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Before They Were Stars: Larry the Cable Guy Performs Stand-Up Under His Real Name
It may come as a shocker to hear this, but Larry the Cable Guy never actually worked as a cable guy at any point during his life. Instead, “Larry the Cable Guy” was a persona that Daniel Lawrence Whitney came up … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Meschach Taylor is Sliced in Half in “Damien: Omen II”
Meschach Taylor, who was best known for his Emmy-nominated role on the sitcom, Designing Women, recently passed away of cancer at the age of 67. Truth to be told, I’ve never watched Designing Women, so I’m not all that familiar … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 10-Year Old Christopher Walken on “The Wonderful John Acton”
It’s so weird to think that Christopher Walken has been in show business for over 60 years, as a lot of people don’t realize that he was a child actor who often appeared on television shows during the 1950s under … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Channing Tatum in a Ricky Martin Music Video
Well, this is what we call the ultimate example of a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it “Before They Were Stars” moment. In 2000, Channing Tatum was hired as a background dancer in the music video for Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs”. However, Channing’s appearance in … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Michael Bay Directs a Donny Osmond Music Video
We just recorded a Shouts from the Back Row podcast on the career of Michael Bay, but before he became one of the world’s most hated director of Hollywood blockbusters, he directed a wide variety of projects, including an award-winning … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 11-Year Old Michael B. Jordan on “The Sopranos”
Michael B. Jordan got a successful start as a child actor by playing Wallace on the first season of The Wire, but before that, he had a bit part on an episode of The Sopranos. He pops up during a … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 11-Year Old Anthony Michael Hall in a Honeycombs Commercial
Before he was in The Breakfast Club, 11-year old Anthony Michael Hall sang about breakfast cereal in this hilarious commercial for Honeycombs from 1979. If you’re wondering who that terrible singer with the guitar is, it’s a guy named Tod … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Gordon Ramsay on a Cooking Show in 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBk-11P2hTA Want to see some rare footage of Gordon Ramsay being quite and humble and not acting like a douche? Well, early on in his culinary career, Ramsay was a protege of famous British chef, Marco Pierre White, who was known … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Christopher Walken in “The Anderson Tapes”
Even though he had already done some television work at that point, Christopher Walken’s official feature film debut was alongside Sean Connery in a 1971 Sidney Lumet-directed thriller called The Anderson Tapes. It wasn’t a very big role, but with … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jon Favreau in “Batman Forever”
We recently recorded a Shouts From the Back Row podcast on the career of Jon Favreau and discussed how he had an early credit in his filmography as “Assistant” in Batman Forever. None of us had any clue which role … Continue reading
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