# Emily or Zooey? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876 "2006-08-31T03:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/21 "2006-09-01T05:18:28Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] I hate to nitpick, but Jameson’s receptionist isn’t Emily Deschanel, but rather the ultra-hot Elizabeth Banks, who is amazingly gorgeous and also hilarious. You can see her in\* The Baxter\*, _Slither_, _The 40-Year-Old Virgin_, and the last two episodes of season 5 of _Scrubs_, and I think she is currently in _Invincible_, the football movie that’s out now. I adore Elizabeth Banks! [/QUOTE] Just wanted to add that Banks played Jeff Bridges’ wife in **Seabiscuit**. I think she’s great, too, and I keep hoping they’ll expand her role in the Spider-man movies. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/22 "2006-09-01T05:22:33Z")
Zooey’s less bland-looking than Emily, IMHO. I wouldn’t recognize Emily on the street, but I’d certainly do a double-take if Zooey walked by. Luke or Owen? Luke’s more my type. Jake or Maggie? I appreciate Maggie’s gorgeousness and drool all over Jake. Rob or Chad? Not big fans of either. Which Baldwin? Alec’s the one I’m most familiar with. Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis or David? Can’t say one way or the other. John or Joan? _Definitely_ John. Dennis or Randy? Dennis. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/23 "2006-09-01T13:38:02Z")
Zooey – it’s her great big googly eyes. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/24 "2006-09-01T13:45:00Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] I hate to nitpick, but Jameson’s receptionist isn’t Emily Deschanel, but rather the ultra-hot Elizabeth Banks, who is amazingly gorgeous and also hilarious. You can see her in\* The Baxter\*, _Slither_, _The 40-Year-Old Virgin_, and the last two episodes of season 5 of _Scrubs_, and I think she is currently in _Invincible_, the football movie that’s out now. I adore Elizabeth Banks! [/QUOTE] :smack: Oops. Emily was in _Spiderman II_. She was the receptionist who refused to pay for the pizzas at the beginning. Not JJJ’s receptionist. I stand (well, sit, actually) corrected. If Emily Deschanel and Elizabeth Banks wish to take me to task on the issue, well, I’ll take my medicine like a man. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/25 "2006-09-01T14:41:25Z")
More importantly, how is it pronounced? duh-shann-el or duh-skan-el? Or Frenchified? day sha NEL? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/26 "2006-09-01T14:48:21Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] the ultra-hot Elizabeth Banks, who is amazingly gorgeous and also hilarious. You can see her in … _The 40-Year-Old Virgin_ [/QUOTE] Wwwwow. This is so … explicit. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/27 "2006-09-01T14:55:16Z")
Zooey. Was that her actual singing voice in _Elf_? If so… wow. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/28 "2006-09-01T15:02:42Z")
[QUOTE=Autumn Almanac] Zooey. Was that her actual singing voice in _Elf_? If so… wow. [/QUOTE] It was. She’s amazing! ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/29 "2006-09-01T19:14:04Z")
**Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis or David?** Go rent [“The Wrong Man,”](http://www.amazon.com/Wrong-Man-Movie-Jim-McBride/dp/6302946654/sr=1-1/qid=1157137947/ref=sr_1_1/103-2750346-0854233?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) then let me know (applies to heterosexual males only; the effect on anyone else is less predictable). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/30 "2006-09-01T19:42:15Z")
Goldie Hawn or Kate Hudson or Kurt Russell? Kate for me all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/31 "2006-09-01T21:34:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Pictures here: > > Emily Deschanel > > Zooey Deschanel OK, I can see a definite family resemblence, there. They’re both cute, and cute in much the same ways. But Zooey seems to smile more, which gives her an edge (though that might just reflect the roles they’ve played). ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/32 "2006-09-01T22:41:20Z")
Zooey’s got big, dreamy moon eyes, so I’m tempted to pick her. But then I think about Emily’s piercing blue eyes and elegant cheekbones, so I want to pick her instead. Then I’m reminded of Zooey’s throaty, captivating singing voice, and I fall in love with her. But then I think about how Emily’s smile breaks through her icy TV persona, and I find myself wanting to drown in her blue eyes again. Then… Aw, nuts. Who am I kidding? They’re both way out of my league. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/33 "2006-12-30T05:28:58Z")
I just saw “Hitchhiker’s” so I thought I could ressurect this thread from a position of authority. Except I can’t. Objectively, Emily, but Zooey is so damned CUTE! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/34 "2006-12-30T06:28:25Z")
See? This is why I’d hate to choose between the two. Of course, I’d love to give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/35 "2006-12-30T07:38:59Z")
Zooey. Next question. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/36 "2006-12-30T10:01:40Z")
Both. At the same time. However, Emily all the way. She’s a classic beauty, much like Grace Kelly. That face should be copied to marble. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/37 "2006-12-30T10:57:12Z")
It’s tough, but I’d have to say Zooey. She’s a geek’s dream come true – amazingly cute, somewhat geeky, and not entirely unobtainable. Emily’s hot, no doubt, but Zooey is the one I could actually imagine myself asking out . . . and oh, what a happy woman I would make her. What? A man can dream, can’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/38 "2006-12-30T13:19:51Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] And of course, Mary Ann. [/QUOTE] Followup: Mary-Ann, Jeannie, or Gidget? (Ah, the Holy Trifecta of my misspent youth of summer re-runs.) We can toss in Barbara Feldon, too, if that’ll shake anyone’s tree. Oh, and for the OP, can’t I have 'em both, or is that too creepy? Actually, I’ve seen them both IRL and _neither_ looks all that special, but that’s not really what it’s all about, is it? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/39 "2006-12-30T14:03:30Z")
If I had it to do all over again, I’d do it all over Joan Cusack. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876/40 "2007-01-01T08:20:09Z")
Showing my age, Angela beats Veronica all hollow. Angela we’ve all (by the looks of the members of the SDMB) seen on _The X Files_ and she didn’t hold up but I saw Angela on _Oprah_ or _Maury_ a few yeas back and though she’s been running a craft store or something forever my 5-yr-old mind watching _Make Room for Daddy_ had some damned good taste. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-or-zooey/370876.md?page=3)