# Your Favourite Christopher Lloyd role **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004 "2010-04-05T12:13:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/41 "2010-04-06T19:18:27Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Of course, the greatest role he didn’t do was Mister Spock, as interpreted by [Kevin Pollak](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_kZJJUc4mQ) Look how cute Kevin Pollak is in his '80s man sweater. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/42 "2010-04-06T20:25:48Z")
Big-boo-tay! Tay! Tay! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/43 "2010-04-06T20:38:06Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I understand the guy who played Gordon was in a few movies, too. 😃 Yeah, I intentionally said nothing about that. Pretty sure I had no idea who that guy was at the time. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/44 "2010-04-07T02:30:02Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > He was in one of my favorite movie scenes of all time. > In _One Flew Over The Cukoo’s Nest_ when Chief finally breaks out in the middle of the night and Christopher Lloyd as Taber is cheering and howling about it echoing just how you feel inside at that moment. Absolutely! In a more lighthearted scene in the same film, I can not watch the “Taber gets a hotfoot from the thrown cigarette” incident without splitting my gut laughing. . ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/45 "2010-04-07T02:33:43Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > This is my favorite - [reminiscing on his youth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACF4XDznGEs). The great part in that scene is when he gets the Reverend Jim look for just a sec after trying the brownie. He was also good as Hal’s warped aristocratic father in _Malcolm in the Middle_. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/46 "2010-04-07T02:45:03Z")
I voted for Doc Brown, because that’s the role I’m most familiar with Lloyd in. But I have seen one clip of him from _Taxi_, and I’ve rarely seen such perfect physical humor. The man is an outright master, and I’m willing to discuss being wrong about this one. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/47 "2010-04-07T07:55:59Z")
This is one of his most brilliant performances on _Taxi_: Jim’s father has died and as he deals with it he (Lloyd) has to be both broadly comedic _AND_ subtle _AND_ convincingly emotional, basically slapstick and tragedy rolled together, and he pulls it off beautifully. [Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM05WjEjRV0&feature=related) (very grainy quality unfortunately). ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/48 "2010-04-07T09:36:37Z")
Another for Professor Plum ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/49 "2010-04-07T18:02:55Z")
Lloyd is notoriously reserved and shy in real life- he hardly ever does interviews and he’s never in the tabloids and most people who’ve worked with him say he’s sweet but very quiet and stays to himself mostly. I wonder how he got along with Andy Kaufman, or if he drew on that in _20 Bucks_ when he tells Steve Buscemi “I cannot work with a non-professional”. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/50 "2010-04-07T18:14:46Z")
Had to go with the Reverend Jim, he was so memorable on Taxi! He’s definitely not retired, 10 projects for 2010 and he’s creator/executive producer for “Modern Family” ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/51 "2010-04-07T19:48:27Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > This is one of his most brilliant performances on _Taxi_: Jim’s father has died and as he deals with it he (Lloyd) has to be both broadly comedic **AND** subtle **AND** convincingly emotional, basically slapstick and tragedy rolled together, and he pulls it off beautifully. [Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM05WjEjRV0&feature=related) (very grainy quality unfortunately). Thank you, **Sampiro**. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/52 "2010-04-07T19:54:28Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Big-boo-tay! Tay! Tay! Yeah, me too. Although Kruge, Reverend Jim and Doc Brown are all tied for second, IMHO. He really is a talented guy. ---
**Author:** ![cstamets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/53 "2010-04-08T00:51:38Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > he’s creator/executive producer for “Modern Family” Different [Christopher Lloyd](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515941) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/54 "2010-04-08T05:38:55Z")
Here’s Rev. Jim’s celebrated drivers exam, BTW: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvn-tBeLpCk&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvn-tBeLpCk&feature=related) And I actually thought he was kinda scary at the end of _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ when the Judge showed his toon eyes and his voice got all shrill. Not suitable for most little kiddies. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/55 "2010-04-08T06:28:26Z")
Biggest laugh I ever had while sitting in front of a television: Jim Ignatowski is sitting on a low stool of some sort, reading a comic book. The other drivers are sitting around the table razzing Louie DiPalma about something. Louie’s had enough. He steps out of his cage, holding a pair of pliers, strides over to Jim, grabs his ear with the pliers and says: “One more word and the whackjob gets it.” Jim goes on reading his comic book, oblivious. Louie is disappointed that Jim doesn’t even seem to feel that he’s having his ear squeezed. The subject of conversation is changed. Five minutes pass. Suddenly, the air is rent by a blood-curdling yell OW!!! Everyone turns to look at Jim, standing in the middle of the floor, with his hand on his ear, and the most bewildered look on his face. So I’m voting for the good Rev. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/56 "2010-04-08T12:43:35Z")
> [@cstamets](#): > > Different [Christopher Lloyd](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515941) Oops! I assumed it was the same person, I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/57 "2010-04-10T13:36:56Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Oops! I assumed it was the same person, I stand corrected. Yes, I was quite startled to think that Reverend Jim was producing _Frasier_, until I got that straightened out. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cstamets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/58 "2010-04-10T13:44:20Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > Yes, I was quite startled to think that Reverend Jim was producing _Frasier_, until I got that straightened out. :smack: My confusion started when I saw he was writing episodes of The Golden Girls. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/59 "2010-04-10T14:12:52Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > Yes, I was quite startled to think that Reverend Jim was producing _Frasier_, until I got that straightened out. :smack: All the more confusing when you realize that _Frasier_ and _Cheers_ had many of the same writers and production staff as _Taxi_. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004/60 "2010-04-10T15:13:27Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > All the more confusing when you realize that _Frasier_ and _Cheers_ had many of the same writers and production staff as _Taxi_. Yeah, it both was and wasn’t plausible, if you know what I mean. On the one hand, since \*Frasier \*was a spin-off of _Cheers_, which was closely connected with \*Taxi \*in terms of production, why shouldn’t a major player in Taxi be the producer of _Frasier_? On the other hand, if it really was the Reverend Jim Christopher Lloyd producing _Frasier_, shouldn’t he be visible in some way? As a guest appearance or something? All that Reverend Jim-y goodness shouldn’t be going to waste. And \*Frasier \*just didn’t seem quite weird enough for that Christopher Lloyd to be involved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-christopher-lloyd-role/535004.md?page=2)