Comments on: 11 Famous Illeists

By: I

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:54:10 +0000

I don’t want to sound like an illeist, I can’t help it. I’m not an illeist, I just sound like one.

By: n2y2

n2y2 — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:27:42 +0000

“George is getting upset!”

Much more famous Seinfeld line than Jimmy.

By: MrGladstone

MrGladstone — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:04:34 +0000

Steve Holt!!

By: Bert

Bert — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:32:59 +0000

@DMC – I’m assuming he was left off because as we all know, Disco Stu doesn’t advertise.

By: Brenna

Brenna — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:33:12 +0000

The Dude Abides.

By: Alana

Alana — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:31:58 +0000

Great article! Some other favorite illeists of mine: Sloth from Goonies (Sloth love Chunk!), E.T., and DuffMan. : )

By: nh344

nh344 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:15:29 +0000

You forgot The Jesus, from The Big Lebowski!

By: Devin Greaney

Devin Greaney — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:24:41 +0000

I remeber hearing Sam Houston used to do that. It was something the biographer said he learned living with the Cherokees.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:16:16 +0000

And such is the Mango!

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:28:12 +0000

Great list! I can think of a couple others–Gollum, as Leah pointed out. Also, John Smith of “Pocahontas” fame was a criminal illeist. His narrative of Jamestown and his adventures there is written entirely in the third person. With himself as the hero, of course.