2. Chris Pratt
Points: 1005
Ballots: 13
Highest Vote: 4th (Sam)
ROB: Even more so than his scripted and edited performances,
it’s his raw charm and persona in live appearances that have made him the
runaway star of 2014.
SARAH: Over the last year Chris Pratt has been turning on
the charm like a fire hose. While I think Guardians of the Galaxy is a little
overrated, his charisma as a leading man is undeniable. Great comedic instincts
and responsible for some of the best improvisation on Parks and Rec.
SAM: Pratt was on fire this year! He's always been solidly
funny as Andy Dwyer and Parks and Rec, but now he's permanently in the pop
culture pantheon as Star-Lord in the biggest-grossing movie of the year. Pratt
is definitely solidly funny in the movie - check out his dance moves when
trying to distract the big bad from blowing up a planet!
And the opening
sequence alone (in which he dances to Redbone) immediately establishes the
movie as a crowd-pleasing comedy. Pratt sold the movie almost single-handedly
on his charm and breeziness, which is immense.
JOHNNY: He lost the weight and remained funny!
No one ever
pulls that off! Ask Seth Rogen, ask Jonah Hill, ask Drew Carey -- the list goes
on. Regardless, Pratt crossed (the galaxy) into the mainstream consciousness as
Starlord (c'mon you don't know Starlord?), leading man in the funniest (and
arguably best) super hero flick yet. While those watching Pratt quietly work
his way into hearts on Parks & Recreation know this already, Pratt is the
perfect everyman: He's flawed, honest, goofy, and charming.
He is part of a
great trend in funny right now where the people succeeding the most is the most
real; the funniest friend you (wish you'd) have. Pratt, Louis CK, Fallon, are
all near or at the top of their game and still somehow manage to feel like you
could hang out with them and have it not be weird. At all.
Speaking of the top of their game. The very top of the Trivia Club Comedy 100 is only THREE DAYS away! So enjoy that Pratt Pratt Pratt, in all his gif'd glory before we return in short order to celebrate this wild project that is the #TCC100, as a whole!
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Speaking of the top of their game. The very top of the Trivia Club Comedy 100 is only THREE DAYS away! So enjoy that Pratt Pratt Pratt, in all his gif'd glory before we return in short order to celebrate this wild project that is the #TCC100, as a whole!
