# Why is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ famous? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566 "2004-04-17T21:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/41 "2004-04-18T21:14:04Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > I can’t believe there’s been on mention of **Carrot Top** yet(or did I miss it?). Exactly where did he come from before those stupid phone commericals started airing? You’ve never seen his stand-up routine? He’s one of the most well-known prop comics around. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/42 "2004-04-18T21:16:53Z")
Steve Guttenberg, at least, can be explained. What with that secret organization calling the shots. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/43 "2004-04-18T23:43:08Z")
Yeah, Carrot Top is a comedian. Much like Gilbert Gottfried, however, you need to take him in small doses or else he gets to be painfully annoying. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/44 "2004-04-19T00:12:05Z")
> [@widdershins](#): > > Dr. Joyce Brothers, a bland psychologist/media personality who has nothing to say yet will turn up anywhere to say it. She is famous from “The $64,000 Question” show in the 50s. The contestants got to name a subject area to be tested in and hers was boxing! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/45 "2004-04-19T00:28:20Z")
Anyone ever appearing on the [Match Game](http://www.chris-lambert.com/MG/MG.html) ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/46 "2004-04-19T00:30:58Z")
I’d like to ask about Craig Kilborn. He hosted the Daily Show for two years, then went to CBS that I don’t watch because every time he makes a joke the audience screams for several seconds while he grins. _Smug_ is the word for this guy’s performance, and it bugs the hell out of me. How’d he get his first job? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/47 "2004-04-19T00:37:24Z")
> [@BraheSilver](#): > > I’d like to ask about Craig Kilborn. He hosted the Daily Show for two years, then went to CBS that I don’t watch because every time he makes a joke the audience screams for several seconds while he grins. _Smug_ is the word for this guy’s performance, and it bugs the hell out of me. How’d he get his first job? He used to be on a very popular ESPN show. I think it was called Sports Center? Something like that. Never saw it myself. He was quite good on Daily (although he’s no Jon Stewart), so I’m not as surprised that he got a show on CBS as I am that it turned out to be so very, very bad. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/48 "2004-04-19T01:06:36Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > And the worst thing is he’s about to ruin my [favorite novel](http://imdb.com/title/tt0340054/) Oh my god! You’re kidding. I heard it was going to be Phillip Seymour Hoffman. I was actually excited about it. I think my valve is closing ☹ ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/49 "2004-04-19T01:43:48Z")
I’ll defend a few before I give you mine. Adam Sandler - he did some funny stuff on SNL. Whether you like his movies or not, I know a lot of people that looked forward to SNL every week simply because of him. The Baldwins - I’ll only defend 2. Alec has had a bunch of good performances (and some bad) most recently The Cooler (good). As for Stephen Baldwin, I’ve got just two words for you, Bio…Dome! That movie is hillarious. As for the other two, I’ve never been a fan of Billy and I don’t think Daniel is really all that famous. Will Farrell - Personally, I think the guy’s very funny and think he does very well as a supporting character. I didn’t mind Elf too much either. I’m also looking forward to his new movie, [Anchorman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357413/). The trailer looks very funny. My Picks. I’ll second Sandra Bernhard. I’ve also never really understood Mark McGrath’s popularity. I can only remember two songs that he’s ever released BUT I ALWAYS SEE HIM ON TV. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/50 "2004-04-19T02:05:02Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Anyone ever appearing on the [Match Game](http://www.chris-lambert.com/MG/MG.html) Ecept of course for the luminous Ms. Brett Somers, whose beauty and brains and style would make her a sensation in any era (so long as the era had a population of 12 or less). ---
**Author:** ![Riqay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Riqay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riqay)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/51 "2004-04-19T02:13:46Z")
I’d have to give my vote to Melanie Griffith. Never could understand how she warranted a career. Her better work (_Body Double_, I s’pose) topped out at moderately annoying, but the rest has been pretty much unwatchable. Also Chris Kattan and quite a few of the SNL regulars over the past several years. Really not funny at all. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/52 "2004-04-19T02:15:08Z")
> [@Bambi Hassenpfeffer](#): > > YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW! He isn’t the best actor around, but he’s [damned](http://geocities.com/tmonlineau/picturegallery/magazines/041.jpg) [pretty](http://geocities.com/tmonlineau/picturegallery/magazines/032.jpg). Well, good photographers can make anyone look pretty, especially when you airbrush out all the zits. 🆒 Hmm ok…how about **Courtney Love** instead? Can’t sing, can’t play guitar, ugly as fuck, and if she weren’t Kurt Cobain’s widow she’d just be another heroin-addicted piece of trash… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/53 "2004-04-19T02:37:49Z")
> [@Riqay](#): > > I’d have to give my vote to Melanie Griffith. Never could understand how she warranted a career. Her better work (_Body Double_, I s’pose) topped out at moderately annoying, but the rest has been pretty much unwatchable. I used to hate her like poison, as well. But she did a credible job in “Nobody’s Fool”, probably because she wasn’t allowed to say much and she flashed her boobs. That movie, by the way, should have won Newman an Oscar and was completely ignored. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/54 "2004-04-19T02:50:06Z")
Yeah, but that was a traumatic boob shot. That woman should never, _ever_ go without a bra. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/55 "2004-04-19T03:43:07Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Hmm ok…how about **Courtney Love** instead? Can’t sing, can’t play guitar, ugly as fuck, and if she weren’t Kurt Cobain’s widow she’d just be another heroin-addicted piece of trash… Hell, at this point, I think she _is_ just another heroin-addicted piece of trash who happened to once be married to Kurt Cobain. Haven’t heard much out of her lately, so here’s hoping she’s done for. Can’t stand her in the slightest. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/56 "2004-04-19T04:27:24Z")
> [@Bambi Hassenpfeffer](#): > > Hell, at this point, I think she _is_ just another heroin-addicted piece of trash who happened to once be married to Kurt Cobain. Haven’t heard much out of her lately, so here’s hoping she’s done for. Can’t stand her in the slightest. I was irritated when she received critical raves for her performance in _People v. Larry Flynt_. Uh dudes, she was playing a drug addicted psycho hosebeast- all she had to do was show up and not fall down and she had the part nailed. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/57 "2004-04-20T01:01:25Z")
How could I forget to include [Cojo](http://et.tv.yahoo.com/about/bios/stevencojocaru/)? Other than going home nightly and furiously jabbing pins into Fab Five voodoo dolls for seriously eclipsing him, what exactly has this guy done? (Actually, a production of _Amadeus_ starring him as Salieri and Carson as Mozart might be interesting.) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/58 "2004-04-20T10:23:18Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Why, yes, yes they have: My bad. Sheesh, my eyes are getting bad. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/59 "2004-04-20T10:39:38Z")
At least those of you in the States don’t have to cope with (mis)adventures of all these fecking ex-Spice Girls. Gerri Halliwell is the absolute worst. No talent whatsoever, only the will, no, the need to be famous. Closely followed by Mrs Beckham. You can’t open any paper without reading about her clothes, house, kids and off late, love woes. The other ones are boring and annoying as well, you just don’t see quite as much of them. Scary one is as thick as a plank and the other ones don’t even have that distinguishing feature going for them. Would you all just go away and leave us in peace. Please. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566/60 "2004-04-20T10:52:58Z")
Gah! Pookah beat me to it. I was going to say the Ex Spice Girls. While we’re on the English ones, what about the Lord Brocket twat from the Celebrity Jungle thing? who the hell is he? And the fact they keep putting the cheating major guy off of who wants to be a Millionaire on telly too. Jodie Marsh (what the _hell_ is wrong with her nose) keeps popping up everywhere too. Why is she famous? I hate Nicole Ritchie with the fire of a 1000 suns. a) she is ugly ugly b) obnoxious c) why? at least skanky Paris is vaguely attractive, in a skeleton kinda way. bleuggh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-________-famous/240566.md?page=4)