# IMDb moments, or "Holy Crap - Ardra was Michelle from Magnum PI!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984 "2004-07-26T21:28:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/61 "2004-07-28T18:43:40Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > . . . John C. McGinley (Dr. Cox) played a Marine in both _The Rock_ and _Platoon_. . . . . . and he was \*\*Bob Slydell \*\* in _Office Space_. Which also had \*\*Diedrich Bader \*\* of _The Drew Cary Show_, \*\*Stephen Root \*\* of _Newsradio_, and some chick from some other show. . . ---
**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:** [July 28, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/62 "2004-07-28T18:43:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Christa Miller, who plays his wife on “Scrubs,” had two different guest appearances on “Seinfeld.” …and of course Christa Miller was a regular on “The Drew Carey Show.” Speaking of Ted Knight, I only recently made this connection, and once I did I couldn’t believe I didn’t recognize his voice, but he was the narrator of the old Superfreinds episodes. “Later…at…the Hall of Justice!” And since I watched my new DVD of The Third Man last night: the Sergeant who befriended Holly b/c he’d actually read some of Holly’s pulp Westerns, and was later shot in the sewer chase, was none other than Bernard Lee - “M” from every Bond movie until his death before **For You Eyes Only**. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/63 "2004-07-28T19:02:06Z")
I was astounded to learn that Albert Sharpe, who played Mr. Campbell in _Brigadoon_, was also the lead in _Darby O’Gill and the Little People_. I’ve loved both of these movies since I was a wee bairn, and never made the connection. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/64 "2004-07-28T19:36:02Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Cromwell, one of my favorite character actors, has turned up in a lot of interesting places. He was the nerd father in “Revenge of the Nerds”, and was also the inventor of warp drive in “Star Trek - First Contact”. He also played a bishop (with lupus, I think) on a series of episodes of ER. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/65 "2004-07-28T19:50:22Z")
> [@](#): > > The guy who played Michael J. Fox’s rival Mick McAllister in Teen Wolf catches for the N.Y. Mets. There is some debate over whether this checks out or not (he used a different name). I would check your own links. The link within the SI link makes it pretty clear this is not true and that IMDB has been whooshed. The face from the link is the one I remember and it is not Piazza. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/66 "2004-07-28T19:59:47Z")
In fact I’ll do the heavy lifting for you. Here is the quote from the SI article: > [@](#): > > When it all checked out on IMDB, the generally solid internet movie site, the 10 Spot was only too eager to run with it. It seems now we may have been duped. Or have we? You decide. Here is the [link](http://perso.club-internet.fr/twinpeak/articleMArnold2.htm) in the article. I didn’t even read it but the picture speaks for itself. That is the guy from the movie and it is not Piazza. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/67 "2004-07-29T00:33:58Z")
Adam Baldwin, aka Jayne in _Firefly_ was the bodyguard in the teen movie from the 80s _My Bodyguard_ !! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/68 "2004-07-29T00:43:47Z")
Jeffrey Combs, who played Wayoun (and Brunt (wow #1)) on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, and Andorian Commander Shran on Enterprise also played the Scarecrow in the Batman animated series (Wow #2), and was in at least 6 different HP Lovecraft inspired movies (The Re-animator series as Herbery West, Necronomicon as Lovecraft himself, Crawford Tillingast in From Beyond, and Dr Haggis in Lurking Fear) (wow #3&4). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/69 "2004-07-29T12:58:59Z")
Just watched part of Austin Powers last night and the Soup Nazi was dealing blackjack to Austin and Number 2. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/70 "2004-07-29T13:05:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Just watched part of Austin Powers last night and the Soup Nazi was dealing blackjack to Austin and Number 2. And Babu, from another episode of “Seinfeld”, was in that conference talking to Dr. Evil (when he says, “One MILLION dollars!”). ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/71 "2004-07-29T17:14:45Z")
> [@Genghis Bob](#): > > Which also had \*\*Diedrich Bader \*\* of _The Drew Cary Show_, \*\*Stephen Root \*\* of _Newsradio_ Diedrich Bader had a bit part in a _Star Trek: TNG_ episode as a tactical officer with maybe 3 lines. He’s in the background most of the time, too. Stephen Root has been in absolutely everything (including _TNG_), but his current gig is the voices of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on _King of the Hill_. David Herman (Michael Bolton in _Office Space_) has lent his voice to both _KotH_ and _Futurama_. Gary Cole did many voices on _Family Guy_, and now does _Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law_. Jennifer Aniston was in the short-lived TV series spinoff from _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/72 "2004-07-29T20:17:33Z")
Probably not Earth-shattering, and I didn’t discover it from IMDB, but it’s one that whooshed by me for quite some time. I was so desperate for mindless entertainment a couple years ago that I found myself watching a syndicated “Everybody loves Raymond” episode. In it, [Ray’s dad](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001967/) was handing out Halloween candy dressed as [Frankenstein](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/). After a brief brain reboot, I couldn’t restrain myself from yelling “Puttin’ on the Riiiiitz!” at the TV. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/73 "2004-07-29T20:48:08Z")
I was surprised to find out that the Italian kid from _Caddyshack_ and Brian Schwartz from _Porky’s_ were [the same guy](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173082/). I was also surprised to find out that the old OCD coot who got eaten by cockroaches in Creepshow was E. G. Marshall. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/74 "2004-07-29T22:08:31Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > Stephen Root has been in absolutely everything (including _TNG_), but his current gig is the voices of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on _King of the Hill_. He also had a small role as a police detective in _Ghost_. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/75 "2004-07-30T04:52:38Z")
I can never really take the evil hypnotic snake character in Disney’s original The Jungle Book seriously. Every time there’s a threat that he’ll eat someone I figure he’d rather just have a big pot of honey instead. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/76 "2004-07-31T13:32:28Z")
> [@](#): > > I can never really take the evil hypnotic snake character in Disney’s original The Jungle Book seriously. Every time there’s a threat that he’ll eat someone I figure he’d rather just have a big pot of honey instead. I don’t remember when I discovered that the guy who played Jack the Ripper in STtos and that guy in the Bob Newhart show was [Piglet](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275835/) . ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984/77 "2004-07-31T13:44:47Z")
[Joseph Gordon Levitt](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/), Tommy Solomon on “3rd Rock,” was on a few episodes of “Roseanne,” and was also the lead child in “Angels in the Outfield.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-moments-or-holy-crap-ardra-was-michelle-from-magnum-pi/256984.md?page=3)