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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 11:24 am
Thought it might be nice to have a thread for folks who are in some way involved in the world of film or tv. Ever appeared on a game-show, reality-show, talk-show? Or appeared in a film or other tv program? Whether you're a pro, an amateur, or work behind the scenes, this is the place to share those exciting experiences. Personally I've appeared in several films and tv shows, mostly Canadian, several for the National Film Board of Canada, and mostly as an EXTRA, which is a fancy word for movable furniture, ie: crowd scenes, background, etc. For instance, I was cast once cast (in a non-speaking role) as a Chinese Hooker on a popular, but defunct Canadian TV cop-show called Night Heat. Meanwhile, I am neither Chinese, nor, ahem, a hooker. But I was convincing in my FM shoes! LOL. I'd actually been called to audition for the miniseries I'll Take Manhattan with Valerie Bertinelli, but got cast for that Night Heat episode instead.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 12:29 pm
I was an extra on the Nicolas Cage 8mm movie, but never came out.. I also appeared on an E! program when I cheered for Dolphins. It ran about 5 years or so. 5 years later people were still asking me if I had just come back from Jamaica! LOL! With Dolphins there were a lot of local tv appearances as well as international ones (Mexico and Panama). A fun one was the intro for " Monday Night Football" while the "are you ready for some football..." song played.... I appeared with my then boyfriend (now husband)on a latin tv game show where we lost....ha ha ha Hmmmm Also on some other hispanic shows when I was younger dancing...can't even remember the names. The one I lost the tapes for and it drives me insane was The Grind MTV episode when it was filmed in Miami. I was on like 4 of the shows and I lost my tapes! makes me sad That was fun to film with my girlfriends and I can't believe I lost it. That's it for my "appearances"
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 1:24 pm
when i was 5, i was on Kitterick's Carousel and MaryJane's Magic Castle. LOL In college I was in some commercials that play on hotels' inhouse tv station.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 5:49 pm
(A few nights ago this is what transpired when I caught a film I'd been an extra in, on the late show. I wrote about it in my folder, in the RN thread, and in Yankee's folder... Here's the whole thing slapped together for ya Now I'm channel-flipping and there's a movie on the SPACE channel that I was an 'extra' in when I was 22, David Cronenberg's 1977 horror flick RABID, a modern vampire-type story, I guess. I've never seen it before. My scene: A bunch of us are in a subway car and a 'rabid' person starts attacking/biting passengers, so we all run screaming out of the subway car at the next stop. I have no idea if my scene was cut, or if I missed my scene tonight, (I just tripped over the movie and missed 20 minutes so far) or if my scene is going to be on shortly. I HATE scary movies with a passion, but will sit through this to see if my scene is there. Trivia... this was supposed to be porn star Marilyn Chambers 'breakout' straight movie. LOL. Still watching it... I think I just saw a very young Kim Catrall (Sex and the City) in it... Phew, it's not really scary, it's really more cheesy than anything else. Trivia, Cronenberg is best known for directing the remake of The Fly, Dead Ringers, and Crash. Geez, I hope I didn't miss my scene, that would suck. I hate watching gory crap. Not sure if this is on in the U.S. - Do you guys have the SPACE channel? This is supposed to be part of the Freaky Friday movies. Well the scene was NOT cut... it's there. But it was a CROWDED subway scene and it went so fast that it was a blur. I'll have to rent it and slo-mo through it to find myself, if I can recognize myself 30 years ago! LOL. Oh well, it was fun reliving the memory of filming it. ETA - it's part of the Frightmare Friday movies, not the Freaky Friday movies... (shrug) I am 98.2% POSITIVE that if it's freeze framed, I'm there. The scene lasts a few moments actually. They show one of the main characters, this gal, going into the subway car, they do several camera pans/shots of the folks in the subway car. The gal remains standing holding onto a pole, but a seated older woman starts foaming at the mouth and her eyes start dripping green stuff. LOL. She's freaking out the other passengers, then she lunges for the man sitting next to her. At this point the subway stops and everyone runs screaming out of the subway car. There are lots of closeups but the scene goes so fast! I was probably wearing those boxy shaped eyeglasses that were so popular in the 70's or cat's eye shaped glasses, not sure, unless I took them off for vanity, can't remember. Well it's disappointing, but I have to report to you that I went over the scene (scene 10) for half an hour with a fine tooth comb, so to speak, inch by inch and nothing. It's frustrating cuz I know I'm in the crowd pushing to get out of the subway car, and I remember there was a tallish guy in front of me. But I am not visible. Now dh didn't know me then, but he's very observant, so I'll show it to him tomorrow (Sunday) and together we'll take one more kick at the can. And then I'll give up. Well... at least I have my memories of making the movie. LOL.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 6:28 pm
LOL Mame was a chinese hooker!!! I have a few things, I shall post later
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 6:35 pm
i MC'd a high school math challenge on public TV back in the late 70's. since 1989 up to and including now i am regularly on TV at county commission meetings, sometimes in a speaking roll and sometimes not.
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Justavice
Member
11-22-2005
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 6:45 pm
I can't believe I am admitting this, but I was on "Singled Out" on MTV when I was in college in 1996. And then my boyfriend-at-the-time (now EX) was on "Battle Dome" and I was interviewed in the audience after he received a REALLY bad head injury. Watching it on TV when it aired was so funny because I was so scared and worried but trying to act non-chalant because he wanted to continue on with the competition. (Too bad a good hit to the head didn't turn him into marriage material...)
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 7:14 pm
Interviewed by Mike Leonard on the NBC Morning Show.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 7:32 pm
Romper room in the 60s Danced on American Bandstand in the 70s Phil Donahue had Arsenio Hall as guest and I asked question that made it on air extra wiht 1 line in a girls prison movie Caged Fury with Ron Jeremy did makeup and a couple parts in low budget horror Little Corey Gorey (it is on IMDB though LOL) oh and I worked in porn
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 7:56 pm
Pamy, Now that's what I call a full-bodied resumé! I have some of my tv appearances on video. If I can take a screen cap of them I'll post them. So what's Dick Clark REALLY like? And what's your opinion of 'the Hedgehog'? Oh and tonight dh went over my scene in Rabid with a fine tooth comb, and he confirmed I am NOT visible in the crowd. All together now....'awwwwwww' LOL.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 8:08 pm
LOL Mame! Dick Clark is just like he appears on tv, sweetest man in the world! He loved 'his kids' as he called us. He would chat with us during the breaks and was wonderful. Ron had bad bo! it was BBO
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 8:10 pm
The dj I listen to in the afternoon used to regularly have porn stars on his show (and dated one for a while) and every single one of them talked about Ron Jeremy.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 8:35 pm
I used to raise and show persian cats. We were original members of the Puget Sound Cat Club. So I was asked on a lot of the local tv shows in Seattle, Seattle Today, JP Patches etc. I would round up various breeds of cats and do my thing. If you remember the Cat Lady in the 70's that was me! I have run into people (in the past) who recognized me and it was a neat feeling!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 8:36 pm
Well I was VERY impressed with him on that celebrity reality show that I don't watch anymore... can't remember the name of it. I know what you mean though. I met an author I adore, and she stank of pee. I have no doubt that due to her age and her health she is incontinent. Sad, really, cuz that is NOT how I want to remember her... and no, I won't name her. I don't want to destroy anyone's illusions.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 8:48 pm
OK Pam...I cannot resist! Would we be familiar with any of your work in porn?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 8:53 pm
yes
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 9:09 pm
ROFLMAO!! You have made my day.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 9:10 pm
i love hearing these stories!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 9:53 pm
SuperG....I did makeup for porn you baaad girl!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, April 30, 2007 - 10:40 pm
1. i was on romper room 2. i was Alice in Wonderland at Children's Fairyland in Oakland for 2 years and did many commercials for that. 3. i was part of the Oakland Ballet's Children's Troupe and we were taped and shown when we did The Nutcracker. but the famous one is Greekbread 1. she was the face of Macy's Baby Line for 2 years. (1990-1992) 2. she did a national commercial for Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee (she said "1-2-3's they're for me!") at the age of 3. 3. She was in the movie "Jack" with a non-speaking part.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 4:43 am
landi, if you have any pix of either you or gb in those roles, can you share them?!! I bet they are cute!
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 5:16 am
1. I was on the show Puttin On the Hits - my 4 friends (including Barbara, and Michelle) and I were part of a lip synching group for years. We were called the Starlettes and we did shows for parties, etc. We won at the local tryouts over 200 other acts and we were flown out to LA to be on the show. It was fun. 2. As some of you know My sister and I are very friendly with an actor David Proval (Richie Aprile from the Sopranos) Well, he was doing a movie with Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts) but David was the star - it was called Mob Queen and it was about a consigliere who fixes up his mob boss with a transvestite, but the mob boss doesn't know and he falls in love. My sister and I did some bit parts - she was the church organist, and I was in the Church (at the wedding) and Gerry Cooney the ex boxer was there. I was also a bar girl with a sailor. It was fun.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 9:25 am
Pamy - So you were a makeup artist NOT a makeout artist. How disappointing!   
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 9:45 am
Well Mame, if you think about it Pamy was likely doing some foundation work on those naked bods, if you know what I mean. There are no big films with me in them, but I have been on the news a few times. The last time was a couple years ago when there was a train derailment in San Antonio. My daughter's family was visiting me, and we went to Sea World that morning, bright and early. We had to wait outside the gate for opening time that was delayed because of the toxic air that might have been hanging around from the damaged freight cars. There was plenty of wind that day, so we weren't really in danger, but all three tv networks sent their trucks out there to interview the tourists lined up. (Anything for a story!) Because we were in my daughter's Michigan licensed car they came right up to us. My dh saw us on the news before we got home later that day.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 9:56 am
Pamy would have a real challenge with Ron Jeremy's face but then I guess the viewers aren't looking that far up on his anatomy. FTR, I have never seen his movies but only pics of his face and can only imagine what he is famous for.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 9:56 am
So then, there are no copies of Pamy Does Pamona out there?
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 11:32 am
LOL Gracie, Native & Darrell... Pamy Does Pamona
Well I've got my ticket. Now I just need the popcorn & an orange soda!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 12:09 pm
  
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 12:36 pm
Thanks Gracie, now we're all set... There's enough popcorn for the lot of us! But that soda is MINE! LOL.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 3:20 pm
Ginger, my friend was on putting on the hits also, I loved that show! LOL Mame and Gracie!!! Native, its funny ya say that cuz the makeup I did on Ron was to make his face look all pimply(sp?) I didnt do his make up for a porn it ws for that low budget girls prison movie (Caged Fury) the production co was really bad and I dont even think my name is in the credits for makeup (not sure, I think they did the movie for a tax write off, but I have seen it on cable every so often) Ya want to know what my line was in that movie?? "Nice hair, who re" (I was in a cell and they were leading her thru prison and all of us girls in the cels were grabbing at her throught the bars and yelling stuff) They needed more girls so anyone of us on the crew that were young were asked to get in the cells LOL ...totally low budget I also did makeup on James Hoang, he is an oriental actor you see all the time, great guy, he was on the Restaurant ep of Seinfeld "Seinfeld, 4!'
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 3:23 pm
LOL I just saw Darell's post and then the popcorn posts HEE!!!!!!! I dont want to let ya all down too much so I will tell ya that I have made some X rated videos but they arent out on dvd...I hope!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 4:05 pm
Love you Pamy!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 6:38 am
I was on Oprah. It was January of 1996. I was not on stage, but they assigned me a seat in the front row. It was planned that she would talk to me which she did near the end of the show. That particular day in January it was snowing heavily. Blizzard? I worked walking distance (about a mile) from Harpo Studios. I was at work before going to the taping. They called me there and asked if I needed a limo ride to the studio. Stupid me, "No, I can walk." Wish I would have taken them up on the ride.
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