Thursday Thirteen #18
Thirteen Famous (or infamous) Wisconsinites!You can decide whether they are famous or infamous...LOL! I purposely left off our crop of serial killers! Not sure what kind of traffic their names would bring! I shudder to think of it.
1. Tony Shalhoub (Adrian Monk on the series Monk)
2. Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Garrett on Different Strokes & Facts of Life)
3. John Matuszak (Oakland Raider turned actor) He went to the same high school I did. Only a few years before me...lol!
4. Amy Pietz (Annie on Caroline in the City) I went to school with her.
5. Oprah Winfrey (needs no explanation...LOL) While she was not born in Wisconsin, Oprah spent a few years in Milwaukee as a child.
6. Dan Jansen (Olympic Speedskater)
7. Alan Kulwicki (NASCAR Winston Cup Champion) Alan was killed in a plane crash on April 1, 1993 in a plane crash near Bristol, TN.
8. Paul (and Morgan) Hamm (Olympic Gymnasts)
9. Mark Grudzelanik pronounced grud-zuh-LAH-nick (Kansas City Royal) I also went to school with Mark until his family moved to Texas during high school.
10. Les Paul (musician, inventor)
11. Violent Femmes (musicians -- Blister in the Sun)
12. BoDeans (musicians -- Closer to Free)
13. Tommy Thompson (former WI Governor & Health & Human Services Secretary, 2008 Presidential candidate) I met him at a mock press conference for high school newspaper staffs when I was about 17. It was just weeks after he was elected as our 42nd Governor.
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10 comments:
Get out. Mrs. Garrett? That's cool. I was cracking up at your lead-in comment too. Good point.
Blessings,
~Toni~
I didn't know Adrian Monk was from Wisconsin! (My favorite show, btw).
Happy TT!
I know a few of those..Way cool list!
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Great list! You'd probably be able to post 13 serial killers from Wisconsin unfortunately. I love the look and feel of your blog, really nice. Happy TT!
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Great post! :) I know most of those! (But then I grew up in IL and now live in MN....your neighbor!)
Have a great week!
Hey, spiffy list!
I love Tony Shaloub, I loved him on Wings, and Monk is a favorite of ours.
John Matuzak was also 'Sloth' Fratelli in the movie Goonies. That's big time baby.
Les Paul. The man is a machine, he's what 90 or so and still gigging every week? Jeesh. I have a Les Paul guitar, and still think they're the best.
You went to school with Mark Grudzelanik? My husband would be so jealous. Great 13!
I like this list...didn't know that any of those were from "your neck of the woods"!
I knew Wisconsin was a neat place!
What a great idea for a 13 list, my state is smaller, not sure if I would find 13.
Busy week....here we are visiting each other's blogs a day late.
Wow, you are really making good progress on your training.
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