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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:57 am
by Kitten
Jackie Chan has a cartton series which currently airs on the cartoon network, which has the show, "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" which Al played a voice in.
Steve Dahl (this might be a bit hard)
Edit- Oops, drnick thought he was in his name
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:51 pm
by AMFilms
Thats impossible kitten
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:20 am
by drnick954
It is quitely. Im his brother, and he wasnt logged off when i got on that day.
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:20 am
by AMFilms
Steve Dahl is a dj, and so was weird al's childhood local disc jockey, Doctor Demento. Dont give me another
for it, but it is all i got.
Lamb chop
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:03 pm
by Orthography Enthusiast
Lamb Chop appeared with Leslie Nielsen in "Wrongfully Accused."
Leslie Nielsen appeared with "Weird Al" Yankovic in all three Naked Gun movies.
Martin Carthy.
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 7:51 am
by Akrovak
Martin Carthy, a folk artist, had a version of the song "Lord Fanklin"
Bob Dylan was very impressed with this, and used its tune and narrative style for his own song, "Bob Dylan's Dream".
Weird Al was obviously impressed enough with Bob Dylan to do a stylist parody of him on the 2003 recording of "Poodle Hat", entitled "Bob".
Georges Bizet.
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:31 pm
by Orthography Enthusiast
Georges Bizet wrote Carmen.
Spike Jones wrote "Spike Jones Murders Carmen" ("Here's Don Schmose, he's dressed up like a bull...")
Spike Jones was a role model for "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Carmen Miranda
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:59 pm
by Akrovak
Carmen Miranda made an appearance on "The Jimmy Durante Show" on August 3rd, 1955.
Jimmy Durante played Smiler Grogan in the 1963 movie "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World."
In an uncredited role, Jack Benny was also in that movie, playing the man in the car in the desert.
On "The Jack Benny Show", Frank Sinatra Jr. made an appearance on October 2, 1962.
Frank Sinatra Jr. also appeared on Tom Snyder's "The Late Late Show" on January 25, 1995 and February 29, 1996.
Tom Snyder gave Weird Al his first television appearance on April 21, 1981 on "The Tomorrow Show".
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David Gilmour
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:10 am
by Genius in Maine
David Gilmour was a member of Pink Floyd, who wrote "The Wall", which had a minor role for Bob Hoskins.
Bob Hoskins was also in "Super Mario Bros.", which was narrated by Dan Castanellata, who does the voice of Homer Simpson. Al made an appearance on the Simpsons.
Russell Crowe
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:24 pm
by drnick954
Russell Crowe was in "A Beautiful Mind" which was directed by Ron Howard who was in "Happy Days" with Henry Winkler who was in the movie "Holes" which also starred Sigourney Weaver who was in "Galaxy Quest" with Tim Allen who played a voice in "Toy Story" as well as Tom Hanks who won an Oscar for his role in "Forrest Gump." Al made a song about that movie
Michael Phelps