Board 8 > It must suck to be David Faustino.

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Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal and Christina Applegate have all gone on to pretty considerably success, especially in the last 5 years where all three have flourished.

When was the last time you saw Faustino on TV that wasn't a rerun of Married With Children?

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To be fair, before Modern Family and Sons of Anarchy, O'Neill and Sagal weren't really "flourishing" any more than he was. Faustino was doing just as many bit parts in random shows/movies as they were, really, and while Sagal may have had Futurama, I'm not sure I'd really count a VA role for an actor/actress as flourishing.

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uh...he was on some episode of the x-files....

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From: StealThisSheen | #004
To be fair, before Modern Family and Sons of Anarchy, O'Neill and Sagal weren't really "flourishing" any more than he was. Faustino was doing just as many bit parts in random shows/movies as they were, really, and while Sagal may have had Futurama, I'm not sure I'd really count a VA role for an actor/actress as flourishing.

Who knew who Hank Azaria was before the Simpsons? VA gigs on big name shows are legit, man. Sagal also had 8 Simple Rules, and she was HELENNNNNNN on Lost. Small role, that, but pivotal!

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A VA role may get you known, but it's not really what you want to be known for as an actor. Azaria was cool with Simpsons and bit parts, and that's cool for him, but for most actors/actresses, it's not really what you want your career to be.

And 8 Simple Rules wasn't in the last five years, which is what you mentioned!

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I said "especially", not "only"

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CherryCokes posted...
I said "especially", not "only"


And I was pointing out how, if you take out the two big recent shows each got, you're wrong on the "especially." Sagal did Futurama and pretty much nothing but bit roles until SoA, and O'Neill did... A terrible show that got canned a season in.

Faustino had a (also bad, apparently) show, and was more actively getting work (than O'Neill, atleast), even if it was nothing big. Work is still work. If he randomly gets a show, he'll be better off than Applegate and right back up there with current Al/Peggy.

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Pretty sure Ted McGinley was responsible for the death of Fox's Breaking In

Amanda Bearse married her girlfriend recently, I think

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StealThisSheen posted...
If he randomly gets a show, he'll be better off than Applegate and right back up there with current Al/Peggy.

Maybe I'm misreading this, but I'd say Applegate is at least doing okay for herself. I just saw her in Hall Pass.

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From: StealThisSheen | #010
f he randomly gets a show, he'll be better off than Applegate and right back up there with current Al/Peggy.

Christina Applegate just had a series end on which she was nominated for at least two Emmys, and has another show premiering in the fall. She also has worked on Tony-nominated Broadway shows when not on TV. Ed O'Neill has spent the last two years on a juggernaut sitcom and is Emmy nominated this year (and he's much harder to cast due to his age and his iconic turn as Al Bundy). Katey Sagal is the current Golden Globe winner for Best Actress in a TV Series - Drama and has had the most consistent TV career of any of the show's main four.

Of Faustino's most recent roles, 11 times he has played himself. None of the films he has been in even have Wikipedia entries.

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From: firaga89 | #012
StealThisSheen posted...
If he randomly gets a show, he'll be better off than Applegate and right back up there with current Al/Peggy.

Maybe I'm misreading this, but I'd say Applegate is at least doing okay for herself. I just saw her in Hall Pass.

She's doing better than any of them, I'd say, except maybe Katey Sagal

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I get the feeling that the pathway of success in showbiz is really limited when you're that short. Sucks for him since I thought he was talented in Married with Children, but that's just the way things go. Jonathan Taylor Thomas was a mega star as a kid and young teen and then completely disappeared. I'm not sure why, but I'm betting it's cuz you can't get far in Hollywood as a short guy unless you play a bad guy or a Joe Peschi/Danny Devito type. Guys like Faustino and Thomas are neither.

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Christina Applegate just had a series end on which she was nominated for at least two Emmys, and has another show premiering in the fall. She also has worked on Tony-nominated Broadway shows when not on TV. Ed O'Neill has spent the last two years on a juggernaut sitcom and is Emmy nominated this year (and he's much harder to cast due to his age and his iconic turn as Al Bundy). Katey Sagal is the current Golden Globe winner for Best Actress in a TV Series - Drama and has had the most consistent TV career of any of the show's main four.

Yeah, I admit to being wrong on Applegate. IMDB isn't caught up on her completely.

But I specifically said not counting Modern Family/Sons of Anarchy. Obviously, getting one hit show will put you in the limelight. Before Modern Family, Ed had a show that completely bombed, much like Faustino did. It's just a matter of getting lucky, there.

The point I'm making is that none of the four are having any problem getting work. Faustino just hasn't gotten lucky and hit it big like the others have. He's still getting paychecks, which a lot of old sitcom actors can't say.

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Faustino hasn't had any shows that I'm aware of

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From: StealThisSheen | #017
Before Modern Family, Ed had a show that completely bombed, much like Faustino did.

I think part of it is, when Married With Children ended, O'Neill was 51 while Faustino was 23. More to the point, O'Neill had played AL ****ING BUNDY, while Faustino had merely been Bud Bundy. Even if neither of them ever worked again, O'Neill would have to be considered far more successful.

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Clunkers. I can't find what the hell happened to it, though.

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Dauntless Hunter posted...
From: StealThisSheen | #017
Before Modern Family, Ed had a show that completely bombed, much like Faustino did.
I think part of it is, when Married With Children ended, O'Neill was 51 while Faustino was 23. More to the point, O'Neill had played AL ****ING BUNDY, while Faustino had merely been Bud Bundy. Even if neither of them ever worked again, O'Neill would have to be considered far more successful.


I'm not at all saying Faustino's anywhere near as successful as O'Neill overall. I'm just saying that it probably doesn't really suck to be Faustino since he can still find work easily enough, even if not big projects. A steady paycheck doesn't really suck these days. And apparently, he didn't like the limelight and doesn't take many roles, anyway, so who knows what impact that has on it.

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It appears to me that he was on one episode of Clunkers. Which I can't even find a network for.

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CherryCokes posted...
It appears to me that he was on one episode of Clunkers. Which I can't even find a network for.


He was one of the stars. IMDB just only has one episode listed for all three of the credited title names.

The show was supposed to be on Comedy Central and just got... Lost or something. I'm almost positive they aired an episode or two, but I can't find squat on it now, though it's apparently not dead.

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Actually it has one guy is credited for all eight episodes >_>

And that's about all I can find on the matter.

Either way, it was worth a couple grand to him, but that's about it

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“Clunkers” (starring Carl Payne, David Faustino and Sherman Hemsley)

Listed on wikis of other people involved/such.

No idea what happened to it, though, but it's still not listed as a dead project, so... Who knows.

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Where are you finding this questionable information >_>

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...Searching "Clunkers" David Faustino on Google? Not hard. >_>

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i searched that too and got a lot of links to cash for clunkers stuff

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Dude, if you search exactly for:

"Clunkers" David Faustino

The entire first page has it.

EDIT: And as I read more into further results, it seems Comedy Central had bought it (no idea if they aired any), then dropped it, and it's been being shopped around since.

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