Me and my friend Nancy Jo saw this in a theatre in the village when it came out. It was a full house. After it was over, nobody would leave the theatre. We all cheered and chanted so hard that they played it again. It was pretty cool!
I’m reading a Playboy from March 1992 page 24 upper left hand corner Linda Konner wrote that Steve won an Oscar in 1989 for this, so I had to watch. He and I were born a few month apart in 1955 and I’m from Boston too. Thanks for posting.
This is an ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE! In this short film, Steven Wright has captured what it is like to have an INTP mind in a way that will NEVER be topped.
Never heard of this live action short until today when I watched Steven Wright on Colbert, on UA-cam. The comments led me here. I completely lost it during the scene when he's sitting alone watching TV and it's of a guy watching HIM on TV -- watching each other. Why? I don't know!
Easter egg: the film setting jumps all over the US. First it's in Seattle (Steven reads the "Seattle Chronicle" in the waiting room) then he has an apartment just above Worth Auto Parts in Worth, Illinois, then he sees on television his girlfriend and analyst in Greenwich Village. There may be more jumps; those are just the ones I noted during one viewing.
I met Steven in SeaTac airport. I think he was surprised I recognized him and that I asked for his autograph. I was over the moon! I LOVED his comedy specials and any time I caught him in a tv show or movie. Even in Swan Princess. He asked if I was traveling to New York and I told him I was just seeing my mom off and he said that was a shame. He wrote some flattering comment on the paper and I told him thank you. I wished I could have stayed talking with him but my mom was nervous about flying and I was getting the stink eye from her and my stepdad. 🙄 Plus I didn’t want to be a pest. Such a funny guy! And very nice!
Does nobody see the Eraserhead similarities?The wind blowing at the beginning.The loud whining of the elevator?The bizarre content?I can't believe there were no followups to this.This is brilliant!
Thank you so much for posting this! I feared this was lost humor. Saw this, Dr Strange Love, Jacob's Ladder, A Clockwork Orange on borrowed tapes circa 1991 far too many times to be healthy. Thanks for the relapse. :)
Those Oscar statuettes are actually lifesize, they just look small because the actors are all midget giants. The carpets are called red, but the shows are actually filmed in black and white. That is true acting. Steven was filming a documentary that night of himself winning the Oscar, but the music played him offstage for a commercial so it couldn't be released as a full feature film, just the shortest musical ever made. He had expected a lot more swag in the gift bag backstage, but all he got was an alarm clock that rang in braille. After a heated discussion with the staff, they finally agreed to swap it out for another clock, but that one only had the number '12'. They said, "Don't complain, these clocks are exactly right twice a day. You'll just have to organize your schedule around it." He was so nervous he had hired someone to ghostwrite his acceptance speech that evening, but unfortunately it was a mime.
As an Irishman I'm quite proud Steven Wright had the sound of the Uileann Pipes (a traditional Irish Instrument) in the background of the scene from 6:55 to 7:36. That's great lol
Very weird, but very funny! This video hasn't had me sitting in front of it, listening to it and seeing it before. At least as far as my Swiss cheese memory can recall. Not only does my memory have holes in it, but it kinda smells like Swiss cheese at times.
Does this story take place in the _Frasier_ universe? It's about a man who visits a contemptible psychiatrist, David Hyde Pierce has a cameo at the restaurant, and Steven even reads from a Seattle newspaper at one point -- but then, this came out before that show... does _Frasier_ take place in Dennis Jennings' universe? 0_o
why do commenters repeat lines from the film?I just watched it .You don't have to repeat it for me.This was brilliant and surreal.Can't understand why he didn't make more.Best part was flipping the light switch and all the electronics came on.
StringDeposit + glad , it did . S . Wright should have strived to do many more , that was his 'green light' at that time , he should have ran with it , but wtf? Do I know? Would have been great tho'
Those Oscar statuettes are actually lifesize, they just look small because the actors are all midget giants. The carpets are all called red, but the shows are actually filmed in black and white. That is true acting. Steven was filming a documentary that night of himself winning the Oscar, but the music played him offstage for a commercial so it couldn't be released as a full feature film, just the shortest musical ever made. He had expected a lot more swag in the gift bag backstage, but all he got was an alarm clock that rang in braille. After a heated discussion with the staff, they finally agreed to swap it out for another clock, but that one only had the number '12'. They said, "Don't complain, these clocks are exactly right twice a day. You'll just have to organize your day around it." He was so nervous he had hired someone to ghostwrite his acceptance speech that evening, but unfortunately it was a mime.
My goodness. It's some of funniest stuff I've ever seen, but the dark humour is just...not my style. I'm torn between bad ideas and fantastic execution.
I've always liked Steven Wright, but why does my boss feel like I owe him 27 Minutes of my life back? Maybe its because I watched this at work. RIP S.W.
Yes, I'd always thought it was filmed by UK BBC because that's where I recorded it from 30 years ago, and also it featured Rowan Atkinson. But the locations are NYC.
@@hellochicago2 Someone in comments said it was filmed in Seattle, Chicago and NYC. The commenter states why he thought so. (It's the "Easter Egg" comment.) Dang! I need to watch this again. And again. Too many subtleties for 1 go. Another commenter added a link to Steven's Oscar speech. (Including time stamp.) Thank for uploading this short. I just watched a pretty recent radio (studio) interview, and the host mentioned this film. I'd never heard of it. And here it is. Thanks again. 💖
Me and my friend Nancy Jo saw this in a theatre in the village when it came out. It was a full house. After it was over, nobody would leave the theatre. We all cheered and chanted so hard that they played it again. It was pretty cool!
The good weird and quirky ones caught onto Steven Wright early on. You either got him or you never did. Always loved his work💕
Always will be the one I go to to make me laugh. Steven Wright is a comedian like no other.
Won the Oscar for Best Live-Action Short in 1988!
His acceptance speech is perfect! (The speech begins at 5:45 - ua-cam.com/video/H74Vk5-X74w/v-deo.html)
@@MrUndersolo That was pure Steven. Thanks for the link.
I’m reading a Playboy from March 1992 page 24 upper left hand corner Linda Konner wrote that Steve won an Oscar in 1989 for this, so I had to watch. He and I were born a few month apart in 1955 and I’m from Boston too. Thanks for posting.
“It’s a Leap Year so all the soups are off by one day.” 🤣🤣🤣
Time will no longer tell.
This is an ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE! In this short film, Steven Wright has captured what it is like to have an INTP mind in a way that will NEVER be topped.
The most beautiful girl in all the land
For you to base his comedic style on a pseudoscientific personality type is absolutely ridiculous.
i9418 "pseudoscientific"... 🤣. Spoken as a true Sensor, downtown julia brown.
@rsngfrce Using MBTI terminology to label someone as a "fool" for disagreeing with you about that exact topic: Hilarious!
@@juliabrowni9418Oh, yeah, Julia? Well, the jerk store called, and they're running out of you.
Newspaper headline: 'Time Will No Longer Tell'.
'Fifty Die In Safety Demonstration'.
"How do I know you're not just saying that because it's true?"
Still use this line to this day.
I don't know if she's pretty or if she just looks pretty.
I tried daydreaming but my mind kept wandering...
Never heard of this live action short until today when I watched Steven Wright on Colbert, on UA-cam. The comments led me here. I completely lost it during the scene when he's sitting alone watching TV and it's of a guy watching HIM on TV -- watching each other. Why? I don't know!
Holy crap, the bit with the shovel made me have to pause the video. He won an Oscar, how did he not make more movies?
Haha "How are you doing today?" "Do you mean me, personally?"
Bye sweet sparrow....legs
Oscar winning short film. Steven Wright won an Oscar. And what a cast. A lot of up and comers in this short film.
He won an Oscar for this 👏
It’s on UA-cam
@@marioiacolucci this is from 1988
@@AliFareedMC Thanks buddy
Just became one of my new favorite short films
Easter egg: the film setting jumps all over the US. First it's in Seattle (Steven reads the "Seattle Chronicle" in the waiting room) then he has an apartment just above Worth Auto Parts in Worth, Illinois, then he sees on television his girlfriend and analyst in Greenwich Village. There may be more jumps; those are just the ones I noted during one viewing.
What's your point? Or do you have one?
This is literally everything today.
i dont think im stoned enough to understand Steven Wright. but that wont stop me from trying
I love that his video lives in the same universe as his audio.
I remember seeing this back in the day, I relate to it far more these days.
Thee's Are The Days of Our Lives☮️
Hilarious then, unnervingly close to home now 😂
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Really Appreciate U for posting this, glad you kept this classic alive 💯
back when i was a kid we used to have a mood swing set ahah Steven is the best
I met Steven in SeaTac airport. I think he was surprised I recognized him and that I asked for his autograph.
I was over the moon! I LOVED his comedy specials and any time I caught him in a tv show or movie. Even in Swan Princess.
He asked if I was traveling to New York and I told him I was just seeing my mom off and he said that was a shame.
He wrote some flattering comment on the paper and I told him thank you. I wished I could have stayed talking with him but my mom was nervous about flying and I was getting the stink eye from her and my stepdad. 🙄
Plus I didn’t want to be a pest.
Such a funny guy! And very nice!
That's a nice memory for you!
Having the candles in and on top of the elevator was wonderful.
The funniest thing I've seen in a while. Back when comedy was great
The rifle fire is amusing.. Just like home.
This is subconciously hilarious !
Does nobody see the Eraserhead similarities?The wind blowing at the beginning.The loud whining of the elevator?The bizarre content?I can't believe there were no followups to this.This is brilliant!
Great observation! I got heavy Lynch feels from this
And, last but not least, the crazy hair!
And Jim Jarmusch vibes too!
they wont tell me who my step father is, lmao
thanks for posting this steven wright gem! :)
Cheers - I recall he seemed even stranger back then, but now I think the real world is overtaking him!
@@hellochicago2 so true . Seems like the most sane person imaginable now . Seemed miserable back then by todays standards he is a happy chap
Thank you so much for posting this! I feared this was lost humor. Saw this, Dr Strange Love, Jacob's Ladder, A Clockwork Orange on borrowed tapes circa 1991 far too many times to be healthy. Thanks for the relapse. :)
Cheers - watching those four films on a loop would certainly be enough to do your head in!
I'm starting a rice product in tight small boxes. Migraines.
wow, Jacob's Ladder AND A Clockwork Orange??? plus the other two, damn I would've totally lost my mind lol
This is great. Thanks for sharing. I'll go on and read all of the comments now, of course in the voice of Steven Wright.
Those Oscar statuettes are actually lifesize, they just look small because the actors are all midget giants. The carpets are called red, but the shows are actually filmed in black and white. That is true acting. Steven was filming a documentary that night of himself winning the Oscar, but the music played him offstage for a commercial so it couldn't be released as a full feature film, just the shortest musical ever made. He had expected a lot more swag in the gift bag backstage, but all he got was an alarm clock that rang in braille. After a heated discussion with the staff, they finally agreed to swap it out for another clock, but that one only had the number '12'. They said, "Don't complain, these clocks are exactly right twice a day. You'll just have to organize your schedule around it." He was so nervous he had hired someone to ghostwrite his acceptance speech that evening, but unfortunately it was a mime.
Your'e funny!
Thank you for the laugh!
This was great 😂
This is now my favourite film.
Just Brilliant
this is just a great piece of film art right here. moody and nihilistic. darkly hilarious
i love this!
Why?
I haven’t been able to find this since I was a kid.
When I was a kid, we had a mood swing set...
This is the funny version of Eraserhead.😉
Thank you!
"My girlfriend thinks I'm paranoid sometimes, maybe it's because I just don't trust her."
Pure Genius Steven Wright is.
As an Irishman I'm quite proud Steven Wright had the sound of the Uileann Pipes (a traditional Irish Instrument) in the background of the scene from 6:55 to 7:36. That's great lol
Stephen Wright starred in and co-wrote this film which he won an Oscar for ! That's a feat many A list actors and actress will never do!
I wish I could take Steven Wright to dinner. Maybe Luke warm pizza
Don't forget about the lukewarm dehydrated water.
@@zl1Davidno no lukewarm dehydrated water is too much
normal dehydrated water is fine though
I remember when I was in the womb. I was over on the right...
07:00 inventing Video Calls back then
I feel just like him.... only stronger.....
I've read all the comments many times. Does anyone know if this movie won an Oscar?
Very weird, but very funny! This video hasn't had me sitting in front of it, listening to it and seeing it before. At least as far as my Swiss cheese memory can recall. Not only does my memory have holes in it, but it kinda smells like Swiss cheese at times.
Maybe you're eating to many migraines.
Headlines: Time Will No Longer Tell, Fifty Die in Safety Demonstration. Brilliant!
Does this story take place in the _Frasier_ universe? It's about a man who visits a contemptible psychiatrist, David Hyde Pierce has a cameo at the restaurant, and Steven even reads from a Seattle newspaper at one point -- but then, this came out before that show... does _Frasier_ take place in Dennis Jennings' universe? 0_o
Great film all round.
is there more like this? this is the shit! it remids me of the naked gun and that old kind of humor that was way above todays lol
Absurd and wonderful.
The most beautiful girl in all tha laaaand
"good bye my sweet sparrow legs!"
Only when she's on the rebound. . . or is that me.
Funny hey Mr bean😁😁😁😁😁😁😄😅😆
Hit the bricks pal!😂😂😂
time will no longer tell
The newspapers were a special treat
This pizza is too hot. I think we should send it back.
why do commenters repeat lines from the film?I just watched it .You don't have to repeat it for me.This was brilliant and surreal.Can't understand why he didn't make more.Best part was flipping the light switch and all the electronics came on.
@superaa6779
Why do you say Good Morning? Everybody already knows it's morning and whether it's good or not..
At 24:41, is that Jeff Goldblum with shades on the left?
Yep.
lost approximately 19 minutes of my pathetic life. And I love and have seen the man live.
Are you going to be here when you get back?
Just don't take off before you go.
4:16 Lmfao. Who wouldn't love to do that with their dad at 40?
Haha! I'm doing it!
I need to take my wife skydiving more so we have fewer arguments.
Ron and pepper. Got me here
this won a short film Oscar
Honestly? That is so cool.
StringDeposit
+ glad , it did . S . Wright should have strived to do many more , that was his 'green light' at that time , he should have ran with it , but wtf? Do I know? Would have been great tho'
Those Oscar statuettes are actually lifesize, they just look small because the actors are all midget giants. The carpets are all called red, but the shows are actually filmed in black and white. That is true acting. Steven was filming a documentary that night of himself winning the Oscar, but the music played him offstage for a commercial so it couldn't be released as a full feature film, just the shortest musical ever made. He had expected a lot more swag in the gift bag backstage, but all he got was an alarm clock that rang in braille. After a heated discussion with the staff, they finally agreed to swap it out for another clock, but that one only had the number '12'. They said, "Don't complain, these clocks are exactly right twice a day. You'll just have to organize your day around it." He was so nervous he had hired someone to ghostwrite his acceptance speech that evening, but unfortunately it was a mime.
I remember when I was in the womb... I was over on the right.
Also cool to see Laurie Metcalf and David Hyde Pierce!
6% of the movie runs with credits and walking before action. Recipe for being forgotten.
If they ever made a real comedy about the 3 stooges, Wright would make a perfect Larry Fine.
Sean Penn was going to play Larry in the film that did come out. He would have been awesome.
@@sclogse1 I can see his face with Larry's hair. Somethink slapstick for Sean Penn would scatch me right where I itch.
7:10 predicted Omegle and Chatroulette
Thank you myworldisgettingdumber for this
My goodness. It's some of funniest stuff I've ever seen, but the dark humour is just...not my style. I'm torn between bad ideas and fantastic execution.
I pulled a groin muscle the other day and it wasn't even mine.
original me..
Carlos Bosso He's the sane one,the rest of us are all crazy.....
I've always liked Steven Wright, but why does my boss feel like I owe him 27 Minutes of my life back? Maybe its because I watched this at work. RIP S.W.
He's alive and touring?
RIP this guy's job.
And btw Steven is alive, buddy
I was going to say the same thing, he's alive!
What's the youngest you can die of old age?
My dad is a small claims court jester.
LAUGH.....I THOUGHT I'D DIE.............
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paul jackson is responsible for so much great TV
Mr Bean his Doctor messed with the wrong Guy's Girl,,,,,,,,,hehehe This is a GREAT Short Film !
If you put the settings at quarter speed it is a two hour long European style silent movie
Good ending!
Watched Sinefeild on shrooms?this would have been much better haha! subtle twisted styled dryness start to finish
Do you have One Soldier directed by Steven Wright?
Nope. There's only a short clip on UA-cam.
The Surrealists had nothing on Mr. Wright.
NOT filmed in the UK! Clearly filmed in New York City.
Yes, I'd always thought it was filmed by UK BBC because that's where I recorded it from 30 years ago, and also it featured Rowan Atkinson. But the locations are NYC.
@@hellochicago2 Cool, thanks for changing it.
@@hellochicago2 Someone in comments said it was filmed in Seattle, Chicago and NYC. The commenter states why he thought so. (It's the "Easter Egg" comment.)
Dang! I need to watch this again. And again. Too many subtleties for 1 go.
Another commenter added a link to Steven's Oscar speech. (Including time stamp.)
Thank for uploading this short. I just watched a pretty recent radio (studio) interview, and the host mentioned this film. I'd never heard of it.
And here it is.
Thanks again. 💖
@noamnesty2622 You are welcome. I remember it was one of the first things I ever recorded off air. Lucky I caught it.
Better if you have seen his stand up.
funniest film ever
'What is this?' A tie ? ,.... ' they
Were on sale , dirt cheap.'
He should recreate Humphrey Bogart roles
13:48 Dr. Niles Crane with a mustache? nice! too bad he was the psychiatrist instead
So...do we all understand the significance of the tie at the end?
The most girl in all the landdddddd
complete ? you do know end credits do count ?
Oh, so sorry - No Refunds.
@@hellochicago2 👍
I see similarities between this and Yorgos Lanthimos' style.
Some of my best jews are friends
I dont know if she's pretty or looks pretty 😂😂
wow , this guy reads in stone wind.
ha lol ha ha lol .point ed man
18:01 death note but awesome
The actual view into the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic
3:48-4:00*
5:16-5:18*
12:36-12:56*
19:48-19:51*
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Bar🇧🇧bados
Steven reminds me of a comedic version of Vin Diesal XD
Am I crazy?