Local celebrity returns for visit after time in Hollywood
By Marigold Substance
| Features Reporter
Local high school graduate turned Hollywood
star Greg O'Neil will be returning for a visit next weekend.
Few Odyssey kids can forget his distinctive yet enigmatic catch phrase as
Justin Nutt-"I'm gonna call the exterminator!" O'Neil starred on "The Nutt
House" for all of it's nine episodes. O'Neil, who grew up in Odyssey,
endeared himself to Odyssey adults and children alike with that catch phrase
and his awkward yet charming character on the short-lived sitcom.
O'Neil hasn't worked on television drama since "The Nutt House" was
cancelled more than two years ago, but he has done commercials for several
local outlets, including a pest control company in Idaho. Erin Starling,
O'Neil's agent, said the actor would be auditioning for the upcoming Novacom
reality show Real Crimes, which shows reenactments of felonies from the
perspective of innocent bystanders.
O'Neil himself couldn't be reached for comment. However, Connie Kendall, one
of his fellow graduates, announced that O'Neil would be stopping in at
Whit's End for anyone who wanted to chat with him or get an autograph.
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article originally appeared in "The Odyssey Times," a
special fictional newspaper produced by Focus on the Family to promote
Adventures in Odyssey.
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