Re: TV paleo person

[jpoling@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Poling)]

>
> Hey gang: Was watching the show Friends on NBC last night and found
> out that the character Ross apparently is a paleontologist! The odd
> twist is that the actor's name is David Schwimmer. Now there is a member
> (at least used to be) of this list by that name who is also a paleontologist
> down in Georgia that used to study trilobites and has switched to
> dinosaurs and the like (Gee, me too, although I'm still working on
> trilos as well, as David may be). MORE THAN COINCIDENCE????????????
>
> Odd, the TV character has an apartment unlike any paleontologist I know -
> no dinosaurs that I've seen, etc. My house is full of stuff as is the
> house of most I know. Further, the character seems to have a whole
> crap-load of free-time!!!!! Reality bites the dust again.
>
> Anyway, it got me to wondering if there is a Schwimmer connection here
> someplace. Any thoughts, especially from Georgia?
>
> Ralph Chapman, NMNH


   The character Ross on is indeed a Paleontologist, but I believe the
character specializes in primates.  Also, the character more or less became
a paleontologist either on a dare, on a whim, or for no reason at all.

   The actor David Schwimmer, to my knowledge, is just an actor....

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