# What celebrities would fit in best (or worst) with the culture of the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551 "2008-03-16T14:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/41 "2008-03-17T12:34:43Z")
Thomas Paine, I think, would be a popular poster. I also think that he’d have public meltdowns about once every three months, and Pit threads directed towards him continually. But he’d be awfully popular all the same. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/42 "2008-03-17T12:41:11Z")
Robert Fulghum would be good. Kinky Friedman would be great! Don Imus not so much. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/43 "2008-03-17T12:46:52Z")
I think Adam Carolla would be good, if he can type as fast as he rants. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/44 "2008-03-17T13:35:48Z")
I think that its unfair that I cant nominate Squidward,he’s as "real"as any dead person. Also I nominate Ian M.Banks and Pterry. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/45 "2008-03-17T15:04:35Z")
Stephen Fry. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/46 "2008-03-17T15:07:17Z")
I’m imaging the Phelps clan. And we thought Jack Dean Tyler was a one-note poster ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/47 "2008-03-17T21:39:56Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life] I think that its unfair that I cant nominate Squidward,he’s as "real"as any dead person. Also I nominate Ian M.Banks and Pterry. [/QUOTE] Squidward my @ss! OPTIMUS PRIME! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/48 "2008-03-17T21:52:25Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I’m imaging the Phelps clan. And we thought Jack Dean Tyler was a one-note poster [/QUOTE] I assume you mean they’d be among the worst at fitting in. I can’t imagine Phred getting past a week even as a guest. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/49 "2008-03-17T22:05:54Z")
[QUOTE=singular1] I think Adam Carolla would be good, if he can type as fast as he rants. [/QUOTE] The trouble is that he’s almost functionally illiterate. He can read and write, but like Toonces the cat who could drive a car, just not very well. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/50 "2008-03-17T22:27:58Z")
Do we _have_ any celebrities here? Obviously there could be some that don’t reveal themselves (I don’t think I’d be able to resist, but I’m not famous). ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/51 "2008-03-17T22:30:48Z")
I hope Anthony Bourdain never joins. I’d get myself banned by harassing him about what a dick I think he is. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/52 "2008-03-18T05:52:57Z")
Someone possibly below the celebrity radar, [Adam Busch](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0123951/). He could bask in the Whedon/Buffy worship to begin with. I’ve also seen his band (Common Rotation) a couple times. Something about the songs (who else does a They Might Be Giants cover) and on-stage banter makes me think he has the right sort of wit to join in here. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/53 "2008-03-18T06:25:15Z")
Good: Tom Hanks Spider Robinson James McMurtry ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/54 "2008-03-18T11:53:16Z")
Bad: Camille Paglia Hunter S. Thompson Norman Mailer ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/55 "2008-03-18T12:53:27Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] Do we _have_ any celebrities here? Obviously there could be some that don’t reveal themselves (I don’t think I’d be able to resist, but I’m not famous). [/QUOTE] Weird Al Yankovic has admitted to lurking here. There was a thread about it, but I can’t find it cause search is off. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/56 "2008-03-18T15:33:45Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] Do we _have_ any celebrities here? [/QUOTE] How about me? I’m a legend in my own mind. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/57 "2008-03-18T18:36:08Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl] Do we _have_ any celebrities here? Obviously there could be some that don’t reveal themselves (I don’t think I’d be able to resist, but I’m not famous). [/QUOTE] We have a member named **jumblejim** who wrote a staff report on Gerge Reeves, his suicide and the movie Hollywoodland. In real life he is [Jim Beaver.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064769/) Doesn’t post much or at all. The only posts I remember are replies to his staff report. Can’t verify of course, no search. [Phil Plait](http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html) used to post here but does not any more. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/58 "2008-03-18T18:40:13Z")
[QUOTE=singular1] I think Adam Carolla would be good, if he can type as fast as he rants. [/QUOTE] I think he and Sarah Silverman would probably get banned. As would Howard Stern. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/59 "2008-03-18T21:23:27Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Bad: Camille Paglia Hunter S. Thompson Norman Mailer [/QUOTE] Why Thompson? He’d be classic in the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551/60 "2008-03-18T22:30:02Z")
Best: [Larry Gonick.](http://www.larrygonick.com/) And seconding George Carlin. Worst: Bill O’Reilly. (He couldn’t cut anybody’s mike!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441551.md?page=4)