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Before They Were Stars: John Candy as “The Weatherman” on “Cucumber”
A few days ago, I did a “Before They Were Stars” feature on an old TVOntario show called Cucumber, which featured an early appearance from a young Martin Short. I remarked that John Candy had also made an early appearance … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Clive Owen and David Thewlis in “Vroom”
Vroom is a 1988 British film which is so obscure that it doesn’t even have its own Wikipedia entry. It’s got a very standard story involving two young men and a woman going a road trip in a classic car… … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jeremy Renner is Interviewed on “Entertainment Tonight”
It was Jeremy Renner’s birthday yesterday and since there is literally TONS of “Before They Were Stars” footage of him floating around the Net, here’s a clip of what may be his first major televised interview. Though he’s only been … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Martin Short as “Smokey the Hare” on “Cucumber”
Wow, talk about a blast from the past! As a child, I remember watching an educational kids show on TVOntario called Cucumber (a.k.a. Children’s Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters), which aired during the seventies and … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Nick Offerman on “The West Wing”
The Entertainment Tonight website recently featured a neat “Before They Were Stars”-type article entitled “12 Actors You Didn’t Know Were on The West Wing“. The most hilarious entry on the list has to be Nick Offerman. As you probably know, … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Patrick Dempsey as an Extra in “The Stuff”
I’m a fan of Larry Cohen’s 1985 B-movie, The Stuff, a horror story about a mysterious ice cream-like goo that becomes a hugely popular dessert sensation… until everyone who eats it winds up mutating into a hyperactive zombie. Anyway, I … Continue reading
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Robin’s Underrated Gems: Ravenous (1999)
Sometimes a movie will tank at the box office and fade into obscurity and one of the central reasons for that is because it just cannot be classified into one particular genre. Take a film like Ravenous, which opened to … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 14-Year Old Sarah Jessica Parker is Interviewed on an Kids Show
In 1977, a young Sarah Jessica Parker got her first break when she got a small role in the Broadway musical version of Annie. Two years later, she worked her way up to actually taking over the role of Annie … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Paul Giamatti in a PC Adventure Game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygZKHBRUbX4 In 1996, an interactive adventure game was released for the PC called Ripper, which had one of the most impressive casts ever assembled for a video game, including Christopher Walken, Burgess Meredith, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, David Patrick Kelly … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Will Ferrell as “Roommate From Hell #1” on “Living Single”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBkEYbKjQ-Y Living Single was a fairly popular sitcom starring Queen Latifah that aired for five seasons on FOX in the mid-nineties. In this 1995 episode, the characters appear on a sleazy daytime talk show about “Roommates from Hell”. At the … Continue reading
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