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* In ''[[Star Trek]]'', the wife of [[Gene Roddenberry]], Majel Barret, was in the first pilot episode as the female first officer. When that character was [[Executive Meddling|discarded]] for the actual show, she bleached her hair blonde and cut it short. It was specifically an attempt to get back in the show without the executives catching on. Even her husband didn't recognize her at first. She was recast in the smaller role of Nurse Chapel. |
* In ''[[Star Trek]]'', the wife of [[Gene Roddenberry]], Majel Barret, was in the first pilot episode as the female first officer. When that character was [[Executive Meddling|discarded]] for the actual show, she bleached her hair blonde and cut it short. It was specifically an attempt to get back in the show without the executives catching on. Even her husband didn't recognize her at first. She was recast in the smaller role of Nurse Chapel. |
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* [[Stephen Colbert]] waxed his chest, put on a wig and posed for [[media:raven.jpg|this]] photo as Raven, the stripper from ''[[Wigfield]]'', who he voices on the audiobook. |
* [[Stephen Colbert]] waxed his chest, put on a wig and posed for [[media:raven.jpg|this]] photo as Raven, the stripper from ''[[Wigfield]]'', who he voices on the audiobook. |
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{{quote|'''Stephen Colbert:''' When my brother Jay saw that, he said, "[[Attractive Bent Gender|Hey, hey. How do we know her?]]" And I pointed at myself and he goes, "OK, how do ''you'' know her?" |
{{quote|'''Stephen Colbert:''' When my brother Jay saw that, he said, "[[Attractive Bent Gender|Hey, hey. How do we know her?]]" And I pointed at myself and he goes, "OK, how do ''you'' know her?" |
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'''Conan O'Brien:''' And then what did he do when you explained that [[Incest Is Relative|that is in fact you?]] |
'''Conan O'Brien:''' And then what did he do when you explained that [[Incest Is Relative|that is in fact you?]] |
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'''Stephen Colbert:''' [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|He was]] [[Squick|a little disturbed]]. }} |
'''Stephen Colbert:''' [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|He was]] [[Squick|a little disturbed]]. }} |
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8106010.stm This man], who ripped-off Social Security by disguising as his dead mother with a wig, a pair of glasses, a walking cane and heavy make-up. It definitely worked, because he managed to pocket $115,000 in welfare checks before Social Security found out. |
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8106010.stm This man], who ripped-off Social Security by disguising as his dead mother with a wig, a pair of glasses, a walking cane and heavy make-up. It definitely worked, because he managed to pocket $115,000 in welfare checks before Social Security found out. |
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