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476: The Best Chris and Worst Chrises in Pop Culture
In this episode, all the famous Chrises are up for re-Chriscideration. We discuss historically cool Chrises, revisit our own 2017 Chris America Pageant, name-drop the anti-Chrises, and pay a brief homage to the Chrises who didn’t quite make this year’s court. Finally, we narrowed down the field to six Chrises who could be crowned Chris of the Year.
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- History: the name Chris
- Past Chris winners: Christopher Marlowe | Christina Aguilera | Chris Tucker | Chris McCandless | Kristen Stewart (clip: “What are you?”) | Chris Kyles’ fake baby in American Sniper | Kris Kross | Chris O’Donnell | Chris Isaak (see also: Wicked Game) | Chris Carmack (clip: Welcome to the OC, b***h!) | Kristen Wiig (clip: Target lady) | Ludacris (video: “I Wanna” song) | Chris Jackson (clip: George Washington in Hamilton) | Christopher Mintz-Plasse (see also: McLovin)
- 2017 Chris court: Chris Rock | Christian Slater | Christopher Nolan | Chris Pratt | Chris Pine (winner)
- Anti-Chris: Chris Noth | Christopher Plummer | Christopher Nolan (Don't see: Tenet) | Kris Kristopherson | Kris Kringle (“Christ-kinkle”) | Chris D'elia | Chris Cuomo | Chris Paul (The Suns) | chrysanthemums (TIL: mums are the same thing!)
- Chris misses: Christopher Robin (see also: adult Christopher Robin) | Kristoff from Frozen and F2 (Opinion: do you think Sven > Kristoff?) | Kristin Chenoweth (LOL: KC on Family Feud) | Christoph Waltz | Christmas | Krystals | Ruth’s Chris | Criss Angel Mindfreak (fact check: He almost killed Ginuwine?) | Kit Kat (Debate: Is white chocolate chocolate?) | Christina Ricci (upcoming: Harley Quinn podcast)
- Chris of the year finalists: Kris Jenner | Chris Rock (see also: Fargo, Amsterdam, the slap) | Chris Pratt (rabbit trails: Mario voice, lightning rod) | Chris Evans (see also: Lizzo, Christmas movie with The Rock)| Chris Hemsworth (evidence: Days of our Lives, DWTS, Hulk Hogan biopic)| Christian Bale (read: GQ interview, The Church of Living Dangerously)
- Red light mentions: Taylor Swift Midnights clock, Tom Brady
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