# What Celebrity Should Call It Quits? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084 "2003-10-28T19:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/41 "2003-10-30T06:06:59Z")
Oops, forgot Shane McMahon and Test. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/42 "2003-10-30T07:19:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gadfly \* > \*\*SNIP > > Courtney. Love. \*\* Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/43 "2003-10-30T14:28:29Z")
Am I wrong, or have we gotten to the point where we’ve decided that _every_ celebrity should call it quits? Not that I disagree, mind you 😉 ---
**Author:** ![slu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@slu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slu)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/44 "2003-10-30T14:40:56Z")
I don’t dislike Dave Grohl. In fact, when I saw him on the Dennis Miller Live show on HBO a while back, he was quite funny. I’d drink beers with him anyday. However, his music is awful. The Foo Fighters currently rank as my second most hated band (U2 will have that title forever) and I wish that he would stop with that noise he calls music. If the arguement is about celebs that peaked and should quit, then there are a lot of names in this thread that qualify. Oh, and Colin Quinn is funny. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/45 "2003-10-30T14:50:05Z")
I agree about Courtney Love. I’ve always been a fan of her music, but her antics are ridiculous, patricularly when you consider that she’s 39 years old and has an 11 year old daughter (that she lost custody of because of her behavior.) Isn’t it time she grew up already? When you get to a point where you’re more famous for your scandals than you are for your actual talents, it’s time to give it up. On that note I’d also like to agree that Michael Jackson should have been gone years ago. In fact, I think he’s an alien. Yup, back when he did that Pepsi commercial where he caught on fire, the real Michael was abducted and replaced with an alien. Alien Michael is coming closer and closer to revealing his true form. In just a few more years, we will learn the Truth. Dave Grohl’s my favorite musician. I hope he doesn’t call it quit for many, many more years. ---
**Author:** ![beajerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@beajerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beajerry)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/46 "2003-10-30T17:22:12Z")
I second Colin Quinn-- the “Black Hole of Comedy”. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/47 "2003-10-30T18:23:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jinx \* > \*\*You fail to recognize his comedic genius in an attempt to bring values back into the American home. He is the ONLY one out there trying to do so while the rest turn prime time into smut just to earn ratings.Bill Cosby is the Hans Christian Anderson of our times exposing folks from all walks of life about how their “royal garb” (i.e. all the shenannigans and cajoling, in this instance) to make us think we’re so “cool” - is simply butt-naked garbage! > > The man has more talent in his pinky than most of Hollywood combined, IMHO. \*\* C’mon, Bill Cosby a “genius”. His show was no diferent from everything out there at the same time i.e. Growing Pains, Family Ties, Full House. And if he wanted to do a “real” show about american family life he should have taken a clue from Roseanne; messy house, mom works at a diner, dad is a mechanic. Even Al Bundy was a shoe salesman. But Cosby had an ego and cast himself as a doctor with the lawyer wife. Something all familys can relate to? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/48 "2003-10-30T18:36:20Z")
I don’t think Bill Cosby is funny at all, and I saw him live in concert last year. And I’ve never been able to sit through a single episode of his show, not when I was a kid in the '80s, and certainly not now. IMO, he might be THE most overrated person in the entertainment industry. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/49 "2003-10-30T18:58:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Big Bad Voodoo Lou \* > \*\*I don’t think Bill Cosby is funny at all, and I saw him live in concert last year. And I’ve never been able to sit through a single episode of his show, not when I was a kid in the '80s, and certainly not now. IMO, he might be THE most overrated person in the entertainment industry. \*\* You must not have children then. cause he sure can make a parent laugh at the stupid stuff they do! I love when he gets up and feeds them chocolate cake for breakfast! or When his wife tells everyone in the delivery room that Bill’s parents wern’t married! or When the statement is made “the beatings will now begin” But I will agree that Bill has reached his peak and it might be time to retire. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/50 "2003-10-30T19:12:26Z")
Nope, no kids, not now and hopefully never. And you’re right, I’m not really Cosby’s target audience. But they booked him for Gator Growl, our university’s largest pep rally, where he performed for thousands of college-age kids, most of whom were drunk or worse. (I wasn’t, but it might have helped my enjoyment.) He just wasn’t right for the event, talking about being a parent and dealing with his kids the whole time. I’m a huge fan of Stephen Wright’s stand-up, but I understand he would’ve been booed off the stage by that raucous crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/51 "2003-10-30T19:36:06Z")
I can name three people who should call it quits: Oprah. ---
**Author:** ![Stover9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Stover9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stover9)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/52 "2003-10-30T19:37:39Z")
Sharon Stone Liam/Noel Gallhager ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/53 "2003-10-30T19:42:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa-go-Blind \* > \*\*But why? He only gets better looking! \*\* Spader has the oddest roles. I mean, looking at his filmography, this guy seems to revel in all those odd sex movies. The last movie I saw him in was “Secretary” and I thought, “Eh, he should probably give it a rest.” ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/54 "2003-10-30T22:09:56Z")
Gigantor Aunt Jemima Sir Francis Drake That Guy With That Dog Ken’s mom (honorable mention) ---
**Author:** ![Read\_Icculus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Read\_Icculus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Read_Icculus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/55 "2003-10-30T23:10:11Z")
Chris Berman. One more “Back, Back, Back, Back…” or “He , could, go all, the way!” and I just might hang myself. ---
**Author:** ![CakeOrDeath666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CakeOrDeath666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CakeOrDeath666)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/56 "2003-10-31T00:19:08Z")
lol, this is like heaven for me - damn celebrities. Justin Timberlake Britney Spears Madonna Christina Aguilera Bill Cosby Michael Jackson John Travolta Kelly, Jack & Sharon Osbourne Elton John Jordan And I’d like to say I’m amazed that no one has mentioned David Blaine! He should replace Dave Grohl. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/57 "2003-10-31T22:09:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philster \* > \*\*I can name three people who should call it quits: > > Oprah. \*\* I second that. Along with: Kate Hudson Whoopi Goldberg Ellen Degeneres Dr. Phil ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/58 "2003-10-31T23:42:50Z")
Jack Black (_who_ thinks this poser is funny??) Tom Green (same question) John Madden (he should go back to coaching the Raiders) Bill Callahan (would make a better golf coach) Madonna (Jumped the shark with her Sex book) Eminem Fifty Cent Anyone else who speaks instead of sings to music (I could care less if you rhyme. _Sing_, dammit!) Bill O’Reilly Sean Hannity Anne Coulter and did anyone yet mention Karl Rove? Oh, sorry. He’s not a celebrity, he’s an evil genius. My mistake. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/59 "2003-11-01T00:22:14Z")
Phil Collins. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084/60 "2003-11-01T05:53:06Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by bughunter_ > **Jack Black (who thinks this poser is funny??)** Me. I must be the one keeping him in the limelight, sorry 😃 As for the OP? Noone in particular… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-should-call-it-quits/210084.md?page=2)