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post #1 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:24am
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Borrowing from a discussion I had this weekend, the odds that someone you know has been involved in some big Media thing like a Film, DVD, TV Show is bound to be likely due to the Mass Media Proliferation of our age.

So, wanting to see this incredibly loose theory at work, I wanted to see if any Chewers had been in/on a Film, DVD, TV Show or something related?
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post #2 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:29am
I've been told I'm on the Woodstock '94 VHS highlight tape that was released. I've never seen it, though, so who knows.


So my official answer is "maybe".
You're welcome.
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post #3 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:30am
I was on a local kid's variety show once. They broadcast it on TV and it was a summer special where they went to different summer camps over the island. I was like 9 and I was participating in a part where you had to draw something with a message all while the other kids had their own competitions. At the end of the show they'd see what we drew and pick a winner.

I drew Noah's Ark with the message "God saved them all, so we should protect them too" or something like that.

The other kid drew a syringe filled with heroin tearing through the PRican flag and a graffiti-stained brick wall behind it, and a message that drugs were destroying our island.

Drugs won.
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post #4 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:35am
I was in some commercial over the summer in NYC. Or maybe I was cut. I was walking down the street and they asked me a bunch of questions and I don't know how interesting my answers were. Come to think of it, I'm not even sure what it was a commercial for. The important thing is that I didn't imagine it.
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post #5 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:40am
I'm in the stands for the championship game in Glory Road. You can totally see my finger waving enthusiastically when they win.
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post #6 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:43am
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Originally Posted by Spunk
I'm in the stands for the championship game in Glory Road. You can totally see my finger waving enthusiastically when they win.
Geez, no spoiler warning?
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post #7 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:44am
You can see me in the background of a cafe in this indie crime flick called "The Waiter", starring Charles Durning and CHUD favorite Glen Morshower!

I'm also one of the leads in a piece of shit slasher flick called Long Pig, which is hitting DVD in January (supposedly).
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post #8 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:48am
does WWE Raw count?
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post #9 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:50am
I auditioned for THREE MEN AND A BABY. But they said 8 was too old to play a baby. Fuck you Nimoy.
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post #10 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:00am
I was on a public access show (which I hated, I wasn't supposed to be on it but the host didn't show up and I was urged to fill in). I asked the programming coordinator to never play it again after it went on.

I was also on an intro for some friendly public access talk show. They taped an intro where it's like the director of the show was urging the hosts into the studio like they were a fire rescue team and I was waving them on. I had on a headset with a mic to make me look like a director. It was actually an ok show, pretty good for public access standards (which around here is mostly shit), but I never made the effort to see an episode with my appearance.
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post #11 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:15am
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
I auditioned for THREE MEN AND A BABY. But they said 8 was too old to play a baby. Fuck you Nimoy.
I was the ghost in that one scene.
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post #12 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:21am
The company I work for has a live shopping network, and I've been on that a few times.

I was also one of the losers who went to the opening day 6am showing of the Matrix Revolutions out here at the Mann Chinese and was interviewed by the local news station (I think the only part they aired was the question "Why did you get up so early to see this?" My response: "Because I'm a dork!") My parents were so proud.
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post #13 of 45
11/20/07 at 3:10am
When I was a kid, my siblings and I were cast in "White Palace", the Susan Sarandon movie, as Jason Alexander's kids.
After finding out what the schedule would be, my mom decided not to let us take off that much school so we dropped out and friends of ours took our place.

A couple years ago I was interviewed by ABC news at the Museum of the Moving Image for a piece about old video games, they filmed me playing the Tron Arcade game and asked me a few questions.

I'm also on the Flaming Lips DVD, The Fearless Freaks, most visible in the deleted scenes on disc two at their new years show they played with The White Stripes in Chicago from a few years back.
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post #14 of 45
11/20/07 at 3:20am
I know I'm never, ever going to live this down, but eh, what the fuck. I have no shame.

I'm on the left.

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post #15 of 45
11/20/07 at 3:25am
You're actually ashamed of that? Teddy Ruxbin is motherfucking gangsta.
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post #16 of 45
11/20/07 at 3:32am
I really hope that jaundice and those unsightly nose freckles have cleared up by now.

I won $6,000 on The Weakest Link a few years ago. I was also an extra in "The Babe" in college. My best friend's wife's brother was the youngest son in "Overboard" and he's also the kid that got "counted" as Kevin in the van in "Home Alone".
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post #17 of 45
11/20/07 at 3:45am
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Originally Posted by Schwartz
You're actually ashamed of that? Teddy Ruxbin is motherfucking gangsta.
My 3 year old daughter has been dragging around my old TR for the past couple days. She would agree. I like to think Alex still wears that shirt (with the sleeves torn off).


I was seen on TV marching with my HS band in the Rose Bowl Parade back in '94.

More recently, my motion capture acting has been seen in such video games as Outlaw Golf 2 and Outlaw Tennis (where there is an unlockable bonus movie of actual video of me in the suit), among others.

Besides my own films, I was 1st Mate in a short film called "Ninjas VS Pirates" (I can also be seen in the behind the scenes clip) filmed about a year ago (and completely redubbed by Michael "Police Academy" Winslow!).

I was also an extra in National Lampoon's ROBODOC (with Alan Thicke!).


EDIT: Just to reiterate, my acting gigs during the past year were playing alongside ALAN THICKE or redubbed by MICHAEL WINSLOW. I really have God to thank for these blessings.
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post #18 of 45
11/20/07 at 3:55am
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Originally Posted by Schwartz
You're actually ashamed of that? Teddy Ruxbin is motherfucking gangsta.
Teddy Ruxpin used to fucking freak me out.
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post #19 of 45
11/20/07 at 4:23am
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Originally Posted by Menlo Park Rat
Teddy Ruxpin used to fucking freak me out.
Teddy Ruxbin still freaks me out.

I remember being in something a news crew was shooting for earth day back in elementary school. There were a few other kids there, including one of my younger brothers. All I remember about it was when they asked us our names I just said Will, but my brother listed off his full name, including two middle names, and followed that by saying "And my Hebrew name is Feivel." Then I said, "Shhhh! They'll now we're Jewish!" I really hope they cut that part out.

I also handled the audio on a short film called Underneath a couple years ago. They wanted everyone on the crew to have some sort of cameo appearance. I remember being pretty adamant about not being in it because I'm one of those weirdos who doesn't like to be seen very much, but I may have ended up in it anyway.
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post #20 of 45
11/20/07 at 5:14am
The saddest thing about that Ruxpin ad is that I was paid 60 bucks for it, and my parents thiefed it before I could buy Double Dragon 2 or somthing. I thought I was going to get Ruxpin or that wicked looking Caterpillar dude, but nope, the cheap bastards gave me nothing.

Never did get one...
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post #21 of 45
11/20/07 at 5:18am
I close a locker and sigh to myself in this film.
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post #22 of 45
11/20/07 at 10:12am
I was Max Shreck's stuntman in Nosferatu.
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post #23 of 45
11/20/07 at 11:47am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex Riviello
I know I'm never, ever going to live this down, but eh, what the fuck. I have no shame.

I'm on the left.

This is the kind of shit that I was trying to dig up. Wow, man. Rocking the Ruxpin. When I was young, I always thought it was fun to stick some Judas Priest tape into the slot on his back and let it play. The mouth motions still sync up for the most part.
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post #24 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:04pm
When I was four, my mom told me that I was going to be on Romper Room. Four days before the taping, my mom then told me that "the studios burned down" and I wasn't going to be on the show.

I'm pretty sure she was lying.
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post #25 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:14pm
I was in one of the groups that MTV followed around Cancun for MTV's Spring Break '98. My parents were so very, very proud.

Oh, also, Riviello wins by a huge margin.
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post #26 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:21pm
I was in the audience for the taping of the Diff'rent Strokes episode with Mr. T. So technically I'm part of a laugh track. Sigh.
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post #27 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:35pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin Savage
I've been in an ad for a local movie that was quite big over here. One of those ads where you're "interviewed" after the flick. Since one of my buddy gave me free tickets, and he was the one shooting and editing the said commercial. The bastard used an outtake right at the end. Oh, was I roasted that year.

But of course, this is a grain of sand in the presence of Teddy Ruxbin's enforcer.
What flick was it? I always wanted to be in one of those commercials just to give a false impression of the film and get people to go see it.
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post #28 of 45
11/20/07 at 12:50pm
I have a brother that used to work at Fox Sports so I was interviewed at pretty much every game I went to for a few years. Most importantly, I was also a zombie in the thrilling finale of ZOMBIE BLOODBATH 3.
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post #29 of 45
11/20/07 at 1:36pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scsotdc
Does Cops count?
COPS does count. Also, if you're really trashy...True Stories of the Highway Patrol.
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post #30 of 45
11/20/07 at 1:47pm
I wasn't on film but I once was on the radio where I successfully defeated John Tesh in a finance related question on The Motley Fool radio program back in 2000.

And another thing, I thought it was real stories of the Highway Patrol.
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post #31 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:15pm
I forgot one... I was at a taping of Letterman in '95. Bruce Willis was the guest (he climbs down from the balcony on a rope), promoting DH3. You can clearly hear me hooting and hollering (even from the back row) all through the interview.

What can I say? I have a big mouth.



And, Alex, true story. I was hanging around my brother and his girlfriend chatting and we were talking about that "One Xmas gift you always wanted and never got". For me, it was Grubby (TR's caterpillar pal). Well, that year's holidays rolled around and my bro's GF dug up her old Grubby from the attic/garage and gave it to me. It sits in my studio to this day.

Since Grubby doesn't work on his own (much to my chagrin) because he has no tapedeck, I had to go on a manchild quest to buy Teddy as well. He was reissued a couple years back with a red and blue outfit (not as sharp as his original earth tone threads IMO), and now his mouth doesn't want to open very much when he talks, but my daughter doesn't care. Teddy is her prophet and she sits wide-eyed and listens patiently to his animatronic sermons.
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post #32 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:27pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EdHocken
I wasn't on film but I once was on the radio where I successfully defeated John Tesh in a finance related question on The Motley Fool radio program back in 2000.

And another thing, I thought it was real stories of the Highway Patrol.
I have no idea. I just like watching footage of cops whomping on people. I just wanted to see if anyone here could be one of those people.
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post #33 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:33pm
Anderson, looks like Alex is the only winner of this thread.




Look at how cute he is...... go ahead, look!
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post #34 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:35pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by C.Swicegood
Anderson, looks like Alex is the only winner of this thread.




Look at how cute he is...... go ahead, look!
I know!

I'm just waiting for that one crazy story to pop out. Somebody's got a bad commercial or a really abusive child actor background in their past. I want to hear about it.
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post #35 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:39pm
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Originally Posted by C.Swicegood
Look at how cute he is...... go ahead, look!
It's either the shit-eating grin on Alex's face, his attire and killer coiffure, or the fact that he has (Count em!) 2 animatronic buddies, but that chick is obviously digging his action.


SMOOTH. OPERATOR.
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post #36 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:52pm
I was the evening swing jock on a local radio station when I was younger. It doesn't top Teddy Ruxpin Body Guard but it was still the greatest high school job ever.
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post #37 of 45
11/20/07 at 2:56pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
It's either the shit-eating grin on Alex's face, his attire and killer coiffure, or the fact that he has (Count em!) 2 animatronic buddies, but that chick is obviously digging his action.


SMOOTH. OPERATOR.
hahaha... she's my cousin.
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post #38 of 45
11/20/07 at 3:10pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex Riviello
hahaha... she's my cousin.
Somebody better hop in a Delorean and tell her then.
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post #39 of 45
11/20/07 at 3:24pm
I was on The Bozo The Clown Show at age five. I remember almost nothing about it, other than failing to bounce a balloon into a big barrel without using my hands and being disappointed after Bozo announced there were cartoons coming up, yet no cartoons were actually shown in the studio. He just pointed at the camera, paused for a few seconds, and then moved on to the excited, post-cartoon banter as though we'd all just seen them, which five-year-old-me thought was a total ripoff.
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post #40 of 45
11/20/07 at 4:08pm
I was an extra during the boxing match in Snake Eyes. Got digitally altered into darkness, was forced to cheer for Nick Cage and, after a boring 12 hour shoot, decided to take a short cut through the stadium and walked into Brian De Palma.

My wife turned down a chance to be in Wicker Park with Josh Hartnett. The casting director shouted at her "Don't you know who Josh Hartnett is?" Her reply: "No and I don't give a fuck either." That's why I married her.
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post #41 of 45
11/20/07 at 8:40pm
This thread is awesome. It's really made me want to immortalise myself by being an Annoying Background Dick.

I once deliberately walked in the background while a local news crew was interviewing talking heads for a news story, but I wasn't home in time to catch the broadcast that night, so I will never know if I made it.

There are also instances where Chewers may have been filmed for TV without their knowledge. Like when the news does a story on obesity, and use various waist-down shots of fatties in food-stained sweatpants going about their business. Someone should look into that.
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post #42 of 45
11/20/07 at 8:43pm
Now I just rememberd.

Back in the summer of '03 or '04 when I was working at the local boating/fishing lake. I paddle boated ABC7 news reporter Leslie Sykes out in the middle of the lake for a news spot for the 3 o'clock hour. Sadly, I was not brought out for the 5'o clock run.
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post #43 of 45
11/20/07 at 10:19pm
Alex's totally checking out that girl's lady lumps. Her eyes are not on here chest, man!
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post #44 of 45
11/21/07 at 3:39pm
I work in production, so I have been on a few things. Coolest though was watching the bathroom fight on the pilot for The Riches and realizing that is what I got to help with the staging of. The stunt guys worked it all out in the production office and used me to help with it.
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post #45 of 45
12/20/07 at 7:13am
My fiancee and I are on the Dave Matthews Band - Live at Piedmont Park DVD
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