# Zooey or Emily Redux? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607 "2009-10-13T01:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/41 "2009-10-14T02:52:52Z")
I will say this about Zooey Deschanel. [Blonde](http://www.fedge.net/%7Ezdeschanel/images/mags/instyle5.jpg) doesn’t work for her. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/42 "2009-10-14T03:24:16Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I will say this about Zooey Deschanel. [Blonde](http://www.fedge.net/%7Ezdeschanel/images/mags/instyle5.jpg) doesn’t work for her. :eek: I’ll take “Stripping My Way Through College” for $400 Alex. Seriously, that picture makes her look like a co-ed who got hammered and then had her photo major boyfriend convince her that doing artsy nudes would be a GREAT idea. Not at all like the Zooey that has everyone choosing her in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/43 "2009-10-14T03:37:12Z")
I’ll take a shot at Zooey’s moist cotton panties in exchange for my life Alex. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/44 "2009-10-14T07:28:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I will say this about Zooey Deschanel. [Blonde](http://www.fedge.net/%7Ezdeschanel/images/mags/instyle5.jpg) doesn’t work for her. She looks a little like Brittany Murphy in that pic, which isn’t such a bad thing. Apparently I’m an eye man. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/45 "2009-10-14T14:38:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I will say this about Zooey Deschanel. [Blonde](http://www.fedge.net/%7Ezdeschanel/images/mags/instyle5.jpg) doesn’t work for her. Sure it does, in the [right picture](http://www.realclearsports.com/blog/Elf.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/46 "2009-10-14T14:56:42Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Sure it does, in the [right picture](http://www.realclearsports.com/blog/Elf.jpg). Indeed! She really did it for me in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/47 "2009-10-14T15:21:06Z")
The only logical answer is to use dark magicks to combine them into a single entity with Emily’s looks and Zooey’s voice. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/48 "2009-10-14T16:03:23Z")
The plus side to all this is that I’m going to be dominating Emily’s calendar. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/49 "2009-10-14T17:07:40Z")
[To help the decision process.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CaFoH8AHXI8/SZa6rowVwzI/AAAAAAAAADU/o5ThbrFlS6k/s1600/Emily+Deschanel+e+Zooey+Deschanel.bmp) Or maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/50 "2009-10-14T17:14:48Z")
There is way too much feminine pulchritude in that photo. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/51 "2009-10-14T17:36:17Z")
> [@Flip\_Pancake](#): > > [To help the decision process.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CaFoH8AHXI8/SZa6rowVwzI/AAAAAAAAADU/o5ThbrFlS6k/s1600/Emily+Deschanel+e+Zooey+Deschanel.bmp) > > Or maybe not. Wow, that’s a miserable picture of BOTH of them. I actually noticed that when I was looking at images – in solo images, they can look great. In joint images at least one, and often both, look like death warmed over. ---
**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/52 "2009-10-14T17:47:18Z")
Zooey \> Emily \* 10. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/53 "2009-10-14T17:58:58Z")
Zooey if I don’t have to listen to her talk. If I do, Katy Perry. Emily wouldn’t even be allowed in line. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/54 "2009-10-14T19:24:55Z")
Emily. I like Zooey’s looks, but her egregious acting has driven me away. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/55 "2009-10-14T23:42:08Z")
Zooey is cute, but has three strikes against her: her “acting” in Hitchhiker’s Guide and Tin Man, and her [dietary restrictions](http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef-masters/videos/a-few-dietary-restrictions). Totally unfair to the chefs. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/56 "2011-01-10T21:16:18Z")
> [@](#): > > I actually noticed that when I was looking at images – in solo images, they can look great. In joint images at least one, and often both, look like death warmed over. [You’re just looking](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2310597193_4ed3b9aea3.jpg) [at the wrong set](http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6800000/Emily-Zooey-Deschanel-the-Premiere-Of-500-Days-Of-Summer-deschanel-6859040-409-600.jpg) [of pictures.](http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5200000/Emily-and-Zooey-Vanity-Fair-Oscar-Party-deschanel-5246396-404-600.jpg) (The most fun I’ve had looking through Google images for sure.) As for the original question, Zooey is the clear winner. Emily’s definately beautiful but Zooey is probably one of the ten most beautiful celebrities of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/57 "2011-01-10T21:42:43Z")
That was also posted well over a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/58 "2011-01-10T22:28:17Z")
Definitely Zooey. Emily has a cube for a head. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/59 "2011-01-11T18:04:33Z")
I find this thread disturbing. Zooey is just stunning… and Emily isn’t even attractive (never seen her in action - just based off a google image search). And I don’t mean that in a I’M FROM THE INTERNET AND NO GIRL MEETS MY STANDARDS sort of way, I mean there’s something off and offputting about her. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/60 "2011-01-11T18:13:16Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I find this thread disturbing. Zooey is just stunning… and Emily isn’t even attractive (never seen her in action - just based off a google image search). And I don’t mean that in a I’M FROM THE INTERNET AND NO GIRL MEETS MY STANDARDS sort of way, I mean there’s something off and offputting about her. She doesn’t really take a good picture. She’s much more attractive in motion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607.md?page=4)