Chairman of the Board (1998)

Director:

Alex Zamm

Writers (WGA):

Al Septien (story) &
Turi Meyer (story) ...

Release Date:

13 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Work sucks!

Plot:

A surfer becomes the head of a major company.

Plot Keywords:

Company | Surfer | Invention | Roommate | Job Interview

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson	...	Edison
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Natalie Stockwell
Larry Miller	...	Bradford McMillan
Raquel Welch	...	Grace Kosik
Mystro Clark	...	Ty
Jack Plotnick	...	Zak
Jack Warden	...	Armand McMillan
Estelle Harris	...	Ms. Krubavitch
Bill Erwin	...	Landers
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Freemont
Jack McGee	...	Harlan Granger
Glenn Shadix	...	Larry
Fred Stoller	...	Toby, McMillan Gate Guard
Taylor Negron	...	Mr Withermeyer
Patrick J. Clifton	...	Edison's Father

Also Known As:

Untitled Carrot Top Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex related humor and language.

Runtime:

Germany:92 min | USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Germany:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13

Company:

101st Street Films

Quotes:

Edison: I got fired.
Ty: Again? What'd you do this time, Einstein?
Edison: Nothing... okay I knocked over a soda.
Ty: That's it?
Edison: A case of soda.
Zak: Soda?
Edison: Allright it was a soda machine! That's not the point, the boss was screaming, he threw a wing, I threw a breast, pretty soon there were wings and breasts all over the place, it wasn't a pretty sight.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Soundtrack:

Hole in the Ground

Trimark Releasing goes from EVE'S BAYOU to...this?

It's tempting to call CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD "Pee-Wee Herman IS The Hudsucker Proxy," but that would be a terrible insult to both Mr. Reubens and the Coen Bros. In any case, can we please enact a moratorium on idiocy? Carrot Top is...a surfer dude who strikes up a brief friendship with tycoon Jack Warden. When the old fart dies, Mr. Top is left the (cue title) of his huge invention corporation. But fart's nephew wants the seat at the head of the table, and he'll become the boss if the company stock drops too far. (Did Joel and Ethan settle out of court, or were they paid off while this movie was being filmed?)

Despite some nifty doo-dads and an amusing moment or two, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD does a) star a prop comic with a screechy voice who's now relegated to cheap AT&T TV spots, and b) contain jokes that seem to have been written during the first Bush administration. It's a movie solely for C.T. fans (both of them). Nobody else should bother.

So, who's next, Gallagher?

(Note: I was given a promotional soundtrack when this movie came out, and the CD has never been read by the laser in my boombox. It's made a nice dust collector over the years, and aside from a Ramones track that's available on countless other discs, I've never heard of the bands featured on it. Sprung Monkey? Hillbilly Soul Surfers? Do these names give you an idea of the intelligence level offered here?)