See also:

• Root of Corruption - Annex: Matt Damon - comment (1/1): Ted Danson

Very interesting post @argosciv

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Note before proceeding: I have no reason yet to suspect Timothy Dalton of any wrongdoing. I don't discourage further investigation, but, I trust him at this time.

As best I can determine, Timothy Dalton and Whoopi Goldberg were "romantically involved" between 1990 - 1992:

^{Curious that nobody has added the following to WG's wiki entry...}

_{I make no claim to the accuracy/credibility of the publications listed below, they are merely provided as the most immediately available references:}

• http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/11/james-bond-actors-love-life-skyfall/timothy-dalton @ archive.is
• https://www.famemoose.com/whoopi-goldberg/relationships @ archive.is
• http://www.whosdatedwho.com/dating/timothy-dalton-and-whoopi-goldberg @ archive.is

^{In the above, the common understanding is that Dalton and WG dated between 1990 - 1991, however, the 1st article does say that the two dated as late as 1992.}

wiki: Timothy Dalton

• When did Dalton first play Bond? The Living Daylights(1987)

He was already finished playing Bond, by the time he and WG had their romance; his last Bond film was Licence to Kill (1989).

• Why then is the "James Bond" section headered with a time frame of (1986 - 1994)? I'll cut to the chase again...

_{Emphasis my own}

After his Bond films, Dalton divided his work between stage, television and films, and diversified the characters he played. This helped him eliminate the 007 typecasting that followed him during the previous period. Dalton was nevertheless for a certain period considered to act in the Bond film GoldenEye. Instead, he played Nazi spy Neville Sinclair in The Rocketeer (1991), and Rhett Butler in Scarlett, the television miniseries sequel to Gone with the Wind. He also appeared as criminal informant Eddie Myers in the acclaimed British TV film Framed (1992).

wiki: The Rocketeer (film)

The Rocketeer is a 1991 American period superhero adventure film from Walt Disney Pictures, produced by Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, and Lloyd Levin, directed by Joe Johnston, that stars Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino, and Tiny Ron Taylor. The film is based upon the character of the same name created by comic book artist and writer Dave Stevens.

Set in 1938 Los Angeles, California, The Rocketeer tells the story of stunt pilot Cliff Secord who stumbles upon a hidden rocket powered jet pack that he thereafter uses to fly without the need of an aircraft. His heroic deeds soon attract the attention of Howard Hughes and the FBI, who are hunting for the missing jet pack, as well as the Nazi operatives that stole it from Hughes.

SPOILER ALERT:

Plot

~~Sinclair dons the rocket pack and flies off, but the leaked fuel causes the rocket pack to catch on fire, causing Sinclair to plummet to his death near the "HOLLYWOODLAND" sign; the resulting explosion destroys the LAND part of the sign. Lothar is engulfed in flames as the airship explodes, but Cliff and Jenny are rescued at the last moment by Hughes and Peevy flying an autogyro.

Things that make you go "hmmmm..."

wiki: Hollywood Sign

The Hollywood Sign (formerly the Hollywoodland Sign) is an American cultural icon and landmark located in Los Angeles, California. It is situated on Mount Lee, in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The sign overlooks Hollywood, Los Angeles.~~

History

Origin

The sign was erected in 1923 and originally read "HOLLYWOODLAND." Its purpose was to advertise the name of a new segregated housing development in the hills above the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. H.J. Whitley had already used a sign to advertise his development Whitley Heights, which was located between Highland Avenue and Vine Street. He suggested to his friend Harry Chandler, the owner of the Los Angeles Times newspaper, that the land syndicate in which he was involved make a similar sign to advertise their land.[4] Real estate developers Woodruff and Shoults called their development "Hollywoodland" and advertised it as a "superb environment without excessive cost on the Hollywood side of the hills."[5]

They contracted the Crescent Sign Company to erect thirteen south-facing letters on the hillside. The sign company owner, Thomas Fisk Goff (1890–1984), designed the sign. Each letter was 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and 50 feet (15.2 m) high, and the whole sign was studded with around 4,000 light bulbs. The sign flashed in segments: "HOLLY," "WOOD," and "LAND" lit up individually, and then the whole. Below the Hollywoodland sign was a searchlight to attract more attention. The poles that supported the sign were hauled to the site by mules. Cost of the project was $21,000,[6] equivalent to $301,629 in 2017.

The sign was officially dedicated in 1923. It was intended only to last a year and a half,[7] but after the rise of American cinema in Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the sign became an internationally recognized symbol and was left there.[8]

Deterioration

Over the course of more than half a century, the sign, designed to stand for only 18 months, sustained extensive damage and deterioration.

During the early 1940s, Albert Kothe (the sign's official caretaker) caused an accident that destroyed the letter H. Kothe, driving while inebriated, was nearing the top of Mount Lee when he lost control of his vehicle and drove off the cliff directly behind the H. While Kothe was not injured, his 1928 Ford Model A was destroyed, as was the original 50 foot (15.2 m) tall illuminated letter H.

In 1949, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce began a contract with the City of Los Angeles Parks Department to repair and rebuild the sign. The contract stipulated that "LAND" be removed to spell "Hollywood" and reflect the district, not the "Hollywoodland" housing development.[9] The Parks Department dictated that all subsequent illumination would be at the Chamber's expense, so the Chamber opted not to replace the lightbulbs. The 1949 effort gave it new life, but the sign's unprotected wood and sheet metal structure continued to deteriorate. By the 1970s, the first O had splintered and broken, resembling a lowercase u, and the third O had fallen down completely, leaving the severely dilapidated sign reading "HuLLYWO.D."[10][11]

Restoration

In 1978, in large part because of the public campaign to restore the landmark by Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine, the Chamber set out to replace the severely deteriorated sign with a more permanent structure. Nine donors gave US$27,777.77 each (totaling US$249,999.93) to sponsor replacement letters, made of steel supported by steel columns on a concrete foundation (see Donors section below).[12]

wiki: Studio system (Redirected from Golden Age of Hollywood)

I'll skip ahead with some emphasis, to save space.

Sound and the Big Five

The years 1927 and 1928 are generally seen as the beginning of Hollywood's Golden Age and the final major steps in establishing studio system control of the American film business.~~

The last of the "Big Five" Hollywood conglomerates of the Golden Age emerged in 1928: RKO. The Radio Corporation of America (RCA), led by David Sarnoff, was looking for ways to exploit the cinema sound patents, newly trademarked RCA Photophone, owned by its parent company, General Electric.~~

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The end of the system and the death of RKO

However, behind the scenes at RKO, long the financially shakiest of the conglomerates, the court ruling came to be looked at as a development that could be used to the studio's advantage. The same month that the decision was handed down, multimillionaire Howard Hughes acquired a controlling interest in the company. As RKO controlled the fewest theaters of any of the Big Five, Hughes decided that starting a divorcement domino effect could actually help put his studio on a more equal footing with his competitors. Hughes signaled his willingness to the federal government to enter into a consent decree obliging the breakup of his movie business. Under the agreement, Hughes would split his studio into two entities, RKO Pictures Corporation and RKO Theatres Corporation, and commit to selling off his stake in one or the other by a certain date. Hughes's decision to concede to divorcement terminally undermined the argument by lawyers for the rest of the Big Five that such breakups were unfeasible.

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After the system

Syndication, television, recession, and conglomerate Hollywood

~~Two large independent firms also qualify as mini-majors, Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company. They stand somewhere between latter-day versions of the old "major-minor" - just like Columbia and Universal was in the 1930s and 1940s, except Lionsgate and The W.C. have about half their market share—and leading Golden Age independent production outfits such as Samuel Goldwyn Inc. and the companies of David O. Selznick.

The rest of the "~~conglomerate Hollywood" section is worth reading...

I'll wrap this annex up now, it'll serve well later on.

In This Moment - Big Bad Wolf (Official Video)

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I won't put the whole thing here, so, please be sure to read the entire section:

from Darrell Hammond wiki: _{(emphasis my own)}

Personal life

~~During an October 2011 interview with CNN, Hammond revealed that his mother had brutally abused him during his childhood. This trauma from abuse led to cutting, several hospitalizations due to psychiatric issues, and diagnoses which initially included bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder.[17]

~~Harper Collins published Hammond's memoir, God, If You're Not Up There, I'm F*cked, in 2011. It is an account of his abusive childhood, psychiatric issues, struggles with substance abuse, and experiences on Saturday Night Live.[14] In 2015 he adapted it into a one-man play starring himself, directed by Christopher Ashley, which debuted in San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse to positive reviews. The director is hoping to bring it to Broadway, although Hammond would prefer someone else, particularly Jim Carrey or Kevin Spacey, play him instead, as it was so stressful he had to be hospitalized twice during the Los Angeles run.[6]

In 2015 Hammond revived his Trump impression on SNL, after Taran Killam's take failed to gain traction. The following year he returned to New York after five years, expecting that with Trump having received the Republican presidential nomination that year, he would be appearing on the show more in the fall. When Alec Baldwin replaced him, he was so shattered that Antabuse and a beta blocker were prescribed to him to prevent a relapse of his addiction issues. Hammond and his girlfriend eventually moved back to Los Angeles, where reminders of Baldwin's Trump impression were not so ubiquitous.[6]

So, to summarize my thoughts on Darrell, I'm kinda worried for him really... I think this guy's been poked and prodded, pretty much his whole life, by horrible influences. Amazingly, through it all, he's maintained a great career until recently, with all this 2016 election... fuckery. I'm yet to suspect him of any wrong-doing at this time - that said, I'm morbidly curious as to why he asked for Kevin Spacey or Jim Carrey as people to play him - Kevin for obvious reasons... Jim's been very strange for a few years now, seemingly starting after a several-week break from twitter... Jim, what happened?

Let's get back to Alec Baldwin's political views again and make a couple of notes, there's something fishy about the push to have him impersonate Trump: _{(emphasis my own)}

During his appearance on the comedy late night show Late Night with Conan O'Brien on December 11, 1998, eight days before President Bill Clinton was to be impeached, Baldwin said, "If we were in another country ... we would stone Henry Hyde to death and we would go to their homes and kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families, for what they're doing to this country."[114] Baldwin later apologized for the remarks, and the network explained that it was meant as a joke and promised not to re-run it.[115]

Baldwin said in a 2006 interview with The New York Times that if he did become involved in electoral politics, he would prefer to run for Governor of New York. When asked if he was qualified for the office, Baldwin responded that he considered himself more qualified than California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.[116] In June 2011, The Daily reported that Baldwin was mulling over a 2013 run for Mayor of New York City in the wake of a potential early race shake-up after candidate Congressman Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal.[117] However, on December 21, 2011, Baldwin said he was abandoning plans to run for the office and would instead continue in his role on 30 Rock.[118]

It just seems so tacky and biased to opt for the heavy-leaning Alec Baldwin... too obvious even? Let's look elsewhere...

I'll cut to the chase for you here.

wiki: Stephen Baldwin: Personal life: Activism: In politics

In 2007, Baldwin endorsed Sam Brownback for U.S. President.[27] After Brownback ended his campaign, Baldwin switched his support to Mike Huckabee.[28] Baldwin was a staunch supporter of the John McCain–Sarah Palin presidential ticket after Huckabee dropped out of the 2008 presidential election. The same year, Baldwin threatened to move to Canada if Barack Obama was elected, and challenged the candidate to box for charity.[29] In June 2011, Baldwin floated the possibility of entering New York City's 2013 mayoral election as an opponent of his brother Alec, who had suggested that he may run himself.[30] Baldwin endorsed Donald Trump for President in the 2016 presidential election.[31]

[31]: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/10/28/baldwin-brothers-in-family-feud-over-donald-trump.html @ archive.is

Article opens:

Alec Baldwin and Billy Baldwin are at odds with brother Stephen Baldwin over Stephen’s decision to support Donald Trump in the upcoming election.

Stephen told FOX Business Friday morning, "If Alec and Billy don't see the corruption or if they're willing to look the other way like so many other people, that's on them."

Stephen made his remarks after newly surfaced tweets from earlier this month show Billy went after him over his younger brother’s take on the election. Alec, 58 -- who parodies Trump on "Saturday Night Live" -- and Stephen, 50, have also clashed about the upcoming election.

Stephen tweeted, "If my father were alive today (a veteran) He would be ashamed & disgusted of media biased & manipulation by people like @andersoncooper."

Billy, 53, fired back at his brother saying, "@StephenBaldwin7 @andersoncooper If our father were alive today… he'd smack you in the side of the head for supporting Donald Trump."

Hmmm...

Let's go back to Alec and the 1995 incident again...

HAH!

[93]: articles.latimes.com/1995-10-27/local/me-61811_1_alec-baldwin @ archive.is

Article opens:

Alec Baldwin Arrested in Battery on Photographer : Privacy: Cameraman claims he was punched by the actor, who asked him not to videotape the homecoming of his and Kim Basinger's baby girl.

^{October 27, 1995|NICHOLAS RICCARDI | SPECIAL TO THE TIMES}

WOODLAND HILLS — Alec Baldwin was placed under citizen's arrest Thursday after he allegedly slugged a cameraman who was videotaping the homecoming of the actor's wife, actress Kim Basinger, and their newborn daughter, Los Angeles police said.

Baldwin and Basinger arrived at their hillside home about 12:45 p.m. with their 3-day-old daughter Ireland when they spotted Alan Zanger, a 51-year-old free-lance photographer, parked across the street with his camera rolling, LAPD Lt. Ray Lombardo said.

Meh...

Juicy part:

Baldwin is the star of "The Hunt for Red October" and "Malice," among other films.

Oh shit! Forgot about that... relevance?

Q's first mention of "The Hunt for Red October": Nov 20 2017

~~Disinformation is real.

Disinformation is necessary.

Silent war (some gets out).

The Great Awakening.

Iron Eagle.

Godfather III.

The Hunt for Red October.

Q

Q's latest mention of "RED_OCTOBER": Feb 12 2018

Think BDT NYC ‘attempt’ & Barlow.

Not stated for verification of credibility.

Why are we still here given foreknowledge of events?

No FBI investigation into this?

Impossible to locate?

Less than 10.

Who are we talking to?

Since Clown takedown of black_ops loc/public exposure what has changed here?

Expand your thinking.

This is not a game.

RED_OCTOBER.

Q

Feb 12 2018(A short time later), Q pints out that "The Hunt for" was dropped

>>339453

Future news will highlight.

Note "The Hunt For" was dropped.

Details matter.

Q

Mar 6 2018, Q asks "Why was ‘The HUNT For’ removed?"

>>563432

Why was ‘The HUNT For’ removed?

Expand your thinking.

Not related to $ or trade.

The MAP has EVERYTHING.

News / Tweets unlock the MAP.

Q

There's been A LOT of theories floating around about the relevance of "Red October" and/or "The Hunt for Red October", I'm not going to at all act like there's no merit to any of them, but, I can't help but wonder if it's also some sort of hint towards Alec Baldwin...

Usually a repeat is dropped once deciphered in full, perhaps the reason Red Oct is still being mentioned is due to unfinished work, ie, Baldwin?

Not much stands out after a quick scan of the wiki entry for The Hunt for Red October(film), except that Sam Neill was also in it and has been discussed sometimes ad nauseam in v/pizzagate...

Looking at the Sam Neill wiki entry, something immediately stands out to me, with regards to this thread:

Acting career

~~Neill was one of the leading candidates to succeed Roger Moore in the role of James Bond, but lost out to Timothy Dalton.

Wait a minute... wasn't WG romantically involved with TD? Yup.

She was romantically linked with actors Frank Langella,[63] Timothy Dalton, and Ted Danson,[64]

Let's look into Timothy Dalton a little, in the next comment...

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Okay, let's have a little fun... thanks to Q & Donald J Trump, again, for this one.

Q - 831

Where we go one, we go ALL.

Misspellings matter.

Sentence formation matters.

Learn.

Q

Tweet attempt A by DJT: March 2nd 2018 @ 2:42AM UTC(?) - deleted

^ Notes:

• "Alex" instead of Alec. Mistake? No. Curious sidenote: WG's daughter, Alexandrea "Alex" Martin?
• "dieing", instead of dying.

Tweet attempt A was replaced with: https://tweetsave.com/realdonaldtrump/status/969529668234829825

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Alec Baldwin, whose dying mediocre career was saved by his terrible impersonation of me on SNL, now says playing me was agony. Alec, it was agony for those who were forced to watch. Bring back Darrell Hammond, funnier and a far greater talent!

Mar 02, 2018 11:07:40 UTC

^ Notes:

• "Alec" instead of "Alex"
• "You were terrible" removed, "terrible" now used as adjective to Alec's impersonation, "terrible impersonation of me on SNL, now says playing me was agony."; tweet now refers to DJT in first-person instead of as "DJT"
• Removed redundant words: "Alec, it was also agony for those who were forced to watch. Bring back Darrell Hammond, much funnier and a far greater talent!"

So why wasn't "Alex" a mistake?

wiki: Alec Baldwin

Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, writer, producer, and comedian.[1] A member of the Baldwin family, he is the eldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all actors. Baldwin first gained recognition appearing on seasons 6 and 7 of the CBS television drama Knots Landing, in the role of Joshua Rush. He has played both leading and supporting roles in films such as the horror comedy fantasy film Beetlejuice (1988), as Jack Ryan in the action thriller The Hunt for Red October (1990), the romantic comedy The Marrying Man (1991), the superhero film The Shadow (1994), Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000), and two films directed by Martin Scorsese: the Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator (2004) and the neo-noir crime drama The Departed (2006). His performance in the 2003 romantic drama The Cooler garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

From 2006 to 2013, Baldwin starred as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, winning two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work on the show, making him the male performer with the most SAG Awards. Baldwin co-starred in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, the fifth installment of the Mission: Impossible series, released on July 31, 2015.[2] He is also a columnist for The Huffington Post. Since 2016, he has been the host of Match Game. He has received worldwide attention and acclaim for his portrayal of Donald Trump on the long-running sketch series Saturday Night Live, both during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and following the inauguration, a role which won him his third Primetime Emmy in 2017.[3]

Let's bring WG back into it again first..

Personal life

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1995 photographer incident

In October 1995, Baldwin allegedly assaulted a photographer for videotaping his wife, Kim Basinger, and their 3-day-old daughter. The couple was returning from the hospital and were confronted by the photographer outside their Los Angeles home. Whoopi Goldberg praised Baldwin for his actions during her opening monologue while hosting the 68th Academy Awards.[93][94]

Notes on Alec's Political views:

• Baldwin is a Democrat and endorsed Barack Obama in his two presidential campaigns.[106][107]
• He serves on the board of People for the American Way.

Hold the fucking presses ladies and gents...

wiki: People for the American Way

People For the American Way (PFAW) is a progressive/liberal[4] advocacy group in the United States.[5] Organized as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization, PFAW was registered in 1981 by the television producer Norman Lear[6] who founded the organization in 1980 to challenge the Christian right agenda of the Moral Majority.

History

PFAW was founded by the television producer Norman Lear in opposition to the publicized agenda of the Moral Majority, a formerly prominent and influential American political organization associated with the Christian right.[7] Officially incorporated on September 4, 1980,[1] its co-founders included Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and Time Inc. chairman and CEO Andrew Heiskell.[8] PFAW began as a project of the Tides Foundation,[9] a donor-advised fund that directs money to politically liberal causes.[10]

Former presidents of PFAW include Tony Podesta[11] and Ralph Neas.[12]

Soon after its founding, PFAW launched an affiliated 501(c)(3) organization, People for the American Way Foundation, for the purpose of conducting more extensive educational and research activities for left-wing causes.[13] Later,[when?] the People For the American Way Voter Alliance was launched as a political action committee.

Ok so let's recap...

• HRC +++ + +++++ | Danson | Johnson/Goldberg + Alec Baldwin | PFAW | TP

So... Let's take a look at Darrell Hammond and see if we can learn a bit more about him... replacing DH with AB, seems to have been possibly in the interest of PFAW/TP and others?

wiki: Darrell Hammond

Darrell Clayton Hammond (born October 8, 1955)[1] is an American actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2009.

Upon his departure, Hammond, at age 53, was the oldest cast member in the show's history. Hammond made more SNL appearances than any other cast member and impersonated more than 107 celebrities, with Bill Clinton as his most frequent impression.[2]

Hammond held the record for most impersonations by an SNL cast member with 107, until he was surpassed by Kenan Thompson on May 3, 2014. As of December 10, 2011, he had appeared on the show eight times since leaving the cast.[needs update]

On September 19, 2014, Hammond was announced as the new announcer of SNL, replacing Don Pardo, who had died the month before.[3] In May 2015, he began portraying Colonel Sanders in television commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken, although he was replaced by Norm Macdonald, also a former SNL cast member, just three months later.[4]

Early life

Hammond was born in Melbourne, Florida, the son of Margaret and Max Hammond.[1] Hammond has claimed he was severely abused by his mother, contributing to his lifelong struggles with depression and substance abuse;[5] his father, dealing with his own psychological issues resulting from his military service during World War II, often drank heavily and acted out violently. Hammond found as a child that doing impressions was the only thing he did his mother liked.[6]

He played baseball in high school and at Brevard Community College. In high school, he was a teammate of San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy.[7] He went on to attend the University of Florida, where he graduated in 1978 with a degree in advertising and a 2.1 GPA.[7] He credits UF theater professor David Shelton for encouraging his work.[7] After completing college, Hammond moved to New York City where he worked as a waiter, studied at HB Studio, did roles in theater productions, performed one set at a comedy club at age 26, and then returned to Florida, where he became a voiceover artist in the Orlando area.[7]

This guy actually looks pretty familiar... has he been discussed in v/pizzagate before? Nope... I must have come across him another time. Moving on...

Career

Saturday Night Live

~~He is best known on the show for impersonating Bill Clinton, as well as Al Gore, Donald Trump, John McCain, Regis Philbin, Dick Cheney, Chris Matthews, Phil Donahue, Phil McGraw, Ted Koppel, John Travolta, Jesse Jackson, Geraldo Rivera, and Sean Connery, in the recurring "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skits.~~

In 2014 Hammond took over the announcer role on SNL starting with the 40th-season premiere, replacing Pardo, who had died that August.[3] Since he began as announcer, he has also appeared in skits numerous times reprising his Clinton and Trump impersonations.[8]

The following season Hammond reappeared on the show, doing his impression of Trump as the Apprentice host began performing well in the Republican primaries and Taran Killam's take on the candidate failed to resonate with viewers. He moved back to New York in 2016 after Trump won the nomination, expecting to be appearing on a weekly basis during the election. However, Lorne Michaels decided instead to go with Alec Baldwin's impression, since it more effectively captured the contemporary Trump.[6]

Other work

In the late 1980s, Hammond gained fame for his impersonations of Elmer Fudd and other Looney Tunes characters in the comedy single "Wappin'." The song was popular enough with Dr. Demento listeners to be included on the show's 20th-anniversary compilation.

~~

In the summer of 2007, Hammond made his Broadway theatre debut, playing the role of Vice Principal Douglas Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. In 2009, Hammond had a guest starring role on the FX drama Damages. The same summer, Hammond appeared with Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, and Donald Trump in an Oreo commercial, where he does an impression of Trump.[9]

We're going to look at DH and AB a bit more in the next comment, this one is running out of space. There's a few things amiss with DH's situation, I think.