Celebrities - Friday Five
Sat., April 19, 11:23 AM
This week’s questions are more or less within my experience. Let me make an attempt here.
- Who is your favorite celebrity?
That’s a hard question because sooner or later they all have feet of clay. I choose Jimmy Carter, with Henry Kissinger or Colin Powell as runners-up. - Who is your least favorite?
Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Eminem. Anybody who makes it big with less talent than luck, I guess. - Have you ever met or seen any celebrities in real life?
I need better definitions of both “celebrity” and “see.”- Dr. Eli Goldratt is very well known in his own field(s), and I worked for him for several years.
- I mentioned in a previous post that I went to high school with Senator Joseph Lieberman. But I haven’t spoken with him in several years, and I certainly couldn’t say he’s a close friend.
- In the 1960’s I was fortunate to have tickets for “Yes, I Can,” starring Sammy Davis, Jr., one of my favorite entertainers. What made this different from seeing other well known actors on stage? After the show, Sammy sat on the edge of the stage and chatted with the audience.
- When you spend time in Manhattan, you’re bound to have a few chance sightings. Two that I remember well are Tony Bennett and Madge the Manicurist.
- Would you want to be famous? Why or why not?
How famous? I would certainly like to be respected for my accomplishments – and to be compensated accordingly. But I certainly value my privacy and my control (such as it is) too much to want to be truly famous. - If you had to trade places with a celebrity for a day, who would you choose and why?
One person, for a day? Can I choose the time frame? I would choose Rosie O’Donnell, during the early days of her talk show. She had such huge delight in meeting people she had always admired, in being able to sing whenever she wanted, in being able to use her fame to help people who needed it. The show was wonderful in those days, for the audience enjoyed along with her. But Rosie’s troubles are far more difficult than mine; in the end, I would always rather be me.
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