If you recall, I have the obnoxious but awesome talent of recognizing people in obscure roles, and connecting the dots to their other work. (You can see that post here.) My newest revelations have come from reality tv, with stars who have what I call second careers. They somehow stretched their 15 minutes of fame into regular work, and for that, I applaud them.





David Giuntoli
The day I saw the first trailer for Grimm, I knew I recognized the main actor. Lo and behold, he was on an ollllddd season of Road Rules on MTV! If you've ever watched Grimm, take a look at this YouTube video and see if you can reconcile the two. I sure can't! (This video is from his time on The Gauntlet, not his season of Road Rules.)

Danielle Evans
Danielle won Season 6 of America's Next Top Model. Most contestants on this show don't parlay their time into a real career, which is understandable. It takes a lot more than a Tyra Banks-backed reality show to become a successful model. Well, Danielle is a model for New York & Company now, if nothing else! I came across her picture shopping on their site a few weeks ago, and I thought it was pretty cool. I understand her win a lot more looking at these photos.

Chantal Jones
Chantal was runner-up in Season 9 of ANTM. Same as Danielle, I came across Chantal while looking at a website, Rent the Runway to be exact. (If you haven't checked out this site before, I recommend you do! You can rent designer fashions for really cheap. I think I know where I'm getting my birthday outfit! :P) I'm sure she has done other work, but this is where I've most recently seen her.

I'm not sure what it was that initially got me walking down memory lane, but I started thinking about all of these random things from my childhood. Each and every one of them brings me back to a certain time in elementary school, a much simpler time that I sort of miss! The days where we would go to the library and play bingo with corn kernels when we couldn't go outside for recess. :) (Did anyone else do this? No fancy daubers at my school! And as a side note...I had no idea they were called daubers.) Anywho, do you remember:

Slim Goodbody

It's both nice and slightly horrifying to see that Slim Goodbody still exists, and does school tours. If you're so inclined, check out his website here.

Reading Rainbow


This theme song-enough said.

Amelia Bedelia

Reading Amelia Bedelia books was another rainy-day-no-recess activity in elementary school. Are these books still around?

Where The Sidewalk Ends

My third grade teacher would read the poems from this book all the time, adding random voices and actions. She was a bit nuts, but that's why she was one of my favorites. :)

Is there anything you distinctly remember from your childhood?