History Main / CelebrityStar

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* ''Series/NightCourt'': Mel Torme showed up in multiple episodes. Apparently, Judge Harry was an enormous Torme fan.

* ''Series/ChicoAndTheMan'': A few of the most notable episodes featured guest stars: [[Creator/JoseFeliciano José Feliciano]] (who performed the show's main theme), Creator/SammyDavisJr (who appeared in just about every sitcom) and Tony Orlando (one of Prinze's closest friends).

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Aimee Mann in Season 7. "I hate playing vampire towns."

* ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' went through a phase of having guest stars to walk in, usually people on the downward slope from their peak fame but who were, unaccountably, full of desire to live in Queens with the Heffernans as their neighbors. First Doug and Carrie got [[Creator/LouFerrigna The Incredible Hulk]] as a neighbor. A series or two later they got [[BoyBand DonnyOsmond]].

* ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' went through a phase of having guest stars to walk in, usually people on the downward slope from their peak fame but who were, unaccountably, full of desire to live in Queens with the Heffernans as their neighbors. First Doug and Carrie got [[Creator/LouFerigna The Incredible Hulk]] as a neighbor. A series or two later they got DonnyOsmond.

* ''Series/TheRevolution'': Creator/ToniBraxton and Music/DollyParton appeared on this show.

** Music/{{KISS}} appeared in one episode focused on a series of their concerts, and integrated themselves into the Back Story. Gene Simmons and Lois had "history" from high school. And by history, I mean lots of sex.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Does this from time time, but also starred musician Chuck Mangione as a semi-regular.

* ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'': Nancy Reagan on a VerySpecialEpisode.

* ''WesternAnimation/MaxSteel'': This show is complicated; it has episodes guest-starring Tony Hawk and Jeremy [=McGrath=]. As their episodes were [[ExtremeSportExcusePlot Xtreme Sports Xcuse Plots,]] and series protagonist Josh [=McGrath=] was a high-level competitor who would logically be in the same circles, this doesn't seem to fit at first, until one remembers that Josh left competition because of PowerIncontinence giving him an unfair advantage. These episodes take place long after the show had started focusing exclusively on Josh's secret-agent career and as such briefly go back to the athletics theme of the beginning. Matt Hoffman's episode, and Jeremy [=McGrath's=] ''second'' episode, take place at a point in the series when Josh returns to active competition and much of the show is once again taking place on the sports circuit, so they're not departures from the norm.

* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' and ''WesternAnimaton/TheSimpsons'': Creator/MarkHamill has guest starred in a few series, such as these two. Many instances include some AdamWesting.

** And, oddly, Creator/JamesWoods. And, even more oddly, Radio/RushLimbaugh.

* ''Series/MasterChefAustralia'' is no stranger to bringing in various celebrity chefs as mentors or guest judges, but in one of the Twist Week's episodes, they brought their very first non-chef celebrity in the form of Music/KatyPerry. This comes as a massive shock to all the contestants, who despite having met and cooked for various well-known as respectable chefs, had never cooked for a celebrity of her caliber. Pretty much everyone was rendered StarstruckSpeechless by her arrival (especially Reece, who is a big fan).

* ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' met Creator/RobinWilliams in one episode as well.

* Just about every {{Pinball}} game named after a musician or rock band invokes this trope. Some examples include ''Elvis, [[Pinball/{{ACDC}} AC/DC]], Creator/DollyParton, Pinball/{{Metallica}},'' and ''Pinball/{{KISS}}.''
* ''Pinball/RedAndTedsRoadShow'', with country music star Carlene Carter playing the voice of "Red".

* ''Series/{{Noob}}'' manged to get a known French video game tester named Marcus during its third season that mostly happens after its very first WhamEpisode. The episode featuring the tester evaluating the [[FictionalVideoGame fictional]] {{MMORPG}} in which the story is set ended up being a BreatherEpisode in the middle of an arc that was otherwise a low morale point for the main characters.

* There aren't many celebs who've played themselves on ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''... but among those who have? Music/DollyParton and Creator/MrT.