Thread: Do you have a local celebrity?

Originally Posted by mrsell63

Do you have a local celebrity in your town that you are proud of? Tell us about it.

Oh, they have to be worthy of pride?? Sheeesh, what a stickler!

JimmyHAD lives less than a half-mile away from me!

Originally Posted by JBHoren

JimmyHAD lives less than a half-mile away from me!

WOOT,he truley is a legend in his own mind

Geez - quite a few in this area where I grew up...Leona Boyd, Geddy Lee, Kim Mitchell, Pat Borders lived down the street when he played for the Jay's, Doug Gilmour hockey player, John Candy went to the school up the street...Mike Myer's a bit north of me in Scarborough, Keifer Sutherland, met his sister Rachel a few times...Ian Thornley from Big Wreck, Dan Hill, Farley Mowat, Glen Gould (piano player), his house has a brass plate in front of it on the lawn, lot's in Toronto and it seems a lot of the entertainer/media/artist types like the Beach area...I met Henry Fonda when I was a kid down at the Beach when he was filming some movie with Tatum O'Neil, didn't know who he was, but had a big crush on Tatum after seeing the Bad News Bears...she wasn't there...

Phrank, Was the beach where the cop skits were set on Kids in the Hall?

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Phrank, Was the beach where the cop skits were set on Kids in the Hall?

Yup - friend of mine, Bill, was the Production Coordinator on the show, he was the guy on the motorcycle ( he stole Bruce's girlfriend in the skit) for one of the songs and was also in one of the scenes on the Beach...I went to a few rap parties on Parliment St in Toronto in their early days...all super nice people. Small world...eh?

Best baseball catcher ever - Pat Borders.