Although the series is is supposed to take place about a century after second-wave feminism began (it was first broadcast the year before second wave feminism began).
Although the series is is supposed to take place about a century after second-wave feminism began (it was first broadcast the year before second wave feminism began).
Edith Bunker
Actors playing a facet of themselves
Kristen Johnston, Mom (she’s been sober a number of years IRL)
Kristen Johnston, Mom (she’s been sober a number of years IRL)
Burt Reynolds, Evening Shade (like his character, Reynolds had been a football star, before being forced to retire from the sport due to injury)
Howard Hesseman, WKRP in Cincinnati (He had been a real radio DJ for a short while in San Francisco in the 1960s).
Cybill Shepherd, Moonlighting (Both Cybill and Maddie, her character, were former models.)
Bob Uecker, Mr. Belvedere (Bob, who played baseball and was a sports broadcaster irl, played a sportswriter. It’s sports all the way down.)
Bill Cosby, The Cosby Show (the wise, funny and world-weary dad, before we knew the terrible other things he also was)
Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld (playing a stand-up comedian named Jerry Seinfeld)
Tony Sirico, The Sopranos (played mobster Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri; Sirico was imprisoned for multiple crimes, including robbery, assault, and extortion)
Kristen Johnston, Mom (she’s been sober a number of years IRL)
Burt Reynolds, Evening Shade (like his character, Reynolds had been a football star, before being forced to retire from the sport due to injury)
Howard Hesseman, WKRP in Cincinnati (He had been a real radio DJ for a short while in San Francisco in the 1960s).
Cybill Shepherd, Moonlighting (Both Cybill and Maddie, her character, were former models.)
Bob Uecker, Mr. Belvedere (Bob, who played baseball and was a sports broadcaster irl, played a sportswriter. It’s sports all the way down.)
Bill Cosby, The Cosby Show (the wise, funny and world-weary dad, before we knew the terrible other things he also was)
Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld (playing a stand-up comedian named Jerry Seinfeld)
Tony Sirico, The Sopranos (played mobster Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri; Sirico was imprisoned for multiple crimes, including robbery, assault, and extortion)
Jennifer Grey, It’s Like You Know… (Played an actor named Jennifer Grey who was struggling to find work after being in a hit movie a few years earlier)
Kristen Johnston, Mom (she’s been sober a number of years IRL)
Burt Reynolds, Evening Shade (like his character, Reynolds had been a football star, before being forced to retire from the sport due to injury)
Howard Hesseman, WKRP in Cincinnati (He had been a real radio DJ for a short while in San Francisco in the 1960s).
Cybill Shepherd, Moonlighting (Both Cybill and Maddie, her character, were former models.)
Bob Uecker, Mr. Belvedere (Bob, who played baseball and was a sports broadcaster irl, played a sportswriter. It’s sports all the way down.)
Bill Cosby, The Cosby Show (the wise, funny and world-weary dad, before we knew the terrible other things he also was)
Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld (playing a stand-up comedian named Jerry Seinfeld)
Tony Sirico, The Sopranos (played mobster Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri; Sirico was imprisoned for multiple crimes, including robbery, assault, and extortion)
Jennifer Grey, It’s Like You Know… (Played an actor named Jennifer Grey who was struggling to find work after being in a hit movie a few years earlier)
R. Lee Ermey (originally a marine drill instructor, he played to type in many TV and movie roles)
Should have been fired a long time ago, but somehow kept their job