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Before They Were Stars: Alan Young Hosts His Own Radio Show

Posted on May 22, 2016 by robin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH_ksR5io1k Sadly, Alan Young, best known to modern audiences as the voice of Scrooge McDuck, recently passed away at the age of 96. Young’s career in show business spanned many decades, as he was also notable for being the lead … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Naomi Watts in a Ratcat Music Video

Posted on May 20, 2016 by robin

Ever heard of the Australian rock group, Ratcat? Well, neither did I until I saw this. But the band apparently found a lot of success in Australia for a brief period during the early 1990s. Their first major single was … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: 15-Year Old Rose Byrne in “Echo Point”

Posted on May 19, 2016 by robin

Just in time for the release of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, here’s some footage of one of Rose Byrne’s earliest roles in Echo Point, an obscure 1995 soap opera from her native Australia that she acted in when she was … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Vigo the Carpathian Gives the Most Awkward Boxing Interview Ever

Posted on May 18, 2016 by robin

Ever wanted to know more about Wilhelm von Homburg, the German actor who played Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters II? Well, you might also recognize him as one of the terrorists who gets blown up with C-4 in Die Hard, … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Courteney Cox on “The Love Boat”

Posted on May 17, 2016 by robin

Yesterday, I posted a clip of Courteney Cox’s early role on an episode of As the World Turns and a commenter asked if I had footage of her appearance on a 1986 episode of The Love Boat. Alas, the only … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Courteney Cox and Marisa Tomei on “As the World Turns”

Posted on May 16, 2016 by robin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3eywFMJDKI This past weekend, Gill and I had the privilege of watching Masters of the Universe on the big screen at the Carlton Cinema in Toronto, which, as you probably know, featured an early role for a pre-Friends Courteney Cox. … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Jimmy Fallon in a News Segment About Aspiring Comedians

Posted on May 14, 2016 by robin

May 14, 1998 was the night the series finale of Seinfeld hit the airwaves, so NBC4 News in Los Angeles decided to commemorate the occasion by doing a segment about up-and-coming stand-up comedians from the area who could potentially become … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: 13-Year Old Jason Bateman in “The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins”

Posted on May 13, 2016 by robin

Can you envision a time when Gary Coleman was a bigger star than Jason Bateman? Well, in 1984, Coleman starred in a made-for-TV movie called The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins, and Bateman sported a terrible British accent as a … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Chris Evans as a Board Game Model

Posted on May 11, 2016 by robin

Mystery Date is a famous board game for preteen girls which was originally released during the 1960s, but was given a reissue in 1999. The game contains playing cards for numerous hunks whom you could potentially go on a date … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Tom Holland and Dean Charles Chapman in “Billy Elliott the Musical”

Posted on May 10, 2016 by robin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mY-0tg8oo8 “Peter Parker and Tommen Baratheon are dancing with some boy.” That is the top rated comment on this Youtube video, where three of the young cast members of Billy Elliot the Musical – Tom Holland, Dean Charles Chapman and Fox … Continue reading →

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