STL POP CULTURE CON This Weekend! Hollywood Comes to St. Louis!

What do Scott Baio, Eddie Deezen, Michael Pare, Todd Bridges, Didi Conn,  Corben Bernsen, Lorenzo Lamas, and Tawny Kitaen have in common? They’re coming to St. Louis THIS WEEKEND!

Over 25 Celebrities / Pop Culture stars & icons will be invading the St. Charles Convention Center the weekend of August 17-19th, 2018! Celebrities from the Iconic film “Grease” to “Pirates of the Caribbean” to “Growing Pains”, “Happy Days”, “He-Man & the Masters of the Universe” to WWE/WWF stars and MUCH more to come!

The Con’s site can be found HERE

Ticket information can be found HERE

Check out this line-up of celebs!

Scott Baio– Best known for his role as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days (1977–1984) and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi (1982–1983), as well as the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge (1984–1990), Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series Diagnosis: Murder (1993–1995), and the titular hero of the musical film Bugsy Malone (1976), his onscreen debut.

Corbin Bernsen– Known for his roles as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law, as Dr. Alan Feinstone in The Dentist, as retired police detective Henry Spencer on the USA Network comedy-drama series Psych, and as Roger Dorn in the films Major League, Major League II, and Major League: Back to the Minors. He has also appeared regularly on other shows, including General Hospital and Cuts.

And there will be a GREASE reunion!

Didi Conn – Co-Starred as the Pink Lady “Frenchy” in Grease. Didi has had a career spanning almost spanning 40 years, she also starred in “You Light Up My Life” and “Benson”.

Lorenzo Lamas – Co-Starred as Tom the Jock in Grease! Lorenzo has had a career spanning over 40 years! Lorenzo has also starred in “Renegade” as well as “Lucha Underground” and many reality shows recently.

Barry Pearl – Co-Starred as the T-Bird “Doody” in Grease. Barry has had a career spanning over 40 years, also known for appearing in CPO Sharkey with Don Rickles!

Jaime Donnelly – Co-Starred as the Pink Lady “Jan” in Grease. Jaime has had a career spanning over 40 years! Jaime has also appeared recently in “Ray Donovan” and “Black Mass”.

And from the world of Wrestling:

Victoria AKA Lisa Marie Varon – Varon is best known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment under the ringname Victoria where she is a former two-time WWE Women’s Champion and most recently in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ringname Tara. Varon started competing in fitness competitions and won ESPN2’s Fitness America Series in 1997. In 1999, she placed second at a fitness event in New York to earn her International Federation of BodyBuilders Professional Fitness Card. Also Owned The Squared Circle Restaurant.

Kevin Nash – Member of The Kliq, an influential backstage group that included Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman. He is also one of the three founding members of the New World Order (nWo), along with Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall. Nash was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2015. APPEARING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY!

Brutus the Barber Beefcake – Brutus starred along Hulk Hogan in the WWF & WCW back in the 1980’s-90’s, one of the most charismatic performers in the squared circle, due to an accident back in 1990 he had to take a year off to heal and made a dramatic comeback that lasted till just a few years ago when he finally retired from the ring. Brutus should be a WWE Hof’er! He also has appeared on tv in “Thunder in Paradise” and other cool shows.

Barbie Blank AKA Kelly Kelly – Best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE), better known by her ring name Kelly Kelly. Blank has a background in gymnastics and cheerleading. She studied broadcast journalism, hoping to become a television anchor, and worked as a model for Venus Swimwear and Hawaiian Tropic. Kelly returned to the Raw brand in April 2011, where she won the WWE Divas Championship for the first time in June, beginning a four-month reign. Kelly Kelly has had to cancel her appearance!!!

And from the Silver Screen:

Tawny Kitaen – One of the most famous women on TV in the 1980’s due to her appearances in the Whitesnake music videos! She also co-starred in “Bachelor Party” with Tom Hanks, to “The New WKRP in Cincinnati” to “Hercules: The Legendary Journey’s” to the 2017 show “Mom’s Anonymous”.

Margaret Kerry – The Original “Tinkerbell” for Walt Disney’s “Peter Pan”, she has done over 600 animated voice for shows. Margaret has done “The Andy Griffith Show”, “The New 3 Stooges”, a true living legend of over 8 decades of working in Hollywood, she’s 89 years YOUNG

Burton Gilliam– Best Known for Blazing Saddles. Other Roles Paper Moon, Back To The Future III, In Honeymoon in Vegas, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Farewell, My Lovely, Fletch, Gator, Telefon, and The Terror Within II, Alice, Charlie’s Angels, The A-Team,The Dukes Of Hazzard, The Fall Guy, and Evening Shade.

Michael Pare – Iconic 80’s Star of both “Eddie & The Cruisers” films, “Streets of Fire”, “The Philadelphia Experiment”, “Houston Knights” on tv to “Gone”, “The Virgin Suicides”, “The Shelter” and over 140 films / shows total

And from television:

Glenn Scarpelli – A TV icon from his appearances on the shows “One Day At A Time” with Valerie Bertinelli, BonnieFranklin and Mackenzie Phillips to “Jennifer Slept Here” with Ann Jillian. Glenn still works today out of Sedona, AZ and was given the TV Land Innovator Award in 2012 for One Day At A Time as well

Tracey Gold – Co-Star of “Growing Pains”, Tracy grew up in Hollywood and has starred or co-starred in over 75 shows in her over 40 years in showbiz and still is quite active in her acting career along with being a great mom to her 4 children.

Keith Coogan – Co-Star of “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead”, “Adventures in Babysitting”, “Toy Soldiers” and the Walt Disney classic “The Fox & the Hound” as the voice of “Young Tod”. Keith has done over 75 shows/films in his 40 years in showbiz and still is quite active with his acting career.

David Faustino – “Bud Bundy” in “Married with Children” and many other shows/podcast on Dash Radio.

Jeremy Miller – Co-Star of “Growing Pains” as Ben Seaver as well as many other shows.

Todd Bridges – Co-Star of “Different Strokes”, He was the recipient of one of the most famous lines in TV history “What you talk’in bout Willis” !! Todd has done over 100 film/tv projects in his 45 years of showbiz, starred in a Las Vegas production recently and continues to work quite a bit.

And so many more!:

Steve Whitmire–  Voice actor and puppeteer best known for his career with The Muppets as Kermit the Frog, Ernie, Statler, Rizzo the Rat, Beaker, Wembley Fraggle, Bean Bunny, and Sprocket. Since starting on The Muppet Show in 1978, Whitmire has performed in almost every major Henson company project, including all Muppet and Sesame Street related film and television appearances, as well as non-Muppet fare such as The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and Dinosaurs.

Alan Oppenheimer – A true living legend! Alan has done over 300 “gigs” in his over 55 years in showbiz and he’s the voice of “Skeletor” from “He-Man Masters of the Universe” to “Falkor” in “The Neverending Story”, one of the true “Masters” of his craft. Very rare appearance.

Michelle Johnson – Jennifer Lyons in the 1984 romantic comedy film Blame It on Rio. Recurring role for one season of The Love Boat. She appeared in the Outer Limits, Death Becomes Her, Far and Away, Reunion Show (1998), Waxwork (1988), and The Glimmer Man (1996). She also co-starred in TV movie Dallas: War of the Ewings in 1998 as Jennifer Jantzen, and in 1985 played Rhonda Cummings in an episode of Dallas.

Martin Klebba – Co-Starred in almost every “Pirates of the Caribbean” films as well as almost 100 total tv and film projects.

Cindy Villareal – Cindy Villarreal is a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, a former Dallas Mavericks’ dancer, and a NFL Executive who served as Director of Entertainment for the Houston Oilers Entertainment, Inc. where she also served as the Director and Choreographer for the Houston Oilers’ Derrick Dolls. She has been a consultant to many professional organizations including NFL and NBA and is currently pursuing her own network, Cheer Channel Inc.

Mike Quinn– Best Known for role of the character Nien Nunb, the co-pilot next to Lando Calrissian, of the Millennium Falcon, who flew into and blew up the second Death Star in Star Wars Return Of The Jedi. Also in Jedi he assisted performing Yoda with Frank Oz and many other creatures. Now considered an official Star Wars Legacy character, fan favorite Nien Nunb can also be seen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.

Gregg Berger– known for his iconic role as Odie from the Garfield franchise. His other roles include Jecht from Final Fantasy X and the Dissidia Final Fantasy games, Grimlock from The Transformers, Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter from Spider-Man, Cornfed Pig from Duckman, Agent Kay from Men in Black: The Series, The Gromble from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Captain Blue from Viewtiful Joe, Eeyore from Kingdom Hearts II, Hunter the Cheetah and Ripto from Spyro The Dragon, and The Thing from Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

Amanda Pays – Intensive study at London’s Academy of Live and Recorded Arts led to her professional debut opposite George Segal in The Cold Room (1984), an HBO production written and directed by James Dearden, who later wrote Fatal Attraction (1987). Since then, Pays had appeared on stage, screen and television in her native England and in America. Her credits include the London fringe production of “Fire Eaters,” Thames Television’s Minder: Minder on the Orient Express (1985), Lady Victoria in Oxford Blues (1984) opposite Rob Lowe, as the host of the ground-breaking television experiment Max Headroom (1987), Max Headroom (1985), as Sarah in the ABC miniseries A.D. (1985), opposite Ava Gardner and James Mason and as Sister Nicole in Off Limits (1988), starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines.

Guy Gilchrist – World-renowned illustrator, author, comic strip artist, and songwriter, Guy Gilchrist is best known as Jim Henson’s cartoonist.  He created the “Muppets” comic strip (printed worldwide in 660-plus newspapers daily from 1981 to 1986), and was instrumental in Henson’s “Fraggle Rock,” and the creation of “The Muppet Babies.” Some of his iconic Muppets artwork was enshrined in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. and his work was declared a National Treasure in 1984 by First Lady, Nancy Reagan. Throughout the years, Guy Gilchrist has set his hand to some of the most beloved, high-profile cartoons, such as “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Looney Tunes,” “Tom & Jerry,” “Tiny Toons,” “The Pink Panther,” “Minnie Mouse,” and others.

There will be over 150 vendor tables and Booths selling all sorts of cool Hollywood and TV merchandise and MUCH MORE!

Celebrities will be added to the already massively cool lineup as they confirm!

Don’t miss out, buy your tickets early to get the early special pricing before July 31st!

Look for more coverage of the STL POP CULTURE CON here at We Are Movie Geeks in the coming weeks.