Actors You Forgot Showed Up On Star Search And Lost – Looper
In a 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Emmy-winning actor and comedian, Ray Romano, recalled that he was actually relieved that he was defeated in his first and only “Star Search” appearance in the 1990-1991 season. “My wife was pregnant with our first child and due probably four weeks later,” he recalled. “I was supposed to stay in LA for another two days with my manager, but I was so deflated [by the loss] that I just went home. My wife’s water broke that day, and she had the baby 24 hours later.”
No video of Romano’s appearance exists, but he was reportedly defeated by Geechy Guy, a comic who appeared 10 times on “Star Search” and later reportedly set a record for telling the most jokes (676) in a single hour. Guy isn’t Romano’s only connection to “Star Search,” though. His co-star in all nine seasons of “Everybody Loves Raymond” was fellow Emmy winner Brad Garrett, who was also the first winner in the show’s comedy category.
“We had the grand champion and the first-time loser on the same successful sitcom,” Romano said. For a losing contestant, Romano has gone on to considerable success, including appearances in Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” and “The Big Sick,” and HBO’s “Made for Love.” He also made his directorial debut in 2023 with the comedy, “Somewhere in Queens.”
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