[Editor's note: Flavorwire is counting down our most popular features of 2010. This post comes in at position number 3. It was originally published June 3, 2010.] It’s been a nostalgic week for us at Flavorpill. A post devoted to ten child stars to follow on Twitter got us thinking about what ever happened to all the kid actors we used to love on classic Nickelodeon shows. Are the All That kids still comedians? Does the Roundhouse gang still sing and dance? What are Alex Mack and Sam from Clarissa Explains It All up to in 2010? Remember Hey Dude? After the jump, we answer all those questions and many, many more.
The Adventures of Pete & Pete, 1993-1996
How has life been treating the brothers Pete since their wonderful show ended nearly 15 years ago? (Does this make you feel old? We’re feeling downright ancient.) Let’s start with Michael C. Maronna, better known as Big Pete. He’s a graduate of New York’s prestigious Hunter College High School and studied filmmaking at artsy SUNY Purchase. He was steadily employed as a film and TV actor through the mid-’00s, mostly playing burnout types in movies like Slackers and 40 Days and 40 Nights. In 1999, he portrayed Stuart, the knowing slacker in a series of Ameritrade commercials. Since then, he’s remained in show business but switched to the other side of the camera. These days, he mainly works as an electrician, and his credits include everything from the first Sex and the City flick to Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead to Michel Gondry’s Be Kind Rewind.
Little Pete, a.k.a. Danny Tamberelli, jumped to All That post-Pete and stayed there through 2000. He also appeared in the underrated indie Igby Goes Down in 2002 and on a few short-lived TV series. Tamberelli went to high school in New Jersey before jumping ship to hippie haven Hampshire College. (If you know anyone who went there in the first half of the ’00s, we’re sure they have stories about him. Our friends certainly do.) These days, he’s in two bands, Jounce and Every Good Boy. And to the best of our knowledge, the last time he appeared on TV was in a 2006 Wendy’s commercial. These days, you can find him on Twitter.
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thank you for this. thank you SO much.
This is so awesome! You should do one for You Can’t Do That on Television!!!!
Melissa Soso from Melissa Soso Says So was a student at the University of Illinois and graduated a few years back. She absolutely did not want to talk about the show.
I’m shocked there is no mention of the “You Can’t Do That On Television” cast.
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Very surprised you didn’t mention that Danny Cooksey was also the best friend of Edward Furlong’s John Connor in Terminator 2!
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Be fair – You Can’t Do That on Television was more of an eighties show. Course, that means I’m dating myself.
Lil’ Pete used to play in band around the 5 college area too. Saw him quite a few times at the Spoke and Mc’Murphys.
Ahhh UMASS memories!
Little Pete looks so scary! And I can’t believe how old Ug from Salute Your Shorts is!! This amazing — and as a kid who grew up on these shows I have to say whatever “You Can’t Do That On Television” is must be a little older than the rest because I do not remember it!
Josh Tygiel lives a quiet life in Arizona with his family. I used to work with his sister who told me.
Flavorwire, it’s like our minds are one. I spent almost an entire Sunday researching child stars of the 90s. I was supposed to be writing cover letters.
You should take a look at the Sandlot cast. Time has not been kind.
Danny Tamberelli was also in “100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd” and “Figure It Out,” which is another part of 90s Nick to reminisce about: the game shows! I wonder how Danny would feel about the idea somebody had that he should play Spencer’s friend Socky on iCarly?
Josh Tygiel is on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=755785619
its got to be him because within his friends list was found Kelly Brown:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1452257509&ref=sgm
if that link doesnt work just search Josh’s friends list
I wouldn’t try and harass them with invites though, they may or may not get that all the time, I don’t know.
Then again i’m the a-hole that gave the links away.
The man that played the father on Clarissa Explains It All is playing Trudy Campbell’s father on Mad Men nowadays.
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Great article and a fun walk down a Nickelodeon-colored memory lane. Thank you for the wonderful memories and updates!
Is it just me or has nickelodeon’s shows went down the crapper since about the year 2000 thanks for all the great memories and for helping me recapture some memories lost in endless days of work work work…gosh sometimes it would be so nice to be a kid again.
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Cool – Brings back memories – man time flys!
Where is My brother and Me?
Kel Mitchell is also the voice of “T-Bone” on Clifford cartoon
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