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Go Green PhD Student Posts 1145 |
04-22-20 09:26 AM - Post#306438
Learn something new every day. I'm showing my kids "Gilligan's Island" during our lockdown. They love it (as did I when I was their age). But I did not know that Rudy LaRusso was on one of the episodes. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1813057/mediav iewer/rm... (It's the one where the castaways find a box of plastic that is explosive and the monkey goes to town with it). |
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1LotteryPick1969 Postdoc Posts 2272 
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04-22-20 10:33 AM - Post#306445
Interesting. Any other Ivy basketball cameos on sitcoms? |
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Go Green PhD Student Posts 1145 |
04-22-20 04:59 PM - Post#306501
No Ivy athletes are coming to mind as making cameos on shows. But Gilligan's Island had quite a few Los Angeles-based athletes making appearances. Some I knew, some I caught recently with my kids. In addition to LaRusso (Lakers), there was Roman Gabriel (Rams), Walt Hazzard (Lakers/UCLA), Jim Lefebvre, and Al Ferrara (both Dodgers). And I tell you- the episodes still hold up well!! Highly recommended!  All that said, there are several Ivy athletes who had successful acting careers. Among others, the late Brian Dennehy, Tommy Lee Jones, Andrew Shue and I'm sure others that I'm not recalling... |
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Old Bear Postdoc Posts 3992 |
04-22-20 05:06 PM - Post#306502
Ed Marrinaro |
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Go Green PhD Student Posts 1145 |
04-22-20 05:21 PM - Post#306503
Ed Marrinaro I'm embarrassed. How could I forget?
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1LotteryPick1969 Postdoc Posts 2272
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04-22-20 05:33 PM - Post#306506
No Ivy athletes are coming to mind as making cameos on shows. But Gilligan's Island had quite a few Los Angeles-based athletes making appearances. Some I knew, some I caught recently with my kids. In addition to LaRusso (Lakers), there was Roman Gabriel (Rams), Walt Hazzard (Lakers/UCLA), Jim Lefebvre, and Al Ferrara (both Dodgers And I tell you- the episodes still hold up well!! Highly recommended! All that said, there are several Ivy athletes who had successful acting careers. Among others, the late Brian Dennehy, Tommy Lee Jones, Andrew Shue and I'm sure others that I'm not recalling... No discussion of Gilligan's Island could be complete without the perennial question: Ginger or Mary Anne? |
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Go Green PhD Student Posts 1145 |
04-23-20 06:27 AM - Post#306524
No discussion of Gilligan's Island could be complete without the perennial question: Ginger or Mary Anne? Having re-watched a lot of episodes recently, I'd go with Ginger. Can probably add Lou Gehrig as an Ivy athlete that did some acting as well. |
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1LotteryPick1969 Postdoc Posts 2272
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04-23-20 07:02 AM - Post#306525
From my era, Rob Ryder. Good baller, but dropped out of Princeton to "make pots". Ended up in Hollywood. Has three on-screen credits (IMDB), and was basketball consultant to several movies including "White Men Can't Jump" and (oddly) "Father of the Bride" I and II. |
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palestra38 Professor Posts 32802 |
04-23-20 09:43 AM - Post#306537
Was gunned down in one of the most graphic death scenes ever up to that point on TV in "Hill Street Blues"----very much like what he did to Penn when he ran for over 200 yards against Penn at Franklin Field in a game I saw while visiting my brother who preceded me at Penn in 1971. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQckYP2yet0 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971... |
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LocalTiger Masters Student Posts 430 |
04-23-20 11:47 AM - Post#306546
David Duchovny played JV at Princeton |
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QHoops Senior Posts 368 |
04-23-20 11:50 AM - Post#306547
My brother went to high school in NJ with Marinaro. He ran for a million yards in high school. But what I really enjoyed watching as a young kid - they had a handoff on punt returns where Marinaro would catch the punt then hand off to the other returner. The other teams were so focused on Big Ed that his partner ran in a number of returns for TD's. |
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SecS3 Junior Posts 246 |
04-23-20 01:39 PM - Post#306555
Dean Cain. |
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Go Green PhD Student Posts 1145 |
04-23-20 02:47 PM - Post#306565
Dean Cain. Again, inexcusable oversight on my part. 
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Old Bear Postdoc Posts 3992 |
04-23-20 07:21 PM - Post#306583
John Krazinski's brother Paul played at Brown. I think John tried out. |
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SecS3 Junior Posts 246 |
04-24-20 11:25 AM - Post#306601
All oversights are excusable. I carry a drivers license so that I know who I am if pressured to respond immediately. |
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Bill Lewis Senior Posts 304 |
04-25-20 01:36 PM - Post#306652
Merlin Olsen and Chuck Connors. |
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Silver Maple Postdoc Posts 3770 |
04-27-20 02:17 PM - Post#306699
My mother in law dated Rudy when she was at Smith. Said he was a very nice guy, but awfully tall. They guy she married was 13 inches shorter. |
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Old Bear Postdoc Posts 3992 |
04-27-20 06:57 PM - Post#306706
My brother was a teammate at D. |
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palestra38 Professor Posts 32802 |
05-19-20 10:50 AM - Post#307506
Was her sorority sister Fawn Lebowitz? |
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HARVARDDADGRAD Postdoc Posts 2689 |
05-19-20 11:13 AM - Post#307510
Tragically, Fawn met her demise in a kiln explosion while making a pot. Also, the D basement smelled like skunky old beer. |
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