# Whatever happened to....... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705 "2008-09-15T15:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/21 "2008-09-15T21:14:49Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Lauren Tewes, Ted Lange and Jill Whelan? Never mind; got over my laziness: As of 2004, Lauren Tewes is a cheese steward in Seattle. Ted Lange has been in Budweiser commercials, Scrubs, King of Queens and has written a column for FHM w/Jenna Jamieson. Jill Whelan is a radio personality. Not sure if these are totally current…but, come to think of it, who cares? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/22 "2008-09-15T21:15:13Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Oops, sorry. I have to get out of the habit of assuming everyone around here is acquainted with the second- and third-string assholes of American politics. Wow, that’s a useful reply. **chowder** , Michael Brown was the head of FEMA (the government agency responsible for disaster preparedness and response) when Hurricane Katrina hit, and was an exemplary model of lethal inefficiency in American bureaucracy. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/23 "2008-09-15T21:19:37Z")
Jill Whelan also appeared in a show called “Friends”, in 1979! This show is about three eleven year old friends, Randy, Nancy, and Pete growing up in a small California town, dealing with the typical problems of a '70s adolescent. Produced by Aaron Spelling, this show was canceled after five episodes. OK, I have NEVER heard of this show…anyone else? Have there been any other completely different shows using the same name? How is this allowed? Wow, sorry for the hijack! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/24 "2008-09-15T21:20:29Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I suppose her exploits are being recorded somewhere, but I’m too lazy to look into it. > > I see your Lewinski and raise you Michael “heckuva job” Brown. I kind of do wonder what he’s up to these days. I hope it isn’t pleasant, whatever it is. I could swear I saw him being interviewed on one of the cable channels the other day as I was flipping through the channels. I’m guessing it had something to do with Hurricane Ike but I didn’t stop long enough to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/25 "2008-09-15T21:21:36Z")
Here’s someone I thought about recently: Tim Conway. He was a reasonably big actor for a long time and won an Emmy, but nobody hears about him today. (I’ll spoil things, though: He voices Barnacle Boy alongside Ernest Borgnine’s Mermaid Man on _SpongeBob SquarePants_. Interesting to have two faded stars working as a comedic pair on a kid’s show.) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/26 "2008-09-15T21:25:40Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Here’s someone I thought about recently: Tim Conway. He was a reasonably big actor for a long time and won an Emmy, but nobody hears about him today. > > (I’ll spoil things, though: He voices Barnacle Boy alongside Ernest Borgnine’s Mermaid Man on _SpongeBob SquarePants_. Interesting to have two faded stars working as a comedic pair on a kid’s show.) Didn’t he win an Emmy YESTERDAY? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/27 "2008-09-15T21:38:31Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > As of 2004, Lauren Tewes is a cheese steward in Seattle. A ‘cheese steward’? 😕 I have never heard of this. :: mental image of a rigged individual selflessly guarding a mighty repository :: :: two people toil up the almost-endless steps leading to the front door, and genuflect in front of the guardian :: :: “I am the Steward of the Cheeses. It is my sacred duty to keep the cheeses from harm. What do you wish of me?” :: :: “Please, sir, could we have some Casu Marzu?” :: - thunder rumbles\* :: the supplicants start to back away as the Steward’s face reddens with anger :: \*lightning hits the stone patio in front of the supplicants, hurling them back down the steps \* :: “GO! Do not darken my door again with the name of that abomination!” :: ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/28 "2008-09-15T21:46:01Z")
If I am allowed to post without first doing a quick Google, What ever happened to Mel Gibson? And along the same lines, Michael Richards? And for dropping off the map, what about Dan Qualye and Jeb Bush? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/29 "2008-09-15T21:48:06Z")
Recently I found myself wondering what ever became of [Rhonda Shear](http://www.rhondashear.com/about_rhonda.htm), the ditsy, funny, gorgeous gal who used to host the “Up All Night” Friday block of programming on the USA cable network. I learned that Rhonda is now in the women’s undergarment business. I bought two of Rhonda’s leisure bras, and they are great. As I had hoped, they keep my chestworks up all night. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/30 "2008-09-15T21:52:02Z")
I just barely missed Michael Richards’s surprise appearance at a comedy show in Hollywood I showed up late to, about a month before his famous tirade, so I paid pretty close attention to the whole ordeal. IIRC, the victims of his tirade sued him, and the judge sentenced Richards to apologize publicly and privately, thoroughly explaining his motivations (privately) and begging forgiveness (privately). Apparently, all parties involved were satisfied with this result. I’m pretty sure Richards went back to stand-up comedy, presumably after taking some anger management classes! ETA: Also, Mel Gibson released another movie last year, called Apocalyptica or something. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/31 "2008-09-15T22:03:34Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Didn’t he win an Emmy YESTERDAY? Not to my knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/32 "2008-09-15T22:35:50Z")
“Leather Tuscadero” (Suzi Quatro) And “Pinky Tuscadero” (?) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/33 "2008-09-15T22:50:33Z")
How about the young actress who played Darleen on _Roseanne_? For that matter, the actor who played DJ as well. ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/34 "2008-09-15T22:53:33Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > How about the young actress who played Darleen on _Roseanne_? > > For that matter, the actor who played DJ as well. I know that Sara Gilbert(Darlene) has been working pretty much non-stop since “Roseanne” days. I see her in stuff all the time. I think she might still be on “ER” in fact. I have no clue about DJ. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/35 "2008-09-15T23:01:30Z")
[Leif Garrett](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Garrett) (Warning: Mrs. Firefly should not look at the picture on that page.) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/36 "2008-09-15T23:11:28Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Jill Whelan also appeared in a show called “Friends”, in 1979! > > This show is about three eleven year old friends, Randy, Nancy, and Pete growing up in a small California town, dealing with the typical problems of a '70s adolescent. > > Produced by Aaron Spelling, this show was canceled after five episodes. > > OK, I have NEVER heard of this show…anyone else? Have there been any other completely different shows using the same name? How is this allowed? Wow, sorry for the hijack! I’m ashamed to admit it, but yes I do remember this series. Well here’s my offhand suggestions - where are… -Oliver North -Tawana Brawley -the little girl who fell down in the well (what was her name?) -Michael & Kitty Dukakis -Bernie Goetz -Bob Geldof -Sade -Irene Cara -the Pointer Sisters …nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/37 "2008-09-15T23:13:36Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Not to my knowledge. [Cynthia Nixon, Tim Conway among Emmy winners](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gL6PSXbc5eZuCGc3iC9qCcr07nWgD9367TJ00). He won for best guest actor in a comedy series for an appearance on 30 Rock. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/38 "2008-09-15T23:29:08Z")
Dukakis ran for President on the Libertarian ticket last time around, and garnered a fair bit of support on college campuses. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/39 "2008-09-15T23:47:37Z")
-[Oliver North](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_North#Books_and_Media) - most recently wrote a book, has been a cable news commentator. -[Tawana Brawley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley#Aftermath) - Changed her name upon converting to Islam, still stands by her story. -[the little girl who fell down in the well (Jessica McClure)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_McClure) - Now married, set to receive a $1mil+ trust fund from well-wisher donations when she turns 25 (in 2011). -[Michael & Kitty Dukakis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dukakis#Subsequent_activities) - Apparently now into grassroots campaigning for other Dems. -[Bernie Goetz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Goetz#In_popular_culture) - Now a Family Guy punchline. -[Bob Geldof](http://www.bobgeldof.info/) - Is still keeping on keeping on, I guess. -[Sade](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sade_(band)#2000s) - Not much -[Irene Cara](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Cara#Currently) - Hard at work editing her Wikipedia page making lame celebreality appearances look like “never stops working.” -[the Pointer Sisters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters#Tragedy_and_Controversy) - Feuding about death. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705/40 "2008-09-16T02:45:16Z")
Michael Brown > [@Shoeless](#): > > I could swear I saw him being interviewed on one of the cable channels the other day as I was flipping through the channels. I’m guessing it had something to do with Hurricane Ike but I didn’t stop long enough to find out. I saw him, too, on Fox News (where else?) I had to stop and watch because I couldn’t believe even Fox news would look to Michael Brown for expert commentary on a hurricane. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/463705.md?page=3)