These are beautiful, and I wasn’t aware you killed the thread.
Anderson Cooper
Shirley Hemphill
Surely that can’t be Margaret Whiting.
Or Dan Rather
Just curious: are these radio and TV types? NPR even?
Harry Reasoner, maybe
Diane Ladd isn’t, though
All can (or could be) currently accessed on TV, except Cannibismound and Flossworker.*
All correct except for Margaret.
- Hint – think George Eliot.
Thanks for the Eliot hint. Must be Glenn Miller?
How about hints for Threebrennans, Fiends, and Carbohydrate?
Think chemically singular, chemically-dependent and simply chemically.
Glenn Miller is correct.
Margaret Cho (C-H-O are the symbols for carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, respectively)
Barbara Walters (Walter Brennan and his two clones)
Thanks, Sternvogel. The little chemistry I had back in 1957 was not up to the task. Want to expand on the Brennans concept?
Both correct.
Zeldar, I was going for the idea of a singular Brennan would be Walter; Threebrennans would be Walters.
New:
Eleanor Putonatint.
Nice work with the Brennans! I’m just slow, I guess.
Donahue?
Does Shirley Fiends have to do with Addicts? Or being hooked? This may be another Shirley who has yet to meet me. 
Donahue is correct.
It’s Shirley Jones. What do you have against Shirleys? Actually, you got Hemphill, which I wasn’t sure you’d be on to.
I had another one I jotted down last night but forgot to bring the scrap of paper.
Are there any outstanding?
There may be others outstanding, but here’s a new batch with more stretching required. Not that they’re any harder to guess, but I’m relaxing my efforts to be one-step-away which was driving my earlier choices.
Bob Made-us-pay
Lew Total-ash
Peter Tombs
Calvin Mobius
Jesse Lift-daughter
Elton Utility
Sophia Cheap-place
Stone Plymouth (both names)
Ricky Hammerlock
Jimmy Dromedary
Sarah Horseperson
John Laundry
Gabriel Incinerate
Stephen Hairless-victory
Dudley Not-as-much
Peter Shakers
Faye Dismisses-Bill.
Jackie Happy-Offspring.
Will Metalworker.
Calvin & Choice-Name.
I had another in mind for your Wa(l)sh, but that’s a cool one, too!
Other guesses good.
Faye Dunaway
Jackie Gleason
Will Smith
Calvin and Hobbes (Hobson?)
Don Tangles.
Knotts, but I tried real hard to make it Rickles!
Good work on mine. I assume you’ll give Sarah another shot?
As for Lew and my age, I assume you’ve seen Airplane! and I really don’t recall any reference to Lew except as Alcindor there. He was already Kareem by then, right? I wanted him to get into tennis so he could be Ace Kareem. Or maybe even into rap.
Still hanging:
Made-us-pay
Mobius
Jesse
Ricky
Need clues?
Here are a few with BOTH names mangled:
Svelte Selections
Loo Foot-sore
Hyena Attacker
Punch Lumber-smooth
Poor-soft Cog
Stroke Barrier-town
Frozen Sphere
Yes, please.
Sarah Onepointsixonekilometers.
Don SpiffApple.
Rupert Pulverize.
Michael Tigris.
Steve Imaginaryrabbit.
Daniel Harvardsister.
Jane Viewextra.
Jordan Shavings.
Arden Jarhead.
Gary Bountyhunter.
Emma Holmessidekick.
Okay. First the clues:
Bob Made-us-pay – (sports)
Calvin Mobius – (math/fashion)
Jesse Lift-daughter – (well, not daughter so much)
Ricky Hammerlock – (unfortunate rock celebrity)
Then, a few shots:
Sarah Miles
Steve Harvey
Jane Seymour
Emily Watson (don’t know Emma but I assume there must be one)
Jesse Jackson
Ricky Nelson
Ah, the clue helped – Bob Costas (cost us)
And so did that hint – Calvin Klein, who could drink from Klein’s bottle, but not a Klein bottle!
Sarah Silverman