# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/61 "2016-03-24T15:42:22Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **23. I’m awfully good looking, especially when I glow in the dark.** Rad Pitt? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/62 "2016-03-24T15:51:48Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Rad Pitt? You got it. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/63 "2016-03-24T22:26:55Z")
1. My capris always have a spot on them. Mar Tyler Moore ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/64 "2016-03-24T22:35:11Z")
1. I should star in “Cardigans for Communists.” Red Astaire? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/65 "2016-03-24T22:37:20Z")
Unsolved as of this post: **6. I prove sharks can be excellent at standardized tests.** **8. I am a skier with my own mountain.** **15. I’ll be there for you, and I’m really, really strong.** **19. I was a great tennis player until that dramatic explosion.** **28. I’m quite diminutive, but I am still at this location, over there, and everywhere.** **29. We’ll get you to the other side, but unconventionally.** **31. I play versatile cultural roles, primarily for the horses and pigs.** **33. I should wear a Bill the Cat shirt when I golf.** **36. When it comes to diamonds, I always blow out the competition.** \*\*38. I should star in “Cardigans for Communists.” \*\* ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/66 "2016-03-24T22:38:57Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I should star in “Cardigans for Communists.” > > Red Astaire? I’m giving you half credit for leading me there. I believe it’s Red Rogers. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/67 "2016-03-24T22:41:13Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. My capris always have a spot on them. > > Mar Tyler Moore Correct! > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I should star in “Cardigans for Communists.” > > Red Astaire? > [@Asimovian](#): > > I’m giving you half credit for leading me there. I believe it’s Red Rogers. I think she should get more than half credit for that! ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/68 "2016-03-24T22:45:30Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **33. I should wear a Bill the Cat shirt when I golf.** I thought I had it for a second with Hilary Duff, but that doesn’t work with the rules, I think. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/69 "2016-03-24T22:47:58Z")
1. I should hold my new phone a cubit from my ear. 2. You could call me a golden god of the kitchen. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/70 "2016-03-24T22:50:38Z")
1. Wait, wait, I need to light up this doobie. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/71 "2016-03-24T22:57:22Z")
1. I went to law school with my identical cousin. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/72 "2016-03-24T23:02:45Z")
1. I should hang out with #22 in a Mexican ballpark. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/73 "2016-03-24T23:10:09Z")
1. You’d buy pants from me at my very own store, if you’re wise. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/74 "2016-03-24T23:13:56Z")
1. I’m a baseball player who is way cooler than you are, though I hope I don’t get too popular. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/75 "2016-03-24T23:21:27Z")
1. I should wear a Bill the Cat shirt when I golf. - Ack! Nicklaus ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/76 "2016-03-25T00:19:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I should wear a Bill the Cat shirt when I golf. - Ack! Nicklaus That’s it. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/77 "2016-03-25T00:28:42Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I’m giving you half credit for leading me there. I believe it’s Red Rogers. Oh, that makes more sense. I know Fred Astaire wore a cardigan in one or two movies, but I hadn’t heard he was _famous_ for it. Also, I admit I spent more than a couple of seconds trying to figure out how you got “Red” from “Ginger”… ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/78 "2016-03-25T00:30:54Z")
1. I went to law school with my identical cousin. Atty. Duke? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/79 "2016-03-25T00:33:31Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I went to law school with my identical cousin. > > Atty. Duke? You got it! I originally had an abbreviation in the clue to make it more fair, but you didn’t even need that. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/80 "2016-03-25T00:36:36Z")
1. I play versatile cultural roles, primarily for the horses and pigs. Stockyard Channing! Wait… different game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=5)