Sunday, September 18, 2005

From High School to Hollywood

Over the weekend I discovered the four people from my high school graduating class who have been trying to get into the television/entertainment market all have successful work right now. I find this to be remarkable because I attended a small school and the number of students in my senior year barely broke 70. Here’s the rundown of the group:


Angelo Spizzirri is currently starring in the Nick Cannon vehicle Underclassman about a police officer going undercover at a prep school and while this has been poorly reviewed I plan on checking it out on DVD. Angelo can also held a prominent role in the Dennis Quaid baseball film The Rookie as the high school catcher.

Pete Lucas spent the past few months as a sports anchor on the CBS affiliate in Rhode Island, but my parents have informed me he has recently moved to the FOX station.

Roberto Raad can be seen as the guy on the right in the new Miller Light commercial where two men observe a woman and her new soft shell cooler on the beach.

Charlie Day stars as a main character on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia airing Monday nights at 10:30 on FX. It’s a comedy about four friends who own a bar and while I have not seen it yet, I plan on watching tomorrow’s episode. Out of these four classmates, I was closest to Charlie and this guy may have only been an inch or two taller than me, but he would stuff a pillow under his shirt and do a killer impression of Chris Farley’s motivational speaker character, Matt Foley. Charlie also played Boscoe’s brother on Third Watch before being dismembered in the second to last season. I always dreamed of running into him at a bar and sneaking up to give him a giant hug while screaming, “I can’t believe you’re alive,” as I pick him up off his feet.


This probably doesn’t mean much to most of you, but I found it to be pretty cool and I’m interested to hear what you think of their work.

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