Once again, it’s time for the Friday Five. This week the theme is “fame.” Mind you, since I work in the “entertainment biz” I may have a different view of fame from that of most regular folks.
- If you could eat dinner with and “get to know” one famous person (living or dead), who would you choose? – Groucho Marx. At least, that’s who I’d choose right now. Another day I might pick someone else. And this is assuming that “get to know” just means what it says and not something snarky.
- Has the death of a famous person ever had an effect on you? Who was it and how did you feel? – I tend to experience a mild mourning for certain key entertainers, such as at the recent passing of Chuck Jones. I wouldn’t say that I’ve ever felt an ‘effect’ from such a death, however.
- If you could BE a famous person for 24 hours, who would you choose? – What is this, the John Malkovich question? Seriously… I don’t want to be some other famous person. I want to be famous in my own right.
- Do people ever tell you that you look like someone famous? Who? – No, I tend to get the “you remind me of someone I used to go to school with” thing instead. Maybe some day other people will remind someone of me, instead.
- Have you ever met anyone famous? – First, define “famous.” I work in radio, so I’ve met any number of famous, semi-famous and “locally famous” people. I had my picture taken with Lindsey Buckingham; that’s probably the most notable “famous event” in my life to date.