Eddie Haskel
Submitted by: Bob SacamanoKen Osmond played the sickenenly smug and contrite Eddie Haskel on Leave it To Beaver. His post-stardom life is far more interesting than Jerry Mathers (the Beaver).
Ken Osmond played the sickenenly smug and contrite Eddie Haskel on Leave it To Beaver. His post-stardom life is far more interesting than Jerry Mathers (the Beaver).
Childhood star of “Leave it to Beaver”. Need I say more? Didn’t think so.
He was perhaps the last of the big, time “glamourous” mobsters. Capturing the public and media attention as be flitted through court case after court case without any of the charges sticking.
After being a bodyguard for the likes of Mohammed Ali, being a military policeman and a role in Rocky, his career culminated in the role of “BA” on televisions A-Team show.
Toss up between Wesley Crusher from Star Trek the Next Generation or his role in Stand By Me.
Nadia was well on her way to an illustrious career in gymnastics when she sealed the deal by scoring the first perfect 10 in Olympic history at the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal on the compulsory bars. By the end of the games she won 3 gold medals, a silver and a bronze and became […]
He was the start of a YACK sitcom (Yet-Another-Cute-Kid – hey, I just invented that acronym…) by the same title, which ran from 1983-1989.
He was Englands first and only ski jumper, comprising the sole entry on the part of the UK in the Calgary winter Olympics in 1988. He came in 56th out of a field of 57 (the 57th was disqualified), jumping 77 meters and somehow not killing himself. Instant fame followed, but predictably, did not last.
After making her TV debut playing “Drusilla the Wonder Girl” on Wonder Woman in the mid-70’s and starring in movies like ‘Slumber Party 57’ and ‘Thank God its Friday’ she hit her stride in the early 80’s with three blockbusters: Urban Cowboy, An Officer and A Gentleman and Terms of Endearment, the latter two earning […]
Safety Dance, 1982. The song was such a big hit, it was parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.