Under the radar connections to Iowa

I've heard stories about the Parson call center. That's funny about Martha Way.

The GoDaddy arrival was rather humorous, because it was a big deal at the time and Parsons made a comment about he was committed to the area....and then located it in Hiawatha. I believe Hiawatha offered some crazy good tax credits to get them. I recall a few newspaper articles critical of the CR city council for letting that happen.
He wanted the moon, and then made CR look 'bad'. He did offer to relocate current employees of GD to the AZ offices tho. I guess some did.
 
I think that's her. Not sure why the Friends thing isn't in there. But I do believe you are correct.
If she had no lines, she might not have been in the credits for Friends, and in cross-reference linking on IMdB Friends would then not appear in HER credits.

I've seen other actors in background stuff on other shows that later become famous. Sometimes they add it to their own credits, sometimes not.
 
Troy Aikman's grandmother lived in Denison.

Dale Hansen was the Cowboys play-by-play announcer for years and was from Logan, Iowa. Troy gave the commencement speech at Logan Magnolia at some point, probably in the early 90s.
 
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The Everly Brothers lived in Shenandoah. There's also a drummer from there, but can't remember what band.
 
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sioux City's Tommy Bolin, who was a hot shot guitar player before his early death, including this song he did as a member of Deep Purple.

 
I have a family member that worked with his dad in Pella. Said he basically dropped out of school at Iowa and moved to Vegas to try to start a band. It didn't sound like his family was very happy with his decision at the time.
It's crazy that they blew up pretty quickly. Looks like they started in 2001 and in 2003 had some huge hits.
 
Keni Richards was the Drummer for the band Autograph. He was born in Des Moines. He passed away in 2017.
Your mention of rock and drummer reminded me of this story. Many have probably read it but it reads like something from a movie.

 
There is a rumor that Bambi Woods star of Debbie Does Dallas moved to the DM area after her brief porn career was over. Anybody recognize her as one of their buddies moms? Nobody knows her real identity.
 
Marcia Wallace from Newhart fame and the Simpson's is from Creston. As is John JR Robinson. He was the drummer on the Thriller album along with the We are the world song.
He was also on the drummer for Eric Clapton's grammy award winning album
 
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For some reason Flava Flav and his chicken place popped into my head. Was there ever an Iowa connection or was that kinda random?
That was a very short blip on the screen. He did have a chicken restaurant in Clinton briefly.
 

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