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Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:16 pm to
Posted by MemphisGuy
Member since Nov 2023
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Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:16 pm to
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Does Friends even count?



Charlton Heston, Isabella Rossellini, Susan Sarandon, Danny Devito, Ben Stiller, Brooke Shields, Winona Ryder and Jeff Goldblum oh... and the redheaded duchess from England. Fergie?
This post was edited on 12/26/23 at 9:17 pm
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 6:38 am to
quote:

Yet you forgot the biggest one in Brad Pitt.


No I didn’t. I listed him but he wasn’t a boyfriend. He was a high school friend of Ross that hated Rachel.
Posted by carhartt
Member since Feb 2013
7815 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:01 am to
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Robin Williams and Billy Crystal showing up randomly on Friends once will always be one of my favorites.


Greatest thing about that was it wasn’t planned. They were filming near the Friends set and just walked over to see what was going on. Someone asked them if they wanted to be on the show. Their entire scene was improv’d.
Posted by InCaliForNow
Member since Mar 2014
492 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:27 am to
30 Rock - Salma Hayek

I could stop there, but also

Steve Martin, Jennifer Aniston, Peter Dinklage, Julianne Moore, Michael Keaton, Jon Hamm, Matt Damon, Carrie Fisher…
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:40 am to
Frasier’s guest caller list is pretty impressive

137 guest callers on Frasier
Posted by TideWarrior
Asheville/Chapel Hill NC
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:49 am to
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Shatner’s classic Twilight Zone appearance


It was years before I got comfortable sitting by the wing of an airplane.
Posted by FearlessFreep
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 9:09 am to
Posted by MizzouBS
Missouri
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 1:13 pm to
John McCain in Parks and Rec
Posted by deeprig9
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 1:22 pm to
Larry Munson as the voice of "God" on Squidbillies.
Posted by timbo
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Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 2:50 pm to
I'm wrapping up the second season of The Bear, and they've had a number of surprise guests. Joel McHale had a small scene as an a-hole chef, Jamie Lee Curtis was the crazy mom, Bob Odenkirk was her (ex?) boyfriend, John Mulaney was a cousin, Olivia Coleman had a nice scene as a big time chef.
Posted by hogcard1964
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Member since Jan 2017
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 3:13 pm to
That turncoat bastard.
Posted by tigermeat
Member since Jan 2005
3089 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 5:29 pm to
Rory Calhoun on Gilligan’s Island


Davy Jones on The Brady Bunch


Ted Nugent on Miami Vice


Posted by TC Kidd
Member since Nov 2023
776 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 6:06 pm to
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Off the top of my head...Barbra Eaden

She might be the hottest woman I’ve ever seen in that episode.
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
6620 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 6:15 pm to
quote:

Yet you forgot the biggest one in Charlton Heston.


FIFY
Posted by GeauxAggie972
Poterbin Residence
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:16 pm to
Watching New Girl right now, so Taylor Swift showing up on one of the wedding episodes was pretty surprising
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
16344 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:04 pm to
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Off the top of my head...Barbra Eaden Buddy Epson Bernard Fox Alan Hale Jr...help me out with more




Don Rickles
George Kennedy
Jack Albertson
Bill Bixby
Jackie Coogan
Bob Denver
Jamie Farr
Howard Hessman
Gavin McCloud
Rob Reiner
Lee Van Cleef
Jerry van Dyke


Edited to add this: Alan Melvin was the most prolific guest star with different roles. In all, he played 8 different characters on the show over its run.

He was also on lots of other sitcoms of that era in guest star appearances. The Phil Silvers Show, Gomer Pyle, Make Room For Daddy, Dick Van Dyke Show and many others from the 50's onward.
This post was edited on 12/27/23 at 10:13 pm
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
21776 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 11:41 pm to
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Off the top of my head...Barbra Eaden Buddy Epson Bernard Fox Alan Hale Jr...help me out with more


Bill Bixby
James Best
Posted by Mr. Misanthrope
Cloud 8
Member since Nov 2012
5821 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 11:53 pm to

George C. Scott’s uncredited cameo as a video tech in an episode of Colombo.
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
11520 posts
Posted on 12/28/23 at 3:49 am to
Never watched Friends when it ran, thought it was silly then and I still do, but as sitcoms often do, it gets you hooked. I only started watching random episodes on TV the last couple of weeks, they're all 2000s, but seeing someone like Sean Penn just walking in that Pee Wee's Playhouse apartment was surprising
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
13154 posts
Posted on 12/28/23 at 6:40 am to
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G. Gordon Liddy on Miami Vice.

I mean that show was before my time but the guest star list was wild.

Ted Nugent.
Julia Roberts
Jimmy Smits
Ed O’Neill
Bruce Willis
Giancarlo Esposito
Glenn Frey
Pam Grier
Little Richard
Miles Davis
Phil Collins
Liam Neeson
Willie Nelson
Bill Paxton
Ian Mcshane
Ben Stiller
Etc
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