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maroon barchetta said:HerschelwoodHardhead said:
Armie Hammer - obvious connection to Armand Hammer and Occidental Petroleum.
Similar for Julia Louis Dreyfus and the Louis Dreyfus shipping conglomerate.
On the Season 9 bonus materials DVD for Seinfeld, there is a portion where they ask some if the cast members whether they were ready to end the show.
Jerry was ready. He had been starring in season and writing in the off-season to get ready for the next season. Many other cast members seem to think the show could have kept going.
Julia Louis Dreyfus made some comment about "it would have really benefited us financially to keep going…"
Good grief. Besides the large per-episode salary the four main cast members were getting the last few seasons, her family is freaking loaded. She wasn't born with a silver spoon. She was born with a diamond-encrusted silver spoon.
I once read something where Jerry later said they should have kept going because after the show they basically weren't really doing anything.
Wasn't the case eventually, of course.
AliasMan02 said:maroon barchetta said:HerschelwoodHardhead said:
Armie Hammer - obvious connection to Armand Hammer and Occidental Petroleum.
Similar for Julia Louis Dreyfus and the Louis Dreyfus shipping conglomerate.
On the Season 9 bonus materials DVD for Seinfeld, there is a portion where they ask some if the cast members whether they were ready to end the show.
Jerry was ready. He had been starring in season and writing in the off-season to get ready for the next season. Many other cast members seem to think the show could have kept going.
Julia Louis Dreyfus made some comment about "it would have really benefited us financially to keep going…"
Good grief. Besides the large per-episode salary the four main cast members were getting the last few seasons, her family is freaking loaded. She wasn't born with a silver spoon. She was born with a diamond-encrusted silver spoon.
I once read something where Jerry later said they should have kept going because after the show they basically weren't really doing anything.
Wasn't the case eventually, of course.
He was busy collecting cars and counting all of his money from syndication. I wonder if he's a billionaire yet.
My MIL's grandfather (don't recall if biological or step) was some actor from back in the day out of California named Curly. The last name is escaping right now at 4am.
Howard?GT_Aggie2015 said:
My MIL's grandfather (don't recall if biological or step) was some actor from back in the day out of California named Curly. The last name is escaping right now at 4am.
Only famous person I have socialized with at an airport is Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.
Redstone said:
Only famous person I have socialized with at an airport is Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.
Because all of the celebrities you have met were not yet celebrities when you met them.
Harry Lime said:Howard?GT_Aggie2015 said:
My MIL's grandfather (don't recall if biological or step) was some actor from back in the day out of California named Curly. The last name is escaping right now at 4am.
Neal?
Let me find out. I just know it's Curly and he was an actor in California but don't remember the last name. I know it isn't the same last name as my MIL's maiden name/her mom's last name.maroon barchetta said:Harry Lime said:Howard?GT_Aggie2015 said:
My MIL's grandfather (don't recall if biological or step) was some actor from back in the day out of California named Curly. The last name is escaping right now at 4am.
Neal?
Does Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Jimmy Swaggart being cousins fit the theme of this thread?
One more I remembered, Kelly Jakle, who played Jessica in Pitch Perfect, is Branch Rickey's great Grandaughter. She has sung the NA at dodgers games.
Side note, she was also Brittany Snow's roommate for a few years. So that would have been a cool house to hang out in.
Side note, she was also Brittany Snow's roommate for a few years. So that would have been a cool house to hang out in.
My cousin dated Rick Trevino.
maroon barchetta said:
The Jared Padalecki post reminded me that my mom is a distant cousin to Lee Horsley, who had a tv series about a detective named Matt Houston back in the 80's.
The airplane scene in the opening clip of Matt Houston was filmed at Allenfarm, just a few miles south of College Station.
There's a mural of Lee Horsley (or there used to be) painted on one of the old buildings in downtown Muleshoe, TX.
Potcake said:
Does Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Jimmy Swaggart being cousins fit the theme of this thread?
This is common knowledge to guys our age I would think but yeah that's a perfect example.
Here's a weird one….Jimmy Carter, Elvis Presley, and the dudes from LMFAO are all related.
I don't consider it weird but my grandfather was good friends with William Faulkner.
Anyone remember these guys?! Joe Stampley is my mom's uncle, so no clue what that makes us.
In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.
My cousin played a part in a HISHE video, but I can't remember which one.
I knew a guy whose girlfriend cheated on him with MacGyver. He would get mad every time he heard the theme song to the show.
CajunAg97 said:
Anyone remember these guys?! Joe Stampley is my mom's uncle, so no clue what that makes us.
Saw them at the HLSR in the Astrodome as a kid. Pretty sure that's the most people I ever heard holler "BULLSH**" over and over (during the Cotton Eyed Joe". At least until Fran became head coach.
Went to church with this guy and his family when I was I kid...
(from our old church directory)
(from our old church directory)
One of my physics profs made sure to note her relation a famous physicist.oragator said:
Thought this might be interesting.
I went down one of the million rabbit holes I seemingly go down daily, and discovered that Olivia Newton John's grandfather won the Nobel prize for physics, he was one of the early people in quantum mechanics. And then her dad worked for MI5 in WW2, and is supposedly the guy that arrested Rudolph Hess when he made it to Great Britain. And her sister was married to Jeff Conway as well. Plus she had a boyfriend go missing and was never found. Many think he faked his death.
So that is a lot for one person, it I'm sure there's lots of other good stories out there.
My mom went to high school with Meatloaf.
Let's go, Brandon!
NoahAg said:
My mom went to high school with Meatloaf.
Wife has treated pets of Meatloaf, Matthew M., Undertaker, JJW, Sandra Bullock, governors of AL, LA, and TX.
Actress Naomi Watts' father Peter was the road manager and a sound engineer for Pink Floyd in the early '70s. It is his laughter that is heard on the song "Brain Damage" from album Dark Side of the Moon.
Undertaker a financial supporter and frequent visitor to our vet school.
Aye Davanita said:
Woody Harrelson and his old man anyone?
You mean who really killed JFK?
Texas had several hitmen connected to both CIA and the Louisiana / Miami mafias led by Carlos Marcello….according to Philip F. Nelson (get all the books).
This included Woody's dad, as well as the former Student Body President of UT, Malcom Wallace (the only man in TX to be convicted of first degree murder, and then walk away scot free).
IMO - he murdered a very important Brazos County man, Henry Marshall.
The connector here? LBJ.
This included Woody's dad, as well as the former Student Body President of UT, Malcom Wallace (the only man in TX to be convicted of first degree murder, and then walk away scot free).
IMO - he murdered a very important Brazos County man, Henry Marshall.
The connector here? LBJ.
Anyone who has ever been to Austin, Dallas, Bryan, and Fredericksburg has walked where events that very massively impacted the 20th Century and beyond occurred.
Pulling this back for one I found tonight,
Christopher Lloyd's grandfather was one of the founders of Texaco. If I had to guess which celeb had Texaco connections, he might not have been in the top 500.
Christopher Lloyd's grandfather was one of the founders of Texaco. If I had to guess which celeb had Texaco connections, he might not have been in the top 500.
oragator said:
Pulling this back for one I found tonight,
Christopher Lloyd's grandfather was one of the founders of Texaco. If I had to guess which celeb had Texaco connections, he might not have been in the top 500.
My uncle lived on the outskirts of a small town out in west Texas. He told me one time back in the 80s that he met and talked to the professor guy on Back to the Future as he rode through on a bike. He said he was a nice guy and was alone. I found it hard to believe but I have since read he rode all over Italy. Apparently he is an avid cyclist.
I would imagine there is a very high correlation in actors/actresses coming from a prosperous family. The bootstrappers tend to rise up through the comedy ranks.
Ragoo said:
I would imagine there is a very high correlation in actors/actresses coming from a prosperous family. The bootstrappers tend to rise up through the comedy ranks.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Mara Rooney
Kate Mara
Families are above top 1% rich
Maya Rudolph and Gwyneth Paltrow attended the same private school in NYC together. Probably didn't go the bootstraps route
Plenty of others - Jolie, Clooney, etc.
my point is to get into the arts like acting it helps to have financial backing behind you. Which is why your see a lot of actors with wealthy families.maroon barchetta said:Ragoo said:
I would imagine there is a very high correlation in actors/actresses coming from a prosperous family. The bootstrappers tend to rise up through the comedy ranks.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Mara Rooney
Kate Mara
Families are above top 1% rich
Maya Rudolph and Gwyneth Paltrow attended the same private school in NYC together. Probably didn't go the bootstraps route
Plenty of others - Jolie, Clooney, etc.
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