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Subject: Before They Were Stars
Written By: whistledog on 08/11/07 at 11:28 pm
Similar to Erin's "All Grown Up" thread, how about today's well-known Film and TV personalities in the early roles before they were the known stars they are today. Got any video clips or pictures?
Well respected CNN News Anchor John Roberts. Here's how you know him today ...
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/images/roberts.john.jpg
What you might not know is that he is Canadian. In the late 70s, under his abbrieviated name J.D. Roberts, he started his career as a TV music journalist in Canada hosting a show called "The New Music" from 1979-1988. In 1984, he co-launched MuchMusic (Canada's version of MTV) where he was a VJ for most of the 80s.
Here he is in 1985 co-hosting Canadian segments for Live-Aid ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6zALfyKtSk
and here he is interviewing Stan Ridgway of 'Wall of Voodoo' ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqo9MdtUMtI