Iggy & Pete

If wikipedia is to be believed, Iggy Pop's long career didn't really become lucrative until 1983 when his long time friend David Bowie recorded a cover of his song "China Girl." As co-writer of the song Iggy received enough royalty money to clean up his heroin addiction, get married, and, among other things, take acting classes. As of 2009 he's appeared in a few films and has done some notable voice acting work, none of which I can remember. But in 1994 he began what I think is his most notable acting work--as James Mecklenberg, father of Nona Mecklenberg-- in the Adventures of Pete & Pete. A scene which should act as proof of this can be seen HERE, in which Iggy calls someone a Stooge--something which would have been way over my head as a 9 year old. But that just goes to prove that Pete & Pete was a show for kids that parents could enjoy.

In fact, for a Nickelodeon show, Pete & Pete sure had a lot of obscure cameos. Here's a list:

Patty Hearst / David Johansen (New York Dolls) / Ann Magnuson / Martin Donovan / Suzzy Roche (The Roches) / Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl) / Chris Elliott / Bebe Neuwirth / Syd Straw / Steve Buscemi / Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes)/ Janeane Garofalo / Debbie Harry / Heather Matarazzo / Kate Pierson (the B52s) / Marshall Crenshaw/ Juliana Hatfield / Luscious Jackson/ Hunter Thompson /Michael Stipe

And here's one giant clip which includes proof of most of those. Are you really surprised that Steve Buscemi did a cameo in something?