Movies from Ellie Kemper

There's Something About Mary

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
Ellie Kemper
Actress
I was rewatching There’s Something About Mary, and she is just really funny. She just is.
Movies from Ellie Kemper

The Sound of Music

In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Ellie Kemper
Actress
When you were growing up, you wanted to be a nun. That was purely based on The Sound of Music, which was my favorite movie. To me, being a nun was very glamorous. It didn’t have to do necessarily with the religious component. That was the height of glamour.
Movies from Ellie Kemper

Titanic

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Ellie Kemper
Actress
I was one of those girls who saw Titanic nine times.
Books from Ellie Kemper

Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something

Featuring way too many forewords, including one by Jake Tapper It's a great undertaking to raise a humor website from infancy to full-fledged adulthood, but with the right editors, impeccable taste, and a dire political landscape, your site will enjoy years of relevance and comic validation. Join us as we revisit the first twenty-one years of McSweeney's Internet Tendency, from our bright-eyed and bewildered early stages to our world-weary and bewildered recent days. Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something is a coming-of-age celebration of the pioneering website, featuring brand-new pieces and classics by some of today's best humor writers, like Ellie Kemper, Wendy Molyneux, Jesse Eisenberg, Tim Carvell, Karen Chee, Colin Nissan, Megan Amram, John Moe, and many more. Including: I Don't Hate Women Candidates--I Just Hated Hillary and Coincidentally I'm Starting to Hate Elizabeth Warren It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers On the Implausibility of the Death Star's Trash Compactor The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid is Your Liberal Arts Degree If Women Wrote Men the Way Men Write Women My Coming Out Story, Sponsored by Bank of America I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled Please Forgive Us at Blue Apron for This Week's Meals. We've Been Having a Tough Time Lately
Ellie Kemper
Actress
This 3.2 lb book features over 21 years of humor from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, including some of mine!! Edited by the brilliant @cmonks and Sam Riley.
Books from Ellie Kemper

My Therapist Says

From the team behind the super-popular Instagram @MyTherapistSays comes this humorous guide that chronicles the exhausting task of navigating the daily, anxiety-ridden struggle that we fondly call life. Including hilarious memes MTS is known and loved for, along with checklists, prompts, questions from readers, and more, My Therapist Says is the guide you need to achieve your goals, one wrong turn at a time. Have you ever wanted something, pursued it (albeit not quite as gracefully as you would’ve hoped), failed, and then genuinely asked yourself the question, “Am I delusional?” Well, that’s how I began penning this magnum opus. Like the Buddhist’s have their Tripitaka, you have…moi. And my therapist, though it’s unlikely she’ll admit this in public.On the receiving end of a ghosting session? Needing a way to leave a work function without looking like a buzzkill? Having a hard time developing amnesia about your last relationship? Fear not, as I cover everything from circumstantial etiquette to blissful delusion when necessary.So, grab a pen, a box of tissues, a glass of wine, and your bestie, because sh*t is about to get real. And remember, be yourself, be kind, and all that jazz, unless you’re a Susan*. If that’s the case, try to be literally anyone else. Ugh, my therapist hates that I wrote that.*Susan: Noun and verb. Unpleasant, annoying, and delusional, the Susan is somebody who is literally awful in every way, is liked by no one, but has no clue, no matter how many open clues you give her. If you roll your eyes at this, you’re probably a Susan. Uses: Susaning, Susanism. For even more on navigating the mystical tornado of life, get the companion coloring book: My Therapist Says...to Color: Ignore Reality and Color Over 50 Designs Because You Can't Even.
Ellie Kemper
Actress
A soul-soothing coloring book AND an advice manual?? Yes please!! Two instant legends @mytherapistsays 💕💫💕
Books from Ellie Kemper

Soul Boom

Comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson, cofounder of the media company SoulPancake, explores the problem-solving benefits that spirituality gives us to create solutions for an increasingly challenging world. The trauma that our struggling species has experienced in recent years—because of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us—is not going away anytime soon. Existing political and economic systems are not enough to bring the change that the world needs. In this book, Rainn Wilson explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual revolution, a “Soul Boom,” to find a healing transformation on both a personal and global level For Wilson, this is a serious and essential pursuit, but he brings great humor and his own unique perspective to the conversation. He feels that, culturally, we’ve discounted spirituality—faith and the sacred—and we need profound healing and a unifying understanding of the world that the great spiritual traditions provide. Wilson’s approach to spirituality—the non-physical, eternal aspects of ourselves—is relatable and applies to people of all beliefs, even the skeptics. Filled with genuine insight—not to mention enlightening Kung Fu and Star Trek references—Soul Boom delves into ancient wisdom to seek out practical, transformative answers to life’s biggest questions.
Ellie Kemper
Actress
And now he has written an incredible book, SOUL BOOM, and you should read it.
Books from Ellie Kemper

Will Not Attend

“Damn, this book is good.”—Jon Stewart“A biting, darkly hilarious collection of personal essays that begs to be read aloud.”—Chicago TribuneEmmy Award–winning writer Adam Resnick began his career at Late Night with David Letterman before honing his chops in movies and cable television, including HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show. While courageously admitting to being “euphorically antisocial,” Resnick plunges readers deep into his troubled psyche in this uproarious memoir-in-essays. Shaped by such touchstone events as a traumatic Easter egg hunt and overwrought by obsessions, he refuses to be burdened by chores like basic social obligation and personal growth, adhering to his own steadfast rule: “I refuse to do anything I don’t want to do.”
Ellie Kemper
Actress
This is the funniest book I have ever read. He’s so angry. “An Easter Story” will destroy you. I never laugh out loud when reading, but I legitimately wipe tears from my eyes on the subway when reading this on the way home. These stories always make me feel better.
TV Shows from Ellie Kemper

Seinfeld

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Ellie Kemper
Actress
I hear you’re a Seinfeld fan. Seinfeld is the only show we watched as a family growing up. It’s a little surprising to me, because Seinfeld has endured so well over the years, but there are some racy storylines in there. My parents, they’re not strict, but they’re wholesome people. Homework would stop, whatever you were doing. We would gather and watch Seinfeld.
TV Shows from Ellie Kemper

Girls5eva

When a one-hit-wonder girl group from the '90s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents and shoulder pain, but can't they also be Girls5Eva?
Ellie Kemper
Actress
VERY, VERY EXCITED about ALL 8 EPISODES of shiny new #Girls5Eva
TV Shows from Ellie Kemper

How To with John Wilson

In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, documentary filmmaker and self-described “anxious New Yorker” John Wilson covertly and obsessively films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics. The awkward contradictions of modern life are eased by Wilson’s candid, unpolished commentary. Building upon Wilson’s previously released “how to” short films, each episode takes wildly unexpected turns but is grounded in John’s refreshing honesty.
Ellie Kemper
Actress
My absolute favorite show on television @howtojohnwilson starts up again TONIGHT
TV Shows from Ellie Kemper

Shark Tank

Aspiring entrepreneurs pitch various business ideas to "The Sharks" -- tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons -- in hopes of landing an investment.
Ellie Kemper
Actress
I binge-watch Shark Tank.
Music from Ellie Kemper

Joanne — Lady Gaga

Ellie Kemper
Actress
I have the CD of this album and I play it on my DVD player because who has a CD player anymore? Or, for that matter, CDs? I dance with my son to “A-Yo” and “Come to Mama.” I sob during “Joanne.” And I listen in awe to the wonder that is Lady Gaga’s voice. She will get us through it, guys.
Music from Ellie Kemper

Lady Gaga

Ellie Kemper
Actress
I like to relax on my day off by going for a long run while listening to Lady Gaga.
Music from Ellie Kemper

U2 Band

Ellie Kemper
Actress
The first concert I ever went to was U2.
Goods from Ellie Kemper

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Milk and Cookies

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Milk and Cookies
Ellie Kemper
Actress
And of course, I love Ben & Jerry's. My favorite is called Milk and Cookies. Have you ever tried it?
Goods from Ellie Kemper

Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream, Vanilla Chocolate Chip

Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream, Vanilla Chocolate Chip
Ellie Kemper
Actress
I love Häagen-Dazs' Vanilla Chocolate Chip.
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Ample Hills Ooey Gooey Butter Cake

Ample Hills Ooey Gooey Butter Cake
Ellie Kemper
Actress
I enjoy ice cream as both therapy and as a comfort food. It calms me down at the end of a stressful day and also sends me into a sugar coma that leads directly to a restorative sleep. And this Ooey Gooey Butter Cake flavor is unbelievable.
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ARM & HAMMER Essentials Deodorant Fresh Rosemary Lavender

ARM & HAMMER Essentials Deodorant Fresh Rosemary Lavender
Ellie Kemper
Actress
My neurotic husband finally succeeded in convincing me that antiperspirants will slowly kill me, so I started using only deodorant a few years ago. Then, one day, I was hugging him and something smelled really good. It turns out it was this deodorant. I believe it to be unisex, though some users have described it as a men’s deodorant. It doesn’t matter. I can’t always find it at CVS or Rite Aid, so we usually order a three-pack online.
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Cheree Berry Thank You Write-on Cards

Cheree Berry Thank You Write-on Cards
Ellie Kemper
Actress
This girl has got it down. Her designs are whimsical and clever. I feel like a lady when I write thank-you notes on her paper. And her paper actually inspires me to write thank-you notes in the first place.
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Trader Joes Organic Animal Crackers

Trader Joes Organic Animal Crackers
Ellie Kemper
Actress
I go through a container of these every four or five days. And we are kidding ourselves if we consider them to be crackers. They are cookies. They are Trader Joe’s animal-shaped, organically floured cookies. And they are delicious.