Steven Wright - The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (Complete)

[@francescodamico1123]

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!

[@nikhiltony6337]

Happy to hear this...I hope you enjoyed those days

[@natureboytom]

The good weird and quirky ones caught onto Steven Wright early on. You either got him or you never did. Always loved his work💕

[@shinobiplays907]

Always will be the one I go to to make me laugh. Steven Wright is a comedian like no other.

[@robertmoye7565]

Utterly brilliant tour through the imagination of the most gifted and original comic of his age. I have been a fan since his first appearance on Carson.

[@pompom11]

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.

[@polarweis]

Thanks for sharing.

[@davidx6912]

Won the Oscar for Best Live-Action Short in 1988!

[@MrUndersolo]

His acceptance speech is perfect! (The speech begins at 5:45 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmiXh55rYr1qatk)

[@Seriously_sirius2]

@@MrUndersolo That was pure Steven. Thanks for the link.

[@RobMacKendrick]

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.

[@user-hz5yb4bh5v]

What's your point? Or do you have one?

[@moncorp1]

Oscar winning short film. Steven Wright won an Oscar. And what a cast. A lot of up and comers in this short film.

[@rsngfrce]

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.

[@marioiacolucci]

The most beautiful girl in all the land

[@juliabrowni9418]

For you to base his comedic style on a pseudoscientific personality type is absolutely ridiculous.

[@rsngfrce]

i9418 "pseudoscientific"... 🤣. Spoken as a true Sensor, downtown julia brown.

[@juliabrowni9418]

@rsngfrce Using MBTI terminology to label someone as a "fool" for disagreeing with you about that exact topic: Hilarious!

[@rsngfrce]

​@@juliabrowni9418Oh, yeah, Julia? Well, the jerk store called, and they're running out of you.

[@wanderingwade8877]

Newspaper headline: 'Time Will No Longer Tell'.

[@MrUndersolo]

'Fifty Die In Safety Demonstration'.

[@jeffwhelan7700]

“It’s a Leap Year so all the soups are off by one day.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@moncorp1]

Time will no longer tell.

[@20FreeWill]

He won an Oscar for this 👏

[@marioiacolucci]

It’s on KZbin

[@AliFareedMC]

​@@marioiacolucci this is from 1988

[@marioiacolucci]

@@AliFareedMC Thanks buddy

[@-blotches-3365]

"How do I know you're not just saying that because it's true?"

[@mikeoconnell8031]

Still use this line to this day.

[@moncorp1]

I don't know if she's pretty or if she just looks pretty.

[@LordGreystoke]

I tried daydreaming but my mind kept wandering...

[@alexandergapinski557]

Just became one of my new favorite short films

[@BraxtonWilhelmsen]

Haha "How are you doing today?" "Do you mean me, personally?"

[@moncorp1]

Bye sweet sparrow....legs

[@nunyanunya4147]

i dont think im stoned enough to understand Steven Wright. but that wont stop me from trying

[@thegreenxeno9430]

This is literally everything today.

[@dh7109]

I saw this short film when it first came out. I was probably 10-12 years old. It literally changed my life and is one ofd the most absurdly brilliant comedies I have ever watched. I love Steven Wright anbd this movie is just pure fun!!!!

[@tomyoung5449]

Never heard of this live action short until today when I watched Steven Wright on Colbert, on KZbin. 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!

[@johnbongjoey5200]

I've read all the comments many times. Does anyone know if this movie won an Oscar?

[@dichotomous9403]

I love that his video lives in the same universe as his audio.

[@c00L.kuTTa_9]

*Edit Really Appreciate U for posting this, glad you kept this classic alive 💯

[@chizorama]

I remember seeing this back in the day, I relate to it far more these days.

[@xelphinx]

Thee's Are The Days of Our Lives☮️

[@bethkelley1340]

Hilarious then, unnervingly close to home now 😂

[@snakerman2612]

back when i was a kid we used to have a mood swing set ahah Steven is the best

[@sIouchingpoet]

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?

[@greggzuman4407]

So I married an axe murderer

[@denisebacher5040]

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!

[@hellochicago2]

That's a nice memory for you!

[@Iruparazzo]

they wont tell me who my step father is, lmao

[@sclogse1]

Having the candles in and on top of the elevator was wonderful.

[@greggzuman4407]

A bit of Wes Anderson

[@debs4mysweetbaby]

thanks for posting this steven wright gem! :)

[@hellochicago2]

Cheers - I recall he seemed even stranger back then, but now I think the real world is overtaking him!

[@20FreeWill]

@@hellochicago2 so true . Seems like the most sane person imaginable now . Seemed miserable back then by todays standards he is a happy chap

[@heatherDoja]

The funniest thing I've seen in a while. Back when comedy was great

[@JohnLloydScharf]

The rifle fire is amusing.. Just like home.

[@312maxon]

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. :)

[@hellochicago2]

Cheers - watching those four films on a loop would certainly be enough to do your head in!

[@sclogse1]

I'm starting a rice product in tight small boxes. Migraines.

[@shelby8364]

wow, Jacob's Ladder AND A Clockwork Orange??? plus the other two, damn I would've totally lost my mind lol

[@johnball7785]

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!

[@trilldilldill]

Great observation! I got heavy Lynch feels from this

[@trilldilldill]

And, last but not least, the crazy hair!

[@dmcboston382]

And Jim Jarmusch vibes too!

[@Mrius86]

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.

[@quanvu3244]

This is subconciously hilarious !

[@roninreturns]

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.

[@marysalisbury9270]

Your'e funny!

[@denisebacher5040]

Thank you for the laugh!

[@donlalo7079]

This was great 😂

[@DDD-vt5vb]

This is now my favourite film.

[@darling_danke_schoen]

this is just a great piece of film art right here. moody and nihilistic. darkly hilarious

[@marioiacolucci]

i love this!

[@JohnLloydScharf]

Why?

[@JDT6712]

I haven’t been able to find this since I was a kid.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

When I was a kid, we had a mood swing set...

[@DivergentDroid]

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!

[@BraxtonWilhelmsen]

I remember when I was in the womb. I was over on the right...

[@elfman5176]

Just Brilliant

[@progrocker666]

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

[@ZiggzMcGee]

I wish I could take Steven Wright to dinner. Maybe Luke warm pizza

[@zl1David]

Don't forget about the lukewarm dehydrated water.

[@thecheeselord5943]

​@@zl1Davidno no lukewarm dehydrated water is too much normal dehydrated water is fine though

[@madahad9]

This is the funny version of Eraserhead.😉

[@jeremykoerner4100]

Thank you!

[@MikePuorro]

"My girlfriend thinks I'm paranoid sometimes, maybe it's because I just don't trust her."

[@slimhanson5792]

Pure Genius Steven Wright is.

[@crcervantes8958]

The most beautiful girl in all tha laaaand

[@darling_danke_schoen]

"good bye my sweet sparrow legs!"

[@JohnLloydScharf]

Only when she's on the rebound. . . or is that me.

[@marioiacolucci]

Funny hey Mr bean😁😁😁😁😁😁😄😅😆

[@pat4ickoliv5r30]

07:00 inventing Video Calls back then

[@jeffwhelan7700]

Headlines: Time Will No Longer Tell, Fifty Die in Safety Demonstration. Brilliant!

[@sumerbc7409]

I feel just like him.... only stronger.....

[@mchepen]

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

[@enfieldjohn101]

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.

[@sclogse1]

Maybe you're eating to many migraines.

[@trship6274]

Great film all round.

[@shelby8364]

13:48 Dr. Niles Crane with a mustache? nice! too bad he was the psychiatrist instead

[@FloridaMonty]

This pizza is too hot. I think we should send it back.

[@JohnLloydScharf]

Are you going to be here when you get back? Just don't take off before you go.

[@philvalade2437]

At 24:41, is that Jeff Goldblum with shades on the left?

[@Seriously_sirius2]

Yep.

[@nataliejay1205]

Absurd and wonderful.

[@marioiacolucci]

Hit the bricks pal!😂😂😂

[@mjp96]

lost approximately 19 minutes of my pathetic life. And I love and have seen the man live.

[@saragauthamvenkat3230]

What does it say on the front of the newspaper at 3:24?

[@dennissuding4452]

I remember when I was in the womb... I was over on the right.

[@mcnallyaar]

Also cool to see Laurie Metcalf and David Hyde Pierce!

[@superaa6779]

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.

[@terri6854]

@superaa6779 Why do you say Good Morning? Everybody already knows it's morning and whether it's good or not..

[@saragauthamvenkat3230]

“Did you talk to him about suicide?” “Nope I didn’t finish the letter yet. “

[@zencat999]

time will no longer tell

[@MsVorpalBlade]

The newspapers were a special treat

[@stevenkramer1975]

4:16 Lmfao. Who wouldn't love to do that with their dad at 40?

[@patobrien3]

Haha! I'm doing it!

[@ronin6158]

I need to take my wife skydiving more so we have fewer arguments.

[@StringDeposit]

this won a short film Oscar

[@anthonylewis5448]

Honestly? That is so cool.

[@rzz9594]

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'

[@roninreturns]

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.

[@feellucky271]

What's the youngest you can die of old age? My dad is a small claims court jester. LAUGH.....I THOUGHT I'D DIE............. .

[@olsmokey]

"Worth Auto Farts"... very subtle.

[@zacharywatson5531]

Watched Sinefeild on shrooms?this would have been much better haha! subtle twisted styled dryness start to finish

[@captainspire9094]

Thank you myworldisgettingdumber for this

[@01Sunshine234]

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.

[@rigelmoon9030]

If they ever made a real comedy about the 3 stooges, Wright would make a perfect Larry Fine.

[@sclogse1]

Sean Penn was going to play Larry in the film that did come out. He would have been awesome.

[@rigelmoon9030]

@@sclogse1 I can see his face with Larry's hair. Somethink slapstick for Sean Penn would scatch me right where I itch.

[@Iruparazzo]

paul jackson is responsible for so much great TV

[@MrUndersolo]

The Surrealists had nothing on Mr. Wright.

[@daverave9483]

complete ? you do know end credits do count ?

[@hellochicago2]

Oh, so sorry - No Refunds.

[@Seriously_sirius2]

@@hellochicago2 👍

[@feellucky271]

I pulled a groin muscle the other day and it wasn't even mine. original me..

[@feellucky271]

Carlos Bosso He's the sane one,the rest of us are all crazy.....

[@alfredhutchinson3713]

3:48-4:00* 5:16-5:18* 12:36-12:56* 19:48-19:51* HILARI🤓US❕👌🏿 Jun22W2022 Bar🇧🇧bados

[@brandnews352]

Do you have One Soldier directed by Steven Wright?

[@hellochicago2]

Nope. There's only a short clip on KZbin.

[@robertwalters3392]

Mr Bean his Doctor messed with the wrong Guy's Girl,,,,,,,,,hehehe This is a GREAT Short Film !

[@JohnLloydScharf]

If you put the settings at quarter speed it is a two hour long European style silent movie

[@jps8080]

NOT filmed in the UK! Clearly filmed in New York City.

[@hellochicago2]

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.

[@jps8080]

@@hellochicago2 Cool, thanks for changing it.

[@Seriously_sirius2]

@@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. 💖

[@hellochicago2]

@noamnesty2622 You are welcome. I remember it was one of the first things I ever recorded off air. Lucky I caught it.

[@GaiaMisery]

Ron and pepper. Got me here

[@1sttttt]

He should recreate Humphrey Bogart roles

[@thomashockman4972]

6% of the movie runs with credits and walking before action. Recipe for being forgotten.

[@CerpinTaxtt]

7:10 predicted Omegle and Chatroulette

[@rzz9594]

'What is this?' A tie ? ,.... ' they Were on sale , dirt cheap.'

[@venomnbk3326]

Better if you have seen his stand up.

[@f.b.1311]

I see similarities between this and Yorgos Lanthimos' style.

[@wavelengthrecords-1]

So...do we all understand the significance of the tie at the end?

[@stephenjones6030]

Good ending!

[@chadmccollister728]

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.

[@insolubletoaster8133]

He's alive and touring?

[@snakerman2612]

RIP this guy's job. And btw Steven is alive, buddy

[@CharGC123]

I was going to say the same thing, he's alive!

[@AutoProductions]

What does the lady say at 7:30??

[@hellochicago2]

"Isn't that the Darndest Thing"

[@marioiacolucci]

The most girl in all the landdddddd

[@gazriley624]

funniest film ever

[@shtain228]

Від Бубудука теж тут?

[@seinenfeld9858]

18:01 death note but awesome