Christopher Hitchens & Ben Stein Part 1: Commercials, Bosnia (1995)

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Note: The first 8 minutes of the program are not included due to audio problems.

Benjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.... (born November 25, 1944) is an American actor, writer, lawyer, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host.

Stein has frequently written commentaries on economic, political, and social issues, along with financial advice to individual investors. He is the son of noted economist and writer Herbert Stein, who worked at the White House under President Nixon. His sister, Rachel, is also a writer. While as a character actor he is well-known for his nerdy monotone, in real life he is a public speaker on a wide range of economic and social issues.

Stein became a Hollywood consultant before he moved into acting. His film career was launched by his performance as the monotonic economics teacher in the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In one scene, he gives an unscripted economics lecture, relying on his own experience in economics. The topics covered in his lecture are the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 and the then-current debate over supply-side economics. Stein decided to just run with it when the director told him to speak about something he knows well. The only scripted lines are those in which he calls attendance, repeating "Bueller?...Bueller?" in a monotone voice.

Stein played similarly bland and unemotional characters. He had a recurring role in the TV series The Wonder Years and played himself in Dave.

He also appeared in several television commercials, most notably for Clear Eyes throughout the 1990s and 2000s ("The difference is clear...Clear Eyes.")—many ads spoof movies of the day, such as one where Stein is a painter (a play on The Da Vinci Code). Stein's deadpan, monotone deliveries stand in stark contrast to the more typical enthusiasm of commercial personalities. Before this, he appeared for a Godfather's Pizza ad in 1987 and as a bland science teacher in a 1990 ad for Keebler Sprinkle Cookies.

In 1997, Stein was given his own game show by Comedy Central titled Win Ben Stein's Money along with co-host Jimmy Kimmel (replaced by Nancy Pimental and later by Sal Iacono). True to its name, the money that contestants won on the show was subtracted from the $5,000 Stein earned per episode (in addition to his salary). The show won five Daytime Emmy awards before ending its run in 2003.

In 1999, during the height of Win Ben Stein's Money's popularity, Comedy Central gave Stein another show, a talk show with celebrity guests entitled Turn Ben Stein On. One of the mainstays of the show was Stein's dog, Puppy Wuppy, who had free run of the set.

Other movies and television shows in which Ben Stein has appeared include: Charles in Charge, Seinfeld, Full House, Casper, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Casper Meets Wendy, The Mask and its sequel, Son of the Mask as well as the TV show, The Mask: The Animated Series, Earthworm Jim, Star Search, MacGyver, Richie Rich, Game Show Moments Gone Bananas, Cavuto on Business, The O'Reilly Factor, CBS News Sunday Morning, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Family Guy, the Michael Berger-hosted version of Match Game, Fairly Odd Parents, Duckman, Married... with Children, The Emperor's New School, and the intelligent design vs. evolution documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.

In addition, Stein's voice roles include The Pixies, magical creatures on the animated series The Fairly OddParents, Mr. Purutu on the animated Series The Emperor's New School, Professor Wisenstein in Bruno the Kid, the birthday party clown on "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" and Pip on Animaniacs. Stein also voiced a psychiatrist, again named after himself, in the USA TV series Duckman; he once appeared in the sitcom Married with Children as a receptionist in the animal afterlife. He also made a cameo appearance in the comic book Young Justice; as Ali Ben Styn. Another cameo appearance was in the Family Guy episode When You Wish Upon a Weinstein. Stein also voiced the character Sam Schmaltz in the 1996 computer adventure game Toonstruck.

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[russmckinley]

"god" ben stein is a useless cunt

[Harmonyww]

I don't have a clue what Hitchens is talking about, but I'm watching it anyway. He's such a joy to listen to.

[jimmbo13]

@russmckinley Really, you would never in a million years say that to his face...why does the internet make people say insulting things on slight whims

[IAAAT]

@Harmonyww lmao same, I usually have his videos on even on topics that I don't give a shit or just as background while I do other stuff completely distracted! As you said he is a joy to listen to!

[tripleraven]

Ben Stein should stick to doing clear eye commercials.

[twooffour]

@chillercm

He was cast in boring, pedantic roles ;)

[socksarestained]

@chillercm because both he and john Hughes are republicans

[chillercm]

why is ben stein an actor, he has the most boring monotone voice.....

[Vahtacen]

@Yourfoundations We've uncovered the devil! Lol, nah.

[Yourfoundations]

I dont think ben stein ages

[highlanderdurp]

HiTcHeNs BeGiNs At 1:05

[freakystyley4000]

I know I'm not being original, but it has to be done, for the good of humanity. Here it goes:

BUELLER? BUELLER? BUELLER? BUERLLER? BUERLLER?