman. The plot sounds lifted from The Jerk.
This movie makes me feel icky inside.
…even after all these years.
The only good thing about Chairman of the Board is that it gave us that great Norm MacDonald line. And I bet that Larry Miller fired his agent after they convinced him to do this and "For Richer or Poorer".
I've actually run into him (he lives in my town). Very nice person. Just can't stand his acting.
I felt like this was a D-tier Ernest script that Jim Varney said "No, thanks." and they reworked it for Carrot Top.
Do Ringmaster next!
Mmmmh delicious and smooth just like your theme song. Keep these coming👍
Thank Christ I never gotten into Carrot Top. I also recall that the other IMDB Bottom 100 films Allison reviewed in the past are Foodfight, Birdemic 1 & 2, Zombie Nation, Ben & Arthur, Who's Your Caddy, Simon Sez, and It's Pat.
3:50- Just because movies like Armageddon got a Criterion DVD, it sure as shit doesn't mean that stuff like this would ever get one.
5:44- The opening scene to Man of Steel, this is not.
8:21- This also isn't the scenes in Batman Begins where Lucius Fox gives Bruce his wonderful toys. ...I just have DC movies on the mind.
I agree that the prop humor in this review is far better that the prop humor in this movie.
11:00- (As Batman)- Bees, my god.
People should be happy that Carrot Top (or anyone like him) never appears in the Transformers movies.
"More like chairman of the B-O-R-E-D" - Norm MacDonald
you want to know a carrot top fact, he has a 100 million dollar contact in Las Vegas
Loved this movie so God funny
5:14 This movie should be used as pro-choice propaganda.
Anyone else think that Carrot Top bears a striking resemblance to Clint Howard? Seriously, picture Clint in a Raggedy Ann wig-- the likeness would come pretty close.
Haha would anyone expect anything less from this film? It was directed by Alex Zamm who brought as such GREAT films as Inspector Gadget 2, Doctor Dolittle 5: Million Dollar Mutts, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, Tooth Fairy 2, Jingle All The Way 2....all straight to DVD. I dont really need to go on do I lol?
jediknightgeo The same guy who directed two movies staring larry the cable guy