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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Apr 9, 2023 14:05:05 GMT -5
Like how you can be a fan of some folks for decades and most people don’t know who they are. Then suddenly EVERYONE knows who they are.
I was just reminded of this when coming across a GG Allin DVD on clearance. Before he directed The Hangover trilogy and at this point probably even more famously The Joker, Todd Philips first film was a documentary about GG Allin. And it’s not like he directed that then blew up. In fact his next film didn’t come out for another 5 years and that was another documentary called, Frat House which you probably just found out existed.
Also, Troma’s James Gunn getting as big as he was (is?) still blows my mind.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 9, 2023 14:09:17 GMT -5
Virtually every older guest actor on Seinfeld.
Brisco and Patterson also got way more famous as Stooges for Vince than they ever were in their own heyday.
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Post by fw91 on Apr 9, 2023 14:28:52 GMT -5
Drake.
He is always Jimmy Brooks to us Degraasi fans.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Apr 9, 2023 14:33:04 GMT -5
Uri Geller, a psychic who bends spoons becomes world famous despite being exposed as a sham decades ago.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 9, 2023 14:42:19 GMT -5
Scatman's life story is a hell of a wild one.
Longtime musician, gets famous when he's older with a breakout hit, gets more success in Japan, dies from cancer while basking in his fame there while he could.
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Post by aaahhh90 on Apr 9, 2023 14:44:46 GMT -5
Betty White. I think most of us knew who she was because we had parents that watched Golden Girls reruns. She really exploded in popularity the last decade of her life.
Speaking of directors, Joss Whedon after he directed The Avengers. I was already familiar with him because I watched Buffy religiously at one point. I actually became very tired of his way of writing dialogue about 5 years before Avengers came out. So while everyone was losing their minds over "Shawarma", I was yawning because it was typical Whedon dialogue.
Michelle Yeoh is getting her flowers. I grew up watching her in Jackie Chan's Super Cop & Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Apr 9, 2023 14:51:59 GMT -5
Abe Vigoda became more popular for being a joke character on Conan O'Brien than he was for Sal Tessio or Fish.
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Post by XIII on Apr 9, 2023 14:52:15 GMT -5
George Takei is up in the Betty White tier. He was known in the Star Trek/nerd/convention circles but once he harnessed the power of the meme he took off.
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Post by Bo Rida on Apr 9, 2023 16:18:35 GMT -5
Uri Geller, a psychic who bends spoons becomes world famous despite being exposed as a sham decades ago. Ugh that damn spoonbender, he was one of those celebs that kept popping up when as a kid where I was completely baffled why they were a thing. He kept trying to ruin things, I went to a football match where he did a psychic experiment at half-time (it failed) and he sued Pokémon. He milked knowing Michael Jackson for all he could and while not exactly his fault I couldn't even enjoy the Matrix without being reminded of him.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Apr 9, 2023 16:29:49 GMT -5
Memes? How about...Rick Astley?
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 9, 2023 16:44:08 GMT -5
Keanu Reeves is like this. Like he went into obscurity after the Matrix trilogy then the internet fell in love with him about a decade or so later. Then the John Wick movies happened.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 9, 2023 17:50:37 GMT -5
Rory Calhoun. Star of dozens of westerns and war and adventures films, frequent guest star on TV. Big career, but once the westerns died out, his career dwindled.
Until his name was a joke on "The Simpsons".
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Apr 9, 2023 17:52:00 GMT -5
I still don't quite understand how Joseph Gordon Levitt was EVERYWHERE for a while in the 00's. The guy went from the fifth banana on Third Rock From The Sun to being a Hollywood A-lister, seemingly out of nowhere.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 9, 2023 20:05:12 GMT -5
I still don't quite understand how Joseph Gordon Levitt was EVERYWHERE for a while in the 00's. The guy went from the fifth banana on Third Rock From The Sun to being a Hollywood A-lister, seemingly out of nowhere. Only to just kinda disappear again. He still pops up in stuff here and there, but I think The Walk and Snowden pretty much killed his career as a lead actor.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Apr 9, 2023 20:30:49 GMT -5
Michelle Yeoh is getting her flowers. I grew up watching her in Jackie Chan's Super Cop & Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. My introduction to her was Tomorrow Never Dies. Wai Lin is a top-tier Bond girl.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2023 21:32:38 GMT -5
It’s interesting to me how Bob Ross suddenly blew up in the last few years.
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Post by King Boo on Apr 9, 2023 22:02:40 GMT -5
Someone, mark this thread on the "FAN Mentions GG Allin" tally board.
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Post by Talent Name on Apr 9, 2023 22:03:39 GMT -5
Ke Huy Quan took a hiatus and now is rightfully getting the attention he deserves
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Post by karl100589 on Apr 9, 2023 23:09:22 GMT -5
Buster Merryfield first began acting in the 1960s, and was working as a bank manager until he was 57, but only made it big when he was cast as Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses.
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Post by salz4life on Apr 10, 2023 13:05:31 GMT -5
Like how you can be a fan of some folks for decades and most people don’t know who they are. Then suddenly EVERYONE knows who they are. I was just reminded of this when coming across a GG Allin DVD on clearance. Before he directed The Hangover trilogy and at this point probably even more famously The Joker, Todd Philips first film was a documentary about GG Allin. And it’s not like he directed that then blew up. In fact his next film didn’t come out for another 5 years and that was another documentary called, Frat House which you probably just found out existed. Also, Troma’s James Gunn getting as big as he was (is?) still blows my mind. Didn't Old School come before the original Hangover or was it after? I swear it was before and if it was, that's my first memory of Old School. "I'm here for the gangbang!"
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