Where are they now?
I decided to compile a few stars from my childhood who I don't know what they're doing today. My crack research team knew of only one place to go. Wikipedia. Why Wikipedia? Well.....
Ben and Fred Savage: Why do I team up the brothers you ask? Despite both hanging out under beds with monsters as kids, they both also had their own television shows where they landed girls they couldn't even dream of in real life. I'm talking about Topenga from Boy Meets World and Winnie from The Wonder Years. Here's a fun fact, Daniel Stern who did the voice over work for the Wonder Years was also their father in Little Monsters.
I don't know if Ben is actually smart, or just got by because he was a kid sensation. He interned for Senator Arlen Spector, so that's kind of interesting. He also graduate Stanford and he was part of the Sigma Chi frat. Can you imagine being the brothers while Ben Savage pledged? I would demand he bring Topenga to a mixer, during hell week I would play the same three Boy Meets World episodes over and over, and of course, I'd make him dress up like Maurice and hand out flyers on campus. That would be fun as hell.
Oh yeah, apparently he's filming some movie right now. Whatever.
On to Ben. Apparently, this dudes a real stoner. There's no Wiki-evidence of that, but he likes Phish and goes to see them all the time. My guess is stoner. We loved him as Kevin Arnold, but like a lot of these child stars he was too good to be just an actor, he needed to direct. So he started directing his brothers show Boy Meets World, and then he directs a bunch of Nickelodeon shows. He did direct that movie Daddy Day Care for which he won a nomination from the Raspberry Awards for worst director. Congrats Fred! There isn't really a whole lot on Fred, so if you want to go back and watch a masterpiece, watch The Wizard. Fantastic movie. When the kid pulls out the power glove for the first time, a moment in cinematic history.
I was going to put in Elizabeth Berkley in this spot too but she's pretty boring. I did learn one fantastic fact. Remember Showgirls when she bared all to the world? Well she beat out a few other actresses for that role. Jenny McCarthy, Denise Richards, and Charlize Theron. Could you imagine any of those three in that role?! I would have bought the DVD. Who do you want to know about? E-Mail me at Jimmyfenimore@gmail.com.
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