Oh man. You made friends with him.

Well, it was fun.

Because they make you feel cool.

And hey, I met you.

You are not cool.

I know.

Even when I thought I was, I knew I wasn't't because we are uncool.

Hi, I'm Jim Miller and welcome back to origins chapter 6. Almost Famous Turns 20.

This is episode 2, Cameron Crow unmasked.

Isn't that hard to make us look cool?

In episode one, we shined our imaginary spotlight

on the tricky business of casting the movie.

Now, in episode two, we'll boldly step backwards into the origins of the filmmaker himself.

We'll look at Cameron Crow's childhood, his upbringing, and his professional life before

almost famous.

We'll travel the long road that Cameron traveled, though we'll do it in less time, and

retrace the writing of the script, and of course the re-writing. Kate Hudson,

Francis Big Dorman, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugut and others will help as well.

So as they say in too many movies, let's do this.

Cameron Crow was born on July 13th, 1957 in Palm Springs, California, and was raised in San Diego,

where his father James sold residential real estate and his mother Alice taught sociology and English

literature at the local college. Recognizing the Crow was gifted, his mother

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