"Funniest Comedian CHRIS ELLIOTT vs GRAHAM ELWOOD"

Christopher Nash Elliott (born May 31, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He has appeared in comedic sketches on Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1988), created and starred in the comedy series Get a Life (1990–1992) on Fox, and wrote and starred in the film Cabin Boy (1994). His writing has won four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. His other television appearances include recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond (2003–2005) and How I Met Your Mother (2009–2014), starring as Chris Monsanto in Adult Swim's Eagleheart (2011–2014) and starring as Roland Schitt in Schitt's Creek (2015–2020). He also appeared in the films Groundhog Day (1993), There's Something About Mary (1998) and Scary Movie 2 (2001). Elliott has been married to Paula Niedert since 1986. Niedert worked as a talent coordinator on Late Night with David Letterman when they met. They have two daughters: Abby and Bridey. Abby was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 2008 until 2012, making her the first SNL cast member to be the child of a previous cast member. His father Bob Elliott, of the popular comedy duo Bob & Ray, co-starred on an SNL Christmas episode in the 1978–1979 (fourth) season, making for three generations of Elliotts on SNL.

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Graham Elwood (born August 5, 1969) is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and writer. Born in Stoughton, Wisconsin, Elwood grew up in the Nakoma neighborhood of nearby Madison. After his parents divorced, he later moved to Evanston, Illinois. While in Evanston, Elwood went on to captain his high school's football team as well as played lacrosse. He was also the color announcer for the school's basketball games. He later graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in film. At university he began performing with a sketch comedy theatre group called Comedy Corner and did stand-up for the first time competing in the US College Comedy Competition that was emceed by Judd Apatow. From there he began bicycling to Laff's Comedy Cafe on a weekly basis to do open mics. After university, he moved to Chicago where he worked as a waiter at Bella Bacino's pizzeria and began taking classes at The Second City before landing regular road gigs for stand-up. After a few years on the road, Graham moved to Los Angeles when he turned 25 to pursue television and film.

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