# Almost Famous People **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 20, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708 "2016-03-20T22:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/221 "2016-04-08T18:04:28Z")
Linda Hut! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/222 "2016-04-08T18:34:32Z")
Man, it is so difficult on Fridays for me to go that last extra step… ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/223 "2016-04-08T18:38:26Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Man, it is so difficult on Fridays for me to go that last extra step… You get 99% credit for that one. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/224 "2016-04-08T19:33:03Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I haven’t been to space; I haven’t been to the moon … I’m a nothing! ☹ Nil Armstrong ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/225 "2016-04-08T19:53:24Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 1. When I have a fever, my brain tends to get scrambled. Eggy Lee, according to Wikipedia, almost became famous for singing “Fever”. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/226 "2016-04-09T06:25:46Z")
> [@Rhodes](#): > > Nil Armstrong Correct! Wheeee!! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/227 "2016-04-10T01:21:51Z")
1. I am a GIANT star, despite having eight arms like a certain comic book doctor. 2. You like me, you really like me, especially when I’m on your side. 3. When I’m hunted, I transform into something really vicious. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/228 "2016-04-10T02:28:39Z")
1. I am a GIANT star, despite having eight arms like a certain comic book doctor. Chris Ock. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/229 "2016-04-10T02:30:26Z")
1. You like me, you really like me, especially when I’m on your side. Ally Field! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/230 "2016-05-11T15:45:02Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **19. I was a great tennis player until that dramatic explosion.** (Alternate answer “Arthur Ash” already given) Revived because NOVA DJOKOVIC! And while I’m at it… 1. Well, how about that? I guess my years behind the mic actually did make me a bit loony! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/231 "2016-05-12T21:40:02Z")
1. Well, how about that? I guess my years behind the mic actually did make me a bit loony! Larry Avid? I think that’s probably wrong because there was a previous “avid”. Victoria Woo? But I’ve never heard of the more famous one. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/232 "2016-05-12T23:20:28Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. Well, how about that? I guess my years behind the mic actually did make me a bit loony! > > Larry Avid? I think that’s probably wrong because there was a previous “avid”. > > Victoria Woo? But I’ve never heard of the more famous one. ☹ No, but as usual, I like your style! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=11)