# Huh...Things I learned recently **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587 "2008-04-01T21:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/1 "2008-04-01T21:34:40Z")
Haley Joel Osment is Forrest Gump Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/2 "2008-04-01T21:37:08Z")
“The Hood” Comes from the word ‘neighbourhood’ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/3 "2008-04-01T21:40:06Z")
My wife is allergic to lettuce. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/4 "2008-04-01T21:40:15Z")
In the original “City Slickers,” Jake Gyllenhall (sp?) played Billy Crystal’s son. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/5 "2008-04-01T21:46:44Z")
I always thought the definition of “befriend” meant exactly the opposite of what it really means. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/6 "2008-04-01T21:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] I always thought the definition of “befriend” meant exactly the opposite of what it really means. [/QUOTE] Like “defriend”? ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/7 "2008-04-01T21:51:16Z")
I love doing this type thing on IMDB. Clicking on the links and see who was in what. Some things that were new to me… Danny Noonan from “Caddyshack” is the father of Jackie’s baby on “Rosanne” Billie from “Night Court” is the female singer on Paradise by the Dashboard Light by MeatLoaf Kevin Arnold’s older sister (Karen) was the blonde princess in the crappy 2nd Conan movie In another Rosanne one, Rusty Griswold in “Christmas Vacation” is Darlene’s boyfriend David . (Audrey is played by Juliette Lewis, but that’s pretty well known, I think) There’s lots more like that. It’s actually pretty amazing how small the regular working movie/TV crowd is. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/8 "2008-04-01T21:55:24Z")
Porn star Asia Carrera is a member of Mensa. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/9 "2008-04-01T21:57:34Z")
Since this is in Cafe Society, let’s keep it focused on the arts, entertaintment, etc… If it derails to where we have much more non-Cafe-related posts, we’ll probably just move it to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/10 "2008-04-01T22:00:52Z")
[QUOTE=jk1245] I love doing this type thing on IMDB. Clicking on the links and see who was in what. [/QUOTE] One I discovered a while back: Kenneth Colley. He played Admiral Piett in two Star Wars movies, **The Empire Strikes Back** and **Return of the Jedi**. But the year before **TESB** , he played Jesus in **Monty Python’s Life of Brian**. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/11 "2008-04-01T22:07:47Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] Since this is in Cafe Society, let’s keep it focused on the arts, entertaintment, etc . [/QUOTE] Which was my intent. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/12 "2008-04-01T22:33:43Z")
Monk’s first assistant, Sharonna, was the one who kept “crying in baseball” in a _League of Their Own_. The mom in \*My Life Without Me \* is Debbie Harry, from Blondie. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/13 "2008-04-01T23:34:03Z")
Jennifer Aniston played the older sister in a Ferris Bueller TV Show. Also, there was a Ferris Bueller TV Show. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/14 "2008-04-02T00:10:03Z")
That Isabella Rossellini is Ingrid Bergman’s daughter. Honestly, I only found this out about three days ago! I mean, NOW I can wonder if I’m blind because Isabella looks like a freakin’ CLONE of Bergman, but seriously, I never realized it before… ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/15 "2008-04-02T00:15:23Z")
I recently learned that the Obie Awards are for performances in **O** ff **B** roadway theaters. I was switching between looking at the word “Obie” and looking at the letters spelling “Off Broadway” when I realized that Obie meant O B. Duh! Only took me several years to pick up on this. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/16 "2008-04-02T00:28:17Z")
The mayor’s daughter in **Animal House** was also Danny’s Irish girlfriend in **Caddyshack**. Two movies I’d seen dozens of times before realizing it. Super Dave Osborne (you may also know him from Arrested Development and Curb Your Enthusiasm) is the brother of Albert Brooks. Pierce Brosnan’s first wife, who died of cancer, was the woman run over by a dune buggy in **For Your Eyes Only**. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/17 "2008-04-02T00:31:31Z")
Gia Carrides, who cracked me up as Toula’s loud, brunette, Greek-American cousin in **My Big Fat Greek Wedding** is Scott’s platnium blonde dance partner Liz, in **Strictly Ballroom**. and…she’s married to Anthony LaPaglia, who before looking at Gia’s IMDB bio, I hadn’t known is Australian. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/18 "2008-04-02T00:36:03Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo] Super Dave Osborne (you may also know him from Arrested Development and Curb Your Enthusiasm) is the brother of Albert Brooks. [/QUOTE] Not only that, but Albert Brooks’s real name was Albert Einstein. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/19 "2008-04-02T00:48:42Z")
Actor Pat Hingle is missing the little finger on his left hand. It happened as a result of injuries sustained when he fell 54 feet down the elevator shaft of his apartment building. ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587/20 "2008-04-02T01:56:01Z")
I learned this a while ago, but it still amazes me: Rick James and Neil Young were once in the same band [The Mynah Birds - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mynah_Birds). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-things-i-learned-recently/443587.md?page=2)