There's an odd little rumor spreading around the internet today, that Friends star Matthew Perry will appear in the season finale of Lost. Is it true or not?Answer: very not. ABC and Perry's publicist says that there's no truth to the rumor whatsoever. Perry did express a desire to appear in the show, which he loves, but it's not going to happen. How did it start? Well, the IMDb is an awesome web site, but when you can join and pretty much add any info that you want, things like this are going to happen (see also: Wikipedia). His name is still up there though, playing a character named "George Hobbes."
Here are some other people who are not going to appear in the season finale of Lost:
- Nancy Grace
- Lassie
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Glenn Beck
- the Octo-Mom
- Tom Hanks
- Carol Channing
- former college and pro football star Doug Flutie
- the guy who made your Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino this morning
- me
Andy Richter: The TV Squad Interview
Have any questions for Vik Sahay of Chuck? Ask them here!
Mike Henry and Daryl Hall on a Cleveland Show Thanksgiving
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-10-2009 @ 4:26PM
Ryan said...
You realize now that you made this list that Darliton are going to find a way for Doug Flutie to appear on LOST. I'm thinking in a Jack flashback.
Reply
4-10-2009 @ 4:30PM
Kirby said...
IMDb isn't _quite_ on the wikipedia model. It's true that anyone can submit information, but it does have to pass through a human before appearing on the site. (Some aspects of IMDb do have wiki properties, like the FAQ, but cast lists don't.)
It doesn't mean things don't slip through, _especially_ in unaired things. Contrary to popular belief, employees at IMDb don't generally get screeners or advance access to anything. They do get press kits sometimes (and much more often for movies than for TV shows.)
For movies out on DVD, if there's a disputed credit, usually someone will actually go pop in the disk and check. (The founder, Col Needham, has a staggeringly large collection of movies.) This makes it exceptionally accurate for that. Movie studios generally provide the information directly to the site for pre-releases, though rumors slip in from time to time. TV studios are less reliable about this - there isn't really a marketing push comparable.
For non-English films, user submissions are trusted much more heavily. Also more obscure films and actors. It works pretty well in practice.
This is only sort of related, but as someone who actually worked at IMDb for a time, thought it might be interesting. Most people assume IMDb is much more connected into the Hollywood machine than it really is. (I believe there's one IMDb employee who actually lives in the Los Angeles area. Most of the folks who actually manage cast lists are in England geographically.)
Reply
4-10-2009 @ 6:33PM
Paul said...
Doug Flutie on Lost?!?
Wow, I can't wait!!!!!
Reply
4-10-2009 @ 7:13PM
Hashbrown Hunter said...
Tom Hanks is OBVIOUSLY Locke's biological father.
Reply