515 Crew

got anyone from your town that Made It Big?

i know a couple from my hometown, Norwalk.

Jason Momoa--I used to skate with this kid and all my bro's friends growing up. Then he was on baywatch.



Brandon Routh--Superman. Made his television debut on MTV's "Undressed". In High School he liked soccer so much that he got a personalized license plate that read "Socker"(the proper spelling had been taken, but he liked the game so much, it didn't matter). He also had a huge ass and had the "duck feet". I teach drums to kids with his dad(much cooler than him).[edit] also, his best friend in High School, Joe Becker, broke his finger in swing choir by snapping them to rhythm.



less flattering picture:

@- im confused. you question most posts about race and all the isms and then you start a hometown celebrity list?

just when i thought i knew what to expect. curveball.

Do they have to born in my town or just have lived there at some point?

joseph wrote:just when i thought i knew what to expect. curveball.

i was just thinking of how cool jason momoa used to be.

wheatstache wrote:Do they have to born in my town or just have lived there at some point?

not born, but they should have lived there for a significant amount of time.

Johnston=Adam Haug. Elliot. The kid the killed that social worker with 9 kids and the house sitter then self in Colorado.
the 515forums guy.

Bill Bryson.

that's right, i forgot bryson was from here. great author. i guess it's more impressive when the hometown is smaller. . .let's say less than 200,000 people.

my step mom used to bring up peter hedges.

@nonymous wrote:that's right, i forgot bryson was from here. great author. i guess it's more impressive when the hometown is smaller. . .let's say less than 200,000 people.

Is he the one that's huge in England?

reggie roby, tracy spencer, dan dable & the 5 sullivan brothers.

also, because i think she's cool, actress lori petty graduated north high in sioux city.

Wheatstache wrote:

@nonymous wrote:that's right, i forgot bryson was from here. great author. i guess it's more impressive when the hometown is smaller. . .let's say less than 200,000 people.

Is he the one that's huge in England?

Bryson lives in England. He moved there as a young adult and as far as I know has lived there for decades.


"Lost Continent" is a good book. It describes Des Moines pretty well. It's basically like "On The Road" as if it were written by Clark Griswold. Highly recommended.


Hometown celebrities? Hmm... Slipknot, I guess.

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/bil ... /about.php

Bryson is good. the des moines explanation on what your life is gonna end up as... is hilarious as im sure rhino knows. ive read most of his books(travel journals) and a few of his editing ones, my grandma was a huge fan of anything from iowa that moved. he used to give book speeches? at the history building every couple of years.

lara flynn boyle and terry ferrell are from iowa. and i dont know how anybody passed but johnny carson was born in iowa. that counts. birthplace.

my parents now live by winterset, so i'll claim The Duke.

noel_nothing wrote:reggie roby, tracy spencer, dan dable & the 5 sullivan brothers.

also, because i think she's cool, actress lori petty graduated north high in sioux city.

Jesus, she was pretty hot in Point Break. What happened?

Beaver wrote:

noel_nothing wrote:reggie roby, tracy spencer, dan dable & the 5 sullivan brothers.

also, because i think she's cool, actress lori petty graduated north high in sioux city.

Jesus, she was pretty hot in Point Break. What happened?

JESUS IS HER HOMEBOY

Oh, just remembered, Johnston has Roger the Loin Cloth guy. Famous to anyone who's been near RAGRBRAI or encountered him on his ten speed in Johnston on a hot summer day. Often times can be spotted sporting just a jock strap while on a ride.

SERVO AND I PERSONALLY KNOW MIKE FRISBEE!
get fucked.

Iowa is home to some of the ballingest ballerz of all time!

I can not believe no one mentioned:


Buffalo Bill



Johnny Carson



Bob Feller




and most ballin' of all, the duke himself! and one of my personal heroes!
John Wayne

http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs31/images/wayne-300.jpg




notable mentions:

j/k their famous obviously!
Herbert Hoover
Tom Arnold
Ashton Kutcher
Elijah Wood
Kurt Eugene Warner
Slipknot
that one girl from UNI that is on the one reality bullshit show
Pud T. Galvin
Mark Andersen (heh heh)

mark philips.

the only right answer.

Guess I'll do the Ames crowd. But here's the thing: Ames' notable people are pretty much all just ISU smarties. And naming them would just be lame.

John Darnielle from the Mountain Goats lived here
Fred Hoiberg (decent NBA player from a little while ago)

The closest thing we have to current celebrities are:
Leslie Hall (famous on the interwebs)
and The Envy Corps

I'm friends with the lead singer Luke Pettipoole's little brother. So I've "met" him, but let me just say, he used to sleep a lot.

Hank Fist wrote:Johnston=Adam Haug. Elliot. The kid the killed that social worker with 9 kids and the house sitter then self in Colorado.
the 515forums guy.

Lets not forget Quinn Sypnewski of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens...

Also from Des Moines... T-Boz from TLC

From wikipedia:

Jim Morris, NCAA All-American, University of Miami
Anthony Parker, NBA player
Steve Bartkowski, former NFL quarterback
Ross Verba, NFL lineman
Bill Bryson, author
Scott Clemmensen, National Hockey League player
Stephen Collins, actor
Bill Daily, actor best known as Colonel Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie.
Thomas M. Disch, author
Rory Freeman, star on television show Survivor: Vanuatu
Dr. Stephen Gleason, advisor to President Clinton and Governor Vilsack
Tana Goertz, star on television show The Apprentice 3
Edna Griffin, civil rights activist.
Peter Hedges, writer of movies "What's Eating Gilbert Grape and "About a Boy." Also the director of the movie "Pieces of April."
David Anthony Higgins, actor, Malcolm in the Middle
Steve Higgins, producer of Saturday Night Live
Frank Jenks, actor
Shawn Johnson, gymnast - 2007 world and U.S. women's all-around champion
Lolo Jones, American track and field athlete
Cloris Leachman, actress
Kevin Love - NASCAR driver
Chris Pirillo, television personality and technology figure
Ronald Reagan worked as a disc jockey (radio d.j.) in Des Moines.
Shawna Robinson, NASCAR driver
Members of Slipknot:
Shawn "Clown" Crahan, percussionist
Chris Fehn, percussionist
Craig Jones, keyboardist/sampler
James Root, rhythm guitarist; also with Stone Sour.
Corey Taylor, rock/metal musician, vocalist; also with Stone Sour.
Mick Thomson, lead guitarist
Sid Wilson, DJ a.k.a DJ Starscream
Joey Jordison, drummer
Bill Stewart, well known jazz drummer, who has worked with Pat Metheny.
Stephen Stucker, actor, best known for his role as the air traffic controller in the 1980 movie, Airplane!
Kevin Tapani, Major League Baseball player
Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, member of the singing group TLC
Kyle Orton, Professional Footbal player for the Chicago Bears; Quarterback
Shawn Johnson, Gymnast, 2007 World All-Around Champion, 2007 U.S. National All-Around Champion

Michael Emerson

Jeffrey Dahmer lived in Ames for a sec.
Gacy worked at the Taco Bell on Forest when it was a KFC.

-Joe.

Annabeth Gish went to NUHS in Cedar Falls...she was in SLC Punk, The X-Files, and Brotherhood and a bunch of other stuff. She is also pretty hot sometimes.

Joe wrote:Jeffrey Dahmer lived in Ames for a sec.
Gacy worked at the Taco Bell on Forest when it was a KFC.

-Joe.

He ran the KFC in Waterloo for a while during the 60's because his wifes Dad owned a bunch of them. Creeeeepy.

HeyFergy wrote:

Joe wrote:Jeffrey Dahmer lived in Ames for a sec.
Gacy worked at the Taco Bell on Forest when it was a KFC.

-Joe.

He ran the KFC in Waterloo for a while during the 60's because his wifes Dad owned a bunch of them. Creeeeepy.

even creepier: my grandparents new him. went to the same elks lodge or something. grandma said he was nice & brought chicken from the kfc to the meetings.

HeyFergy wrote:

Joe wrote:Jeffrey Dahmer lived in Ames for a sec.
Gacy worked at the Taco Bell on Forest when it was a KFC.

-Joe.

He ran the KFC in Waterloo for a while during the 60's because his wifes Dad owned a bunch of them. Creeeeepy.

will kline once told me about that.