# Botticelli -- Thread #4
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 16, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197 "2007-03-16T13:48:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 7
### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/121 "2007-03-21T18:57:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
Ross Lane was Patty’s brother (and thus cousin to Cathy, who’s “lived 'most everywhere/ from Zanzibar to Berkeley Square”) on _The Patty Duke Show_.
DQ: Are you known as a child actor?
[/QUOTE]
No
RL is:
Male
Not less famous than his father
Alive
An entertainer
Primarily known for acting
American citizen
Not born before 1950
Equally famous for movies and TV
Not African-American
Currently appearing on TV – at least in reruns
Not known as a child actor
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/122 "2007-03-21T18:57:35Z")
Well, I’m stumped. Unless I happen across RL randomly, I give up.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/123 "2007-03-21T19:00:03Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
Well, I’m stumped. Unless I happen across RL randomly, I give up.
[/QUOTE]
Well, if **Sternvogel** gets to that same point, I can give you a couple of clues that ought to close the door on RL.
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/124 "2007-03-21T19:07:21Z")
I’d like to see a few more people join the game, but I’ve got a few ideas for narrowing this down further.
IQ: Did you appear as Alex Trebek’s “sidekick” on a game show?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/125 "2007-03-21T19:19:48Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
I’d like to see a few more people join the game, but I’ve got a few ideas for narrowing this down further.
IQ: Did you appear as Alex Trebek’s “sidekick” on a game show?
[/QUOTE]
I don’t know who you mean. DQ time
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/126 "2007-03-21T19:42:27Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar]
I don’t know who you mean. DQ time
[/QUOTE]
Ruta Lee flung the dice on _High Rollers_.
DQ: Are (any of) the reruns in which you appear on the SciFi channel?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/127 "2007-03-21T19:47:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
Ruta Lee flung the dice on _High Rollers_.
DQ: Are (any of) the reruns in which you appear on the SciFi channel?
[/QUOTE]
A qualified no – I can’t think of any exceptions but that doesn’t mean there aren’t at least one such. I’m not a Sci-fi channel fan so I could easily have missed something RL is in. But I really doubt it.
RL is:
Male
Not less famous than his father
Alive
An entertainer
Primarily known for acting
American citizen
Not born before 1950
Equally famous for movies and TV
Not African-American
Currently appearing on TV – at least in reruns
Not known as a child actor
Not in re-runs on Sci-Fi channel (to **Zeldar** ’s knowledge)
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/128 "2007-03-21T20:24:46Z")
Are you sure you’re not an NFL linebacker?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/129 "2007-03-21T20:28:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
Are you sure you’re not an NFL linebacker?
[/QUOTE]
Well, let’s put it like this: if my RL is a linebacker, it’s definitely not in the NFL. I’d say it’s conceivable he might have played some football, but not at pro level.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-thread-4/396197/130 "2007-03-23T18:06:42Z")
In the interest of closing this particular game, if not the thread, with some finality, I will reveal that RL is Rob Lowe.
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