{"id":2271,"date":"2009-10-28T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2009-10-28T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T12:45:00","slug":"william-atherton-signed-for-guest-spot-on-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2009\/10\/28\/william-atherton-signed-for-guest-spot-on-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"William Atherton Signed For Guest Spot On LOST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/WilliamAtherton.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Twitter was flooded with guesses to the identity of the newly signed guest star on LOST for this season.  Many people, including myself guessed Anthony Peck.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that it&#8217;s really William Atherton.  How did the hints get us there?<\/p>\n<p>The clues: Die Hard, Peck and Barr<\/p>\n<p>William Atherton played the obnoxious reporter in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000O77SRC?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=magiclamp-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000O77SRC\">Die Hard<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=magiclamp-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B000O77SRC\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>He played Walter Peck in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000E33W1W?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=magiclamp-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000E33W1W\">Ghostbusters<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=magiclamp-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B000E33W1W\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>He also played Dr. Barr in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255F0%255F4%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Ddesperate%2520housewives%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Ddvd%26sprefix%3DDesp&#038;tag=magiclamp-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957\">Desperate Housewives<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=magiclamp-20&#038;l=ur2&#038;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>I really look forward to this.  He was great in Die Hard, Ghost Busters, and in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000065U1Q?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=magiclamp-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000065U1Q\">Real Genius<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=magiclamp-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B000065U1Q\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter was flooded with guesses to the identity of the newly signed guest star on LOST for this season. Many people, including myself guessed Anthony Peck. Turns out that it&#8217;s really William Atherton. How did the hints get us there? 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