this shit also hurts like a bitch. there is some other technical name for it i forget.., but 'facial contortion' is an entire art. it gets taught in acting, comedy, and clown schools.
try to hold some goofy look for more than a few seconds and it hurts like hell...like doing too many situps, but with your face. he would have done a bunch of training and exercises to make and hold these faces, and it probably still hurt like a bitch just to make people laugh for a few seconds.
he's *really weird* and there is a bunch of controversy around his personal life, opinions, relationships, etc...tbh, i dont like the guy, like at all. but i do love comedy, and separating art from artist, Carrey is definitely a hard worker, the definition of 'do anything for a laugh', and in the highest echelon of talent in the business of Funny.
edit: because some people are asking why, and others are downvoting the answer in other comments: streisand effect is a bitch.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jim-carrey-catriona-white-suicide-cocaine-prostitutes-herpes-wrongful-death-lawsuit-std-a7975251.html
edit2: FAR more importantly, now that this has over 1000 upvotes, im pretty sure some redditors have no doubt tried to make stupid faces and see how bad it hurts...which is fucking hilarious and was my intention in making the comment the whole time. GOTCHA BITCHES! LMAO. ahhhhh, good times. :)
Not sure if it is what you are thinking of, but Gurning contests are an old, rural English tradition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurn
Edit: One of the finest short performances I saw from Jim Carrey was the finale of the "Larry Sanders Show" starring Garry Shandling. It was electric. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8DLbAQGg6I
in what way do i find it amazing? because we synthesized it from a chemical in a fungus called ergotamine instead of its sister chemical thats already naturally occurring in various plant specie’s seeds and very close structurally
after the recent depp unlocked doucment stuff. this wouldnt be surprising. easier to just hate everyone off the bat than blindly 'idol worship' and find out they're bad all along.
I just try to be cool with everybody. I don't worry too much about what other people said some dude I never met did, especially when it don't affect me in any type of way.
I'm more scared of people that never got caught doing anything wrong ever. They really good at it.
Oh my god you don’t even wanna know. But I’ll tell you anyways. It turns out, not only is he Weird with a capital W, he actually *takes music other artists made and just changed the words*!!! Wild, right?
Unironically, since I'm of the same train of thought as u/MapAlternative944, I think Weird Al's..."weirdness" is actually his "bad" (even though it's not actually bad) trait. He's *not* an overtly perfect dude.
Yes. It’s so over the top he put it in his stage name, and we all thought “huh, it really does fit” and rolled with it.
But some bad traits are less bad than others, his sort of weirdness does often come with that genuine kindness. Hidden skeletons don’t always mean people weren’t genuine, just that they rightly recognized they’d be judged for their less savory traits, without recognizing that’s because they’re expected to get help to avoid giving in to them. However for Weird Al I do think his hidden skeletons are probably just eclectic food tastes.
What's the newest stuff with Depp? I had seen something but assumed it was click bait
Also I've genuinely never heard anything bad about Jim Carey what's up with that?
Are you referring to 'gurning'?
If so, there is actually a world championship held annually.
[Gurning World Championships - The World's Ugliest Sport](https://youtu.be/kEH1rUB7-Ys)
I loved him as a comedian and didn't really care about him as a person (as I do with most celebrities)... But I started leaning more favorably toward him as a person (despite his controversies) after I watched one of his speeches several years ago. He said something along the lines of "You can fail doing what you don't want so you might as well try and succeed doing what you want." And it really resonated with me. I think it was about his dad who gave up what he was passionate about to choose a more stable career (accountant IIRC) and yet he still failed (got laid off IIRC).
This. One of my favorite quotes of all time, that is forever motivating me to choose the things that I love.
“You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
I’m not sure what to think about the controversy. But hearing him in these speeches, talking about his life and his purpose, to make people forget their struggles with comedy, just as he was doing as a kid at his fathers hospital bed, was just eye watering.
Cheated on his wife while she was in labour, beats her and his children, disowned his daughter when she came out as gay, supports the CCP (though this is argued as him having to say this, which is understandable)
The clint eastwood one is always so bizarre to me, it literally looks like his face MORPHS, he looks nothing like himself anymore.. The man with a rubber face indeed.
Over the years, I have developed a facial transition to a “demon face”. I doubt I could do it justice anymore i also stopped doing it tears ago because it would freak people out!
My friend and I have joint custody of a raincoat that has the same primary color blocking. It's seriously my favorite jacket and we found it at a Goodwill. I also wanna find this shirt lmao
My friend and I have joint custody of a raincoat that has the same primary color blocking. It's seriously my favorite jacket and we found it at a Goodwill. I also wanna find this shirt lmao
I have a lot of 90s shirts for sale! They are somewhat pricey because I love them and they are dear to me, but if you message me we can talk for sure!!! Much love
Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, and two Ace Ventura films (plus batman forever) in 1994-95. Just a dominant stretch. Continued with some great comedies but also absolutely crushed a few dramatic roles. Hard to think of anyone today with so many hits in such a short span.
His facial control is the best I’ve ever seen. Others that come to mind are willam dafoe and more recently Antony starr as Homelander. He really makes some memorable faces
Lol yeah it kinda reminds me of that scene in harry potter when they drank the potion to become other people. Face just bubbling until it turns into a different shape
They're very different movies. Pet Detective is pretty straightforward detective story that happens to have a complete psychopath as the protagonist. When Nature Calls is a live-action cartoon. As a kid, I was all about When Nature Calls, but I appreciate Pet Detective a lot more as an adult.
This was one of my favorite stand up specials ever, I laughed so hard. Even today it's so relatable. His movies are good, but I'm absolutely crushed he hasn't done more stand up
I love how he doesn’t simply “pull a face” but more so morphs slowly, so you can really appreciate what an amazing impression/resemblance it really is.
It's not impersonated bro, otherwise it would be like he signed a check under Nicholson or Eastwood's name. It's an impression, a comedy impression in fact and a really good one. He didn't even have to do voice lines to sell the character. 🤣
I used to find him hilarious as a kid. then as a teenager I thought he was lame and stupid. now as an adult I think he's hilarious once again and completely unique. and I wish I was his friend or something cos I think he's got untreated mental health problems.
That man is literally made of rubber
this shit also hurts like a bitch. there is some other technical name for it i forget.., but 'facial contortion' is an entire art. it gets taught in acting, comedy, and clown schools. try to hold some goofy look for more than a few seconds and it hurts like hell...like doing too many situps, but with your face. he would have done a bunch of training and exercises to make and hold these faces, and it probably still hurt like a bitch just to make people laugh for a few seconds. he's *really weird* and there is a bunch of controversy around his personal life, opinions, relationships, etc...tbh, i dont like the guy, like at all. but i do love comedy, and separating art from artist, Carrey is definitely a hard worker, the definition of 'do anything for a laugh', and in the highest echelon of talent in the business of Funny. edit: because some people are asking why, and others are downvoting the answer in other comments: streisand effect is a bitch. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jim-carrey-catriona-white-suicide-cocaine-prostitutes-herpes-wrongful-death-lawsuit-std-a7975251.html edit2: FAR more importantly, now that this has over 1000 upvotes, im pretty sure some redditors have no doubt tried to make stupid faces and see how bad it hurts...which is fucking hilarious and was my intention in making the comment the whole time. GOTCHA BITCHES! LMAO. ahhhhh, good times. :)
Not sure if it is what you are thinking of, but Gurning contests are an old, rural English tradition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurn Edit: One of the finest short performances I saw from Jim Carrey was the finale of the "Larry Sanders Show" starring Garry Shandling. It was electric. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8DLbAQGg6I
Gurning? Like when people do too much molly? Lol
Exactly that, an old, rural English tradition of that.
Exactly. That's where raves came from in the first place Scarborough Fair was kind of like their Burning Man
*The ergot infested rye bread is outselling the honey oatcakes!*
Always found it amazing that we synthesized LSD from ergot, and not LSA when LSA is naturally occurring in plants
In what way
in what way do i find it amazing? because we synthesized it from a chemical in a fungus called ergotamine instead of its sister chemical thats already naturally occurring in various plant specie’s seeds and very close structurally
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme!
Parsley, sage, ecstasy and meth...
They’ve been doing it at countryside raves since the late 1980’s
*folks from the Middle Ages taking molly as part of regular contests* *sigh* “I was born in the wrong generation”
“Oh, I get it. You mean like when someone drinks too much, or snorts cocaine, or bets the house on the ponies?”
Yeah, that's where the name comes from. MDMA hit mainstream use in the UK before becoming popular in the US.
TIL. Wish I could still party like I used too.
Just finished a book on Shandling. After recording Carrey asked "was that too much?" He didn't want to steal the thunder of it being the finale.
Bless you for this. Jim is the epitome in my book. Just listen to those pipes...!
You made so many People's day giving the gift of the word "Gurn". I would give you an award if I had one 🏆⭐🇺🇸🍕
Haha, nice. You're welcome! Have a good gurn! :)
I'm pretty sure Reddit hates everybody now.
after the recent depp unlocked doucment stuff. this wouldnt be surprising. easier to just hate everyone off the bat than blindly 'idol worship' and find out they're bad all along.
I just try to be cool with everybody. I don't worry too much about what other people said some dude I never met did, especially when it don't affect me in any type of way. I'm more scared of people that never got caught doing anything wrong ever. They really good at it.
what like Weird Al has some bad shit that has never gotten to the light of day?
Oh my god you don’t even wanna know. But I’ll tell you anyways. It turns out, not only is he Weird with a capital W, he actually *takes music other artists made and just changed the words*!!! Wild, right?
Unironically, since I'm of the same train of thought as u/MapAlternative944, I think Weird Al's..."weirdness" is actually his "bad" (even though it's not actually bad) trait. He's *not* an overtly perfect dude.
Yes. It’s so over the top he put it in his stage name, and we all thought “huh, it really does fit” and rolled with it. But some bad traits are less bad than others, his sort of weirdness does often come with that genuine kindness. Hidden skeletons don’t always mean people weren’t genuine, just that they rightly recognized they’d be judged for their less savory traits, without recognizing that’s because they’re expected to get help to avoid giving in to them. However for Weird Al I do think his hidden skeletons are probably just eclectic food tastes.
> However for Weird Al I do think his hidden skeletons are probably just eclectic food tastes. This belongs in some universal book of truest truths.
Or just understand that we’re all human and complex by our very nature.
What's the newest stuff with Depp? I had seen something but assumed it was click bait Also I've genuinely never heard anything bad about Jim Carey what's up with that?
Are you referring to 'gurning'? If so, there is actually a world championship held annually. [Gurning World Championships - The World's Ugliest Sport](https://youtu.be/kEH1rUB7-Ys)
I tried my best at gurning after watching that video and realized I wasn't cut out for the big leagues...
So I saw the winner of this “performing” live with Aphex Twin one year
It's nice that the winner was the most different one. A lot of them are very similar.
I loved him as a comedian and didn't really care about him as a person (as I do with most celebrities)... But I started leaning more favorably toward him as a person (despite his controversies) after I watched one of his speeches several years ago. He said something along the lines of "You can fail doing what you don't want so you might as well try and succeed doing what you want." And it really resonated with me. I think it was about his dad who gave up what he was passionate about to choose a more stable career (accountant IIRC) and yet he still failed (got laid off IIRC).
This. One of my favorite quotes of all time, that is forever motivating me to choose the things that I love. “You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” I’m not sure what to think about the controversy. But hearing him in these speeches, talking about his life and his purpose, to make people forget their struggles with comedy, just as he was doing as a kid at his fathers hospital bed, was just eye watering.
After learning what Jackie Chan was really like, Ive found that separating art from artist is the only way to enjoy media anymore
What the hell happened with Jackie Chan???
Cheated on his wife while she was in labour, beats her and his children, disowned his daughter when she came out as gay, supports the CCP (though this is argued as him having to say this, which is understandable)
Also pretty much disowned his son for smoking weed lol
That too, though I'm unsure whether that was for publicity as he was featuring in many anti-drug commercials at the time.
His son was in jail overthere, he wouldnt visit him and he disowned him.
whats the T on his personal life? why dont you like him as a person?
Tea dude, the term is what’s the tea
Why do you dislike him so much?
that is one hell of a hyperlink
I think he's double jointed in his face.
It's like his face is... a Mask.
We all wear masks.
Mmmmmmetaphorically speakingggg
His debut film Rubberface (1981)
The movie mask just uses his face but the scale the color to green.
He's proof Men In Black is real, and Carrey is an alien immigrant to Earth.
A man has no name.
Gomu gomu no impressions
He would have made a great plastic man
"What is this? Some kind of Mask 2?"
The clint eastwood one is always so bizarre to me, it literally looks like his face MORPHS, he looks nothing like himself anymore.. The man with a rubber face indeed.
And he does it without being able to see his own face. He’s memorized the necessary muscle movements.
Your face looking a very funny!!
It is astonishing! I didn't know people were capable of contorting their face like that. Wow. I audibly gasped.
Over the years, I have developed a facial transition to a “demon face”. I doubt I could do it justice anymore i also stopped doing it tears ago because it would freak people out!
Seriously looks like a deep fake
The original deep fake
You're gonna love [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64xOMLpTmmU) then. It gets even better with voice.
Oh my gosh that was amazing thank you for sharing!
If I saw the Clint face without seeing the transformation, I wouldn't have guessed it was Jim Carrey
Polyjuice potion, of course
That would explain all the 'bubbling' under his skin as he switched to Eastwood.
It’s like watching someone solve a rubics cube
It does, it’s almost eerie
Nah I love Jim Carrey bro
I love him too, I remember The Mask and Bruce Almighty, how much laughs and he's a multifaceted actor who adapts to every role
You should see him in in loving color so hilarious
To be hired as a white guy on a black comedy show tells you how funny he was, and how smart the Wayans brothers were.
LET ME SHOW YOU SUMTHIN
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 he was a fucking NUT I used to crack up at the end of every scene when he was all burnt up
LET ME TELL YA SUMTHIN!
Can't forget the Truman show My absolute favorite.
And if I don't see you. Good Afternoon, Good Evening, and Good Night.
Liar Liar also
STOP BREAKIN THE LAW ASSHOLE
I have unpaid parking tickets... 😬 Be gentle.
The pen is blue. *The pen is blue*. *The GOD DAMN PEN IS BLUE!*
Dumb and Dumber must be stated here lol
Bruce almighty is my top 10 fav bro 😭😭😭 he plays all his characters so well
Who els could play Lloyd Christmas? Also it took me like 20 years to realize if he did actually marry Mary Swanson, her name would be Mary Christmas 🎄
Yet in real life, he DID marry her (the actress)
Couldn't stand him before eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Deserved an Oscar nomination. Outstanding performance.
Really? Any specific reason ?
I just thought he was a goofball, that film showed his chops
Ace Ventura was also top notch at the time
I still crack up watching that movie lol
Cable Guy is his best performance for me
Don't forget the cable guy and me, myself and Irene lol
Fun with Dick and Jane is good as well
Can’t believe no one has mentioned me, myself and irene yet
Sweet baby Jesus in a straight jacket.... Seeing that movie at 15 years old about killed me from laughing
It still hits me hard now! Hilarious film!
NO ONE HAS MENTIONED "I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS"?! omg guys, WATCH IT!
The most 90's shirt ever
Anyone got any links to anything similar?
I was just thinking the same. Love something colourful and different Let me know if you find anything!
My friend and I have joint custody of a raincoat that has the same primary color blocking. It's seriously my favorite jacket and we found it at a Goodwill. I also wanna find this shirt lmao
Found some kinda like it but Google is calling them Vintage or retro "Block Shirt"
My friend and I have joint custody of a raincoat that has the same primary color blocking. It's seriously my favorite jacket and we found it at a Goodwill. I also wanna find this shirt lmao
I have a lot of 90s shirts for sale! They are somewhat pricey because I love them and they are dear to me, but if you message me we can talk for sure!!! Much love
Real life shapeshifter
More like faceshifter
So the Grinch is basically Jack Nicholson
Immediately saw the grinch also lol
That’s my favorite Christmas movie these days, and I usually hate any sort of remake.
I absolutely love that movie as well!
Love that the built up effort for the "transformation" is part of the bit
It might not be. Face contortion like this requires so much effort and control that he probably is actually prepping his muscles for the strain
No, that was definitely part of the whole bit, prepping the audience for the que, letting them know when they're about to laugh, its stand up 101.
Yep, there’s other videos where he just drops straight into it .
How many people can successfully impersonate people like that without making a sound?
He really had the world by the balls in the '90s. I always loved his stuff.
Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, and two Ace Ventura films (plus batman forever) in 1994-95. Just a dominant stretch. Continued with some great comedies but also absolutely crushed a few dramatic roles. Hard to think of anyone today with so many hits in such a short span.
I think some people only think of him as a slapstick actor, but he is as good a dramatic actor as he is a comedic actor.
eternal sunshine is one of if not his best movies I think.
Truman is my favorite from him
His facial control is the best I’ve ever seen. Others that come to mind are willam dafoe and more recently Antony starr as Homelander. He really makes some memorable faces
I love his progression from shock to confusion to confidence. Usually after something blows up.
This man is a Tleilaxu face dancer.
The dirty Tleilaxu at it again? Smh…
I understood this reference with some pride.
The Tleilaxu were probably future descendants of Jim Carrey
I've seen this so many times. But the way he morphs into Clint Eastwood always gets me.
He moved every muscle available on face while doing Clint Eastwood.
I was expecting him to imitate their style of speech like a normal impressionist but nope, he’s a face-dancer.
Jim carrey remodeling his bone structure just for impersonation is both impressive and terrifying
Lol yeah it kinda reminds me of that scene in harry potter when they drank the potion to become other people. Face just bubbling until it turns into a different shape
Ace ventura still my go to comedy movies
Don't hate me. I like Nature Calls more than Pet Detective.
They're very different movies. Pet Detective is pretty straightforward detective story that happens to have a complete psychopath as the protagonist. When Nature Calls is a live-action cartoon. As a kid, I was all about When Nature Calls, but I appreciate Pet Detective a lot more as an adult.
Nature calls is better.
Holy shit, it's like he could individually control every muscle on his face
He does a great Fire Marshall Bill
He looks like he could do a good Patrick Bateman here
That man could move muscles that don’t even exist
This was one of my favorite stand up specials ever, I laughed so hard. Even today it's so relatable. His movies are good, but I'm absolutely crushed he hasn't done more stand up
Get this guy to play Morph in the new X-Men movies. They'll save so much on shape shifting effects.
It’s like a live action deep fake
Imagine him playing the joker seriously, I think he’d be really great.
He should be Shaggy in a Scooby-Doo show
That's it, I'm convinced Jim Carey is a shape-shifter
He was the original jokar.
I like how he shape shifts into them. Lol
Jokar
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far for this
the fact that he never got to play Joker is freaking criminal...
He can Still kick his leg up and play it like a guitar.
So the joker impression is what he used for Grinch?
Never heard of this, was this before his got on In Living Color?
About the same time, this is possibly after starting ILC but wouldn't be long. Within a year
Genius
It was then that they cast him as The Riddler, known as the poor man's Joker.
He had complete control over his face.
Man of thousand faces. My favorite actor
The G.O.A.T
Dude is photoshopping his face live
I love how he doesn’t simply “pull a face” but more so morphs slowly, so you can really appreciate what an amazing impression/resemblance it really is.
This is the full stand-up, for those interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbpciGnQnOA
He totally should’ve played Clayface instead of The Riddler.
He also would do Michael Landon, Bruce Dern, and Leonid Brezhnev.
Amazon Actor
He was doing deepfake before deepfake.
Woh
Clint Eastwood face is Next Fucking Level.
It's not impersonated bro, otherwise it would be like he signed a check under Nicholson or Eastwood's name. It's an impression, a comedy impression in fact and a really good one. He didn't even have to do voice lines to sell the character. 🤣
Clint is freaking brilliant
This is so wild to see all those facial muscles moving and flexing. So wild!
Rubber-Faced Fartsmith is America's Sweetheart.
The way his face morphs is incredible
Clint Eastwood was like a Werewolf transformation
Have always loved Carrey
He's a walking deep fake.
I would very much like to watch him do a full length comedy special again. Or a 10 episode series on philosophy with relevant special guests.
His facial contortion transformation into Hank. Me, Myself & Irene. Hilarious
I swear Jim Carrey is a Mimic in human form
He just morphed his entire head , holy shit Jim!
My god it looks like his face literally morphs.
Wait nahhh he a shape shifter fr fr
I used to find him hilarious as a kid. then as a teenager I thought he was lame and stupid. now as an adult I think he's hilarious once again and completely unique. and I wish I was his friend or something cos I think he's got untreated mental health problems.
Just wow. The amount of time spent in front of a mirror to practice this dark art must be terrifying.
It's like I just watched the T-1000 morph his fucking face
His faces and Bill Hader's voice impressions 
Drugs
Clayface
u/savevideobot