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Recently on Reddit, user@TheLastSentenceIsGayasked, “Which person got attention for two completely unrelated things, making you think ‘Wait, that was that guy!?'” The examples will simply blow your mind, so here are just 21 that stood out:
Responses below have been edited for length , clarity , and truth .
1.“Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger inWinnie-the-Pooh, was an early inventor of the artificial heart.”
2.“Got recommended a video of the longest televised golf putt in history. Certainly, it couldn’t have been THATMichael Phelps. Phelps isn’t a pro golfer. He was playing for fun in a celebrity amateur round. He didn’t want to use a wedge, so he got out a putter and putted the ball from the fairway way off the green. Pros would never putt the ball from that far. The ball ends up going in the hole.”
3.“I was looking at some poker tournament stats the other day and sawseveral tourneys with Vince Vaughn. Ah, it’s probably not the same guy… No, actually, it is. Peter La Fleur [Vince’s character inDodgeBall] is one hell of a poker player.”
4.“Yesterday, I found out Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer is the keyboard/synth player for The Buggles in the famous music video for’Video Killed the Radio Star.‘Just such a wild piece of information I’d never heard ‘til now.”
5.“Steve Martinis also a Grammy Award-winning banjo player. Not in a ‘celebrity buys a Grammy award’ way. He’s actually insanely good.”
6.“I heard ofTom Ford, the fashion designer, when I was getting into fragrances. Then I heard of Tom Ford, director ofNocturnal Animals. Then I found out they are one and the same.”
7.“Ted Williams, theHall of Fame baseball playerfrom the 1940s, was one of the best fishermen in the world. He’s in theFishing Hall of Fame, which is a thing that exists.”
8.“Thurl Ravenscroft: the guy that sang, ‘You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,’ also did the voice of Tony the Tiger.”
9.“Jim Rash: The dean fromCommunitywon an Oscar as the co-screenwriter forThe Descendants. Both film stuff, but surprising seeing Craig Pelton getting an Academy Award.”
10.“Ken Jeong: alicensed physicianas well as the dude that jumped out of the trunk of a car naked and started immediately beating Zach Galifianakis with a golf club inThe Hangover.”
11.“Ringo Starr: I remember discovering as a child that the narrator fromBritain’sThomas the Tank Engineused to be the drummer in a band called The Beatles.”
12.“Was surprised to find that Mike White, whom I knew as the mousy Mr. Schneebly inSchool of Rock, is the creator and director ofWhite Lotus.”
13.“My Name Is Earlstar Jason Lee was aprofessional skateboarderbefore he got into acting.”
14.“Somehow, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the world’s best bodybuilder, the Terminator, and the governor of California.”
15.“Gerard Way: lead singer of My Chemical Romance and creator ofThe Umbrella Academycomic book series that inspired the Netflix show.”
16.“Eartha Kitt, who sang ‘Santa Baby,’ voiced Yzma, the villain from the Disney filmThe Emperor’s New Groove.
17.“Nick Bakay: The voice of Salem the cat fromSabrina the Teenage Witchwas also the co-writer ofPaul Blart: Mall Cop.”
18.“Taylor Momsen: Cindy Lou Who from the live-actionHow the Grinch Stole Christmasmovie with Jim Carrey is now the lead singer in the popular rock band The Pretty Reckless.”
19.“Joe Keery: He’s aStranger Thingsactor. Then, I heard a song a hundred times last year called ‘End of Beginning’ by Djo. Recently found out Joe Keery is Djo.”
20.“Drake: I knew his first big hit on the radio. Then, when I saw his music video, I thought, ‘Hey, wait! That’s Jimmy fromDegrassi(the Canadian teen drama)!'”
21.Finally, “Wilford Brimley: Millennials will know him from the Liberty Medical Supply’s diabetes commercials, while previous generations probably remember him as the Quaker Oats guy.”
