As a child of the 80s, I have a thing for 80s movies. There are so many classics — The Breakfast Club. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Heathers. Beetlejuice. Ghostbusters. Weird Science. Splash. Back to the Future. Beverly Hills Cop. Dirty Dancing. E.T. Karate Kid. Coming to America. Vacation. Better Off Dead. Say Anything. (OK, I’m getting carried away.)
Just sneaking into that group is Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Bill and Ted’s debuted in February of 1989, although it was made in 1987. It was another take on the time travel motif featuring two seemingly brain dead California surfer dudes who are desperately trying to finish a history report so they don’t get kicked out of school. Along the way, they meet such figures as Napoleon, Beethoven and Joan of Arc (that info come in handy when I saw where Joan of Arc was burned in France), and our state’s favorite son, Abraham Lincoln.
OK … so what does that have to do with the celebrity in C-U? Everything. You probably wouldn’t know who this person was if I said her by name, but you will when I tell you who she played in Bill and Ted’s — Missy, Bill’s hot stepmother, known in real life as Amy Stock-Poynton.
C-U Blogfidential discovered that Amy Poynton is at the University of Illinois, where she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Theatre Studies. She recently returned to film with a role in the indie project “The Strip,” which looks like it will be released some time this year. Now you know.
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7 responses so far ↓
Bro // March 26, 2008 at 8:53 am
I’m Bill S. Preston, Esquire!
And I’m Ted “Theodore” Logan!
And we are… WYLD STALLYNS!
Bro // March 26, 2008 at 8:54 am
Ted: Your stepmom is cute.
Bill: Shut up, Ted.
Ted: Remember when she was a senior and we were freshmen?
Bill: Shut up, Ted!
Misc // March 26, 2008 at 10:25 am
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.
Party on, dude!
Jenna // March 26, 2008 at 11:47 am
She’s been here for a couple years, I think. What a claim to fame!
Katherine // March 26, 2008 at 11:54 am
Now this I’ve actually known for a few years. My brother-in-law is friends with her kid/step-kid I’m not sure which.
oobreeze // March 26, 2008 at 1:18 pm
It’s a shame that barely anyone in town knows that we have Circle Ks now. Whenever I refer to these stations, I get blank looks.
Anyone else experience this?
peanuts mom // April 1, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I think she is just an actress. Celebrity implies something a bit different, mainly a universal knowledge of the person and their appearance in mainstream media, think Brad Pitt. A real celebrity in the C-U would be MJ.
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