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Before They Were Stars: Amy Adams in a Commercial Federal Bank Ad
I always love it when celebrities appear on talk shows and discover that the production team has uncovered obscure footage of them which I wasn’t even able to find on Youtube. Such was the case when Amy Adams recently appeared … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Kurt Russell Narrates “Dad… Can I Borrow the Car?”
Kurt Russell spent most of his youth working as a child actor and by the time he reached his teen years, he had signed a ten-year contract with Disney and was one of the studio’s biggest stars during the 1970s. … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Dominic Cooper in a Banned Durex Condoms Commercial
Over a decade ago, an unknown Dominic Cooper appeared in this acclaimed European commercial for Durex condoms. Of course, no matter how good they may be, condom commercials do tend to get banned a lot and since this particular ad … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Mike Myers’ Earliest Incarnation of Wayne Campbell
Before Wayne’s World was a thing on Saturday Night Live, Mike Myers tested out early incarnations of the Wayne Campbell character on Canadian television. One of the very first video jockeys in Canada was Christopher Ward, who hosted a late-night … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 7-Year Old Alexa Vega in “Twister”
While watching Machete Kills, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one thinking “Damn, the girl from Spy Kids got hot!”. Anyway, Alexa Vega had actually been acting for many years before making Spy Kids and already had a plethora of … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Dominic West in “Spice World”
On previous Shouts From the Back Row podcasts, our own TK has confessed to being a huge Spice Girls fan during their peak of fame and even admitted to *gasp* liking their movie, Spice World. I wonder if Dominic West … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 11-Year Old Naomie Harris in “Simon and the Witch”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1hnGdZmN-I When the category of “famous actors you didn’t know were child actors”, you can now add Naomie Harris to the list. Simon and the Witch was a popular series of children’s books published in the United Kingdom which were … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Ron Perlman on “Ryan’s Hope”
Ron Perlman on a daytime soap opera?! Yeah, I know that concept sounds thoroughly wrong, but believe it or not, Perlman’s first official acting credits are a couple episodes of Ryan’s Hope from 1979, where he sported a huge-ass afro while … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: David Spade Performs Stand-Up on a Public Access Show
Man, if this clip isn’t the personification of 1980s public access television, I don’t know what is. This is a 1985 episode of a low-budget Arizona-based public access show called Backstage Pass, which happens to feature the first televised appearance … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Paul Walker and Jane Leeves on “Throb”
Here’s a very obscure project for the childhood acting career of the late Paul Walker, who joined the cast of a syndicated sitcom called Throb at the age of 12. The show aired from 1986-88 and its story involved a … Continue reading
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