Especially in these times, people shouldn’t engage themselves in the failed religion of Celebrity Worship. These “celebrities” feces does indeed stink. Many of them are retrobates, deviants and come from one “select” portion of our population. They should be cast out and cast down. They are monkeys that we should throw our dimes to and they should dance for us. Once they’ve danced they need to shut up and wait for the next dime to be thrown.

People: OK. I hear you, but I disagree for two reasons.

1) In tough times, what’s wrong with having a little escapism and remembering about the celebrities we’ve seen? I can’t imagine.

2) Your comment is off-topic.

It’s only off-topic in your opinion. These blogs are not the exclusive domain of one mindset. However that’s how they are regulated. It’s okay to remember a movie or play that you enjoyed but people are encouraged to lose site that the actor is just playing a role. They are only “acting” like someone else. That does not make them more valuable to society than a policeman, a plumber, a carpenter, etc…. However, American society is encouraged to treat actors, musicians, athletes… as talent on loan from God and they are not. They are just merely actors or someone trained to catch or throw a ball.

When i was about 7yrs old, i met Bob Hope. My aunt owned a restaurant and my mom and cousin took me along when they brought Bob Hope food from the restaurant to the Chase where he was staying. I still have the picture of him and I. He was bent over and I was giving him a kiss on the cheek. As i got older I realized who Bob Hope actually was. Also, Sally Jessie Raphael came to have dinner at my aunt’s restaurant and I just happened to be there that night so I got my pic taken with her as well. That picture was hung up until my family sold the restaurant.

I think I saw Vickie Newton at Straub’s the other day.

And my own “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” trivia: I have two connections to “The Office” on NBC. I have a friend who was friends with Rashida Jones (Karen) and I have another friend who babysat Jenna Fischer (Pam) as a child.

Also, my father took me to meet Muhammad Ali when I was a kid. I even remember it, even though I could only have been a few years old at the time. It must have been at a gym or something. Ali was in the boxing ring and my father held me up, and Ali shook my hand through the ropes.

I feel sorry for Kurt. Asks a simple question and someone accuses him of celebrity worship. Big difference between worship and asking who you have met.

Last year I met Hulk Hogan out at gateway, that was pretty fun!! He stopped and took pictures with my young children and was very gracious.

People who worship celebrities are the same people who live a false life and are deeply in debt. There are better people in this world to worship…get a life!

To stay on subject; I used to live a block from Arnold Palmer in CA. I have shook hands with Clair McCaskil and John Danforth, and several NFL players, I have been in grocery store lines with hollywood stars of yesteryear, (but cannot recall their names) and spoke breifly with Pat Paulson while waiting in line at the airport in Fort Wayne IN. But I have not recieved any money or fame from those experiences…so WHO CARES?!?!

Too much time is spent by Americans on escapism rather than living their life. Their kids live out their life in violent video games. They buy a scent because it’s hawked by a celebrity. Drink an energy drink because their favorite gangsta rapper is getting a promotional fee. Buy communist chinese made running shoes because a certain athlete is getting a hefty promotional fee. It’s time to get back to basics. These celebrities certainly in the past two decades bring nothing fresh to the table, lip synching their music, movie remakes….. These are shallow, self-interested, shells of human beings. They are not role models. Every Clooney movie is full of “extreme” closeups for “isn’t he pretty?” moments entwined with his horrendously poor acting ability. Clooney is a dork. He’s just emulated because he was born in to wealth. If he were any every man, he’d carry no weight.

I have spent some time with Gina Davis due to a sport that we were both active in. It was a joy to find that she was very down to earth around everyone. I didn’t then, and don’t now worship her or anyone else. Kurt is right though, it’s fun to be around someone that has expanded their horizons farther and in a different direction. Variety is the spice of life and if you choose to exclude some, you are the looser (people shouldn’t). It’s a true shame that some people can’t acknowledge people that are different than themselves. If you limit your experiences with different people, you are truly missing a good part of life.

I’ve found that why so many Americans use escapism is because they are extremely boring people.

I’m certain if I was to have lunch or a brief discussion with some the regular posters here like First Tom and others, that within minutes the coroner would be wheeling me out with a toe tag that says: CAUSE OF DEATH: “Extreme Boredom”