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Most everybody in this movie got pretty famous after.


I've seen few films where virtually all the main cast and a few of the supporting actors went on to be super famous and/or have good careers.

"I said no camels, that's five camels, can't you count?"

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This is the first thing I saw Adam Sandler in. In fact, when I watched it a few years later, after Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison came out, I was like, holy crap, I didn't realize it was him!

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Have you seen The Faculty? That can be considered one of the few.

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"The sun is shining...but the ice is slippery."

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True Romance was another one, mainly because of Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini and Samuel .L. Jackson who were lesser known at the time, certainly not the stars that they became later.

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Yep, good call....I always think of True Romance when I think of a movie literally packed with stars, in non-cameo roles.



Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

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Looking at this cast in retrospect, wow what a lineup!



Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

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There were a bunch who were already famous.
Michael McKean-Leonard 'Lenny' Kosnowski from Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)
Michael Richards-Kramer/ Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Chris Farley Saturday Night Live 1990-1996
Harold Ramis SCTV 1976-1978, Ghostbusters 1984 and Ghostbusters II 1989
Joe Mantegna about 44 movies and guest appearances on tv series-143 total to date
Judd Nelson-The Breakfast Club 1985, Billionaire Boys Club 1987 and New Jack City 1991

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It's a cool cast.

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