Jaleel White

Jaleel Ahmad White is a former child star best known for his role as super-dork Steve Urkel on the 1990s family sitcom, Family Matters.

White has born on November 27, 1976 in Pasadena, California. White started his acting career in TV commercials and guest starring roles on TV shows. At the age of three White appeared in a commercial for Kellogg’s and in other commercials after his preschool teacher persuaded his parents to take him to auditions. During the mid-1980s he had guest starring roles on TV shows such as The Jeffersons, Mr. Belvedere, and in the pilot episode of Good Morning, Miss Bliss. His first recurring TV role was as the son of Flip Wilson and Gladys Knight on the CBS series Charlie and Company.

White hit the big time and became a huge star in 1989, when he was cast as the dorky Steve Urkel on the ABC Friday night sitcom, Family Matters. The Steve Urkel character was the next-door-neighbor of the Winslow family, around whom the show revolved. Steve Urkel was in love with Laura Winslow, the little girl in the Winslow family. White was initially supposed to only appear occasionally on the show as Steve Urkel.

However, during his initial guest appearance, White received a standing ovation for his performance as Steve Urkel and drew approving chants from a group of college fraternity brothers who were in the studio audience. White claims to have created the role by borrowing his dentist father's dental glasses, hiking up his pants, bending his knees, and speaking in a high-pitched geeky tone. He was given a full-time starring role, and soon became the favorite TV character during the run of the series.

Steve Urkel was the Dustin "Screech" Diamond of the black community. However, unlike Screech, the Steve Urkel character was occasionally quite funny and people tuned in to watch his antics. Family Matters was a huge hit in the early 1990s, primarily due to the Urkel character. Urkel would always bug the Carl Winslow, the father and head of the Winslow family, and would often break things or screw something up and then say in a nasally voice, "Did I do that???"

When Family Matters began in 1989, White has a short and skinny kid. However, by the mid-1990s he had grown several inches taller and had gone through puberty. Still wanting to cash in on the Urkel character, the show's producers made White continue to talk in a high-pitched voice and be an annoying nerd even though he was a young man by the mid-1990s.

The last several seasons of Family Matters were horrendous. One of the storylines was that Urkel built a transformation chamber, which allowed him to change from the nerdy Steven Urkel into the hip and suave ladies man, Stefan Urquelle. This was quite possibly the stupidest storyline since the Flintstones added The Great Gazoo, an alien that only Fred Flintstone could see.

By the show's final season, he was commanding $100,000 per episode. Unfortunately for White, he was so tightly defined by his Urkel character that it became hard for him to get other roles after the show's run completed. White did manage to secure a starring role on Grown Ups, a sitcom on the UPN from 1999-2000. However, Grown Ups received terrible ratings and was cancelled after just one season.

White has had to settle for minor roles in movies and TV shows such as Miracle Dogs Too, Who Made the Potatoe Salad?, Dreamgirls, and Boston Legal. Although he did act on the Grown Ups show after Family Matters ended, White has not have any significant roles. He has been forever typecast as Urkel and there probably isn't anything he can do to break out of it.

White is definitely no longer the cute kid he was at the beginning of Family Matters. Like many formerly cute child stars, White grew up to somewhat weird-looking. As an adult, his eyes look sunken and puffy, almost as though someone punched him in the eyes, as shown below:







White was also the subject on an Internet rumor a few years ago. Many people received an e-mail that purported to show White prancing around as a raging homosexual at a party with other gay men. Here are some of the pictures that were being e-mailed across the Internet:





As it turns out, the man in the photos was not Jaleel White. Instead, it was simply an Atlanta hairdresser who had an uncanny resemblance to White. For this and the other reasons discussed above, Jaleel White is without a doubt one washed-up celebrity!

*** UPDATE - July 9, 2010 ***

Jaleel White is being investigated by the police for allegedly beating a woman. Supposedly the woman who was hit is Bridget Hardy, the mother of White's child. According to TMZ, the alleged victim claims White punched her in one of her surgically enhanced breasts while driving along the Pacific Coast Highway two weeks ago, while an infant was riding in the car. The woman also claims that White slapped her when they arrived at home and then pushed her into a toilet so forcefully that it broke the toilet tank.

The composite picture below shows White and Hardy. (White seems to look far older than 33 in the photo below).



*** UPDATE - September 4, 2011 ***

I recently discovered that there are rumors of a gay sex tape involving Jaleel White and former NBA star Anfernee ("Penny") Hardaway. According to the rumor, many NBA players have viewed copies of the gay sex tape. White has denied the rumors and claimed that Penny Hardaway was like a big brother to him. [The audio clip of White's denial is available on this site.]

Leanna Creel

Leanna Creel is an actress and film producer best known for her role as Tori Scott on the early 1990s haven for washed up celebrities, Saved By The Bell.

Creel is an identical triplet with sisters Monica and Joy. Creel was born on August 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, California and started acting in the late 1980s. Her first acting role was as a guest star on Growing Pains in 1987. In 1989 she got her big break when she and her triplet sisters acted in the made-for-TV movie, Parent Trap III. After the success of Parent Trap III, Creel acted in Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon and also managed to secure small non-recurring roles on several TV shows, such as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Beverly Hills, 90210.

In 1992 she was cast in her most memorable role as Tori Scott on the hit Saturday morning TV show, Saved By The Bell. The Tori character only appeared in about 12 episodes during the final season of the show (1992-1993).


The episodes in which the Tori character appeared were filmed after the rest of the final season's episodes (including the original series finale Graduation episode). Apparently the producers needed to film 100 episodes of the show so that they could sell it in syndication and garner huge licensing fees. Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie Spano) and Tiffani Amber Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski) decided not to renew their contracts for these additional episodes, leaving the shows' producers in a bind. The Tori Scott character was brought on board to take the place of Jessie and Kelly for the final episodes.

The Tori Scott character was a tough no-nonsense biker chick. She came across as gruff when she made her initial appearance, but quickly showed her softer side as she got the hots for Zack Morris (played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar). The Tori Scott character was fairly unpopular among Saved By The Bell fans. However, I actually liked her. I thought she was pretty hot and much more likable (and less annoying) than the Jessie Spano character.

After Saved By The Bell ended, Creel's acting roles quickly dried up. Since the early 1990s, she has only had small bit roles in a couple TV shows such as One West Waikiki and Ned and Stacey and in movies such as Freeway and The Cell. The Cell was a popular movie, but Creel was only in it for a couple seconds and she isn't even recognizable in her role as "Mother."

With the acting roles gone, Creel transitioned over to directing. She produced her first film in 1994, helping out a friend whose producer had been involved in a car accident. She also worked for the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) and in 1998 she and HSX's Michael Burns founded film production company Ignite Entertainment. Creel resigned in 1999 to start Anomaly Productions. She also currently runs her own photography business, Creel Photo.

Creel has produced an award-winning lesbian-themed movie. (I wonder if hanging around with the annoying Dustin Diamond on the Saved By The Bell set turned her off men for good.) She produced "Prom-troversy," a comedy short about a lesbian's life at an all-straight high school. "Prom-troversy" took the top honors in the 2005 edition of the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards.

The 14 years since Saved By The Bell went off the air have not been kind to Creel. She was a beautiful and sultry young woman with long curly hair as Tori Scott in 1993. However, her looks have quickly faded and as one can clearly see in the photo below, she has apparently morphed into a man with a short boy's haircut:

For this and the other reasons discussed above, Leanna Creel is one washed-up celebrity!

Gary Coleman

Gary Coleman is a former child actor best known for his role as Arnold Jackson on the hit late 1970s - mid 1980s family sitcom, Diff'rent Strokes.

Coleman was born on February 8, 1968 in Zion, Illinois and was adopted by Willie and Sue Coleman. He suffers from a congenital kidney disease causing nephritis (an autoimmune destruction of the kidney). The disease stunted his growth at an early age, leading to his very small stature of only 4ft 8in in height. He has undergone two kidney transplants, one in 1973 and one in 1984, and requires daily dialysis.

Coleman became a major TV star when he was cast as Arnold Jackson on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes in 1978. The Arnold Jackson character and his brother Willis Jackson (played by fellow washed-up celebrity Todd Bridges) were the children of the maid of Phillip Drummond (played by Conrad Bain), a wealthy Caucasian man who lived in the penthouse of a ritzy co-op building in New York City. When their mother died, Mr. Drummond adopted Arnold and Willis.

The entire premise of Diff'rent Strokes is extremely difficult to believe - a rich white man going into a Harlem neighborhood and adopting two young black kids would certainly raise some red flags in the real world, as many might think that the man was some kind of sick pervert who had ulterior motives for adopting the kids. However, Diff'rent Strokes was a huge hit for its nearly 10 seasons and was very popular among families with young children. His character's catchphrase, "what'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?" became widely quoted among his fans.

Although Coleman was the biggest star of Diff'rent Strokes, he was not able to make the transition over to movies. He did act in a few crappy movies, such as The Kid From Left Field (1979), Scout's Honor (1980), The Kid With The Broken Halo (1982), and The Kid With The 200 I.Q. (1983), but none of them were very successful.

After Diff'rent Strokes went off the air in 1986, Coleman's career hit the skids. He was such a big star on Diff'rent Strokes that he was typecast. He has yet to secure any other decent acting roles other than self-parody roles on TV shows such as Married With Children and The Simpsons.

Although Coleman reportedly earned $18 million from his acting on Diff'rent Strokes, his entire fortune has been squandered, forcing him to declare bankruptcy in 1999. In an effort to raise money in the late 1990s he actually sold some afro picks and his size 4 1/2 bowling shoes. Coleman blames his parents and former manager for wasting his personal fortune. In 1993 he sued his parents for raiding his accounts and won a $1.3 million judgment against his parents.

Coleman also has anger management issues that flare up when he is harassed by rude fans. Coleman was charged with assault in 1998 after he punched Tracy Fields, an extremely rude woman who was bothering Coleman while he was at a mall shopping for a bulletproof vest for a security guard job. Coleman, who reportedly only weighed about 86 pounds, claimed to have been frightened by Fields, a 5-foot, six inch tall 205-lb woman. The obese Fields requested an autograph and was apparently upset when he gave her his mere signature, saying "Ain't you gonna put something nice on it?"

Coleman responded, "You really don't need that. You're just going to show it off to your friends. That's really my signature." Fields then reportedly told Coleman that his "badass attitude" was the reason that he has never been a success as an adult actor. Coleman was upset, said "You black people are all alike," and that he hated black people. Coleman also grabbed the autograph he had given to Fields and ripped it in half. Fields reportedly responded, "Well, you're just a little punk-ass bitch!"

Coleman and Fields were yelling at each and Coleman later reported that he was really scared because "Her breasts were practically hitting me in the head. I'm 4-foot, 8 inches, 86 pounds of nothing." Coleman subsequently punched Fields and left the store. Coleman later received a 90-day suspended sentence for striking Fields and was openly mocked by the media for his actions.

Coleman re-entered the public eye in 2003, when he ran in the California state gubernatorial recall election, finishing 8th with 14,242 votes.

In 2004 Coleman made a special guest appearance on the second season of The Surreal Life. In the episode in which he appeared, the washed-up celebrities from that season (including fellow washed-up celebrity Vanilla Ice) were supposed to work at a Mel's Diner in Hollywood. The producers brought in Coleman to be the manager of the Mel's Diner for that episode. Vanilla Ice really wanted Coleman to say his catchphrase "Whatchoo talkin' bout Willis?" and was insulted when Coleman refused to say it. So Vanilla Ice picked up Coleman and threatened to throw Coleman in a deep fryer unless he said that catchphrase. Coleman was very embarassed and shocked by Vanilla Ice's actions and stormed out of the restaurant saying that he hated Vanilla Ice.

Coleman also received some undesired attention on July 26, 2007, when he was cited for misdemeanor disorderly conduct by a Provo, Utah, police officer after he was seen having a "heated discussion" with a woman. Police were called after witnesses saw Coleman becoming upset and hitting the steering wheel of his vehicle during a heated discussion with an unidentified woman, according to reports.

For all of the reasons discussed above, Gary Coleman is one washed-up celebrity!

*** UPDATE - February 16, 2010 ***

Coleman was arrested in Utah in January 2010. Police were called to Coleman's house for domestic disturbance. Although the police did not find that a crime had been committed, he was arrested because of an outstanding warrant from 2009 for a prior incident of domestic disturbance. Here is Coleman's mugshot:



*** UPDATE - May 28, 2010 ***

Gary Coleman died today of a intercranial hemorrhage. Coleman suffered the hemorrhage on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at his home in Santaquin, UT. He remained conscious and lucid until the afternoon on Thursday, when his condition suddenly worsened and he slipped into unconsciousness. Coleman was placed on life support on Thursday. Coleman died when the life support was terminated this afternoon.

Washed up or not, he was one of the most beloved former child stars I have profiled on this blog. He was also very talented and carried Diff'rent Strokes on his back to ratings glory in the early 1980s. Coleman will be missed.

Bronson Pinchot

Bronson Pinchot is an actor best known for his role as "Balki Bartokomous" in the ABC family sitcom Perfect Strangers from 1986–1993. Pinchot was born on May 20, 1959 in New York City, New York with the birth name Bronson Alcott Poncharavsky.

Although born in New York, Pinchot was raised in southern California. After graduating from South Pasadena High School, he headed back east and attended Yale University. He initially studied painting in college, but quickly became interested in acting. Pinchot began his acting career with bit roles in successful movies such as Risky Business (1983) and Beverly Hills Cop (1984). His role in Beverly Hills Cop as "Serge," a gay assistant art dealer with a thick foreign accent, was memorable and put him on the map.

Beverly Hills Cop was an international success and shortly after the movie hit the theatres Pinchot was cast as Balki Bartokomous on Perfect Strangers. The character Balki was a shepherd from the (fictional Greek) island nation of Mypos. Balki had a thick foreign accent and lived his entire life in a small farming community until he moved into an apartment in Chicago with his distant cousin "Larry Appleton" (played by Mark Linn-Baker).

The sitcom focused on Balki's naive and idealistic view of the world, as well as his chronic misunderstandings of American culture. Balki's catch phrase on the show was, "Of course not, don't be ridiculous!" and was usually spoken flamboyantly in response being accused of doing something. He also performed the "Dance of Joy" with his cousin Larry whenever he was happy, as shown below:

I actually liked Pinchot on Perfect Strangers. His character carried that show and was the primary reason for its success. However, Pinchot's career hit the skids after the show ended and has yet to recover. He did manage to secure a full-time role on Step By Step for one season, but that was in 1997, at the end of that show's run, when its popularity was rapidly fading.

Pinchot’s most notable role of the past 10 years was in 2005 on the fifth season of The Surreal Life, with other washed-up stars. Pinchot came across as a pathetic man on The Surreal Life. I honestly had always assumed he was gay, based on his effeminate and flamboyant roles in Beverly Hills Cop and Perfect Strangers that made him a star. However, after watching a few episodes of The Surreal Life, it is clear to me that Pinchot is not gay. Instead, he is a dirty old man who probably has to pay for sex.

During his appearance on The Surreal Life, he immediately took a fancy to the women on the show. When he initially arrived at The Surreal Life house, he informed everyone that his agent warned him against doing anything that could be construed as sexual harassment because apparently he’s “a very horny dude.”

Shortly after arriving on the set, he gave fellow castmate Janice Dickenson an extended hug and apparently groped her, against her will, causing her to burst into tears and almost quit the show. Despite Dickenson's obvious disgust for Pinchot, after the incident he actually said, "I believed in my heart Janice and I will hook up somehow. I liked her hoarse voice and I liked her tough-ass thing. I think the sex would be amazing... I never groped her."

Dickenson managed to get in her two cents, saying,

"I don’t like this guy. This guy is a gimp motherfucker. I made it very clear to the producers that I would not be groped or molested or have sex with anyone—that was in my contract. The minute I walked in, Balki or whatever he’s called started groping me. A few days in he asked me, 'Why are you so angry?' And I said, 'At you? Because you’re a fucking pervert.'"

Pinchot also tried to hook up with fellow castmate Caprice Bourret, a lingerie model. Bronson sexually harassed Caprice in nearly every episode, practically begging her to have sex with him, thereby solidifying his new-found "dirty old man" image.

Pinchot’s entertainment career is definitely over and he apparently is unable to accept this fact. One would think that his appearance on The Tonight Show in the early 1990s when the audience booed him for telling extremely boring stories would have been a “wake up” call. However, as a result of his stalled career and the fact that he has morphed into a total pervert, Bronson Pinchot is definitely one washed-up celebrity!

Jodie Sweetin

Jodie Sweetin is a former child actor best known for her role as Stephanie Tanner on the family sitcom, Full House. Sweetin was born on January 19, 1982 and broke into acting at age 4. In 1986, she appeared in an Oscar Mayer hot dog commercial. She later had her first TV acting role in a guest spot on The Hogan Family as the niece of the next-door neighbor, Mrs. Poole. These early roles led to her starring role on Full House.




I personally thought that Full House was one of the crappiest shows I have ever seen on TV. I've never understood the appeal of Bob Saget, the father of the Tanner family on the show, and I sure don't remember him ever saying anything funny on any show on which he's ever appeared. However, my dislike of Bob Saget and the show notwithstanding, I will admit that Full House was very popular and it did manage to stay on the air for 8 seasons, from 1987-1995.

America saw Sweetin grow from a 5-year-old child up to a 13-year-old adolescent by the time the show was cancelled in 1995. Sweetin was a cute kid and was popular with many young girls and boys. However, unbeknownst to her loved ones, something was missing from her life that wouldn't become conspicuous until years later.

Sweetin graduated from high school in 1999 and then attended Chapman University from 1999–2003. She pledged Alpha Phi sorority and majored in mass communications, planning a show business career as an acting teacher. During her time in high school and in college, Sweetin occasionally made guest appearances on popular TV shows, including Brotherly Love, Party of Five, and Yes, Dear. She also did commercials for Cheerios, Kooshlings, Disneyland, and Sea World.

After college, Sweetin dated and eventually a married police officer and semi-pro tennis player named Shaun Holguin on July 27, 2002. Many of her former Full House castmates attended the ceremony. Here are pictures of her and Holguin from their wedding day:

Holguin looks like a clean-cut guy, but Sweetin was only 20 at the time she got married, and apparently wasn't ready for all of the responsibilities of marriage. She quickly bored of married life as her acting career fizzled, and she turned to drugs. By 2003, she had developed a daily addiction to crystal meth, which eventually became her sole purpose in life. Her husband claims to have been completely unaware of her addiction, although it is extremely difficult to believe that her husband could possibly be that much of an idiot to not notice that his wife was a junkie. Sweetin's addiction to crystal meth became so bad that five of her teeth eventually rotted away from the drug abuse. Luckily for her, she had the presence of mind to voluntarily check herself into rehab in 2005. She later appeared on Good Morning America in 2006 to discuss her addictions to drugs.

Her drug use put a tremendous amount of strain on her marriage and was undoubtedly embarrassing to her policeman husband. She and Holguin divorced in 2006.

Sweetin must have felt really lonely after her first husband left her, because she quickly hooked up with a heavily tattooed douche bag named Cody Herpin. Their relationship progressed quickly and they got married in July 2007. Sweetin is now pregnant with her first child.

According to IMDB, Herpin has been a driver and set designer on the sets of several shows. I question how long this marriage will last - Herpin looks like total dirtbag and loser. Sweetin claims to be completely sober right now, but I have to believe that she was on something when she married him. How long will it be until she gets bored with him?

In an effort to change her image, Sweetin has apparently fixed her rotted teeth and acquired huge breast implants. She looks hot, albeit in a somewhat slutty kind of way in the pictures below. However, she's trying to look her best to get back into acting roles. From July 2006 to 2007, Sweetin secured a job as host of the second season of Pants-Off Dance-Off, a TV-14 rated dance contest on Fuse TV that is probably watched by about 7 people. The program features amateurs stripping down to their underwear to their favorite music videos. I've never heard of the show, but she definitely has the perfect look to host a show with amateur strippers.

In view of her drug abuse, fizzled career, and marriage to an ugly loser, Jodi Sweetin is definitely one washed-up celebrity!

***Update - June 18, 2011 ***

Sweetin separated from Cody Herpin on November 19, 2008 and finalized a divorce with him on April 20, 2010. They had one daughter together. In their divorce proceedings, Herpin's lawyers alleged that Sweetin had returned to her drug abusing ways and the court issued a temporary custody ruling that required Sweetin to be in her mother’s presence while caring for her child.

Notwithstanding his tattoos, Herpin actually seems to have been the more normal and down-to-earth of the two in this marriage. Sweetin and Herpin eventually worked out their differences and Sweetin was given joint custody of their daughter and ordered to pay Herpin $600 per month in child support.

Sweetin has since gotten engaged to much older man, Morty Coyle, who is a celebrity DJ and is at least 13 years older than her. Sweetin gave birth to a baby with Coyle on August 31, 2010. Here are some pictures of Coyle - he shows off his class by making it appear as though he is taking a dump in the photo on the left.


Sweetin appears to be hell-bent on becoming white trash in the unlikely event that she isn't already. She has two children from different men. She's about to become married for the third time and she won't even be 30 years old until 2012. Each of her husbands/fiancees seem less desirable than the one before.

Sweetin should probably be seeing a psychiatrist because it is clear to me that she rushes into things and doesn't know what she really wants. I wonder whether her upcoming marriage will even last three years before she gets bored and leaves Coyle like she left her previous husbands.

Gary Glitter

Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd) is a flamboyant English rock and pop singer and songwriter who had a number of song chart successes in the 1970s, including Rock and Roll parts 1 & 2, I Love You Love Me Love, and I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am). Glitter was a renowned pop star, but he was supposedly hiding a dark and disturbing secret, a love of child pornography and molestation.

Glitter was born May 8, 1944 in Banbury, in the English county of Oxfordshire. He began performing on the British club circuit during his mid-teens in the late 1950s. His first break occurred when Robert Hartford Davis, a film producer looking to hit the music industry, discovered him and financed a recording session for the British Decca label. Glitter released his first single, Alone in the Night under the stage name Paul Raven in January 1960.

He achieved minor success while performing as Paul Raven. By 1970, several singles including Musical Man, Goodbye Seattle, and a version of George Harrison's Beatles song, Here Comes the Sun were selling well. He began performing under the name Gary Glitter in 1971 as the glam rock movement was becoming more popular.

Gary Glitter's name and career exploded when he created a fifteen-minute jam that was cut down to a pair of three-minute extracts, which Glitter and his music producer, Mike Leander, called Rock and Roll, Parts One and Two. Rock and Roll (Part Two) was the more popular cut and went to #2 on the British pop charts and hitting the Top Ten in the United States. Rock and Roll (Part Two) is still popular today and is often played at basketball games to fire up the crowd.

I always thought that Glitter was flaming gay. He wore flamboyant outfits and seemed very effeminate. However, his public persona was nothing more than an act because he's apparently sexually attracted to little kids, not men. In November 1997 Glitter was arrested after child pornography images were discovered on the hard drive of a personal computer he had taken to a PC store for repair. During the course of the repair, a technician accessed Glitter's image files to test the software and discovered the images.

Glitter was convicted of possession of child pornography in 1999 and was formally classified as a sex offender. Glitter served two months of a four-month sentence. He was also charged with having sex with an underage girl, Alison Brown, when she was 14 years old. Glitter was acquitted of this charge after it emerged that Brown had sold her story to News of the World and was going to earn more money from the newspaper on Glitter's conviction.

Glitter reportedly attempted to move to Cuba in 2000 to get away from the media’s intrusion into his perverted lifestyle, but was thwarted after the Cuban Consulate in London was tipped off and his picture and real name sent to all Cuban ports. He also began shaving his head and grew a pointy beard to round out his "dirty old man" image. He subsequently moved to Cambodia. There was a public uproar over his presence in Cambodia, causing Cambodian authorities to expel him in 2002, determining that he was “a threat to the security of a country and to the national image of Cambodia.” Glitter was jailed for three nights in Cambodia on suspicion of sex offences, but was not convicted of any crime.

Glitter later moved to Vietnam. On November 12, 2005, Gary Glitter fled his home in Vietnam, despite having applied for permanent residence in that country. Three days later, he was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City while trying to board a flight to Thailand. Six girls and women in Vietnam, aged 11 to 23, admitted to having sex with Glitter (the age of consent in Vietnam is eighteen).

After his arrest, Glitter was held on suspicion of having sex with two underage girls. Glitter was jailed throughout the criminal probe, which was completed on December 26, 2005. The charge of rape was dropped for, according to Glitter's lawyer, "lack of evidence,” although the singer admitted that an eleven-year-old girl had slept in his bed. If he had been convicted of child rape, he could have been sentenced to the death penalty by firing squad.

Glitter was tried on charges of committing obscene acts with two girls, aged 10 and 11, and could have faced up to fourteen years in prison if convicted. The trial opened on March 2, 2006 and ended the next day, upon which Glitter was found guilty as charged and sentenced to three years' imprisonment.

Glitter is currently in a Vietnamese jail and is probably planning his next lewd act. He has actually tried to justify his actions and has said, "I've done nothing wrong — there's nothing wrong with having a relationship with a 12-year-old girl if it’s consensual." For this and the other reasons discussed above, Gary Glitter is one washed-up (and perverted) celebrity!

Marc Price

Marc Price is a former child actor best known for his role as über-dork Erwin "Skippy" Handleman on the hit 1980s sitcom Family Ties. Family Ties was a breeding ground for washed-up celebrities (e.g., see Brian Bonsall and Tina Yothers), and Price was certainly no exception to the rule. Price was born on February 23, 1966 and is the son of stand-up comedian Al Bernie. Price broke into acting in 1980 with a non-recurring role in the British TV show Julliet Bravo. A short time later Price acquired his career-defining role as Skippy Handleman on Family Ties.

The Skippy character was the best buddy of Alex P. Keaton (played by Michael J. Fox), who was generally accepted as the star of the show. Skippy provided comic relief on Family Ties and often did dumb things. However, unlike some other child actors, Price was actually funny as Skippy and was generally liked at the height of the show's popularity. Skippy's most famous episode was one in which he discovered that he was adopted by his parents, and then wanted to be referred to only as "Baby Boy Doe."

Family Ties was on the air for a long time, from 1982-1989. Although most of Price's efforts at the time were spent on Family Ties, Price did find the time to star as a metal-head in the 1986 horror movie Trick or Treat.





After the cancellation of Family Ties in 1989, Price quickly found another acting gig, this time as the host of the Disney Channel kids game show Teen Win, Lose or Draw from 1989-1992. However, after the cancellation of Teen Win, Lose or Draw in 1992, Price's career hit a major standstill. In an effort to keep busy, Price began touring as a standup comedian. He must not have wowed everyone as a standup comic, because he was once viscously attacked by a woman in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who "ferociously squeezed" his testicles while he was on tour.

Price has continued touring sporadically over the past 15 years in an apparent effort to re-enter the public limelight. In 2006 he even made an appearance on the reality TV show, Last Comic Standing, although he didn't make it past the first round.

Price has completely let himself go since the 1980s. He is becoming a complete tank-ass and has a rapidly widening gut, as shown in the picture below. He must also be sensitive about his advancing age, because his own MySpace page lists his age as "34," and his IMDB indicates that he was born in 1968, although as far as I can tell he was actually born in 1966, although he looks far older than 41. He is so desperate for money and attention that he is whoring himself on the washed-up celebrities website, Hollywood is Calling, offering to talk to people on the phone in exchange for a fee.

Price has several photos linked to his MySpace page. The picture below is of Price standing next to fellow washed-up celebrity Dustin "Screech" Diamond. Trying to free-ride off Screech is pathetic enough, but what is even worse is the fact that it appears as though Screech wasn't even standing next to Price when this picture was taken. I'm almost positive that I have seen this image of Screech previously and he wasn't standing near to Marc Price. In the image below, it looks like Price may have photo-shopped a picture of Screech to make it appear as though he was standing next to Screech. For this and the other reasons discussed above, Marc Price is one washed-up celebrity!