so i was surfing looking for BBQ stuff and was on this site that sells slow cookers. On the left is a Flash thing where a dude in a cowboy hat pops up and he's your cheesy host of the website. He introduces himself as "Grant" and I look at the video for 10 seconds and I'm thinking this guy looks familiar - but I can't think from where, maybe a soap opera.
Then it hits me, the oldest son from Eight is Enough lol I go google to see if I'm right and yep, the guy's real name is Grant.
so you're in your 20's, great looking dude and you're on a big network TV show at a time when being on a network TV show was huge since cable TV was in its infancy, probably dating your pick of women, making big money - fast forward 30 years and you're in your 50's and the mascot on an Internet website selling BBQ equipment
http://www.aceofheartsbbq.com/index.html