1994's "Mixed Nuts" (The Biggest Christmas Letdown Since Baby Jesus)

On paper, this movie had a lot of star power going for it: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Rita Wilson, a pre-stardom Liev Schrieber, and that idiot Adam Sandler. It was also written by the Ephron Sisters. But for many reasons, it just fell apart and was a major bomb of the 90s.

The plot centers on a band of misfits who run a nonprofit suicide-prevention hotline - such a fitting location for a Christmas movie! They're being terrorized by a local serial killer, a landlord who's evicting them, and the endless stream of whackos who keep finding this "unlisted" location to seek out mental help. Of course, the only standout in this bomb is Madeline Kahn, who plays a fussy old maid who spends her Christmas Eve stuck in an elevator alone, learning how to loosen up.

But the soundtrack did spawn a hit for Carly Simon: "The Night before Christmas."

Saw it in the theater. Agony.

Didn't Liev Schreiber play this one in drag?

Was this better or worse than "Splitting Heirs?"

I saw this on TV a couple of years ago. I sat through it, dutifully waiting for it to get funny.

Spoiler: it didn't.

Jon Stewart has a quick role as a roller blader. It was his first film role ever and first time where he was playing someone other than himself.