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Almost Famous Name
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Almost Famous Name is when a person states he's met not a celebrity, but someone with a similar-sounding name who may be less famous or not famous at all. Examples |
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Dropped link to JohnnyAndTheDead: Not an Item - UNKNOWN | |
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On The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, one of the main characters is in the hospital under the care of Dr. Kavarkian. He quickly reacts to their shock by repeating the pronunciation. | |
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One of the main characters on Skins; no, not that Naomi Campbell. | |
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In an episode of Cheers, Sam discovers that when he was on an alcoholic bender, he bet the bar that he would be married to Jacqueline Bisset by a certain date. When the guy he made the bet with turns up to claim the bar, Sam realises that the bet didn't specify the Jacqueline Bisset, so he tracks down another woman of that name to marry. | |
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An episode of The Vicar of Dibley involved Geraldine booking a musician named Reginald Dwight who she thinks is the one known famously as Elton John, but he's an accordionist with the same name. | |
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In an episode of Community, the Dean attempts to hire Green Day to play at a dance. He instead gets Greene Daeye, an Irish folk band. | |
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Community | hasFeature |
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One of the main characters in Office Space is named Michael Bolton. Which was a fine name until that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys. | |
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Office Space | hasFeature |
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On an episode of Corner Gas, Brent exclaims, "Look everybody, it's Al Gore!" When Lacey says that the man in question looks nothing like Al Gore, Brent clarifies that his name is spelled "Goar" and he owns a local fertilizer company. | |
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Corner Gas | hasFeature |
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Almost Famous Name / int_49340431 | type |
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Holt's husband on Brooklyn Nine-Nine is named Kevin Cozner, which is lampshaded by Jake. | |
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine | hasFeature |
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Almost Famous Name / int_4c99197e | type |
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Almost Famous Name / int_4c99197e | comment |
Inverted in one episode of The Muppet Show where Kermit initially believes the guest star is an act called Lesley & Warren, and is pleasantly surprised to discover that it's actually the similarly named but more famous actress-singer-dancer Lesley Ann Warren. | |
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In Nirvana The Band The Show, Nirvana the Band encounters trademark issues because of part of their name, but not from the half you'd expect. | |
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She-Hulk once fought Doctor Doom. This particular Doctor Doom turned to be Doctor Bob Doom: a cousin of the more famous Victor Von Doom, and a Depraved Dentist. | |
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On Seinfeld, George buys a car purported to have been owned by actor Jon Voight. He later learns that the car was owned by Dr. John Voight, a periodontist who went to dental school with Tim Whatley. | |
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Seinfeld | hasFeature |
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The Beverly Hillbillies/Petticoat Junction: Hooterville's richest and most powerful man is named Howard Hewes. This didn't confuse anybody in Hooterville or the Clampett clan, but Beverly Hills banker Mr. Drysdale just about had an orgasm when he heard that Jed and Mr. Hewes were considering doing business together. | |
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The Beverly Hillbillies | hasFeature |
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Concerned stars the exploits of Gordon Frohman. | |
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Futurama: "You trained with THE Hank Aaron?" "I trained with A Hank Aaron." | |
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In an episode of Step by Step, Cody told Dana that he was friends with Brad Pitt, and would introduce him to her. Turns out Cody was friends with a Brad Pit. | |
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Similarly, in the same sketch, the man looks for the works of an author named Edmund Wells, who has written such classics as David Coperfield, Grate Expectations, Knickerless Nickleby, and A Khristmas Karol. | |
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From Monty Python's Flying Circus, the "Trivializing the War" sketch from series 4 mentions "the other Cole Porter" who wrote "the other 'Anything Goes'." And the bookshop sketch, where the customer is looking for books by Charles Dikkens (the well-known Dutch author), such as Rarnaby Budge. Similarly, in the same sketch, the man looks for the works of an author named Edmund Wells, who has written such classics as David Coperfield, Grate Expectations, Knickerless Nickleby, and A Khristmas Karol. |
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At a party in Crocodile Dundee 2, someone asks Mic if, because they're both Australian, he knows Mel Gibson. Mic, not having the slightest idea who Mel Gibson is, tells an amusing story about meeting Mal Gibson, a local drunkard. | |
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"Crocodile" Dundee | hasFeature |
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JAG: Harmon Rabb once offered to introduce a pair of sailors to Jennifer Lopez in exchange for them helping him out. It wasn't till after they've helped that we find out this Jennifer is his dental hygienist. | |
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In the Veronica Mars episode "Ruskie Business", Keith gets hired to track down an actor named Tom Cruz. | |
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