# Film Cameos

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-cameos/211831>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-cameos/211831 "2003-11-07T04:20:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-cameos/211831/41 "2003-11-10T07:04:43Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Skeezix \*
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> Bruce Campbell (the chin) has a cameo at the end of **Darkman**. The studio nixed him as the original lead, in favor of Liam Neeson, claiming Campbell couldn’t pull off the serious dramatic leading role. (Did they _read_ the shooting script? Serious drama?)
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> He also turned up in another Raimi flick as the ring announcer in **Spider-Man**. Don’t recall if that one was credited, or not.  
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He is credited as “Final Shemp” in Darkman, and as “Wrestling Ring Announcer” in Spider-Man.

Something to look for in all of Raimi’s films is the Delta '88. The car is in every movie of his.  
**Cholo** : Samuel L. Jackson is at the end of Out of Sight. In the Prison Van with George Clooney. “Your name is Hejirah?”

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**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-cameos/211831/42 "2003-11-10T07:50:12Z")

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David Letterman as the Monkey Salesman in Cabin Boy"

Not sure if he was credited or not - it’s a speaking role  
“You want to buy a monkey?”

On second thought - who cares - it’s probably the worst movie I’ve ever seen in my life… absolutely execrable.

KTM

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**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-cameos/211831/43 "2003-11-10T14:49:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Krebnar the Magnificent \*  
> \*\*David Letterman as the Monkey Salesman in Cabin Boy"  
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> On second thought - who cares - it’s probably the worst movie I’ve ever seen in my life… absolutely execrable. \*\*

Ahem. That movie always gets a bad rap. It’s one of my favorites. 😛

On the VHS version of Gremlins 2, a John Wayne “cameo” replaces the Hulk Hogan sequence. You can see 'em both on the DVD!

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