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Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Kris Medlen played baseball at Santa Ana Community College in Southern California. One very famous comedian/actor and one infamous sportswriter/blogger also attended that institution of slightly higher learning.
Can you name them?
Peter Schmuck wants you to know that, contrary to popular belief, he is more than just a bon vivant, raconteur and collector of blousy flowered shirts. He is a semi-respected journalist who has covered virtually every sport -- except luge, of course – and tackled issues that transcend the mere games people play. If that isn’t enough to qualify him to provide witty, wide-ranging commentary on the sports world ... and the rest of the world, for that matter ... he is an avid reader of history, biography and the classics, as well as a charming blowhard who pops off on both sports and politics on WBAL Radio. That means you can expect a little of everything in The Schmuck Stops Here, but the major focus will be keeping you up to the minute on Baltimore’s major sports teams and themes, whether it’s throwing up the Orioles lineup the minute it’s announced or updating you on the latest sprained ankle in Owings Mills. Oh, and by the way, that’s Mr. Schmuck to you. 
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Comments
Well, we know only one of them is funny.
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Pete's reply: That's unkind, though probably true. I've seen all his movies and I don't the the guy is that funny either.
Posted by: CaptObvious | June 14, 2009 3:04 PM
You and Pauly Shore.
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Pete's reply: You're half right.
Posted by: Denny | June 14, 2009 3:12 PM
I believe that it is one Peter Schmuck and one Robin Williams. Of course, I could be wrong (wouldn't be the first time, just ask my wife, whom you can take if you please).
"W" is for whoopee cushion
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Pete's reply: Nope. Robin Williams went to the College of Marin in the Bay Area.
Posted by: Big Daddy (Not Lipscomb | June 14, 2009 3:17 PM
steve martin and u....
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Pete's reply: Good guess, but Steve Martin went to Long Beach State.
Posted by: kweehead | June 14, 2009 3:28 PM
OK I know it but it took me 20 minutes of serious internet sleuthing. I wont spoil it for my fellow blogers.
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Pete's reply: Thanks. Those years in Army intelligence clearly have paid off.
Posted by: Denny | June 14, 2009 3:28 PM
Diane Keaton
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Pete's reply: Technically correct, though I would have said actress if I was looking for a female star and I don't believe she is generally thought of as a comedian, despite all those Woody Allen movies. Since I was not gender specific, you get a gold star, but there also is a male star that fits the description more closely.
Posted by: Mr. Trifecta | June 14, 2009 3:31 PM
I believe I remember way back in the day, when he was on SNL, that Steve Martin went to Santa Ana, of course it may have been one of the other SNL performers instead. Than, since you are one of the Great Self Promoters, you.
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Pete's reply: Steve Martin went to LB State, but the SNL part is on point...and the part about me being a shameless self-promoter.
Posted by: Dave | June 14, 2009 3:43 PM
Frank the Tank --- Will Ferrell.
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Pete's reply: You da man.
Posted by: Andrew | June 14, 2009 3:49 PM
Peter Schmuck and Will Ferrell - which one's the funny one?
Posted by: Jim | June 14, 2009 3:56 PM
Peter, Peter, Peter....
Female actors are no longer "actresses", they are simply actors. And I would submit "Play it Again, Sam", "Sleeper", "Love and Death", and "Annie Hall" are funnier than anything Will Ferrell has ever done (I know, all Woody Allen scripts/vehicles).
Posted by: Mr. Trifecta | June 14, 2009 4:11 PM
I'm still tryin' to figure out the "sportswriter " (?) :-)
Posted by: the artist formerly known as jack in hebron | June 14, 2009 4:15 PM
Hey Pete, I went looking because I knew someone from SNL of the 70's went to Santa Ana and it was Steve Martin, before he went to LBS.
"After high school graduation, Martin attended Santa Ana Junior College, taking classes in drama and English poetry. In his free time he teamed up with friend and Garden Grove High School classmate Kathy Westmoreland to participate in comedies and other productions at the Bird Cage Theatre, a theater concession inside Knott's Berry Farm. Later, he met budding actress Stormie Sherk, and they developed comedy routines while becoming romantically involved. Stormie's influence caused Steve to apply to Cal State Long Beach for enrollment with a major in Philosophy."
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Pete's reply: Wow, where did you find that? I researched Martin while I was doing that and Santa Ana College did not list him as a prominent former student. My bad.
Posted by: Dave | June 15, 2009 12:07 AM
Since when is actress an unacceptable word?
Posted by: huh | June 16, 2009 10:20 AM