Cameo?

What does caemo mean?

"Cyrus Afzali" schreef in bericht news:[email]...

And even lines are not necessary. Remember the famous Hitchcock cameo's.

Bart

"Bart Tijmensen" wrote in message news:3dbff020$0$46000$[email]...

And it's not just any brief on-camera appearance--it's an appearance by someone who's immediately recognizable. I wouldn't call my wife the extra's movie experiences "cameos" :).

Dictionary definition:

Also called "cameo role": a small but notable part in a film, play, or television show, played especially by a prominent performer, often in a single scene.

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"Bart Tijmensen" wrote in message news:3dbff020$0$46000$[email]...

Cyrus Afzali suggested that:

Doesn't necessarily mean any lines, see Alfed Hitchcock's cameos or Spielberg in Vanilla Sky.

Tomas Duke writes:

A brief appearance

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:34:30 GMT, Tomas Duke wrote:

A "cameo" is a small carving of a person's face on a semi-precious stone usually put into jewelry.

In show business; A "cameo" appearance is usually attributed to a famous person who plays a VERY small part in a scene - it is usually for the fun of seeing them there or for them to be part of the production.

I believe the point is that a cameo is an *uncredited* appearance. You won't find Alfred Hitchcock listed as an actor in the credits, for example.

Cheers, Christoph

"Christoph Baudson" wrote in message news:appaok$dva$[email]...

won't

I don't think a cameo needs to be uncredited. After all, whenever you see an actor listed in the credits as playing "Himself," it's usually a cameo, right?

It's a matter of definition. I think there has to be a difference to just a guest appearance (or whatever) to justify the existence of the term "cameo". Is it maybe a short word for something which brings us closer to its meaning? Maybe it's derived from "camouflage" which could hint to an uncredited appearance.

Cheers, Christoph

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Christoph Baudson wrote:

"No, you're way way off"

dictionary.com lists the derivation as: [Italian cameo, Middle English cameu(from Old French camaieu, and Medieval Latin camahtus).]

Basically "cameo" is a nice way of saying "bit-part". Well-known actors usually don't want to take bit-parts, but call it a cameo and it takes on a certain prestige. :)

On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 08:40:15 -0800, Paul wrote: ..

No, that is way off. A "bit-part" is not synonymous with "came".

A "cameo" only occurs if a very famous person does the "bit-part". Any ordinary actor doing a "bit-part" is doing a "bit-part", not a "cameo".

On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, TheNewsGuy(Mike) wrote:

I understand that. I tried to make it clear that the word "cameo" was only used if it was a famous person, but maybe I should have phrased it differently.

Kramer's part in Woody Allen's movie was a "bit-part". Keith Hernandez's appearance on Seinfeld was a "cameo". :)

"Paul" wrote in message news:[email]...

I disagree! It wasn't a cameo since Hernandez was integral to the plot. A cameo is incidental.

<<<I disagree! It wasn't a cameo since Hernandez was integral to the plot. A cameo is incidental.>>>

Like Letterman's appearance. (The Abstinence)

^^^^^^ "Art is often hailed as the grandest expression of human spirit, but we know now ... that the grandest expression of human spirit is whatever it takes for a man or woman to rush back into a burning building to save more people."

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 23:28:55 GMT, [email] (TheNewsGuy(Mike)) wrote:

Brilliant! Thank you.

Tomas

What's ironic?

Don

Don writes:

Its, like, rain on your wedding day.

On 30 Oct 2002 14:57:20 +0000, Gareth Owen wrote: ..

No, that's just bad luck, not irony . . . Unless your mate is a meteorologist and picked the date. Now, THAT's irony.

"TheNewsGuy(Mike)" wrote:

No, I mean, what's ironic?

Don

"TheNewsGuy(Mike)" schreef

10.000 spoons, when all you need is a knife?

Geert

<<10.000 spoons, when all you need is a knife?>>

These are Canadian references, right?

^^^^^^ "Art is often hailed as the grandest expression of human spirit, but we know now ... that the grandest expression of human spirit is whatever it takes for a man or woman to rush back into a burning building to save more people."

"Geert Oosterwijk" writes:

Thats just bad planning.

10.000 spoons, when all you need is a knife?

"There is no spoon"

(cryptic referencec to a line in _The Matrix_)

kc

It's a small rubber photographic thingamajiggy that shoots liquid instead of pictures. Usually found next to the wind-up teeth.

Hope this helps.

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:32:34 -0500 (EST), [email] wrote:

Isn't there some kind of law against "webtv?"

It's a walk-on appearance by a famous performer who, in most cases, normally wouldn't be caught dead doing television.

Some notable Seinfeld cameos: Robert Wagner and real-life wife Jill St. John (The Yada Yada) Jon Voight (The Mom and Pop Store) Corbin Bernsen (from L.A. Law) and George Wendt (from Cheers), who both appear in the episode where Jerry and George go to Hollywood New York Mayor David Dinkins (The Non-Fat Yogurt)

Best,

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Wasn't that Giuliani?

On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 21:27:05 +0200, Noone wrote:

Please clarify. - Was Dinkins in the episode too? If so, I will add him to my "celebrities" list.

Thanks,

Mike

I heard that they filmed both Dinkins and Giuliani, so that they'd be able to use the footage of the winning candidate. As far as I remember, they only showed Giuliani in the episode.

On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 00:40:41 GMT, John Twernbold wrote:

That's what I thought. Thanks