# Favorite cameos from famous people as "themselves" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905 "2019-01-17T00:51:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/21 "2019-01-17T08:49:15Z")
Bruce Springsteen in [High Fidelity](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146882/reference) appears as Bruce Springsteen but more a spiritual than corporeal Bruce Springsteen. “Thanks Boss” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/22 "2019-01-17T08:57:38Z")
Jon Voight just bit Kramer’s arm on _ **Seinfeld** _. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/23 "2019-01-17T10:20:52Z")
There were a whole load of political cameos in _Dave_. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/24 "2019-01-17T10:39:58Z")
William Shatner in [Showtime](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284490). He references his TJ Hooker days in one memorable scene. //i\ ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/25 "2019-01-17T11:04:42Z")
Jack Benny makes a surprise, punchline cameo in [an episode of “The Joey Bishop Show”.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=737573) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/26 "2019-01-17T11:11:09Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > Chuck Mangione in King of the Hill. > > Started off as a minor joke about has-been celebrity spokesmen, but after repeated appearances became a running joke of how much of a has-been he was. Only time I can recall where a celebrity cameo basically became a fully fleshed out character with a complete arc. Also: Adam West and _Family Guy_. > [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Condoleeza Rice on 30 Rock. Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright, all together in one scene on _Madam Secretary_. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/27 "2019-01-17T11:48:03Z")
Sammy Davis, Jr. and others on _Batman_: > **[All 15 Celebrity Window Cameos From the 1960s Batman TV Series](https://www.liveabout.com/celebrity-window-cameos-from-the-1960s-batman-tv-series-327077)** > > During episodes of the 1960s Batman series, Batman and Robin would often encounter celebrities in windows while climbing up the sides of buildings. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/28 "2019-01-17T11:56:13Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Jack Benny makes a surprise, punchline cameo in [an episode of “The Joey Bishop Show”.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=737573) I came in to mention _It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World_. Some great cameos in that film, including Jack Benny stopping his car to help. Also, the 3 Stooges as (potential) firemen gets a good laugh. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/29 "2019-01-17T12:00:46Z")
On a Jack Benny TV comedy special, he was standing on a pedestal dressed up as Julius Caesar (IIRC) when George Burns wandered onstage, in street clothes, looked up and said “Hi, Jack! Working?” It cracked Jack up and they went to commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/30 "2019-01-17T13:52:01Z")
Stephen Hawking as a holodeck recreation of himself in _ST:TNG_. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/31 "2019-01-17T13:58:18Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > James Earl Jones driving Sheldon crazy with his wild night out on the Big Bang Theory was a riot. This has to be my all-time favorite! And JEJ looked like he was having a ball doing it! ---
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Keith Hernandez in “Seinfeld”. ETA: I guess it wasn’t a cameo. The whole JFK parody episode was written around him. ---
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Here’s a great one, though it was very subtle and from a TV show I doubt anyone here has ever seen: _The Duck Factory_, a sitcom about an animation studio starring Jim Carrey. In one episode, they staff were at an animation awards show. The entertainment consisted of someone singing themes to cartoon shows. I noticed that they were all themes from Jay Ward shows (e.g., _George of the Jungle, Tom Slick_). The credits revealed that the singer was Bill Scott – the voice of Bullwinkle. ---
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> [@cmkeller](#): > > James Earl Jones driving Sheldon crazy with his wild night out on the Big Bang Theory was a riot. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > This has to be my all-time favorite! And JEJ looked like he was having a ball doing it! Of all the many guest stars appearing as themselves on TBBT this has to be the best. Who knew JEJ could do comedy. And anyone appearing with Jim Parsons comes off looking great. Carrie Fisher’s appearance at the end was good too. Wil Wheaton was supposed to be a singular appearance on the show, but the next day the Internet was buzzing with talk of “evil Wil Wheaton,” and Chuck Lorre knew he had a great reoccurring character. And there’s Stephen Hawking, Mark Hamill, Adam West, etc. etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/35 "2019-01-17T14:36:11Z")
George Reeves appeared as himself on “I Love Lucy” - maybe. The way the episode was written and filmed, you could take it as him appearing as “Superman.” ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/36 "2019-01-17T14:43:40Z")
[A Guide For the Married Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061736/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast). Robert Morse gives Walter Matthau pointers on how to cheat on his wife, each tip lovingly illustrated with short vignettes starring half of Hollywood. Each of whom is listed in the credits as “Technical Advisor”. ---
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Kevin Bacon on Will & Grace. Especially at the end when he and Will do the \*Footloose \*dance. > [@Andy L](#): > > ``` > George Reeves appeared as himself on "I Love Lucy" - maybe. The way the episode was written and filmed, you could take it as him appearing as "Superman." > > ``` Heck yeah. The cameos on Lucy’s shows is a category unto itself. Bill Holden and Lucy’s putty nose; John Wayne’s stolen footprint;Charles Boyer (“grrrrrrrrr”) When Pres. Bush Sr. passed recently, the clip of his famous bit with impersonator Dana Carvey on SNL was a nice memory. ---
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> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Tom Petty as nameless but it’s totally Tom Petty in the Postman. This is a great scene! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905/39 "2019-01-17T15:21:11Z")
Frank Sinatra in _Cannonball Run II_ In the original _Cannonball Run_, Roger Moore played a lunatic who thought he was Roger Moore. Would that count? Another vote for Kurt Vonnegut in _Back to School_. “I don’t know who you got to write your report, but he doesn’t know a thing about Vonnegut!” ---
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Another vote for Roger Moore as “Roger Moore” in _Cannonball Run_; his best work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905.md?page=3)