Who do you LEAST get? Who is the least talented hack ever propped up on the world stage and rewarded for their schtick?
A couple of ground rules. Let’s omit “celebrity” criminals and/or politicians, or the list will be endless. Let’s restrict this to people who are legally paid to do whatever it is they do so badly.
And I grant an immediate Lifetime Achievement Award to Ed Wood, who gained the lion’s share of his celebrityhood fpr being so incredibly bad.
Are there more Ed Woods out there?
I’ve always had a special place in my heart for the two world’s greatest no-talent bimbos, Charo and Melanie Griffith.
I always thought Ricki Lake deserved a special lavel of hell among talk show hosts.
Chevy Chase is the least funny celebrity commedian ever, IMHO. And he’s down their on the talk show host list too.
In Charo’s defense (and there’s a trio of words I never imagined myself typing), she is a genuinely talented guitarist. That’s not what she’s famous for, but it indicates she has something a little more going for her than, say, Anna Nicole Smith or Pia Zadora.
I second this nomination. What a worthless excuse for a human being. Is it her vapid quotes? Her vacuous stare? Her unearned wealth? What do people see in this…oh, I can’t say it, but I want to.
Nicole Ritchie is a hundred times worse since she’s famous for hanging out with Paris Hilton. How bad is it when you’re a parasite’s parasite?
William Hung, although his fifteen minutes are finally up, really drove me fucking insane at the height of his popularity even though I didn’t watch much TV at all during the time. I was so sick of hearing his name that I thought I was going to snap.
And Jessica Simpson. I’m not sure if her vapidness is an act or not and don’t know which answer would scare me more. Either way, I don’t get the appeal.
I also don’t get Ashlee Simpson. At least I think that’s her name. Jessica Simpson’s sister. When my sister was here for my wedding, she made me watch Ashlee Simpson’s reality show on MTV. Thank God we no longer have cable here. As far as I can tell, she rode her sister’s coattails into fame, then complains that she doesn’t want people to think she’s in any way like her sister.
Ummm, no. Charo is a respected guitarist who has rated very high in the Flamenco category in the Guitar Player Magazine* readers’ poll. She may act like a bimbo, but she is very far from being a no-talent bimbo.
As much as I hate to admit I know this Pia Zadora has a very strong and quite good singing voice. She actually kind of sounds like a sober Judy Garland. Hey! I know what you smartasses are thinking and it’s not true! Mongo straight! Now if that makes up for Santa Clause vs. The Martians or The Lonely Lady is another discussion.
Anna? Well she at least used to have yabbos worth of fame IMVHO.
Paris Hilton gives other skanks a bad name, X[sup]2[/sup] for Nicole. Pauley Shore, his mom owned a NYC comedy club.
I have to disagree with Conan O’Brian, he’s been a comedy writer for some time. Ed Wood was never famous in his lifetime, only a minor cult figure until Tim Burton’s biopic.
I have to disagree with the Conan O’Brien nomination, as well. Aside from his show, he’s done far too much great work being a writer. Simpsons and SNL, that’s pretty prestigious in the comedy-writing world, I’d say
I don’t always laugh at the skits on the show (but I don’t laugh at Letterman’s skits, either) but I think he’s great with the guests. And props for that hair.
