like a masochist in newport, we're rhode island bound!
so last night i decided to look up famous people from rhode island to see if we had anyone besides seth mcfarlan and james woods. turns out, yeah, we do! we have a lot of cool people hailing from our tiny little state! we gots HP Lovecraft! woot woot! and in living celebrities, the most famous, probably, is merideth viera from the news and whatever, and pauly d from jersey shore - no idea why he is famous, but he is right now. also, "the cowsills", who were a family singing group that inspired the partridge family, were from newport. we even have a porn star named aimee sweet.
here are my favorites, in no particular order:
1. Jason Marsden.
who's he? only the voice of max from A Goofy Movie! boo ya! i was all about that movie when i was prepubescent (and probably a while after). he was also on Step By Step, Boy Meet World, Full House and probably every other tv show i liked as a kid. he was in White Squall, too. he gets bonus points for being hobbit sized, but then loses them for growing a goatee and long hair - not sexy, dude. especially not on someone who is hobbit sized.
2. Arden Myrin!!!!!
the cutest MadTv alumna! (who is way older than i thought she was. but hey, way to age like a fine cheese, girl! keep on getting tastier!) i love her! she makes frequent appearances on Chelsea Lately. and now i love her even more cuz she's a proud rhode islander - she has a comedy special called "Straight Outta Lil' Compton"!
3. Sam Daly.
i don't think i've actually seen him in anything, but he's a sexy ginger and therefore gets my seal of approval. :)
4. Charlie Day - best of all!!
because not only is he from middletown, but he went to Pennfield! (or The New School, as it was known back then) and according to my brother and my mom, HE IS (very likely) THE SON OF MY MUSIC TEACHER!!! how awesome is that?! i cannot even describe the ironic awesomeness of mrs. day. to give u an idea, imagine ana gasteyer's music teacher character from snl, only tiny.
seriously, that character could be based on her. she'd always try to make us sing current pop songs all operatically accompanied by piano. and when she'd get annoyed with us kids she'd bang on the piano and say things like "i'm so mad i could spit!" time froze for her back in the 1960's and she has looked and acted about 80 years old ever since. because i have always remembered her as a little old lady, i didn't think she had any kids, but according to my mother she had two - and the boy would be 4 or 5 years older than my brother - same as charlie day! he does not appear in my brother's 1990 year book (i combed through it meticulously), but that just means he didn't stay through 8th grade, he could still have gone there before. of course i was way too excited when i found all this out. this boosts me up the 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon ladder like crazy!
now there is also a list of people who can fuck off from rhode island - elizabeth hasselbeck, debra messing, shanna moklar - these people have had their citizenship revoked (by me) for being annoying and stupid and do not count as RI-ers. so don't even mention them.
here are my favorites, in no particular order:
1. Jason Marsden.
who's he? only the voice of max from A Goofy Movie! boo ya! i was all about that movie when i was prepubescent (and probably a while after). he was also on Step By Step, Boy Meet World, Full House and probably every other tv show i liked as a kid. he was in White Squall, too. he gets bonus points for being hobbit sized, but then loses them for growing a goatee and long hair - not sexy, dude. especially not on someone who is hobbit sized.
2. Arden Myrin!!!!!
the cutest MadTv alumna! (who is way older than i thought she was. but hey, way to age like a fine cheese, girl! keep on getting tastier!) i love her! she makes frequent appearances on Chelsea Lately. and now i love her even more cuz she's a proud rhode islander - she has a comedy special called "Straight Outta Lil' Compton"!
3. Sam Daly.
i don't think i've actually seen him in anything, but he's a sexy ginger and therefore gets my seal of approval. :)
4. Charlie Day - best of all!!
because not only is he from middletown, but he went to Pennfield! (or The New School, as it was known back then) and according to my brother and my mom, HE IS (very likely) THE SON OF MY MUSIC TEACHER!!! how awesome is that?! i cannot even describe the ironic awesomeness of mrs. day. to give u an idea, imagine ana gasteyer's music teacher character from snl, only tiny.
Click to viewseriously, that character could be based on her. she'd always try to make us sing current pop songs all operatically accompanied by piano. and when she'd get annoyed with us kids she'd bang on the piano and say things like "i'm so mad i could spit!" time froze for her back in the 1960's and she has looked and acted about 80 years old ever since. because i have always remembered her as a little old lady, i didn't think she had any kids, but according to my mother she had two - and the boy would be 4 or 5 years older than my brother - same as charlie day! he does not appear in my brother's 1990 year book (i combed through it meticulously), but that just means he didn't stay through 8th grade, he could still have gone there before. of course i was way too excited when i found all this out. this boosts me up the 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon ladder like crazy!
now there is also a list of people who can fuck off from rhode island - elizabeth hasselbeck, debra messing, shanna moklar - these people have had their citizenship revoked (by me) for being annoying and stupid and do not count as RI-ers. so don't even mention them.