John Elden Gibbons is the grandson of the writer and actor Euell Gibbons of Grape-Nuts cereal fame. John first appeared on a cereal commercial with his grandfather. His first movie role was as a walk-on extra in the James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever, while living in Las Vegas. "Welcome to Rockbottom" is a stand-alone pilot-style short film. Stan and Betty Rockbottom are characters created by John and Teresa Gibbons for their paper log (Plog /FanZine - "Rockbottom Tattler": 3000 units circulated to date).