# "It should have been me!!" or former co-stars of the now rich & famous **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628 "2005-05-19T20:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [May 23, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/101 "2005-05-23T12:10:22Z")
Mork & Mindy didn’t do much for Pam Dawber’s career. She then became a second banana to Rebecca Shaffer’s murder in “My Sister Sam.” Her husband attempted unsuccesfully to get custody of his sister Kris Harmon’s youngest son, whose father was the late Rick Nelson. But Robin Williams became a superstar. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/102 "2005-05-23T14:03:02Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Several members of the “In Living Color” cast have done all right for themselves, but all must wonder why Jim Carrey is the one getting 20 million bucks per picture. Well, Jaimie Foxx recently won a Best Actor Oscar for “Ray”. Does Carrey still get that much per picture? Is he still the box office draw he was in 1994? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/103 "2005-05-23T15:17:04Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > There’s an old story from the infamous “1980/81” season (the first season post-Lorne Michaels season w/o any of the original cast members) that one of the new players - I think Gail Matthias was her name - was convinced she was going to become the next Gilda Radner. She supposedly strutted around the studio with a star attitude from the word go, and ordered Eddie Murphy around like he was a gopher, making him run errands for her. I wonder where _she_ is now? (Or any of the “stars” of that season, aside for ‘featured player’ Murphy?) There are similar stories of the star attitude of [Charles Rocket](http://imdb.com/name/nm0734236/) , who went from unknown to sunglasses-in-dark-restaurants-wearing Lamborghini driving arrogant patronizing ass in no-time-flat (then back to unknown after being fired for his infamous “who the fuck did it?” J.R. sketch ad-lib). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/104 "2005-05-23T16:40:59Z")
> [@sewalk](#): > > I doubt that, had he lived, he would have cared. He had a very successful movie career and starred in two of the greatest westerns ever made: **The Searchers** and **Sergeant Rutledge**. Before Star Trek, Shatner was not well known. Since then, he’s worked alot but how many of his films have made any AFI lists? Outside of Star Trek, Jeffrey Hunter is very well remembered, particularly by western afficianados. My mother-in-law was a teenager when Star Trek debuted. She tuned in specifically to see Hunter. According to her, he was the hot teen heartthrob of the time, and all of her friends were madly in love with him. They all watched the Menagerie, and were totally uninterested in the rest of the series. (MiL is only aware of the series now because she gave birth to an sf geek. But she does still have the autographed picture Hunter sent her when she wrote to his studio fan club.) I suspect that Hunter would not have cared too much about Shatner taking over the part. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/105 "2005-05-23T16:55:34Z")
And Jeffrey Hunter got to play Jesus in _King of Kings_. The only deity Shatner has played is The Big Giant Head. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/106 "2005-05-23T19:53:24Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And Jeffrey Hunter got to play Jesus in _King of Kings_. The only deity Shatner has played is The Big Giant Head. Off-topic The best laugh I had during the entire run of _3rd Rock from the Sun_ was John Lithgow’s Dick Solomon picking up Shatner’s Big Giant Head at the airport… Solomon: How was your flight? BGH: It was…horrible! There was…some sort of…creature…on the wing! Solomon: The same thing happened to meeeeeeeeee! Resume topic ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Twain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@Mark\_Twain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Twain)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/107 "2005-05-24T02:24:34Z")
What about all the kids that were on the Mickey Mouse club the same time Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were on it. I hate their music but it’s funny to know somewhere this conversation is probably happening… Person X: Hey I know Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears! Thug: No you don’t! Shut Up! And, gimme back my crack pipe! ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Twain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@Mark\_Twain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Twain)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/108 "2005-05-24T03:21:53Z")
What about Good Will Hunting with Matt Damon and that Affleck guy? ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628/109 "2005-05-24T03:50:33Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’m obviously insane. I wasn’t thinking of any of those girls. Tracey Nelson is the scion of the Nelson and Harmon families. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-have-been-me-or-former-co-stars-of-the-now-rich-famous/304628.md?page=5)