# What is it about Pamela Anderson? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106 "2003-06-20T05:32:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/1 "2003-06-20T05:32:02Z")
She has no discernable talent that I can see other than the ability to be a high level groupie, give hummers in moving vehicles on land and sea and the ability to support the massive synthetic pontoons on her chest perched atop her little bird like legs. Why does this silicone freakaziod keep getting work? ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/2 "2003-06-20T05:36:41Z")
Ya know…I keep asking myself that, and have yet to come up with an answer other than “Damn, there must be a lot of producers who are just mesmerized by the boobies.” She used to be pretty cute when she was on “Home Improvement.” Her eyebrows were in the right place and everything. ---
**Author:** ![BadBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BadBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBaby)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/3 "2003-06-20T05:43:29Z")
So it’s not just me who’s wondered about this. And don’t forget her mouth-- her lips are drawn on in no apparent relationship to their actual shape or size. It’s mesmerizing, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/4 "2003-06-20T05:43:56Z")
I heard today on the radio that she may be back with Tommy Lee. Anyone wondering why she was with him in the first place should check out their porn video. Here’s hoping Kid Rock has good self-esteem… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/5 "2003-06-20T05:44:03Z")
I think she’s just creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/6 "2003-06-20T05:49:45Z")
[here’s](http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/dailydish/) the latest scoop from today’s Chronicle. Story 2, I think. I was there to read the Demi/Ashton/Bruce story, and unfortunately kept scrolling. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/7 "2003-06-20T05:54:54Z")
My theory. I remember when I first saw her. She was playmate of the month in Playboy and she was absolutely stunning. One of those perfect girls next door types. Those looks got her jobs which led to **Baywatch**. That show was one of those shows that the tabloids just ate up and that brought her fame. That then led to one of those “she’s well known which gets her work which helps her stay well known which helps her get work which …” Although her fame does seem to be spiralling downwards since Baywatch. Ahh if only she stayed that sweet little playmate. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/8 "2003-06-20T06:07:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > **… the ability to support the massive synthetic pontoons on her chest…** There’s your answer. ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/9 "2003-06-20T06:26:27Z")
I think it’s a variation of the “type-casting” principle. To some extent, people who are cast in a certain type of role become identified with the traits of that role. If you get yourself cast as “hot girl” enough times, with enough publicity, people will begin to think of you that way, whether you are or not. She has been DEFINED by the great publicity machine as being really attractive. Thus, people figure she must BE attractive. Peer pressure helps to convince them of this, when so many other people are talking about how hot she is. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/10 "2003-06-20T07:40:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*She has no discernable talent that I can see other than the ability to be a high level groupie, give hummers in moving vehicles on land and sea and the ability to support the massive synthetic pontoons on her chest perched atop her little bird like legs. > > Why does this silicone freakaziod keep getting work? \*\* Hear, hear. I thought this very thing after seeing an ad for this new animated series she is helping to make called “Stripperella.” I think she deserved a bit of the attention she received from “Baywatch.” That show wasn’t exactly Masterpiece Theater, but as vacuous pop culture it defined a genre. Unfortunately, she hasn’t participated in anything even _that_ well done since. Now she just keeps getting closer to self-parody. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/11 "2003-06-20T11:35:51Z")
She reminds me of an evil Barbie doll. I’m always suspicious of the mental health of people who look so plastic- I mean, what does she see when she looks in the mirror? Is it the same thing I see? Is it worth the money? Other people- Michael Jackson, Joan Rivers (her recent commercial scared me), and the cafeteria lady at my work (shiver). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/12 "2003-06-20T11:59:37Z")
Before she was famous she was quite hot. I have seen pictures of her from the time just before she was discovered and she had a very sweet look about her. She has lost that now. I’d still sleep with her. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/13 "2003-06-20T12:58:05Z")
Didn’t she have those bodacious ta-tas reduced a couple years back? I think she’s within “human” range these days. Once she was quoted as saying she LIKES looking like a Barbie Doll. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/14 "2003-06-20T13:31:08Z")
I used to work with her cousin. Seriously. She said she’s pretty cool. I’ll believe her but I won’t comment on her acting ability as I’ve never watched an episode of anything other than the odd Home Improvement eons ago. But, from what I have seen she is so popular because she in Blond, Skinny, Huge tits and can suck a hog like a champ. ---
**Author:** ![Alcibiades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cab0a1/32.png) [@Alcibiades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alcibiades)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/15 "2003-06-20T13:47:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maureen \* > \*\*She used to be pretty cute when she was on “Home Improvement.” \*\* Yeah, she was. Once she reached the glorious heights of Baywatch, it all seemed to go downhill. VIP is a parody of itself. My wife always points out photos of her in tabloid gossip magazines. She looks pretty haggard nowadays, without the benefit of airbrushing. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/16 "2003-06-20T14:02:33Z")
I agree that she’s creepy looking. By the standards of Hollywood beauty, she’s ugly - you could names dozens of prettier, sexier actresses with ease. She is also, from what I’ve heard of her in interviews, somewhat emotionally disturbed. But for some reason she’s become an icon of sluttiness. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/17 "2003-06-20T15:12:23Z")
She used to be so pretty, the image of a fresh-faced outdoorsy Midwestern farm girl. Gingham shirt, cut-off shorts, all that blonde hair, and a sweet pretty face and beautiful smile. Now her face is hard to find under the 3 pounds of make-up and she does, in fact, look like two balloons on top of a pair of chopsticks. Aside from her chest, she’s shockingly, grossly skinny. And since she really doesn’t have any acting talent, I don’t see why she keeps getting hired either. It’s got to be the perceived slut factor. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/18 "2003-06-20T16:19:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*She has no discernable talent that I can see other than the ability to be a high level groupie, give hummers in moving vehicles on land and sea and the ability to support the massive synthetic pontoons on her chest perched atop her little bird like legs. > > Why does this silicone freakaziod keep getting work? \*\* You know, this is interesting- here our OP first posts the answer- then asks the question.😛 ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/19 "2003-06-20T16:59:21Z")
> [@](#): > > But for some reason she’s become an icon of sluttiness. Gee, I wonder why _that_ is… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106/20 "2003-06-20T17:13:01Z")
But there are other actresses who could fill the role AND are better looking. Why Pamela Anderson? There’s got to be a million better-looking bimbos, and I’m sure a few hundred thousand of them are better actors. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-about-pamela-anderson/183106.md?page=2)