Talk:Hal Sparks

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No Pic

No one has a pic to put up? Added Photo request tag.Snoopydance 00:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name

Deleted: "*His mother named him Hal after the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey. (If this is correct, however, it means that there is no basis for Hal's name to end in "III", which would imply that there were two Hal Sparks in the family before him.)"

IMDB.com lists his birth name as Hal Harry Magee Sparks III. It does seem to be conflicting information that his mom named him after HAL 9000 and that his name is "the third". Perhaps he is the third member of his family to have 'Harry Magee' in his name. I would suggest clearing up the confusion before putting the above fact back. Tygartl1 15:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Funniest teenager award...

I found it mentioned on imdb.com, on his resume. Resume and his page and his netglimse page netglimse page Ah! Just found it on tv.com, who says it was bestowed by the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper! tv.com (under summary). Removing fact tag, including note about tv.com and imdb.com.

Hal Spark's Date of Birth

[1] http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/about/performer_detail.cfm?id=2942 states: In 1987 he was named the "Funniest Teenager In Chicago" by the Chicago Sun Times.

[2] http://www.sho.com/site/queer/bio.do?bio=sparks states: At 17, he was named the "Funniest Teenager in Chicago" by the Chicago Sun Times.

[3] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005452/ gives his date of birth as September 25, 1969.

The author of the Wikipedia article, who assumes that every person that graduated high school in June 1989 could not have been older than 17 at graduation, accepts the month and day of the birthday given in [3] but insists the year be 1971. But a birthday of September 25, 1971 would have made Hal 15 or 16 in 1987 when he was named the "Funniest Teenager in Chicago" by the Chicago Sun Times, contradicting [1] and/or [2].

Based on [1] and [2], he must have been 17 in 1987 when he was named the "Funniest Teenager in Chicago" by the Chicago Sun Times. This is consistent with the September 25, 1969 birthdate given by [3].

references

Who's "my father"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Andral (talk • contribs) 23:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Um...Darth Vader??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.47.15.38 (talk) 14:40, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Second City

If you check the Alum list for Second City you will not find Hal in there under mainstage or E.T.C.

Second City is very strict on calling someone an Alumni unless they have performed on mainstage. I would contact Second City Chicago to clarify this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.121.235.245 (talk) 21:12, 12 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Deletion

Deleted ext. ref to site which requires account creation> Mjpresson (talk) 15:49, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"I Love VH1 Talking Head Clip Show Reviews"

Can anyone prove it exists? It sounds delightful but I can't find any reference to it that isn't a mirror of this article.