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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Six Degrees of 2008 Americana II

This is a little more than a "pack" and more like a "blaster." I figured on Election Night, what better way to serve it up than with a blaster box of 2008 Americana II?

I am not going to post all the cards, but will post a few of the "hits." In addition, I went to the Oracle of Bacon to see just how close these folks were to the "King of Six Degrees" himself. As it turns out, only ONE person could not be linked, and that's because he's a fighter not an actor...

The Six Degrees results are in:

  • Vicki Lawrence was in Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's (1998) with Joyce Brothers was in Hero at Large (1980) with Kevin Bacon
  • Greg Grunberg was in Hollow Man (2000) with Kevin Bacon
  • David Prowse (I) was in Star Wars (1977) with Garrick Hagon was in Balto (1995) with Kevin Bacon
  • Robert Wagner (I) was in Wild Things (1998) with Kevin Bacon
  • Barbara Bush (I) was in "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-01-17)} with Steve Carell was in 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards, The (2007) (TV) with Kevin Bacon
  • Ricardo Montalban was in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) with Matt O'Leary was in Death Sentence (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Haywood Nelson was in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) with Brendan Fraser was in The Air I Breathe (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Bai Ling was in Southland Tales (2006) with Sarah Michelle Gellar was in The Air I Breathe (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Taryn Manning was in 8 Mile (2002) with Eugene Byrd was in Rails & Ties (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Stella Stevens (I) was in Blessed (2004) with Michael J. Reynolds was in Where the Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon
  • Brandon Molale was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) with Julie Gonzalo was in Saving Angelo (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • John Cusack was in Must Love Dogs (2005) with Julie Gonzalo was in Saving Angelo (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus was in Christmas Vacation (1989) with Keith MacKechnie was in We Married Margo (2000) with Kevin Bacon
  • Scott Savol was in "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2005-05-10)} with Ellen Pompeo was in 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards, The (2007) (TV) with Kevin Bacon
  • Maud Adams was in Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990) with Clint Howard was in My Dog Skip (2000) with Kevin Bacon
  • Ray Park (I) was in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) with Dennis Keiffer was in Death Sentence (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Gigi Edgley was in Quantum Apocalypse (2008) with Stuart Lafferty was in Death Sentence (2007) with Kevin Bacon

  • Jason "Mayhem" Miller cannot be linked to Kevin Bacon... I'm not surprised.
  • Todd Bridges was in Hollywood Horror (2008) with Kerri Randles was in Rails & Ties (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Susie Feldman was in Terror Inside (2007) with Eli T. Pena was in The Celestine Prophecy (2006) with Robert Harvey (I) was in Rails & Ties (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Corey Feldman was in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) with Mark Jeffrey Miller was in Death Sentence (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Shawn Pyfrom was in The Darkroom (2006) with Greg Grunberg was in Hollow Man (2000) with Kevin Bacon
  • Marisol Nichols was in Struck (2008) with Kelly Preston was in Death Sentence (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Diane Farr was in The Third Nail (2008) with Chris Ellis (I) was in Apollo 13 (1995) with Kevin Bacon
  • Ed Leslie (Brutus Beefcake) was in Santa with Muscles (1996) with Clint Howard was in My Dog Skip (2000) with Kevin Bacon
  • Kane Hodder was in Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) with Robert Harvey (I) was in Rails & Ties (2007) with Kevin Bacon

  • Christina Applegate was in Grand Theft Parsons (2003) with Jim Cody Williams was in Rails & Ties (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Richard Dreyfuss was in Always (1989) with John Goodman (I) was in Death Sentence (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Natalie Zea was in Lucid Days in Hell (1999) with Todd Stashwick was in The Air I Breathe (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Greg Evigan was in River's End (2007) with Clint Howard was in My Dog Skip (2000) with Kevin Bacon
  • Stephen Tobolowsky was in Murder in the First (1995) with Kevin Bacon
  • Rhonda Fleming was in The Nude Bomb (1980) with Vittorio Gassman was in Sleepers (1996) with Kevin Bacon
  • Kathie Lee Gifford was in The First Wives Club (1996) with Marcia Gay Harden was in Rails & Ties (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Gary Coleman (I) was in Dirty Work (1998) with John Goodman (I) was in Death Sentence (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Goldie Hawn was in The First Wives Club (1996) with Marcia Gay Harden was in Rails & Ties (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Gloria Stuart was in Land of Plenty (2004) with Wendell Pierce was in Sleepers (1996) with Kevin Bacon
  • Lisa Marie (I) was in Planet of the Apes (2001) with Evan Parke was in The Air I Breathe (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Francesco Quinn was in Hell Ride (2008) with Kanin J. Howell was in Death Sentence (2007) with Kevin Bacon
  • Edward Asner was in JFK (1991) with Kevin Bacon
  • Regis Philbin was in Dudley Do-Right (1999) with Brendan Fraser was in The Air I Breathe (2007) with Kevin Bacon


If some of the cards look or sound familiar, it's baecause back when I did a post on Americana I, nearly 50% of these same cards were in THAT box! I now have (gulp) THREE Vicki Lawrence cards... I think I am only missing an auto card and if there happens to be any on which she appears with someone else. That is just... not right...

Friday, August 01, 2008

2008 Donruss Americana II

I know, we're a baseball card family around here, but sometimes we come across packs that so far out there that when we open them, we just HAVE to post them for the world to enjoy. Tonight, I was inexplicably drawn to a blaster box of 2008 Donruss Americana II. Maybe it was the John Wayne on the front. That, "Doncha think ya oughtas buy this here box of cards, Pilgrim" kind of thing. When I placed the box on the conveyer, my wife said, "They put John Wayne on baseball cards now?"

I won't post the whole box. I'll save you that much. But, here is the first pack (which will be followed by 'cards of some kind of significance'):

Really? Ponch? My first Americana II card is Poncho? Can you feel my eyes rolling?



Diana Franklin comes in next. If you're a person who experienced your teen-aged years in the 80's and 90's (watching movies like "Sixteen Candles" and "Pretty in Pink"), then you recognize this girl even if you didn't know her name. She was the French exchange student in "Better Off Dead" (CHRISSSS-MASSSS)...



I openly admit I have no idea who this woman is. Evidently, a regular on SNL when I quit watching...



Look familiar? Probably only if you saw "Hairspray," according to the back of her card. I really had no idea I was so out-of-touch with pop culture.



AH! Wait a minute! The actor formerly known as the guy in "Corvette Summer!" Oh, for those of you that have NO idea what I'm talking about, this guy was Luke Skywalker in the "old" versions of Star Wars (You know, Episodes IV, V, and VI).


After showing the cards to my wife, her first comment was, "Wow. I hope they get better than that. Though, really, they can only go UP from there, right?" No, not even close.

These packs were filled with actors and actresses I have never heard of, some of which my GRANDPARENTS might not have even recognized! However, there some, well, er, uh, highlights, if you want to call them that...


Yes, that's Vicki Lawrence (Mamma's Family, Carol Burnett, etc), and yes, that is a piece of actress-worn material in the card. I just hope there are some fans on eBay... Yes, the next one is that girl who played the annoying neighbor on "Married...With Children" (Amanda Bearse). And, yes, I have no idea who that girl is, but really, guys, do we even CARE at this point? I mean, how many of you even made down as far as the pouty lips? She's a porn star, right? Nope, evidently a singer (Dani McCulloch)... Whatever.



Yeap, Mrs. Barbara "it rhymes with rich" Bush. Followed by Mr. "Really, she FELL into the ocean" Wagner, and finally a guy who got royally screwed by George Lucas. Darth Vader was played by one person, but voiced-over by James Earl Jones. The man pictured here (David Prowse) *IS* Darth Vader.... (Edit: Ooops, I had mistaken Bush for Reagan and use the wrong quote.)



Then, we have Todd "Willis" Bridges. He gives lectures on the dangers of drug abuse to kids. Seriously, that's what his card says. The next two cards came from two different packs. That means I pulled 2/3rds of the cast from "My Two Dads" in one box. I don't know if I should laugh, cry, or get out the matches. (Greg Evigan and Staci Keanan)



I promise, I'm not posting all 40 cards from the box, but really, who can help but gawk at the absurdity of who all is in these packs? Julia (PLEASE don't dance, Elaine!) Louis-Dreyfus, Scott "Don't you remember me from that singing show" Savol, and Kathie Lee "his bites are worse than his bark" Gifford. Really. I spent HOW MUCH on this box of 'collectible' cards?



Now, I did manage to pull a trio of classic actresses: Julie Newmar (an obvious hot-chick in her day), a serial #'d Proof of Rhonda Fleming, and Mae "Come On Up and See Me" West.



In all perfect honesty, I thought these three were the same girl on three different cards. I am clueless to current pop culture. I had no idea who Janel Parrish was (Bratz, among other things), or who Marisol Nichols is (no, I do not watch '24'), nor who Taryn Manning is (nor do I even after reading the back of her card).


So there you have it. Twenty bucks that might as well have been flushed down the toilet, or set on fire, or rolled and smoked. Next time the urge to buy something stupid hits me, I'll opt for the "Now only $4.95!" box of 2007 Fleer Tradition (or whatever box it was that, of course, featured Junior on it - no kidding, I almost bought it for that reason alone).