Buffy Calendar

[lembergwatcher]

April 9

1969 - Terence Bernie Hines, an American actor, writer and producer who played Shop Keeper in S.07E.13 The Killer in Me.

1974 - Todd Duffey, an American actor, writer and producer who played Murk in six episodes of the fifth season (S.05E.17 Forever, S.05E.18 Intervention, S.05E.19 Tough Love, S.05E.20 Spiral, S.05E.21 The Weight of the World, S.05E.22 The Gift).

Edited April 8, 2019 by lembergwatcher

[lembergwatcher]

April 10

1959 - Julie Fulton, an American actress who played FBI Teacher in S.01E.11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight.

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April 11

1932 - Joel Grey (b. Joel David Katz), an American actor who portrayed Doc in three eps of the fifth season (S.05E.17 Forever, S.05E.21 The Weight of the World, S.05E.22 The Gift).

1984 - Kelli Garner, an American actress who played Kirstie in S.05E.16 The Body.

[Joe Hellandback]

5 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

April 11

1932 - Joel Grey (b. Joel David Katz), an American actor who portrayed Doc in three eps of the fifth season (S.05E.17 Forever, S.05E.21 The Weight of the World, S.05E.22 The Gift).

1984 - Kelli Garner, an American actress who played Kirstie in S.05E.16 The Body.

Joel the only Oscar winner to ever appear on Buffy unless someone can correct me?

[illdoc]

13 hours ago, Joe Hellandback said:

Joel the only Oscar winner to ever appear on Buffy unless someone can correct me?

Didn't Danny Strong win an Oscar? Granted, it was for writing, but still.....

[lembergwatcher]

52 minutes ago, illdoc said:

Didn't Danny Strong win an Oscar?

Actually no. He won Writers Guild of America Awards, Golden Globe Awards and NAACP Image Award among others, but not Oscar AFAIK.

[Halting Hex]

Danny has never even been nominated for an Academy Award.  (Joss lost for writing Toy Story, but at least he made the race.)

However, Danny has two Emmy™ Awards (writing and producing Game Change), where Joss has but the one (Outstanding Live-Action Short for Dr. Horrible;  he was nominated for writing Hush, but fell short).  Danny has also won a Golden Glode, two WGA Awards, a Producers' Guild Award, a PEN Center Award, an AFI Award (and two other "Top 10" recognitions), an Image Award (three nominations), a Pell Center Prize, and a Television Critics' Award.  None of those for acting, though.

Season 1 composer Walter Murphy went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for Ted.

Cousin Beth, of course, is currently riding an 0-for-6 skid in Little Gold Man nominations.  (She's won two Golden Globes, with nine nominations there.)

Drew Goddard was nominated for the Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2015, for The Martian.  He lost. (IMO deservedly;  that screenplay was a hash that failed to seamlessly incorporate a lot of its elements.  I get that the book was rather sprawling, but that's the challenge.)

Lindsay Crouse was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1984, for Places in the Heart.

John Hawkes (George the Janitor, I Will Remember You) was nominated for Supporting Actor in 2010 for Winter's Bone.  Another loser.

Amber Tamblyn was nominated for an Emmy™ for Janice, er, Joan of Arcadia.  I only stretch the topic this far to include one of my favorite "Lines You'll Never Hear on BtVS" contributions:

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JANICE:  Dawn, God told me to get the Hell away from you.  No, really.

Th-th-that's all, folks!

[lembergwatcher]

April 12

1962 - Brent Hinkley, an American actor who played Manny in S.06E.12 Doublemeat Palace.

1971 - Happy birthday, Nicholas Brendon and Kelly Donovan Schultzs!

1977 - Jordana Spiro, an American actress who portrayed Callie Anderson in S.02E.05 Reptile Boy.

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Scene from Married... with Children S.08E.02 Hood 'n The Boyz (Nick Brendon's TV debut):

[Halting Hex]

Ah, Relative Chaos (bottom photo)!  The movie that makes you ask, "how much do I really love Nick and CC (and Christopher Gorham), to sit through this one?"

In case you don't know, the plot is that Nick and Gorham are brothers and they (and their sister) annually compete in a "competition" to amuse their affable-but-demanding father (Terry Bradshaw).  Watching this movie requires one to endure:

1) Terry Bradshaw (yes, that Terry Bradshaw) trying to "act".  As NFLers-turned-thespians go, he's no Fred "The Hammer" Williamson.  (Williamson's Star Trek guest shot, which was apparently an AFL cross-promotion, usually gets cut in the syndicated re-runs, but he's not that bad, honestly.  It's not his fault they got Jeff Corey as the main guest star…between Shatner and Corey, there's a LOT of scenery getting chomped in that one.)

2) Lots and lots of CC-abuse, because she's a stuck-up city bitch and the movie wants us to root for Gorham dump her (she's his fiancée) and hook-up with the pure and sweet country gal he left behind.  Charisma, of course, finds layers in the part and IMO Gorham ends up looking like a dick, "happy ending" or not.

3)  a lot of IMO disturbing subtext, where it seems as though Bradshaw hasn't only been emotionally abusing his kids but possibly sexually abusing the daughter from a young age, and possibly also doing the same with Nick.  This gets really buried (since this is Hallmark Channel or Disney or wherever) and because the film's supposed to be a comedy, but I definitely got creeped out.  Okay, maybe I was just having such a bad reaction to Bradshaw that I started seeing things that weren't there, but still.  Icky.  Charisma's well-rid of the lot of them, I say.

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April 14

1977 - Happy birthday, Sarah Michelle Gellar!

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April 15

1972 - Rick Stear, an American actor who played Boone in S.04E.16 Who Are You.

[Joe Hellandback]

On ‎4‎/‎13‎/‎2019 at 11:33 PM, lembergwatcher said:

Love her 1994 pic, she looks like MT.

[lembergwatcher]

April 17

1930 - Reza Badiyi (d. 2011), an Iranian American film director and producer who directed S.01E.11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight.

1955 - Happy birthday, Kristine Sutherland!

[lembergwatcher]

[Halting Hex]

Did not realize that Kristine was yet another Aries in the cast.  No wonder Moloch was excited to manifest in Sunnydale; rams' horns all around, it appears.

[lembergwatcher]

April 18

1971 - Tamara Braun, an American actress who played Tara in S.02E.01 When She Was Bad and Frenzied Girl in S.02E.16 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.

1976 - Kevin Rankin, an American actor and producer who portrayed Donny Maclay in S.05E.06 Family.

1978 - Justin Doran, an American actor and stuntman who played Hogan Martin in S.03E.18 Earshot.

[Halting Hex]

22 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

1971 - Tamara Braun, an American actress who played Tara in S.02E.01 When She Was Bad and Frenzied Girl in S.02E.16 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.

Later a longtime central player on General Hospital, to the point where I know one fan who calls Tara "Carly-vamp" after CB's GH character.  

And, allegedly, a member of the Sapphist faction (the casting director on General Hospital is said to have a preference for "family"), thus possibly partially answering the question of which female guests SMG was very glad to have cast in S2.  Still, Tamara's parts are so peripheral…what would Sarah have to say to her other than "I'm glad I didn't really burn your tongue, baby", after all?

(How does Tara tell Buffy where Absalom is doing the ritual, exactly?  I mean, Buffy did just burn her tongue, right?)

[lembergwatcher]

16 minutes ago, Halting Hex said:

How does Tara tell Buffy where Absalom is doing the ritual, exactly?  I mean, Buffy did just burn her tongue, right?

She may have a burned tongue, but her fingers remain intact, I guess. She must know how to write, after all.

[Halting Hex]

Or perhaps she's an old friend of Xanderrr's from sign-language class?  The possibilities are not exactly endless, but still.

[lembergwatcher]

April 19, 1973

Michael Bacall, an American actor, writer and producer who played Eric in S.02E.02 Some Assembly Required.

Thomas Wander (also credited as Thomas Wanker), an Austrian-born composer who wrote the score for 41 eps of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 5-6).

[lembergwatcher]

April 20

1975 - Danielle Pessis, a Canadian actress who played Christy in S.04E.18 Where the Wild Things Are.

1978 - Clayne Crawford (b. Joseph Crawford), an American actor, writer and producer who portrayed Rodney Munson in S.02E.04 Inca Mummy Girl.

[Halting Hex]

On 4/18/2019 at 7:09 PM, lembergwatcher said:

Michael Bacall, an American actor, writer and producer who played Eric in S.02E.02 Some Assembly Required.

I once called him on a fundraising campaign.  He was very nice and gave (nothing major, I think maybe $25) despite my embarrassing myself by fannishly fawning over him.

Maybe it was because I (honestly) complimented his singing voice, from Eric's rendition of "My Girl"?  You never know…

[lembergwatcher]

April 23

1977 - Kal Penn (b. Kalpen Suresh Modi), an American actor, producer and former civil servant who portrayed Hunt in S.04E.05 Beer Bad.

[Halting Hex]

1 hour ago, lembergwatcher said:

1977 - Kal Penn (b. Kalpen Suresh Modi)

Hmm, I wonder if he's related (however distantly) to the current President of India?  

Of course, I'm completely ignorant on the subject; for all I know, "Modi" is the Indian equivalent of "Smith", prevalence-wise.

[lembergwatcher]

8 hours ago, Halting Hex said:

Hmm, I wonder if he's related (however distantly) to the current President of India?

Prime Minister of India actually 🙂 Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister while Ram Nath Kovind is the President (at least, according to wikipedia). Well, I guess your suggestion may be true. Anyway, their families are both from the same area (state of Gujarat).

Edited April 23, 2019 by lembergwatcher

[Joe Hellandback]

On ‎4‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 11:42 PM, lembergwatcher said:

Awww, the Summers' girls together, how sweet. 

[lembergwatcher]

April 24

1959 - Glenn Morshower, an American actor, writer and producer who portrayed Phillip Newton in S.07E.04 Help.

1975 - Thad Luckinbill, an American actor and producer who played R.J. Brooks in S.07E.06 Him.

1977 - Eric Balfour, an American actor, producer and director who portrayed Jesse McNally in S.01E.01 Welcome to the Hellmouth and S.01E.02 The Harvest.

1985 - Courtnee Draper, an American actress and voice actress who played Annabelle in S.07.E.10 Bring on the Night.

[Halting Hex]

34 minutes ago, lembergwatcher said:

April 24

1959 - Glenn Morshower, an American actor, writer and producer who portrayed Phillip Newton in S.07E.04 Help.

34 minutes ago, lembergwatcher said:

1977 - Eric Balfour, an American actor, producer and director who portrayed Jesse McNally in S.01E.01 Welcome to the Hellmouth and S.01E.02 The Harvest.

Hilarious that two of the three Buffyverse actors who had recurring roles on 24 (D.B. Woodside being the third, of course) were not only born on the same day, but that it was the 24th.

I don't know if TWoP had a "Lines You'll Never Hear on 24" topic, and I'm sure that if it did,  this joke was done there, but wtheck…

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JACK BAUER:  Be right back; I've gotta hit the head.  Man, you don't buy beer, you rent it, huh?

Also, I met Thad Luckinbill once, at a screening for an MTV (?) documentary (on the "real lives of actors" or some such) that he and a friend of mine were profiled in.  He seemed nice enough.

Edited April 23, 2019 by Halting Hex

[Loandbehold]

17 hours ago, Halting Hex said:

Also, I met Thad Luckinbill once, at a screening for an MTV (?) documentary (on the "real lives of actors" or some such) that he and a friend of mine were profiled in.  He seemed nice enough.

Was he, by any chance, wearing a letterman's jacket?

[Halting Hex]

I refuse to answer, on the grounds that my friend still doesn't know why I (allegedly) pushed him down those stairs.

(He slipped!  Honest! Geez!)

[lembergwatcher]

April 26

1952 - Spice Williams-Crosby (b. Marceline Ann Williams), an American actress and stunt performer who played Patrice in Buffy's S.02E.09-10 What's My Line, Parts 1&2 and Debbie in Angel's S.04E.13 Salvage.

1953 - Nancy Lenehan, an American actress who played Pat in S.03E.02 Dead Man's Party.

1974 - Ivana Miličević (pronounced Ee-vah-nah Mee-lee-cheh-veech), a Bosnian-born American actress and model of Croatian descent who portrayed Sam Finn in S.06E.15 As You Were.

[Joe Hellandback]

4 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

April 26

1952 - Spice Williams-Crosby (b. Marceline Ann Williams), an American actress and stunt performer who played Patrice in Buffy's S.02E.09-10 What's My Line, Parts 1&2 and Debbie in Angel's S.04E.13 Salvage.

1953 - Nancy Lenehan, an American actress who played Pat in S.03E.02 Dead Man's Party.

1974 - Ivana Miličević (pronounced Ee-vah-nah Mee-lee-cheh-veech), a Bosnian-born American actress and model of Croatian descent who portrayed Sam Finn in S.06E.15 As You Were.

I actually thought Spice Williams was Pat Tallman when I first saw her. Nancy Lenehan has been in absolutely everything, just saw her in 3rd Rock the other day, she's in the pic with Kurtwood Smith, That 70s Show.

[Halting Hex]

Nancy and Kurtwood played a married couple in the CBS disaster of a "comedy", Worst Week.   (Technically "Worst 16 Weeks", if you want to count all the episodes that made it through production.)  The idea of Pat being married to Red Forman (of That '70s Show) is far funnier than anything in Worst Week, as far as I could tell from the commercials that CBS subjected us to during that summer's run of Big Brother.

(Somehow, I think empanadas would be wasted on Red.  Just a hunch.)

[Loandbehold]

18 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

1952 - Spice Williams-Crosby (b. Marceline Ann Williams), an American actress and stunt performer who played Patrice in Buffy's S.02E.09-10 What's My Line, Parts 1&2 and Debbie in Angel's S.04E.13 Salvage.

For some reason, despite it being an albeit small speaking part, Ms. Williams-Crosby was not listed in the credits for either episode. Not sure about the Angel episode.

[Halting Hex]

No, she's there as "Spice Williams" in the end credits.  I remember seeing her there.

ETA:  But apparently, I remember wrongly.  Huh.  I really didn't think I had to do research to find her name.  But I don't know why her credit would be excised, either.  Odd.

Edited April 26, 2019 by Halting Hex

[lembergwatcher]

April 27

1977 - Zach Woodlee, an American choreographer, dancer, actor and producer who played Sweet's Henchman in S.06E.07 Once More, with Feeling.

[lembergwatcher]

April 28

1972 - Jason Dean Hall, an American actor, screenwritter, producer and director who portrayed Devon MacLeish in eight episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 2-4).

1978 - Dave Power, an American actor who played Zack in S.06E.06 All the Way.

[lembergwatcher]

On the exact same day - May 1, 1972 - two Buffyverse actors came into this world:

Julie Benz, an American actress who portrayed Darla in five episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S.01E.01 Welcome to the Hellmouth, S.01E.02 The Harvest, S.01E.07 Angel, S.02E.21 Becoming, Part 1, S.05E.07 Fool for Love) and twenty episodes of Angel (seasons 1-5).

Bailey Chase (b. Bailey Chase Luetgert), an American actor who played Graham Miller in thirteen episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 4-5).

May 1

1984 - Laura Roth, an American actress who played Sophie in S.06E.14 Older and Far Away.

Edited May 1, 2019 by lembergwatcher

[Halting Hex]

23 hours ago, lembergwatcher said:

twenty episodes of Angel (seasons 2-5).

I don't know if your episode count is correct, but Julie's in all five seasons of Angel.  There are plenty of Darla flashbacks in The Prodigal  (1x15) and Five by Five (1x18) and Darla herself is revealed as being inside of Vocah's box at the end of To Live and Shanshu in LA (1x22)

I'd say the shared birthdate makes Julie and Bailey Chase soulmates, but if so, there's a glitch in the system, with Bailey having come out as gay.  So it goes.  

ETA:  completely unnecessary redundant 'round the back door round of Bufferation for Julie:  she was in Dexter with John Lithgow, who was in 3rd Rock from the Sun with William Shatner, who was on Star Trek with guests Michael Ansara and Jack Donner.

Edited May 1, 2019 by Halting Hex

[lembergwatcher]

4 hours ago, Halting Hex said:

I don't know if your episode count is correct, but Julie's in all five seasons of Angel.

My bad.

Edited May 1, 2019 by lembergwatcher

[lembergwatcher]

May 5

1926 - John O'Leary, an American actor who portrayed Council Member #5 in S.05E.12 Checkpoint and Kaltenbach in S.06E.06 All the Way.

[Halting Hex]

Had no idea Old Man Kaltenbach had been a Watcher the year before.  Welcome to the "Two-Roles" list, John, with Brian Thompson and Geoff Meed and all the others.  And a happy 93rd!

[lembergwatcher]

8 hours ago, Halting Hex said:

And a happy 93rd!

Gosh, he played his last role to date in 2017...