It's pretty rare to be strolling down the street and run into a familiar face. But, it's probably even rarer when it's the face of someone you grew up seeing on your TV screen.

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But Marquette, Michigan had a special guest earlier this week walking their streets, and even considering moving in to the neighborhood: Josh Peck.

Who is Josh Peck?

Josh Peck is an actor who got his career started at a young age in the Peck began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with a role on The Amanda Show. Later, he went on to co-star in the very popular Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh.

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He later had roles in the remake of Turner & Hooch, and more recently is starring in the Hulu spinoff show, How I Met Your Father.

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Why was Josh Peck in Marquette, Michigan?

Josh Peck first teased us that he was spending a day or two in the UP with a post from a very infamous game store in downtown Marquette.


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Then later in a video that was posted to his snapchat, then later picked up by the popular instagram account YooperLad, Josh shared that he is in town to do a speaking engagement at Northern Michigan University.

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(To which he says "They're sensitive when you don't say it right" and then, says it wrong.)   In the video, you see Josh strolling down Lakeshore Boulevard in Marquette.

 

 

 

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But hey, maybe he'll stick around past his speaking engagement at NMU. He says, "When I go places like this, I get on Zillow and I think: 'yeah, forever. I can do this'.

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Okay Josh, we'll hold you to that. Wed'd be happy to find a place for you if you're serious about it, even after seeing the snow.

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