So what has YOUR high school given to America?

democracyindanger

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:03 AM
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So what has YOUR high school given to America?

Mine: Matt Groening, Mel Blanc and Elliot Smith. Beat that.

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SmileyBoy

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:05 AM
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1. Al Franken and the Coen Brothers

Edited on Fri Apr-23-04 01:05 AM by northwest

St. Louis Park (MN) High School.

I WIN!!! YEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!

YOU CAN'T BEAT ME!!!

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democracyindanger

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:08 AM
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4. Damnit.

I have to acknowledge greatness when I see it.

But WE'RE #2! WE'RE #2!

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SmileyBoy

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:10 AM
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5. I'm so lucky. World-famous alumni, shitty sports teams.

Edited on Fri Apr-23-04 01:11 AM by northwest

I was on the SLP football team for four years (One as a player, two as equipment manager and one as a coach), and I definitely know. 2-7, 3-7, 2-7 and 2-8 seasons (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002). :(

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democracyindanger

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:12 AM
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8. LOL exactly the same deal here

We sucked at everything except the rich kid sports--swimming, tennis, you know, the ones nobody wants to watch.

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alittlelark

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:05 AM
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2. The guys that did Beavis and Butthead

Get more embarrasing than that!!

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bloodyjack

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:06 AM
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3. whoa, come again?

are you referring to Mike Judge or someone else

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bloodyjack

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:31 AM
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16. i think we attended the same high school, buddy

you have my sympathies :(

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Melodybe

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:14 AM
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11. Mike Judge is awesome, B&B, King of the Hill, and Office Space are classic

No one from my high school, unfortunately.

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Champ

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:12 AM
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6. Myself

What else does America need?

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democracyindanger

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:13 AM
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10. One less Pacer fan?

:evilgrin:

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Champ

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:40 AM
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18. Argh.....

Edited on Fri Apr-23-04 01:40 AM by Champ

:mad: lol

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sir_captain

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:12 AM
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7. Hmm, let's see: John McEnroe, Patrick McEnroe,

Yo Yo Ma, Humphrey Bogart, Truman Capote

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democracyindanger

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:15 AM
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12. Very disturbing

that you would list the McEnroes before Ma, Bogart and Capote...

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sir_captain

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:17 AM
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15. eh, just the order they came into my head

but i hear what you're saying

don't know the McEnroes, though. they built some tennis courts for the school and have otherwise been quite generous.

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opiate69

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:13 AM
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9. Um... me???

:shrug:

Of course, by the end of 2005, that should actually mean something.... that's the plan, anyway...

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Spinzonner

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:16 AM
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13. "So what has YOUR high school given to America?"

Bobby Hatfield (R.I.P.) - the Righteous Brothers

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SmileyBoy

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:16 AM
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14. Welcome to DU!!!

:hi:

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FDRrocks

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Fri Apr-23-04 01:38 AM
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17. My high school was in the top 10 east coast HS's

It spoke volumes to me, b/c I thought it sucked.

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Bossy Monkey

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Fri Apr-23-04 02:10 AM
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19. One Nobel winner, one oft-recorded saxophonist, one hoops Hall of Famer

Kary Mullis, discoverer of PCR process; Chris Potter, sometimes Steely Dan sideman; Alex English (respectively)

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sir_captain

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Fri Apr-23-04 02:14 AM
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20. nice

PCR is cool

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BrotherBuzz

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Fri Apr-23-04 02:18 AM
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21. Pat Paulsen

Basketball Star, 1944 Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, CA. Pat scored 36 points that year, second highest on the team. They passed the ball around a lot.

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HarukaTheTrophyWife

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Fri Apr-23-04 02:51 AM
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22. The general that captured Saddam Hussein

or something like that.

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wickerwoman

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Fri Apr-23-04 05:55 AM
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23. Some of the Smashing Pumpkins.

Honestly, I can't remember which ones anymore, and I can't be bothered to look them up.

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BelleCarolinaPeridot

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Fri Apr-23-04 05:58 AM
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24. Joey Cheek , Donna Andrews , Curley from the Globetrotters

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mouse7

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Fri Apr-23-04 06:11 AM
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25. My high school is proudly celebrating 79 years of miserable failure

No great minds. No business geniuses. No war heros. No great artists. No jocks. No nothing. A few guys riding the end of the bench in various sports at the state university. That's it.

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sniffa

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Fri Apr-23-04 06:33 AM
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26. me, a buncha hockey pLayers & drug addicts

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eyesroll

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Fri Apr-23-04 07:54 AM
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27. Ron Goldman (the guy who died along with Nicole Brown Simpson)

Also a few c-list actors (Alison LaPlaca's one), burned-out tennis star (Andrea Jaeger), a WNBA player (Tamika Catchings -- though she only attended my high school for a couple of years, then moved to Texas), a few football and baseball players, though nobody of note (Matt O'Dwyer).

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SCDem

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Fri Apr-23-04 07:58 AM
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28. Ben Harper is the only one I can think of right now

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latebloomer

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:35 AM
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29. Phoebe Snow

and Leonard Maltin (movie critic)

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Codeine

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:40 AM
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30. Sammy Hagar...

...for which we apologize most profusely.

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Character Assassin

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Sun Apr-25-04 03:01 PM
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67. Montery High, in CA? That's where he's from, in any case.

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livetohike

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:41 AM
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31. Marilyn Suzanne Miller

She wrote for Saturday Night Live in the early days.

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felonious thunk

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:42 AM
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32. Umm. Hmmm. LynneSin!

and, um. Yeah.

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Beware the Beast Man

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:43 AM
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33. Dan Cortese

That Burger King/ MTV Sports Guy....any QV alumni here???

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loafie

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:47 AM
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34. Ben and Jerry and Debbie Gibson

How cool are we

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m-jean03

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:48 AM
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35. Hillary Swank (Boys Don't Cry)

Graduated a few years ahead of me!

Oh, and a bunch of canon fodder for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps -- Good luck you guys, come home safe :-(

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Howardx

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Fri Apr-23-04 09:55 AM
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36. queensryche

interlake high school bellevue washington

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sus

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Fri Apr-23-04 09:59 AM
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37. Elliott Smith??

wow. sorry, i can't top that. did you know him??

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democracyindanger

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Sun Apr-25-04 01:29 PM
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64. same year

mutual friends, had some classes with him but didn't hang out. A bit of a loner, if you can imagine that...

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northzax

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Fri Apr-23-04 10:04 AM
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38. yeah, but at the end of the day

you still went to Lincoln. Lemme guess, Ainsworth? still have your MAC decal on the Subaru?

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democracyindanger

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Sun Apr-25-04 01:27 PM
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63. Heh

East Side transfer, baby. I was from the wrong side of the river, but my local choices were Madison and Franklin--what would you do?

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myrna minx

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Fri Apr-23-04 10:04 AM
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39. Senator Russ Feingold and

stupid Rep. Paul Ryan.

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LuLu550

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Fri Apr-23-04 10:04 AM
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40. Jerry Seinfeld

and Ron Kovick

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TX-RAT

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Fri Apr-23-04 10:07 AM
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41. 6 pro ball players

Bubba Franks, Tom Patton, Albert Fiero, Tom Sorley, Bobby Lanes, John Birdwell, all pro football players.

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nini

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:53 PM
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50. Vince Ferragamo and Freeman McNeil here..

plus about 12 others -- big football HS

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Van Helsing

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Fri Apr-23-04 10:07 AM
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42. A bunch of stupid people.

Edited on Fri Apr-23-04 10:15 AM by Van Helsing

I'm from rural MN, so there's a lot of freeper-types who were just stupid in my graduating class. One of them wasn't me, however, considering I graduated with honors.

Edit: Aye supourt publicke edukashun.

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Commendatori

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Fri Apr-23-04 10:15 AM
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43. Pro golfer Jeff Sluman, that's it (n/t)

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catzies

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Fri Apr-23-04 10:19 AM
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44. Janet Reno!

She was in the same class as my dad, and my mom dated her brother and almost married him instead. Then, when my parents divorced, Janet was my mom's lawyer.

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UrbScotty

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Fri Apr-23-04 09:00 PM
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54. This world is SO small. (nt)

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tjwash

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Fri Apr-23-04 10:20 AM
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45. Stoners, surfers, cannon fodder for the military...

...future guest stars on cops

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m-jean03

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Sun Apr-25-04 12:00 PM
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57. Too funny

lol

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sleepyhead

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:40 PM
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46. Calvin Trillin

Southwest High School, Kansas City MO

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LastKnight

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:42 PM
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47. Bob Dylan...

but he moved away so he didnt technically graduate from it, and im in the new school of the same name, so i guess... thechnically no one yet, but the building itself is only 11 years old or so...

does that count?

-LK

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SmileyBoy

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:51 PM
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48. Bob Dylan graduated from Hibbing (MN) HS.

He lived in SD for a while??? :shrug:

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LastKnight

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Fri Apr-23-04 10:51 PM
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55. i think it was bob dylan...

Edited on Fri Apr-23-04 10:51 PM by LastKnight

there was a thing in the school paper on it about a year ago, he was only there for his like sophmore year or something, and it was the old high school of the same name... so technically no one famous has come outta my high school... so...

but yea, apparently he went to what was then washington highscool in Sioux Falls way back when. only for a year though, and it wasnt his senior year.

-LK

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devilgrrl

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:51 PM
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49. We produced the 22 Caliber Killer...

Joseph Christopher!

http://www.skcentral.com/christopher.html

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bicentennial_baby

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:54 PM
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51. Uma Thurman, Natalie Cole

Jamie Waters (from 90210), the guys that started Friendly's Restaurants, and a bunch of other people

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Zomby Woof

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:56 PM
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52. Slymenstra Hymen of GWAR

Real name is Danielle Stampe.

Not only rode the same bus, but the same age, and same homeroom all 3 years of high school. Never really associated with her, so no stories to share.

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UrbScotty

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Fri Apr-23-04 08:57 PM
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53. Boston Bruins fans - Mike Knuble came from my school.

So did former NBA player Loy Vaught and NCAA Division II football standout Curt Anes.

East Kentwood High School in Kentwood, MI.

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Shananigans

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Sun Apr-25-04 11:34 AM
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56. Hibbing, Minnesota

Bob Dylan- Singer/Songwriter
Kevin McHale- Basketball Player/Coach
Roger Maris- Baseball Player
Andrew Anderson- Founder of Greyhound Bus Company

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5thGenDemocrat

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Sun Apr-25-04 12:01 PM
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58. Arthur Hill HS, Saginaw, MIchigan

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Theodore Roethke. Golden State Warrior forward Jason Richardson. MSchreader. Me. That's about it.
John
There are a whole lot of near-famous types, bench-warmers in the NFL and so on -- but nobody who'd jump right out at DUers nationally.

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Katha

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Sun Apr-25-04 12:18 PM
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59. Mary Tyler Moore, Lucie Arnaz and Tyra Banks

Yeah, we're not #1.

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Gothmog

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Sun Apr-25-04 12:48 PM
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60. Treasury Sec. Bentsen

Former Texas Senator and Treasury Sect. Bentsen graduated from my high school.

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Failure

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Sun Apr-25-04 12:52 PM
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61. Mine: Tom Hulce, Jewell, Josh Groban, Norah Jones...

Joe from "blue's clues" many many more.

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NewHampster

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Sun Apr-25-04 01:23 PM
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62. David Naughton

Graduated in my class. Maybe I'll see him at the 35th

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622544/

An American Werewolf in London

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Dan-W

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Sun Apr-25-04 02:37 PM
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65. Alan B. Shepard

America's first astronaut.

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Ellen Forradalom

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Sun Apr-25-04 02:46 PM
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66. Dan Castallaneta

and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.

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