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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Bob Saget and Dave Coulier in an Elias Brothers Restaurant
Does this weekend’s launch of Fuller House on Netflix have you overloaded with feelings of Full House nostalgia? Well, get a load of this: three years before Full House was even on the air, the then-unknown comedy duo of Bob Saget … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Candace Cameron Bure in an Commercial for ALF Dolls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMfPYIzjkbs It’s the year 2016 and Candace Cameron Bure is currently headlining a reboot of Full House on Netflix. Never thought I’d ever be typing those words. But if haven’t overdosed on 1980s nostalgia yet, here’s a pre-Full House Candace … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: David Bowie in a Ridley Scott-Directed Ice Cream Commercial
David Bowie and Ridley Scott once teamed up together on a project?! Alas, this happened way back in 1969 when Bowie was still a struggling musician and Scott was getting his feet wet as a filmmaker. So the end result … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Taron Egerton in “Pop”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGhbL_BU9gE Taron Egerton delivered a star-making performance going up against Samuel L. Jackson in Kingsman: The Secret Service, so I suppose it’s only appropriate that he made his screen debut in a short film written by a guy named… Sam … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Bob Odenkirk in a “Saturday Night Live” Sketch
Bob Odenkirk started off his career in comedy by being hired as a writer on the staff for Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s. During his tenure there, Odenkirk would sometimes appear in the sketches as a bit player … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 4-Year Old Kesha in “F.A.R.T.: The Movie”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qlT-8EVkz8 I swear to God, this is not a joke! In 1991, when Kesha was only four years old, her mother, Pebe Sebert, worked on the soundtrack for a low-budget independent comedy called F.A.R.T.: The Movie and got her daughter … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Russell Crowe in an Ad for “Blood Brothers”
Blood Brothers was a very popular British stage musical which began its run during the 1980s and eventually made its way to Australia in 1988. A young unknown actor named Russell Crowe wound up being cast in one of the … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Kristen Bell as an Extra in “Polish Wedding”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iY8uumfAVI Polish Wedding was a 1998 comedy filmed in the largely Polish-American community of Hamtramck, Michigan. Since Kristen Bell is part Polish-American and grew up in the same area of Michigan, she was able to secure a small role in … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Humphrey Bogart and Spencer Tracy in “Up the River”
Since we just did a Shouts From the Back Row podcast about the Golden Age of Hollywood, I thought I’d dig up an obscure film featuring two of the biggest stars and one of the biggest directors from said Golden … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Robert Duvall as Boo Radley in “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Of course, this is one of the most famous “Before They Were Stars” moments of all time, but it’s never been featured on The Back Row before and it only felt appropriate to post this to pay tribute to the … Continue reading
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