You know the old Hollywood story. A man or woman isn’t doing all that well in their field and so sell their soul to the devil for a few years of fame.
For the sake of fun, say it can happen 
Who currently has done so?
I submit - Katie Perry. Wasn’t doing so well then bam…seems everpresent over past couple of years.
I bet Katie Perry signed the blood signature!
Pretty, “chaste” young girl with huge tits singing about experimenting with lesbianism? I’m pretty certain the devil needn’t have involved himself in that one, unless you consider record company PR executives to be the devil.
Phil Collins?
Had respect and bigger-than-cult fame with Genesis, but then had to get more famous and ended up with Sussudio, Motown Covers and Tarzan?
[I actually really respect Collins as a drummer and overall musician, but…]
Seth MacFarlane.
…because? (I’m not arguing, just wondering what your reason is.)
Jimi Hendrix. Kurt Cobain. Jim Morrison. Janis Joplin. And now Amy Winehouse. Collection comes due some time after one’s 27th birthday: it’s specified in the contract.
They never read the fine print.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Because MacFarlane had one show on Fox that got cancelled. Shortly after that, Family Guy became very popular on Cable and Fox decided to order more episodes. Then the network decided to go to him for two more shows.
I wouldn’t say his career was over when Family Guy was origininally cancelled, but I would say that things didn’t look to good for him. Then pow, he’s suddenly riding a crest of popularity.
I would also argue that his shows really aren’t very good with the angry humor and treating some of the characters so poorly. I know that he has his fans and I watched Family Guy when it first came out but I can’t watch it any more. American Dad and Cleveland are too similar as well. And I like the Simpsons and yes I still like it even though I know it’s past its glory days.
Tied to that, Russell Brand, who not only got propelled far past any fame level his talent deserved but gets to bang Katy Perry. Proof that not only did he sign the blood pact, as well, but that Satan is collecting on Katy early.
Robert Johnson died at 27. :dubious:
Andie MacDowell. Why she has (had?) an acting career I’ll never know. Sure, she was very pretty… but not gorgeous, and not pretty enough to make up for her dreadful dearth of acting talent.
I like Family Guy, but I agree its bizarre how Macfarlene has gone from one canceled TV show to FOX basically letting him make as many simultaneously running cartoon shows with the same premise as he wants.
Juliette Lewis, Melanie Griffith and Kenanu Reeves, stars of Forbidden Broadway’s parody “We Shouldn’t Be in Picutures.”
You can go even further back with MacFarlane, just the fact that he got Family Guy on the air the first time is pretty amazing. He was barely out of college and as I recall had no TV experience but yet was given a Network animated show.
Also there is the whole 9/11 thing… In case you never heard the story, he was supposed to be on one of the flights that was crashed into the WTC but was late and missed the plane [insert Twilight Zone music here].
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Every bandwagon starts somewhere.
He worked at Hannah Barbera for a couple years before Family Guy. But your right that it didn’t take him very long to land his own show.
Liz Phair, but it didn’t really work.
She is pretty…pretty ugly.
I came in to mention Stevie Wonder.
She seems fairly normal looking to me. 