# 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:** 7
**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 26, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/121 "2016-03-26T17:21:56Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > Yes to Cosby. Try spelling the first name Doll instead of Dal. Doll Parton? ---
**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 26, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/122 "2016-03-26T17:22:48Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Courteney Ox! That’s the one. Funny how you think a clue is really easy when you write it, but there’s no way for someone else to have the same chain of thought you had at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/123 "2016-03-26T20:16:35Z")
Doll Parton it is. 1. I’m a diminutive actress who would feel right at home in a grass house. ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/124 "2016-03-26T20:33:49Z")
**29. We’ll get you to the other side, but unconventionally.** Odd Bridges. I laughed. ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/125 "2016-03-26T20:35:19Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **29. We’ll get you to the other side, but unconventionally.** > > Odd Bridges. I laughed. Bingo, and excellent! ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/126 "2016-03-26T20:37:16Z")
1. I’m not just an elected official; I’m family, homey. ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/127 "2016-03-26T20:40:43Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > 1. I’m not just an elected official; I’m family, homey. Ted Cuz ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/128 "2016-03-26T20:42:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Ted Cuz Well, that didn’t take long. 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/129 "2016-03-26T20:43:04Z")
1. My animal companion knows exactly who I am. ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/130 "2016-03-26T20:46:51Z")
**31. I play versatile cultural roles, primarily for the horses and pigs.** Time for the wild-ass guesses. Annie Farmer? ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/131 "2016-03-26T20:50:57Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **31. I play versatile cultural roles, primarily for the horses and pigs.** > > Time for the wild-ass guesses. > > Annie Farmer? No, sorry! ---
**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 26, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/132 "2016-03-26T21:05:35Z")
1. I like to start feuds, but I should bury the hatchet. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/133 "2016-03-26T22:29:58Z")
1. I’m finished with music and politics now I got avant-garde and experimental performance art. 2. There’s something magical about the way I swim through the water with my webbed feet. 3. One of the letters in my surname blew away while making a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/134 "2016-03-28T14:03:17Z")
List of remaining challenges and solved ones. 6 and 8 are obviously hard ones. 1. I prove sharks can be excellent at standardized tests. 2. I prove sharks can test well enough to get into grad school. 3. I look at my mountain before I ski, then I cover my eyes, then I look again. 4. I am a skier with my own mountain. 5. I play versatile cultural roles, primarily for the horses and pigs. 6. Don’t know why I built that huge boat. 7. I should hold my new phone a cubit from my ear. 8. Wait, wait, I need to light up this doobie. 9. I’m a baseball player who is way cooler than you are, though I hope I don’t get too popular. 10. I’m a seminal film director with a case of the clap. 11. My best friend’s boyfriend Ken always ogles me when I drop by to sing. 12. Between vampire hair and a fishy face, I’m a bit odd looking. 13. I’m still dead, but I’m worth about $1.02 now. 14. I could be a synthetic cow. 15. I am licensed to take lots of steroids. 16. I like to do impressions, but only while covered in tiny spots. 17. My face was damaged in a car accident, not while looking at myself. 18. If I went to Lankhmar, I’d find some swanky digs. 19. I’m a diminutive actress who would feel right at home in a grass house. 20. My animal companion knows exactly who I am. 21. I like to start feuds, but I should bury the hatchet. 22. I’m finished with music and politics now I got avant-garde and experimental performance art. 23. There’s something magical about the way I swim through the water with my webbed feet. 24. One of the letters in my surname blew away while making a movie. * * * Guessed - - I lost track of which one is Doll Parton. 1. I am an overeater who never tells a lie. Gorge Washington 2. I am a nonchalant wagerer - Blasé Pascal 3. I am a highly caffeinated genius. Alert Einstein 4. I am a fan of 6 packs and 5 spots. Ab Lincoln 5. I am a damp scion of Hollywood royalty. Dew Barrymore 6. I am a startled German composer. JS Ach! 7. I’m a cowboy whose career is on the decline. John Wane 8. I switched transit modes once my Drive ended. Ran Gosling 9. You could have served me in the summer of 1969 with raisins. Bran Adams 10. You may have seen me in the movies or at Caesars. Jack Palace 11. When I tell people that I was voted the sexiest man alive, they think I’m crazy. George Loony 12. You might find me beautiful if I cover my bald spot. Kristen Wig 13. I’ll be there for you, and I’m really, really strong. Courteney Ox 14. My rap music may be a bit on the dark side. Will Sith 15. I’m a rapper but I should sing a Thompson Twins song. Doctor Dr 16. I love to collect too many things, especially controversy. Hoard Stern 17. I was a great tennis player until that dramatic explosion. Arthur Ash 18. My fried chicken is really made from rubber duckie. Ernie Sanders 19. I really really really really really really really love glam rock. Avid Bowie. 20. I bring art to the conjunction junction. And Warhol 21. I’m awfully good looking, especially when I glow in the dark. Rad Pitt 22. I might trade my shield for some places down by the river. Chris Vans 23. My capris always have a spot on them. Mar Tyler Moore 24. I’ve starred in lots of movies, ironically never as an astronaut, but what most people don’t know is that I can run real fast. Kevin Pacey 25. I hate them damn rebels… Hate them. Hate them. HATE THEM. SO MUCH! Ulysses Rant 26. I’m quite diminutive, but I am still at this location, over there, and everywhere. Here Villechaize 27. We’ll get you to the other side, but unconventionally. Odd Bridges 28. If you can extract something valuable from it, I invented it. Al Ore 29. I am a friend to post-impressionists everywhere. Pal Gauguin or Pal Cezanne 30. I should wear a Bill the Cat shirt when I golf. Ack! Nicklaus 31. My pretty blue eyes water if I sniff myself. Rank Sinatra 32. When it comes to diamonds, I always blow out the competition. (Mark Race) 33. I’m known for dancing privately, but my moves are often recycled. Tin Turner 34. I should star in “Cardigans for Communists.” (Red Astaire) really Red Rogers 35. Taking an undefeated all the way to the championship makes me want to dance around in a grass skirt. Don Hula 36. Appropriately, singing “Black Dog” makes me hot and tired. Robert Pant 37. I like to shake off, shake off all the impurities in my flour. Taylor Sift 38. You could call me a golden god of the kitchen. (Rachael Ra) 39. I went to law school with my identical cousin. Atty. Duke 40. I should hang out with #22 in a Mexican ballpark. Y Young 41. You’d buy pants from me at my very own store, if you’re wise. Jean Mart 42. I like to assist people, especially if they are drowning. Michael Helps 43. I’ll probably change your diapers if you cross the continental divide. (“Ew!”, is Clark) 44. I am the world’s very first stuntwoman. Eve Knievel 45. It makes me sick to hear about the terrible things I did in the past. Ill Cosby 46. I’m not just an elected official; I’m family, homey. Ted Cuz ---
**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 28, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/135 "2016-03-28T14:21:43Z")
1. If I went to Lankhmar, I’d find some swanky digs. The Gay Mouser probably wrong, but it’s a guess. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/136 "2016-03-28T14:25:53Z")
1. If I went to Lankhmar, I’d find some swanky digs. (f)Ritz Leiber ---
**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 28, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/137 "2016-03-28T14:49:26Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 1. I like to do impressions, but only while covered in tiny spots. I(t)ch Little??? ---
**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 28, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/138 "2016-03-28T14:56:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. If I went to Lankhmar, I’d find some swanky digs. > > The Gay Mouser > > probably wrong, but it’s a guess. You were on the right track! > [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > 1. If I went to Lankhmar, I’d find some swanky digs. > > (f)Ritz Leiber Correct! > [@Asimovian](#): > > I(t)ch Little??? I think you have it? (r)Ich Little. After the fish disease. ---
**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 28, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/139 "2016-03-28T14:58:21Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I think you have it? (r)Ich Little. After the fish disease. Oh…heh. No, I can’t take full credit for that. I was thinking you were pronouncing it like “itch” but without the t, meaning that the spots were from an itchy rash. I guess that’s close, though. ---
**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 28, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/140 "2016-03-28T15:10:23Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Oh…heh. No, I can’t take full credit for that. I was thinking you were pronouncing it like “itch” but without the t, meaning that the spots were from an itchy rash. I guess that’s close, though. Well, I’ll ignore your overexplaining and just say it’s Ich Little… LIKE YOU SAID. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=8)