People are from here!

Today, we are all with James Woods.

Oh, joyous day! Just in case you haven’t heard the news, it’s official: Rhode Island’s own James Woods was nominated for an Emmy for his groundbreaking performance as Richard Fuld in the HBO miniseries Too Big to Fail. Which I totally saw. And am familiar with… you know, it being about banks? And the money, with the bailout and the things? I think? Yes, well. Moving on.

What’s that? You say you didn’t know that James Woods is from Rhode Island? It’s true! In fact, other people – several, even – are from Rhode Island. Sometimes people who are from Rhode Island leave Rhode Island, and then they do things you might hear about! And they’re not all embarrassing, either. There’s A.O. Scott from the New York Times; The Today Show’s Meredith Vieira; indie darlings Deer Tick; singers (and stepsisters!) Kristin Hersh and Tonya Donnelly;  SNL announcer Don Pardo; and the Farrelly brothers. John Cafferty, he of the Beaver Brown Band. And those are just the ones who are still alive! H.P. Lovecraft was from Rhode Island, and so was Nelson Eddy (look him up, children). 

Know who's not from Rhode Island? Seth MacFarlane. Nope. He's from Connecticut. Although he does provide the voice of Rhode Island on a regular basis. (It sounds just like Brian.)