# Who will they get to portray Chris Christie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293 "2014-01-20T18:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/1 "2014-01-20T18:21:50Z")
You just have to bet they’re already working on the screenplay for the soon-to-be-released miniseries on the New Jersey governor and his exploits. Help cast it. How about [Jeff Garlin](http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100630103329/pixar/images/f/f3/Jeff_garlin.jpg) as [The Man Himself](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mpd1ozuoa64/TS8PCQDObXI/AAAAAAAAC8U/m19G0ysJWkw/s1600/Chris+Christie+at+podium.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/2 "2014-01-20T18:24:35Z")
[Steven Schirripa (“Bobby Bacala”) is a dead ringer.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bacala) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/3 "2014-01-20T18:25:05Z")
Jack Black. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/4 "2014-01-20T18:29:44Z")
Through the magic of the movies, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles and Victor Buono. Together. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/5 "2014-01-20T18:34:24Z")
Damn! You folks are good! And quick! Since we’re able to resurrect actors of yesteryear for this gig, what about Sydney Greenstreet? Or Raymond Burr? Or Burl Ives? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/6 "2014-01-20T18:37:56Z")
Oliver Hardy? Fatty Arbuckle? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/7 "2014-01-20T18:39:33Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Oliver Hardy? Fatty Arbuckle? WC Fields? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/8 "2014-01-20T18:44:53Z")
Wallace Beery? ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/9 "2014-01-20T18:46:58Z")
Chris Farley ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/10 "2014-01-20T18:49:10Z")
Billy Gardell ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/11 "2014-01-20T18:58:23Z")
I sense a poll may be in order… Before that, though, Smiley Burnette? As in [Smiley Burnette - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_Burnette) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/12 "2014-01-20T18:59:05Z")
[Eugene Palette](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657874/?ref_=tt_cl_t7) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/13 "2014-01-20T19:08:56Z")
Veering away from the girth component and focusing on the gravitas: Slim Pickens? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/14 "2014-01-20T19:09:41Z")
Jackie Gleason ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/15 "2014-01-20T19:10:40Z")
John Goodman. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/16 "2014-01-20T19:10:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Jackie Gleason Gotta be Top Five, for sure! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/17 "2014-01-20T19:14:30Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Veering away from the girth component and focusing on the gravitas: Slim Pickens? Andy Devine? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/18 "2014-01-20T19:18:53Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Andy Devine? Yes. Better still. Just curious if anybody has had this blasphemous thought: James Gandolfini. Something makes me think Christie sees himself that way. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/19 "2014-01-20T19:27:55Z")
Can’t believe no one has said John Goodman! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293/20 "2014-01-20T19:32:24Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Can’t believe no one has said John Goodman! Ahem. > [@Oakminster](#): > > John Goodman. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-they-get-to-portray-chris-christie/679293.md?page=2)