Clyde Austin Drexler

Drexler is a Hall of Fame guard/forward known as Clyde “The Glide”. He 
won an Olympic gold medal with the legendary Dream Team in 1992; was
selected to 10 NBA All-Star games as a member of the Portland Trail
Blazers and Houston Rockets and won an NBA Championship with the
Rockets in 1995. In his best season came in 1992 with Portland; he
finished second in MVP voting behind the legendary Michael Jordan.

The Three Stooges from left: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard
whose older brother Shemp Howard was the original third Stooge.

                      Moe Howard (Moses Harry Horwitz)

(June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975)
As the head stooge of the Three Stooges, Howard’s film and TV
career spanned four decades. The comedy trio was nominated
for an Academy Award for the 1934 film Men in Black.The parody
short is significant in that it was the only time that the trio would be
nominated for an Oscar.

Before fame, Howard constantly skipped school as a child to attend
local theater shows, and failed to break into Hollywood for several
years before forming the Three Stooges.

Barry Manilo (Barry Alan Pincus)

Singer-songwriter and producer Manilo recorded "I Write the Songs" and
"Mandy" and is also known for his charity shows.

Before fame, Barry Manilo went to the Julliard School and worked at CBS
simultaneously. During this time, he began to work as a commercial jingle
writer producing jingles like that of the State Farm Insurance company…
"Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there…", and Band-Aid …”I am 
stuck on Band-Aid, ’cause Band-Aid’s stuck on me!", for which he 
adopted a childlike voice. His singing-only credits include Kentucky 
Fried Chicken, Pepsi, Dr Pepper and the famed McDonald’s…”You 
Deserve a Break Today" campaign.

       Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995)

Ives recorded "A Little Bitty Tear" and was responsible for Christmas
standards like "Holly Jolly Christmas”, featured in the 1964 CBS-TV
presentation of the stop-motion animated family special Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Ives expanded his appearances in films between the 1950s and the
1960s with such films as The Big Country in 1958, for which he won
an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Burl Ives died from complications of oral cancer at the age of 85, at
his home in Anacortes, Washington.

From the 1969 film Last Summer

Thomas as seen in The Waltons

Richard Earl Thomas

Thomas is best known for his leading role as writer John-Boy Walton in
the CBS family drama The Waltons (1972-1981). During his career, he
won an Emmy Award, and received nominations for another Emmy Award
and two Golden Globe Awards. He began his television career in 1959 in
a version of A Doll’s House before moving on to appear in some soap
operas. He made his Broadway debut at age seven with the assistance
of his parents, who were both ballet dancers.