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Before They Were Stars: Alyson Hannigan in a Mylanta Commercial
Here’s a commercial from the early nineties featuring a teenage Alyson Hannigan as a girl whose father has a bad stomach, but remedies it by taking Mylanta. Okay, I’ll make the obvious joke: this one time… at band camp… my … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Tom Green Raps in a Pizza Commercial
In the early nineties, an unknown Tom Green made an attempt at a rap career under the alias “MC Bones” as part of a Canadian rap group called Organized Rhyme. It didn’t last very long, but Organized Rhyme built up … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 17-Year Old Will Arnett in a Manwich Commercial
While growing up in Canada, Will Arnett decided to get into acting while in his teens and one of his first jobs was this commercial he appeared in when he was 17 years old and had a lot more hair.
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Robin’s Underrated Gems: Sudden Death (1995)
This week marks the beginning of the 2012 National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs and there s really no hockey movie that puts me in the mood for them better than this one. In the early 1990s, it seemed like … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Will Sasso in “Ernest Goes to School”
Well, The Three Stooges officially opens in cinemas today and, needless to say, it may be The Back Row’s LEAST anticipated movie of 2012. However, its star, Will Sasso, has never received the “Before They Were Stars” treatment, so today’s … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Evangeline Lilly as an Extra in “Freddy vs. Jason”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRkfFSWZ8n4 One of the most infamous series of “Before They Were Stars” commercials floating around out there are the Canadian phone sex ads that Lost star Evangeline Lilly appeared in early on in her career. Evangeline had to break into … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis on “Columbo”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7MCKZup7RY I’m sure you all know that Jamie Lee Curtis had one of the most famous film debuts of all time as her starring role in Halloween instantly made her the world’s most popular scream queen. However, even though Halloween … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Bill Paxton in a Pat Benatar Music Video
B-movie legend Roger Corman is renowned for having given some of the biggest directors of all time their start in the film business, such as Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and James Cameron. He also gave Bill Paxton a very … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 11-Year Old Tara Reid in “A Return to Salem’s Lot”
I’ve already how mentioned how this past weekend’s release of American Reunion has put the spotlight on a couple of actors who have kind of sunk into obscurity these past several years and Tara Reid is definitely one of them. … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jason Biggs in a Burger King Commercial
American Reunion, the latest chapter in the American Pie series, has just been released into theaters this weekend and, of course, many are debating whether another movie in this franchise was really necessary. However, we need to remember that there … Continue reading
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