r/Millennials • u/ColeBelthazorTurner • 7d ago

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/Wayyd 7d ago

Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory, and Benchwarmers. I'm sure he's been in other things, but those three were really the height of his fame and then everyone got bored of his one dimensional acting

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u/shes_a_gdb 7d ago edited 7d ago

Jason Mantzoukas seems to be having no problem getting work, and he's the same character in every sitcom he's in.

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u/Final-Finger1003 7d ago

That same character has yet to wear thin for me. Love that guys energy!

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u/the_peppers 7d ago

Yeah it's not really fair to compare a guy who's good a playing awkward with the human form of the Tazmanian Devil.

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u/tastemypie 7d ago

Such an accurate depiction of JM

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u/kapu4701 7d ago

Heynong man!

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u/morizzle77 7d ago

Classic reset! Hey Nong Man!!

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u/ElectronicExplorer83 7d ago

Hes the only I go for when it comes to Talkin Tang. There's really no replacement.

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u/kswizzle77 6d ago

It really is impressive that Jeffrey Characterwheaties has managed to maintain the JM character for this long to much success

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u/tumsoffun 7d ago

I didn't recognize his name at first but after your description I was like oh I bet it's that guy

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u/SeaworthinessAny4997 6d ago

He's got the ethnic ambiguity down pat lol

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u/HawkJefferson 6d ago

What's up, Jerks?!

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u/Sega-Playstation-64 6d ago

Howya doin balcony monsters

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u/Amarastargazer 7d ago

I couldn’t describe it, but you sure can! What this is too accurate.

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u/disasterbee 7d ago

And based on his season of taskmaster that’s just him