I Am Stamos
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I am Stamos is an award-winning 2004 short film starring John Stamos
and Robert Peters
. In the film Andy Shrub (played by Peters) is a struggling actor who seems to be typecast
as "the goofy best friend'" but wants to be a leading man. At a birthday party he wishes that he looked like John Stamos before blowing out the candles on his cake. He then realizes that whenever he is photographed or videotaped he looks exactly like Stamos. He is then cast in a sitcom as John Stamos. When John Stamos (playing himself), finds out about this he angrily goes to the studio and argues with Andy and his producer, Norman (played E.E. Bell). The movie ends with the real John Stamos
being killed.
John Stamos
John Phillip Stamos is an American actor, singer and musician best known for his work in television, especially in his starring role as Jesse Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House. Since the cancellation of that show in 1995, Stamos has appeared in numerous television films and series. From 2006...
and Robert Peters
Robert Peters
Robert Louis Peters is a poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor, and actor born in an impoverished rural area of northern Wisconsin in 1924. He holds a Ph.D in Victorian literature. His poetry career began in 1967 when his young son Richard died unexpectedly of spinal meningitis...
. In the film Andy Shrub (played by Peters) is a struggling actor who seems to be typecast
Typecasting (acting)
In TV, film, and theatre, typecasting is the process by which a particular actor becomes strongly identified with a specific character; one or more particular roles; or, characters having the same traits or coming from the same social or ethnic groups...
as "the goofy best friend'" but wants to be a leading man. At a birthday party he wishes that he looked like John Stamos before blowing out the candles on his cake. He then realizes that whenever he is photographed or videotaped he looks exactly like Stamos. He is then cast in a sitcom as John Stamos. When John Stamos (playing himself), finds out about this he angrily goes to the studio and argues with Andy and his producer, Norman (played E.E. Bell). The movie ends with the real John Stamos
John Stamos
John Phillip Stamos is an American actor, singer and musician best known for his work in television, especially in his starring role as Jesse Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House. Since the cancellation of that show in 1995, Stamos has appeared in numerous television films and series. From 2006...
being killed.