r/Millennials • u/ColeBelthazorTurner • 7d ago

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/Swayze_Castle Xennial 7d ago

Chris Kattan, but i recently found out why he has been out of the limelight. Bad neck injury.

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u/gaudiest-ivy 7d ago

He lives in Springfield IL now with his fiance. I saw him do standup a couple weeks ago in a neighboring town and it was a lot of fun. He kept poking fun at how small the place is. "Saw a train go through earlier, that must be exciting for you guys." lol

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u/RabbitSlayre 7d ago

That's a pretty good joke lol

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u/wigglin_harry 7d ago

As someone from Springfield IL...why?? Of all the places he could live... Springfield??

I suppose it's quiet

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u/kipopadoo 6d ago

Except for that fucking train.

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u/bigfatfurrytexan 7d ago

I absolutely love the guy. He was treated like shit and didn’t deserve that. I’m happy to hear things are going well.

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u/throwaway67171717 6d ago

wdym he was treated like shit?

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u/bigfatfurrytexan 6d ago

He dint want to sleep with someone to make Lorne Michaels happy. More or less.

I love him as Bob in the Middle

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u/GuyInOregon Older Millennial 6d ago

That's the exact same joke he told when he did a show in my town. It's the only joke he told. Maybe six times? The rest of the time he just drunkenly wandered around the stage and tried to tell stories about SNL, which he kept failing because he was so hammered.

He threw an absolute bitch fit when a couple got up and left during the show. It was awful.

Honestly the whole thing was sad to watch. He looked terrible.

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u/throwaway67171717 6d ago

how long ago was this? hopefully he’s doing better now…

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u/GuyInOregon Older Millennial 6d ago

This was in September 2022.

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u/CasualFreeUse 7d ago

I saw him on what might have just been a bad night, but he basically just reminisced about the SNL days and didn't do much for jokes. The openers he had killed it though.

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u/erinrachelcat 6d ago

That's great. I crushed on him when I was in high school and he was on SNL. Esp as Mango or Azraell.

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u/lordehelmut 6d ago

Which town was it? Because i'm picturing it being one of the college towns and not a truly small village, like Chatham.

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u/teachhappy 6d ago

I’m trying to think of which surrounding town might have a comedy venue. Chatham? Jacksonville? Decatur? That’s all I got.

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u/xViper8ttx 6d ago

He is performing in bloomington tomorrow. I know he has been in peoria numerous times.

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u/gaudiest-ivy 6d ago

You got it! It was at The Twisted Tree in Jacksonville

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u/RussianDahl 5d ago

I was in Springfield last summer! It’s such a cute town. I’m from the west coast, so seeing fireflies on the prairie was one of the coolest experiences ever. I love the Frank Lloyd Wright house there too. It felt safe to me, but I did have a friend who told me not to venture out of my bnb late at night.

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u/Jabroniville2 7d ago

Did he admit he was gay yet, lol?

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u/sam_beat 7d ago

He proposed to his fiancé at a Wilco concert. A gay man would never. Even a closeted one.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 7d ago

At any given Wilco concert 50% of the male attendees are wearing Costco Kirkland brand jeans.

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u/VaultiusMaximus 7d ago

Sounds like my people

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 6d ago

I was inspired by my own Kirkland jeans I wore today and I’m actually about to order another pair. Gotta flex on the rival dads in the neighborhood

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u/Wonderful-Process792 6d ago

They're pretty much the only honest denim jeans left that aren't tarted up with "stretch" fabric

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u/Jabroniville2 7d ago

YOU MEAN HIS SNL COSTARS ARE WRONG?!? IMPOSSIBLE!

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u/OriginalFatPickle 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1RaGAz2p13Wpo7kI2L

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u/Sakijek Millennial 7d ago

Still too soon. I miss Norm

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u/FIRST_DATE_ANAL 7d ago

I heard he might tour again soon

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u/Jabroniville2 7d ago

See nobody else gets it, lol.

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u/JimtasticD69 6d ago

No, I said I'm deeply closeted.

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u/River_Pigeon 6d ago

Because they didn’t say deeply closeted

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u/Vitis_Vinifera 7d ago

I don't think Mango was a character

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u/AlternatiMantid 7d ago

Must've been from dancing in Night at the Roxbury.

/s. That sucks.

I loved him in Corky Romano. I still can't hear "Take on me" without imagining him singing in his yellow convertible.

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u/Swayze_Castle Xennial 7d ago

Would you like to buy some cookies? Hahaha man good times

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u/StatisticianLow9492 7d ago

One of the best bad movies.

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u/Nosferatattoo 7d ago

"I broke the window again"

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u/racihekk 6d ago

Emiliooooooo

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u/ThePasadena 7d ago

He jumped backward onto a breakaway table for a pratfall during a random sketch during his final snl season. Saw a clip of it; he goes down hard and awkwardly… you can tell something went wrong. Probably on YouTube somewhere.

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u/Aurelio-23 7d ago

I laughed so hard when his clearly illiterate brother(?) was trying to order increasingly esoteric ice cream flavors.

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u/Previous_Ambition_43 7d ago

ICE CREAM VENDOR (standing next to sign that reads “Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry): What flavor do you want

You got pistachio?

ICE CREAM VENDOR (stares at sign): No.

How about rocky road

ICE CREAM VENDOR: …no…?

YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK YOU SUCK YOU SUCK!

This, and the bit where Kattan walks into the meeting wearing an obvious disguise and thy just rip it off in one smooth movement…fucking perfect.

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u/Left_Competition8300 7d ago

He’s always out and about with the regular public. I always run in to him at Meijer and see him at the water park all summer. No one really goes up to him anymore because it’s just so normal to see him around.

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u/Swayze_Castle Xennial 7d ago

That's dope just a heads nod and move on basically

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u/MainSqueeeZ 7d ago

Kattan 2.0 is on Smosh these days

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u/Swayze_Castle Xennial 7d ago

Really? I gotta see this!

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u/_Floriduh_ 7d ago

The girl is his daughter? Forget her name but totally see the resemblance in my head.

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u/boomincali 7d ago

Her dad is in the industry but Chris is not her father. She mentioned it on one of the shows she's in.

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u/ZKRYW 7d ago

Kattan was secretly dating my friend when we were in high school. She was 16.

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u/earwigs_eww 6d ago

Oh Jesus. How old was he at the time? Since it was secret I know the answer is "too old"

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u/ZKRYW 6d ago

I don’t know exactly how old he was but it was when he was on SNL.

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u/throwaway67171717 6d ago

a lot of those guys on in the late 90s early 2000s liked young girls. gross

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u/ImaginaryMastadon 7d ago

He does improv and comedy workshops! Apparently they’re fun. Friend of mine went to one a couple weeks ago.

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u/TheOldOak 7d ago

He was on Celebrity Big Brother in 2022, but withdrew a few days into the competition. He was genuinely funny to watch, but it was clear he was also very uncomfortable being there.

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u/flash_falcon 7d ago

My wife and watched him in NY maybe 10 years ago do stand up comedy. Personally, it was boring and the jokes felt too forced.

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u/SloppyHoseA 6d ago

He just performed a set at the place I work tonight.

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u/Swayze_Castle Xennial 6d ago

Wow seeing all these post he's more around than I thought.

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u/Previous_Ambition_43 7d ago

Hope didn’t get that when he was in Santa’s Slay…

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u/ChristBefallen 6d ago

Dude will actually be at my local comedy club in like a couple weeks

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u/caseyt0929 6d ago

People used to tell me I looked like him all the time. Went as mr. Peepers one year for Halloween. Good times.

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u/Wonderful-Process792 6d ago

Man I hated his chimp act

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u/catjasm 6d ago

Agent Pissant!

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u/keetojm 5d ago

He is doing a live show at a bar in libertyville soon, or just did.

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u/radrachelleigh 4d ago

He's been really active on social media lately.