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Before They Were Stars: Patrick Swayze in a Burger King Commercial
For whatever reason, the concept of fast food got people really excited during the 1970s and 80s since they seemed to make an awful lot of commercials where fast food customers and employees would break out into spontaneous song-and-dance numbers. … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Kelly Preston in a Pepsi Free Commercial
“Give me a Pepsi Free.” “You want a Pepsi, pal, you’re gonna pay for it!” It’s sad to think there are probably a lot of young’uns who watch Back to the Future today and do not get that joke. Well, … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: John Slattery in a Sports Illustrated Commercial
I find it delightfully ironic when cast members from Mad Men appear in ultra-lame commercials which would make Sterling Cooper wince. But here’s Roger Sterling himself, John Slattery, in a Sports Illustrated ad from the 1980s, playing a guy who … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: John Slattery in a Sports Illustrated Commercial
I find it delightfully ironic when cast members from Mad Men appear in ultra-lame commercials which would make Sterling Cooper wince. But here’s Roger Sterling himself, John Slattery, in a Sports Illustrated ad from the 1980s, playing a guy who … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Marilyn Manson in the Studio Audience on “Hangin’ Out”
When Marilyn Manson made his first official appearance on MTV, he was just a normal-looking kid named Brian Warner. Sometime in the early nineties, the future Manson appeared in the studio audience of the MTV show, Hangin’ Out, and got … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: George Clooney is Interviewed on “The Merv Griffin Show”
This is a rather unusual one as George Clooney was hardly a major celebrity here, but he still scored himself an interview on The Merv Griffin Show in 1985. At this point, George’s biggest claim to fame was a semi-recurring … Continue reading
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Robin’s Underrated Gems: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Awhile back, we did a Shouts from the Back Row podcast on the subject of MacGuffins. In case you’re not familiar with the term, it was coined by the one and only Sir Alfred Hitchcock and is defined as “a plot … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Patton Oswalt in a Student Loans Educational Video
Yes, this is footage of 19-year old Patton Oswalt in a sweater vest doing stand-up. But no, this is not your average, run-of-the mill stand-up comedy show. This is actually an educational video about student loans! That’s right, in an … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Aasif Mandvi as a Cabbie in “Die Hard with a Vengeance”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m5QoYnKne0 You probably all remember the famous sequence in Die Hard with a Vengeance where John McClane steals a taxi cab and drives it through Central Park. But don’t blink or you’ll miss actor-comedian-future Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi as the … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Billy Connolly Sings with The Humblebums
Before he went into stand-up comedy, Billy Connolly spent the late 1960s as part of a folk-singing duo called The Humblebums. He started off with a guy named Tam Harvey, but after they recorded one album, Harvey pretty much faded … Continue reading
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