Ledgies and Famous People

[darklinensuit]

Nah, I don't have that many frequent flyer miles! :shrug:

Who are you kidding? :)

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Chest hair had too many syllables.

- Jake

Funny. Prick has just enough for you.

[amber]

Funny. Prick has just enough for you.
I heard it's not enough for anyone? :shrug: :D

[darklinensuit]

I heard it's not enough for anyone? :shrug: :D

I suppose not if I'm expected to fill someone who's equipped with the Lincoln Tunnel. ;)

- Jake

[EnchantedSLN]

EnchantedSLN : Norah Jones ;) I'm sorry, sweetie. You do.

:rolleyes:

Hobag.

[GardenStateGirlie]

:rolleyes:

Hobag.

You love me still :xoxo:

[GardenStateGirlie]

I suppose not if I'm expected to fill someone who's equipped with the Lincoln Tunnel. ;)

- Jake

Then I guess your hand is huge.

[darklinensuit]

Then I guess your hand is huge.

Not compared to your ass. :xoxo:

- Jake

[WelshWitchPMD]

Okay, I don't think she does. :shrug:


Neither do I. Maybe just her hair. :shrug:

[David]

I knew I should have stayed out of this thread.......Hang on... I'm not a Welsh homosexual.... What did I miss?? :shocked: :laugh:I wasn't sure which way he swung, but that's unimportant. There may be a lot of people on the "famous people" list who swing every which way, but we are focusing on their achievements, their style, their personalities, their betes noires or their grand commotions. Ivor Novello came alive on the stage, entertaining for people all over England. Had he been born in 1970, he would certainly have bought himself a Turner Model 1.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I knew I should have stayed out of this thread.......



IVOR NOVELLO

Welsh actor, composer, songwriter and dramatist. Born in Cardiff and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford where he was a chorister....

By customarily taking the non-singing lead in his own shows, he built a great following with the female audience, despite, in his private life, he was homosexual, often very openly. Novello's shows helped fill London's theatre during World War II whilst he continued to produce new ones, among them Arc de Triomphe and Gay's the Word.



Hang on... I'm not a Welsh homosexual.... What did I miss?? :shocked: :laugh:


I think this one should be mine. :shrug:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Not compared to your ass. :xoxo:

- Jake

Yes, because you would know. I mean, after all, you are the expert on all things Marissa!

[amber]

I wasn't sure which way he swung, but that's unimportant. There may be a lot of people on the "famous people" list who swing every which way, but we are focusing on their achievements, their style, their personalities, their betes noires or their grand commotions. Ivor Novello came alive on the stage, entertaining for people all over England. Had he been born in 1970, he would certainly have bought himself a Turner Model 1.
Oh, that's it, you better start explaining mine, then, for I am not amused!

[amber]

Yes, because you would know. I mean, after all, you are the expert on all things Marissa!
Surely, he meant to say boobs? :thumbsup:

[estranged4life]

What the hell is going on in Jersey? :eek:

Go watch the Sopranos for that answer :laugh:

[Serrart]

Serrart - Ruth Gordon :blob1:


Or Mary Wollstonecraft. :blob2:

Hey, thanks both. :o

Romy

[darklinensuit]

Hang on... I'm not a Welsh homosexual....

The alternate intro lyrics to Rhiannon live on the Tusk tour... :thumbsup:

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Go watch the Sopranos for that answer :laugh:

After all, I'm apparently Meadow :rolleyes: (thanks, Greg)

[amber]

The alternate intro lyrics to Rhiannon live on the Tusk tour... :thumbsup:

- Jake
laughies not working. insert here. :D

[dissention]

Dissention - Don Rickles

Oh my. Fish lips.

Marissa - Anna Nicole

She even has the leopard print thong to match.

Gldstwmn - Pauline Kael

:laugh: I love 'em both. :laugh:

[dissention]

Sorry, but Teri is pretty funny, and always wears her heart on her sleeve. Thought of you.

- Jake

I can just picture the Amber with that beehive donned by Miss Garr in After Hours. And she's doing that crazy dance to boot.

[Serrart]

Ooops... I forgot some:
Takenbythesky - Anita Desai

Romy

[darklinensuit]

Oh my. Fish lips.

He does look like a bass. Of course I wasn't referring to any physical resemblance. (No idea what you look like)

- Jake

[David]

Oh, that's it, you better start explaining mine, then, for I am not amused!Tonight, you must rent "Lola Montès" by the great Max Ophuls. Lola took what she wanted -- from men & from life. She was kind to one & all. She was a great adventuress, & didn't let negativity stand in her way. She traveled in the circles of the great & the near-great, & discovered new sights, new sounds, new faces.

She was an original.

[dissention]

She was doomed from the start with a family like that. Her brother coming out after the book and saying she's a liar--she has no one--it's sad. What makes it even worse is McEnroe running her down in front of their kids.

Have you read the book? I couldn't believe it about Ryan and Melanie Griffith. :shocked: Stunned, I tell you. And the bit about Jacko was...interesting.

[darklinensuit]

I can just picture the Amber with that beehive donned by Miss Garr in After Hours. And she's doing that crazy dance to boot.

Never saw it. To me Teri is linked to her Tootsie character, locked in the bathroom all through the party. :lol:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Have you read the book? I couldn't believe it about Ryan and Melanie Griffith. :shocked: Stunned, I tell you. And the bit about Jacko was...interesting.

Haven't read it. I'm guessing you mean MG slept with Ryan? And I don't...want...to...know...about...Michael... :(

- Jake

[trackaghost]

Tonight, you must rent "Lola Montès" by the great Max Ophuls. Lola took what she wanted -- from men & from life. She was kind to one & all. She was a great adventuress, & didn't let negativity stand in her way. She traveled in the circles of the great & the near-great, & discovered new sights, new sounds, new faces.

She was an original.

Amber, that is pretty cool you must admit.

[amber]

Tonight, you must rent "Lola Montès" by the great Max Ophuls. Lola took what she wanted -- from men & from life. She was kind to one & all. She was a great adventuress, & didn't let negativity stand in her way. She traveled in the circles of the great & the near-great, & discovered new sights, new sounds, new faces.

She was an original.
That's not what I read.... :)

[GardenStateGirlie]

She even has the leopard print thong to match.

You too? :rolleyes:

[Serrart]

well, it's back to google for me!!! BTW, Adrienne Rich is awesome. - and, the one you gave me is a painter. A painter. I can't even trace my hand.

This movie has some answers :angel: : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123385/

Romy

[amber]

Amber, that is pretty cool you must admit.
http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/montez.html

[madformac]

I wasn't sure which way he swung, but that's unimportant. There may be a lot of people on the "famous people" list who swing every which way, but we are focusing on their achievements, their style, their personalities, their betes noires or their grand commotions. Ivor Novello came alive on the stage, entertaining for people all over England. Had he been born in 1970, he would certainly have bought himself a Turner Model 1.


I'll buy that then... :thumbsup: :laugh:

[dissention]

Dissention - Paul Verlaine


I'm honored. He was a genius poet. :xoxo:

[seeker007nmss]

http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/montez.html



"La Grande Horizontele." ?! That cracked me up. :D

[dissention]

Amber: Janice Dickinson.

Be nice, you brat. :laugh: :angel:

[amber]

This movie has some answers :angel: : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123385/

Romy
Thanks!.....

[trackaghost]

http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/montez.html

Wow what a sad life she led :( But fascinating too.

I like David's version better.

[dissention]

Haven't read it. I'm guessing you mean MG slept with Ryan? And I don't...want...to...know...about...Michael... :(

- Jake

He slept with her when she was a teen. Talk about a perv. He also tried to force himself onto Cybill Shepherd.

According to Tatum, Jacko didn't even like girls back in the seventies. :laugh:

[amber]

Wow what a sad life she led :( But fascinating too.

I like David's version better.
Yeah, his version is waaaaaaaay better. Did you see the part about throwing her husband off the ship? :eek:

[dissention]

You too? :rolleyes:

I kid, I kid. You know I worship you. ;)

[amber]

He slept with her when she was a teen. Talk about a perv. He also tried to force himself onto Cybill Shepherd.

According to Tatum, Jacko didn't even like girls back in the seventies. :laugh:
Whoa! Like, 17 or more like 13?

[skcin]

:thumbsup: - Curtis cuz he's my skinny lil' french fry

:xoxo: - Jake & Riss cuz it's funny

:D - Amber cuz she has a great sarcastic sense of humour

:mad: - Lux cuz we Americans are always pissing her off

:sorry: - Suze cuz she didn't offer me more of her chocolate martini in Vegas (JK!)



To be con't...

[trackaghost]

Yeah, his version is waaaaaaaay better. Did you see the part about throwing her husband off the ship? :eek:

I know, she was more than a little crazy.

And such a sad end to her life as well:


"At the age of 41 she had a schizophrenic collapse, abandoned the West and all her travels, and spent the last two years of her life on the streets of New York as a pauper. She shuffled along, speaking aloud to herself, urging God to forgive her wicked life.

At 43 she died of a stroke in a wretched boardinghouse, alone."

[dissention]

Whoa! Like, 17 or more like 13?

Like 15. I found it repulsive, especially since I believe her. Just sickening.

[darklinensuit]

He slept with her when she was a teen. Talk about a perv. He also tried to force himself onto Cybill Shepherd.

According to Tatum, Jacko didn't even like girls back in the seventies. :laugh:

Except for Diana, of course. :lol:

- Jake

[skcin]

:angel: - Tiff cuz she's always nice & shares so much with so many fans

:o - Hillary cuz she's a bit shy until you get to know her

:confused: - Me cuz I don't know what the hell is going on here half the time

:eek: - David - cuz we must shock him with our general lack of knowledge, poor spelling & grammar, gross talk & all around "class."

:shrug: - Jason cuz I can see him doing this when we catch him on typos
(isn't that right, Bibby Brown?)


Con't...

[macfanken]

David, since I was left off your list I'm not playing! :mad: :lol:

[amber]

:thumbsup: - Curtis cuz he's my skinny lil' french fry

:xoxo: - Jake & Riss cuz it's funny

:D - Amber cuz she has a great sarcastic sense of humour

:mad: - Lux cuz we Americans are always pissing her off

:sorry: - Suze cuz she didn't offer me more of her chocolate martini in Vegas (JK!)



To be con't...
:blob1: :blob1: :thumbsup:
I want to be the yellow giggle, though! *which isn't working right now*

[darklinensuit]

I kid, I kid. You know I worship you. ;)

Coward. :rolleyes:

- Jake

[skcin]

:( - Pattie cuz she's upset that Lindsey hasn't announced a tour yet

:) - Tommer cuz he's probably high, therefore a happy guy

:wavey: - Johnny Stew, always charming & helpful to fans new and old

:woohoo: - Deanna cuz she tries to catch everyone's birthdays

;) - Mariel cuz she's a sly fox & does a good evil laugh


Con't...

[ontheEdgeof17]

:thumbsup: - Curtis cuz he's my skinny lil' french fry



Aw. You're right. I always have some sort of extremity in the air.

[skcin]

:blob2: - Brian J. when new bootlegs come in the mail

:blob1: - Haley when the next season of Gilmore Girls comes out on DVD

:rolleyes: - SteveMacD when people start insisting that without SN&LB Mac would be nothing

:distress: - Chris thinking about Stevie's menopause

:cool: - Dissention cuz I just know he smirks like this as he types. He probably wears sunglasses inside too.


Con't...

[seeker007nmss]

Aw. You're right. I always have some sort of extremity in the air.


um...Should we ask? :eek:

[GardenStateGirlie]

:thumbsup: - Curtis cuz he's my skinny lil' french fry

:xoxo: - Jake & Riss cuz it's funny

:D - Amber cuz she has a great sarcastic sense of humour

:mad: - Lux cuz we Americans are always pissing her off

:sorry: - Suze cuz she didn't offer me more of her chocolate martini in Vegas (JK!)



To be con't...

Our Paris Hilton-esque tape is in the mail to you. We'd like our payment asap, thanks.

[GypsySorcerer]

:distress: - Chris thinking about Stevie's menopause

Con't...

:laugh: :laugh:

[skcin]

:] - High Priestess. 'Nuff said

:lol: - We must make Lis do this with all our crazy hijinks

:p - Brian (liquidblue5000) when he realizes he got another great show recorded.

:nod: - Kelly thinking Stevie's the best she's been in years

:shocked: - Deborah when Stevie gave her a kiss in Vegas




:laugh: - Hopefully some of you after reading these posts!

Disclaimer: All of the above emoticon assignments are JMO. They are not permanent. They can change by the day. Don't anyone get too upset. I'm sorry, but everyone can't be the pink blob or the mean red guy. I had to make some tough choices. I hope you can all repect that.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Coward. :rolleyes:

- Jake

Oh hush. At least he knows how to get on my good side! (and save the "i'm sorry...you have a good side?" for someone else...pffft).

[David]

David, since I was left off your list I'm not playing! :mad: :lol:Ken, you are definitely Kliban:

www.coldbacon.com/kliban.html

[dissention]

:cool: - Dissention cuz I just know he smirks like this as he types. He probably wears sunglasses inside too.

:laugh:

Guilty as charged.

[xdreamsunwindx]

Greg: Jimmy Destri
Marissa: Jamie Lynn Sigler

That's all I can think of.

[GardenStateGirlie]

:laugh:

Guilty as charged.

"I wear my suuuunglasses at night so I can so I caaan...."

[amber]

Disclaimer: All of the above emoticon assignments are JMO. They are not permanent. They can change by the day. Don't anyone get too upset. I'm sorry, but everyone can be the pink blob or the mean red guy. I had to make some tough choices. I hope you can all repect that.
laughlaughlaughlaughlaugh. :D

[dissention]

:] - High Priestess. 'Nuff said


You're too precious. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[trackaghost]

laughlaughlaughlaughlaugh. :D

Oh poor Amber and her lack of the laughing smilie

Just to taunt you!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:lol:

Good day!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Oh poor Amber and her lack of the laughing smilie

Just to taunt you!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:lol:


Don't forget to add the 'Good Day' to strenghten your point. :D

[WelshWitchPMD]

:( - Pattie cuz she's upset that Lindsey hasn't announced a tour yet



Wow, you got that one right!!!

:( Doesn't even describe it. I just got Centerstage on DVD today, too. I am aching over here.

[amber]

Oh poor Amber and her lack of the laughing smilie

Just to taunt you!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:lol:
:mad: :mad: :mad:
this one works....

[trackaghost]

Don't forget to add the 'Good Day' to strenghten your point. :D

Ah how could I forget!
I must go back and edit!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Ah how could I forget!
I must go back and edit!

Perfect :thumbsup:

Oh. I used my chosen smiley. +150

[trackaghost]

:mad: :mad: :mad:
this one works....

Yes but it's not quite as nice as this one though is it? :laugh:

[amber]

Yes but it's not quite as nice as this one though is it? :laugh:
It's very useful right now. Exactly what I needed. Good Day, Trackie! :mad: :mad: :mad:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Greg: Jimmy Destri
Marissa: Jamie Lynn Sigler

That's all I can think of.

I think you probably just made Greg's day :nod:

[trackaghost]

It's very useful right now. Exactly what I needed. Good Day, Trackie! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Look Amber, they're laughing at you...

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Good day!

[amber]

Look Amber, they're laughing at you...

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Good day!
:eek: :mad:
:blob2: :blob1: :blob2: :blob1:
No one can stand up to my terrible bouncing blob onslought!!!! Take that!

[trackaghost]

:blob2: :blob1: :blob2: :blob1:
No one can stand up to my terrible bouncing blob onslought!!!! Take that!

They're good but they don't quite match this one > :laugh:
Do they?
:xoxo:

[skcin]

:eek: :mad:
:blob2: :blob1: :blob2: :blob1:
No one can stand up to my terrible bouncing blob onslought!!!! Take that!


Whoa! Dudes! She must really be pissed! Amber NEVER uses the blobs!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[GardenStateGirlie]

I wanna come up with someone for you.

Let's see. You're all gung-ho about the backsassers. And you're clearly hella tight.

So I assign to you... Elisecia Wright. Coolest backsasser ever, etc. Wear your name with pride, grasshopper.

:laugh: Don't make me Liza Jane you!!

[ryan8472]

So who exactly am I? :shrug: :laugh:

[amber]

They're good but they don't quite match this one > :laugh:
Do they?
:xoxo:
Your feeble attempts cannot get through my blob wall.

[dissention]

So who exactly am I? :shrug: :laugh:

I've been trying to think of someone and I can't figure one out, dear. :o

[ryan8472]

I've been trying to think of someone and I can't figure one out, dear. :o
Neither can I. I guess I dont act very famous. :shrug: :p

[ontheEdgeof17]

Neither can I. I guess I dont act very famous. :shrug: :p


You're more a B-rated star.

[ryan8472]

You're more a B-rated star.
What's that supposed to mean?! :confused: :D

[ontheEdgeof17]

What's that supposed to mean?! :confused: :D

David Hasslehoff is what I'm sayin'

You're so gay, you're straight

[amber]

Neither can I. I guess I dont act very famous. :shrug: :p
do you want to be JohnJohn Kennedy? :laugh:

[amber]

David Hasslehoff is what I'm sayin'

You're so gay, you're straight
:laugh: :lol: :laugh: :lol:

[ryan8472]

David Hasslehoff is what I'm sayin'

You're so gay, you're straight
http://www.trulybadfilms.com/blog/archives/hasselhoff%20prima%20porta.jpg

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Am I really? :laugh:

[ryan8472]

do you want to be JohnJohn Kennedy? :laugh:
Sure! :laugh: I know, women love me :rolleyes:

[amber]

Sure! :laugh: I know, women love me :rolleyes:
I dunno, I'm loving this Hasselhoff thing. "So Gay, he's Straight" - Ryan, coming to fairgrounds near you....

[GODDESS6]

I dunno, I'm loving this Hasselhoff thing. "So Gay, he's Straight" - Ryan, coming to fairgrounds near you....
i have been reading this entire thread, but haven't responded cuz i wasn't 1 that made the list, but i find this all toooooo *bleeping* funny & this 1 cracked me up so much i had to reply!!!~
too funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[ryan8472]

I dunno, I'm loving this Hasselhoff thing. "So Gay, he's Straight" - Ryan, coming to fairgrounds near you....
Hasselhoff is a freak. :laugh: I don't act that gay, do I? :laugh:

[dissention]

I dunno, I'm loving this Hasselhoff thing. "So Gay, he's Straight" - Ryan, coming to fairgrounds near you....

The funny thing is that Hasselhoff does play fairgrounds. He played The Big E in Springfield, MA about five or six years ago and was, literally, booed off the stage. He flipped the audience off and just waltzed off. :laugh:

[dissention]

Hasselhoff is a freak. :laugh: I don't act that gay, do I? :laugh:

I pray you don't have his chest hair. Dude needs a manscaping like Jacko needs a nose.

[ryan8472]

I pray you don't have his chest hair. Dude needs a manscaping like Jacko needs a nose.
No, I don't have half as much as him :laugh: He's so totally nastay.

[dissention]

No, I don't have half as much as him :laugh:

No one but apes and Robin Williams should, Ryan.

[ryan8472]

No one but apes and Robin Williams should, Ryan.
:lol: Plz. Hasselhoff puts some Silver Backs to shame. :laugh:

[dissention]

:lol: Plz. Hasselhoff puts some Silver Backs to shame. :laugh:

:laugh:

Personally, I think he's Bigfoot. I'm convinced of it.

[strandinthewind]

I'm so jealous I'm not Bette Davis or Madeliene Khan.... :(


Back off beeyotch :laugh:

[ryan8472]

:laugh:

Personally, I think he's Bigfoot. I'm convinced of it.
:laugh: :laugh: :thumbsup:

That ain't me. I like the JFK Jr. idea. :nod:

[strandinthewind]

And you get the cover of the SDMHA single.
And Stevie is a Theda fan, I recall.

- Jake

Theda was FABULOUS - did you know her real name was Theodosia Goodman and she was born in a suburb of Cincinnati instead of in the shadow of the Pyramids and the daughter of an Italian artist and a French actress - but she made like 40+ films and was hugely popular, sadly only like three of her flim,s remain to be seen!

Also, many thanks to all the kind references to me in this thread, esp. Gershwin :cool:

[strandinthewind]

No one but apes and Robin Williams should, Ryan.


Be careful Ryan, taking grooming advice from Dissention could lead to dermabrasion by age 20 and the need to wear rubber gloves in public :laugh: - not to mention the foil on the windows to ward off the aliens :eek:

:xoxo: Dissention :xoxo: :xoxo:

[amber]

Back off beeyotch :laugh:
I knew, just knew you'd gloat about this.

[ryan8472]

Be careful Ryan, taking grooming advice from Dissention could lead to dermabrasion by age 20 and the need to wear rubber gloves in public :laugh: - not to mention the foil on the windows to ward off the aliens :eek:

:xoxo: Dissention :xoxo: :xoxo:
If that's what it takes to get my skin like his....I'll deal with the aliens. :laugh:

:xoxo: :xoxo: too Diss

[dissention]

If that's what it takes to get my skin like his....I'll deal with the aliens. :laugh:

:xoxo: :xoxo: too Diss

Ah, but I'm a China doll. Nowhere near as white, thankfully, but there's not a blemish to be found. I'll look 40 when I'm 80. :p

[strandinthewind]

. . .

:shrug: - Jason cuz I can see him doing this when we catch him on typos
(isn't that right, Bibby Brown?) . . . . .

WHO MEEEEEEEEEE????????????? :angel:

[dissention]

Be careful Ryan, taking grooming advice from Dissention could lead to dermabrasion by age 20 and the need to wear rubber gloves in public :laugh: - not to mention the foil on the windows to ward off the aliens :eek:

:xoxo: Dissention :xoxo: :xoxo:

I DON'T wear rubber gloves. :laugh:

[strandinthewind]

Ah, but I'm a China doll. Nowhere near as white, thankfully, but there's not a blemish to be found. I'll look 40 when I'm 80. :p


Stand in line - my mother looked 30 when she was 60 - so bite me :xoxo:

[strandinthewind]

I DON'T wear rubber gloves. :laugh:


Latex then???????? :shrug:

Lubricant anyone?

[dissention]

Stand in line - my mother looked 30 when she was 60 - so bite me :xoxo:

But I bet you look your age. :p :xoxo:

[strandinthewind]

But I bet you look your age. :p :xoxo:

Nope - people often think I am in my early 30's and I am 38. Were it not for the greying a little on top, which I refuse to dye, people still would. Mouth open yet dear :xoxo:

[dissention]

Nope - people often think I am in my early 30's and I am 38. Were it not for the greying a little on top, which I refuse to dye, people still would. Mouth open yet dear :xoxo:

You won't dye? I'd die. :laugh:

[GypsySorcerer]

Theda was FABULOUS - did you know her real name was Theodosia Goodman and she was born in a suburb of Cincinnati instead of in the shadow of the Pyramids and the daughter of an Italian artist and a French actress - but she made like 40+ films and was hugely popular, sadly only like three of her flim,s remain to be seen!

Also, many thanks to all the kind references to me in this thread, esp. Gershwin :cool:

Yaye! Another Theda fan. :xoxo: I have actually seen some shots of her that remind me a little of La Nicks. :eek:

[strandinthewind]

You won't dye? I'd die. :laugh:


I do not like people messing with my face or hair. I suppose I will have to dye it eventually. I hope they can match the color, because my natural color is beautiful :mad:

[strandinthewind]

Yaye! Another Theda fan. :xoxo: I have actually seen some shots of her that remind me a little of La Nicks. :eek:


http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~pringle/silent/ssotm/May96/

Silent Star of May 1996
Theda Bara

This month's "Silent Star of the Month" profile on Theda Bara comes courtesy of Eve Golden, author of the recently published "Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara," Emprise Publishing Company, Vestal, New York.

Theda Bara -- one of the most successful and glamorous stars of the 1910s -- is also the most inaccessible and mysterious today. She stood behind only Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin in popularity, yet today it's nearly impossible to view her work. Of the more than 40 films she made from late 1914 through 1926, only three and a half remain. The facts of her life were so jumbled by studio publicity that even her birth date and place have been obscured. Yet her image remains lodged in the public's mind some 70 years after her retirement, and she is one of the few stars responsible for a word -- "vamp" -- being placed both on the dictionary and in everyday use.

According to her studio, Theda Bara was born around 1892, in the shadow of the Pyramids, the daughter of an Italian artist and a French actress. Everyone knew from the start what nonsense this was; these stories were never meant to be taken seriously. Film history books state that Bara was actually born in 1890, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Yet this also turns out to be a myth: a little research reveals that Theodosia Goodman was really born in Avondale (a wealthy, largely Jewish, suburb of Cincinnati) on July 29, 1885.

Unlike so many silent stars, Theda (a childhood nickname) had a happy childhood. Close to her parents and two siblings, she even went to college for two years, an unusual accomplishment for a woman of those times. Aggressively intellectual, Theda remained a voracious reader for the rest of her life, especially enjoying philosophy and psychology.

She was also enamored of the theater, and dropped out of school (to her father's dismay) in 1905 to pursue an acting career. It's embarrassing but necessary to admit that Theda Bara did not have whatever it took to become a stage star. From 1905 through 1914 she labored mightily in New York and in various travelling stock companies, but was never able to rise above playing bits on Broadway or supporting roles on tour. She was already pushing 30 when director Frank Powell cast her as The Vampire in William Fox's film version of the Broadway hit A Fool There Was (released in January, 1915).

Theda became an instant, overnight star with the release of the film, and saved the fortunes of the fledgling Fox Studios. She'd been a rather solemn and pretentious teenager, but happily she recovered from this, and her cooperative good nature made her career. Fox press flacks John Goldfrap and Al Selig supplied her with a new family history (and past life) for each film role, and Theda played along. Dressed in veils, furs and silks, petting a python and nibbling on raw beef and lettuce leaves, she deadpanned her way through hundreds of ludicrous press conferences. Reporters played along and printed the interviews with a straight face, for the most part.

The only thing that frustrated Theda was her screen roles: most of them were lifted from dated Victorian novels and stage plays like Two Orphans, Lady Audley's Secret, East Lynne and La Belle Russe. Others, hastily written by Fox scenarists, played off the success of A Fool There Was, and cast Theda as unrepentant vamps bent on wholesale destruction: Sin, Destruction, The Vixen and The Rose of Blood.

Theda fought for better roles, and she sometimes got them. Her personal favorites were as an heroic Foreign Legion girl in Under Two Flags and as an innocent Irish peasant girl in Kathleen Mavourneen. She also played the great heroines of history and literature, such as Cleopatra, Salome, Carmen, Juliet, Madame DuBarry and Marguerite Gautier. All in all, not a bad career.

She was smart enough to save her money and enjoy the moment. From 1915-17, Theda's films were made on the East Coast, with occasional location trips to Florida. When it came time to shoot Cleopatra in the summer of 1917, however, Theda was dragged kicking and screaming to California. She never got used to the West Coast, with its lack of museums, bookstores, theater and decent shops, and to the end of her life kept a New York apartment furnished and ready for vacation trips.

By the time America entered the World War, Theda was the third biggest star in the nation. She joined the war effort with great enthusiasm, visiting camps, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in War Bonds, contributing her salary to charity. Songs were written about Theda, postcards and magazines featuring her face sold briskly. Dangling earrings, kohled eyes, languorous glances and the catch line "Kiss me, my fool!" entered the public consciousness.

Of course, it couldn't last. By 1919, William Fox had lost interest in Theda, who was actively campaigning for better films and more varied roles. The straw that broke the camel's back was Kathleen Mavourneen, the film Theda hoped would be her ticket to a contract at another studio. Instead, Irish and Catholic groups protested not only the depiction of Ireland, but of a Jewish actress in the leading role. The film was yanked after several movie-theater riots and bomb threats.

But Theda Bara did not end up a bitter, impoverished recluse, as did several of her fellow sex symbols. In 1921 she married successful director Charles Brabin, a marriage that lasted till her death. The Brabins were wealthy globe-trotters, and Theda's skill as a hostess and gourmet cook made their Beverly Hills home a favorite stopping place for the film community through the 1950s.

Her one regret was that Brabin did not want her to act (she made two films in the mid-1920s, while her husband was in Italy directing the early, shelved version of "Ben-Hur). But in a way, the fact that Theda Bara never spoke on-screen makes her all the more fascinating and mysterious. While we can hear Mary Pickford, Lon Chaney, Charles Chaplin and Norma Talmadge speak, only a treasured few stars -- Theda, Rudolph Valentino, Barbara LaMarr, Wallace Reid, Constance Talmadge -- remain forever silent.

Sadly, Theda remains almost invisible as well. Somewhere out there, undoubtedly, are a few reels of Cleopatra, Salome or some other missing Bara film. The questions remains if they will see the light of day before crumbling away to dust.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Glen Pringle / [email protected]
Eve Golden
Copyright © 1996,1997 by Glen Pringle and Eve Golden
ISSN 1329-4431

[ryan8472]

<img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0b9" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com"> <img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0cp" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com">

Yeah. I see it. :nod: :D Except I think my outfit is waaaaay more chic. :laugh:

[dissention]

I do not like people messing with my face or hair. I suppose I will have to dye it eventually. I hope they can match the color, because my natural color is beautiful :mad:

I haven't dyed my hair because I have no gray, but I'll buy the cheap **** they sell at CVS before if it means covering it up. :laugh: Now that the weather's changing, my hair is starting to lighten up a lot and I hate it.

[GODDESS6]

<img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0b9" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com"> <img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0cp" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com">

Yeah. I see it. :nod: :D Except I think my outfit is waaaaay more chic. :laugh:
oooooooommmmmmmmmmmmggggggggggggg, LUV IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :xoxo: :lol: :xoxo: ~

[seeker007nmss]

So who exactly am I? :shrug: :laugh:


Yeah I am not on any list either. :confused:

[dissention]

<img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0b9" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com"> <img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0cp" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com">

Yeah. I see it. :nod: :D Except I think my outfit is waaaaay more chic. :laugh:

Yeah, I think it's all in the necktie.

And throw some color on those walls, cripes!

[strandinthewind]

<img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0b9" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com"> <img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0cp" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com">

Yeah. I see it. :nod: :D Except I think my outfit is waaaaay more chic. :laugh:

Actually, Ryan, you have a lot of Ralph Macchio in you!!!!!

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3036/macchio.html

[GODDESS6]

Actually, Ryan, you have a lot of Ralph Macchio in you!!!!!

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3036/macchio.html
DANIELSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup: :eek: :lol: :laugh: :lol: ~

[strandinthewind]

Yeah I am not on any list either. :confused:


I do not know why, but I see you as a version of Mark Twain - maybe it is the card dealer in you :laugh:

[dissention]

Actually, Ryan, you have a lot of Ralph Macchio in you!!!!!

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3036/macchio.html

OMG, that unfortunate hair. :o

[GypsySorcerer]

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~pringle/silent/ssotm/May96/

Silent Star of May 1996
Theda Bara

This month's "Silent Star of the Month" profile on Theda Bara comes courtesy of Eve Golden, author of the recently published "Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara," Emprise Publishing Company, Vestal, New York.

Theda Bara -- one of the most successful and glamorous stars of the 1910s -- is also the most inaccessible and mysterious today. She stood behind only Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin in popularity, yet today it's nearly impossible to view her work. Of the more than 40 films she made from late 1914 through 1926, only three and a half remain. The facts of her life were so jumbled by studio publicity that even her birth date and place have been obscured. Yet her image remains lodged in the public's mind some 70 years after her retirement, and she is one of the few stars responsible for a word -- "vamp" -- being placed both on the dictionary and in everyday use.

According to her studio, Theda Bara was born around 1892, in the shadow of the Pyramids, the daughter of an Italian artist and a French actress. Everyone knew from the start what nonsense this was; these stories were never meant to be taken seriously. Film history books state that Bara was actually born in 1890, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Yet this also turns out to be a myth: a little research reveals that Theodosia Goodman was really born in Avondale (a wealthy, largely Jewish, suburb of Cincinnati) on July 29, 1885.

Unlike so many silent stars, Theda (a childhood nickname) had a happy childhood. Close to her parents and two siblings, she even went to college for two years, an unusual accomplishment for a woman of those times. Aggressively intellectual, Theda remained a voracious reader for the rest of her life, especially enjoying philosophy and psychology.

She was also enamored of the theater, and dropped out of school (to her father's dismay) in 1905 to pursue an acting career. It's embarrassing but necessary to admit that Theda Bara did not have whatever it took to become a stage star. From 1905 through 1914 she labored mightily in New York and in various travelling stock companies, but was never able to rise above playing bits on Broadway or supporting roles on tour. She was already pushing 30 when director Frank Powell cast her as The Vampire in William Fox's film version of the Broadway hit A Fool There Was (released in January, 1915).

Theda became an instant, overnight star with the release of the film, and saved the fortunes of the fledgling Fox Studios. She'd been a rather solemn and pretentious teenager, but happily she recovered from this, and her cooperative good nature made her career. Fox press flacks John Goldfrap and Al Selig supplied her with a new family history (and past life) for each film role, and Theda played along. Dressed in veils, furs and silks, petting a python and nibbling on raw beef and lettuce leaves, she deadpanned her way through hundreds of ludicrous press conferences. Reporters played along and printed the interviews with a straight face, for the most part.

The only thing that frustrated Theda was her screen roles: most of them were lifted from dated Victorian novels and stage plays like Two Orphans, Lady Audley's Secret, East Lynne and La Belle Russe. Others, hastily written by Fox scenarists, played off the success of A Fool There Was, and cast Theda as unrepentant vamps bent on wholesale destruction: Sin, Destruction, The Vixen and The Rose of Blood.

Theda fought for better roles, and she sometimes got them. Her personal favorites were as an heroic Foreign Legion girl in Under Two Flags and as an innocent Irish peasant girl in Kathleen Mavourneen. She also played the great heroines of history and literature, such as Cleopatra, Salome, Carmen, Juliet, Madame DuBarry and Marguerite Gautier. All in all, not a bad career.

She was smart enough to save her money and enjoy the moment. From 1915-17, Theda's films were made on the East Coast, with occasional location trips to Florida. When it came time to shoot Cleopatra in the summer of 1917, however, Theda was dragged kicking and screaming to California. She never got used to the West Coast, with its lack of museums, bookstores, theater and decent shops, and to the end of her life kept a New York apartment furnished and ready for vacation trips.

By the time America entered the World War, Theda was the third biggest star in the nation. She joined the war effort with great enthusiasm, visiting camps, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in War Bonds, contributing her salary to charity. Songs were written about Theda, postcards and magazines featuring her face sold briskly. Dangling earrings, kohled eyes, languorous glances and the catch line "Kiss me, my fool!" entered the public consciousness.

Of course, it couldn't last. By 1919, William Fox had lost interest in Theda, who was actively campaigning for better films and more varied roles. The straw that broke the camel's back was Kathleen Mavourneen, the film Theda hoped would be her ticket to a contract at another studio. Instead, Irish and Catholic groups protested not only the depiction of Ireland, but of a Jewish actress in the leading role. The film was yanked after several movie-theater riots and bomb threats.

But Theda Bara did not end up a bitter, impoverished recluse, as did several of her fellow sex symbols. In 1921 she married successful director Charles Brabin, a marriage that lasted till her death. The Brabins were wealthy globe-trotters, and Theda's skill as a hostess and gourmet cook made their Beverly Hills home a favorite stopping place for the film community through the 1950s.

Her one regret was that Brabin did not want her to act (she made two films in the mid-1920s, while her husband was in Italy directing the early, shelved version of "Ben-Hur). But in a way, the fact that Theda Bara never spoke on-screen makes her all the more fascinating and mysterious. While we can hear Mary Pickford, Lon Chaney, Charles Chaplin and Norma Talmadge speak, only a treasured few stars -- Theda, Rudolph Valentino, Barbara LaMarr, Wallace Reid, Constance Talmadge -- remain forever silent.

Sadly, Theda remains almost invisible as well. Somewhere out there, undoubtedly, are a few reels of Cleopatra, Salome or some other missing Bara film. The questions remains if they will see the light of day before crumbling away to dust.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Glen Pringle / [email protected]
Eve Golden
Copyright © 1996,1997 by Glen Pringle and Eve Golden
ISSN 1329-4431

Thanks, Jason. That was an interesting read. She was ahead of her time. :thumbsup:

[ryan8472]

Yeah, I think it's all in the necktie.

And throw some color on those walls, cripes!
:lol: My walls... Bleh. :distress:

[seeker007nmss]

<img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0b9" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com"> <img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0cp" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com">

Yeah. I see it. :nod: :D Except I think my outfit is waaaaay more chic. :laugh:


Its Gregg Brady as Johnny Bravo! :laugh:

[seeker007nmss]

I do not know why, but I see you as a version of Mark Twain - maybe it is the card dealer in you :laugh:


? But...but....I deal mostly craps. :shocked:

[GypsySorcerer]

Yeah, I think it's all in the necktie.

And throw some color on those walls, cripes!

*having flashbacks of the picture thread* :laugh:

[dissention]

:lol: My walls... Bleh. :distress:

Those walls look like those found at the DMV. :laugh:

But I just painted my bathroom orange, so what do I know...

[ryan8472]

Wow. Just wow. :lol:


Ralph Macchio?! :laugh:

[GODDESS6]

Its Gregg Brady as Johnny Bravo! :laugh:
toooooooooo funny, i totally see it!!!~

[strandinthewind]

? But...but....I deal mostly craps. :shocked:

Well there goes that image :laugh:

How about Mr Darcy - you seem sort of bubbly :wavey:

[dissention]

Ralph Macchio?! :laugh:

I know, I don't see it. :cool:

[ryan8472]

*having flashbacks of the picture thread* :laugh:
Please dont bring back the duck picture. :o :laugh:



And I do NOT look like Greg Brady! :mad: :laugh:

[strandinthewind]

Those walls look like those found at the DMV. :laugh:

But I just painted my bathroom orange, so what do I know...


For that you should be flogged!!!!!

Actually, here is one of my fav. apt.'s in Paris and notice the color of the draperies:

http://www.chezvous.com/paris/arronds/1aF.html

:cool:

[xdreamsunwindx]

Yeah I am not on any list either. :confused:

I'm just Karen O :laugh: . I'm not complaining, because Karen is the most awesome angsty rock chick that has ever angsted, but that's it.

[seeker007nmss]

Well there goes that image :laugh:

How about Mr Darcy - you seem sort of bubbly :wavey:

Okay mind blank. Who is Mr. Darcy?

[strandinthewind]

Okay mind blank. Who is Mr. Darcy?


http://www.austen.com/pride/

But, I guess you could be Mr. Bingley too if ya wanted :cool:

[dissention]

For that you should be flogged!!!!!

Actually, here is one of my fav. apt.'s in Paris and notice the color of the draperies:

http://www.chezvous.com/paris/arronds/1aF.html

:cool:

Eh, I like the drapes and that's about it. The sofas are hideous. Whoever slipcovered them should be shot. I'd love the coffee table it the legs and feet were square and not curved. The small pictures hanging on the wall are pretty bad, too. With all that space, they need to be bigger and more prominent in the room.

[dissention]

And I do NOT look like Greg Brady! :mad: :laugh:

You do kind of look like John Cusack, actually. At least to me.

[strandinthewind]

Eh, I like the drapes and that's about it. The sofas are hideous. Whoever slipcovered them should be shot. I'd love the coffee table it the legs and feet were square and not curved. The small pictures hanging on the wall are pretty bad, too. With all that space, they need to be bigger and more prominent in the room.


The furnishing are okay - but you get it for the view, which is splendid. Also, herringbone on edge gives me wood!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dissention]

For that you should be flogged!!!!!

Actually, here is one of my fav. apt.'s in Paris and notice the color of the draperies:

http://www.chezvous.com/paris/arronds/1aF.html

:cool:

Oh my, the kitchen is going to give me nightmares. HIDEOUS.

I'm a big fan of the headboards, though.

[ryan8472]

You do kind of look like John Cusack, actually. At least to me.
I think so too. A little bit. I'm certainly not the spitting image or anything...

[strandinthewind]

You do kind of look like John Cusack, actually. At least to me.


Yea, that is what I thought - in all those really fun 80's teen party films!!!!

[dissention]

And the hallway? Let's talk. That mirror is almost criminal and the drapes-for-door look gives me the dry heaves.

[seeker007nmss]

Please dont bring back the duck picture. :o :laugh:



And I do NOT look like Greg Brady! :mad: :laugh:



Is that the one where he is "giving beak?" I thought that was a crow. :D

[ryan8472]

Is that the one where he is "giving beak?" I thought that was a crow. :D
It was a "duck". :laugh: At least to me.

[strandinthewind]

Oh my, the kitchen is going to give me nightmares. HIDEOUS.

I'm a big fan of the headboards, though.


The funny thing is why have a kitchen when you are in PARIS - HELLLOOOOOOO!!!!! :laugh:

Actually, I do not mind apts. but if ya got the $$$$ - I say the George V ( http://www.fourseasons.com/paris/ )or my personal fav.'s the Meurice Hotel ( http://www.meuricehotel.com/ )or L'Hotel Intercontinental ( http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ic/1/en/hd/parha?irs=null )

[strandinthewind]

And the hallway? Let's talk. That mirror is almost criminal and the drapes-for-door look gives me the dry heaves.


I would love to buy it and redo it!!!!

Also, the bathroom is sooooo Euro!!!!! Did ya check out the view SHEEBUS!

[dissention]

I would love to buy it and redo it!!!!

Also, the bathroom is sooooo Euro!!!!! Did ya check out the view SHEEBUS!

GORGEOUS view, FUGLY interior. I wouldn't be able to sleep in there, the buttercream walls would have me tossing in my bed.

[ryan8472]

GORGEOUS view, FUGLY interior. I wouldn't be able to sleep in there, the buttercream walls would have me tossing in my bed.
...and your cookies. :laugh: :nod:

[strandinthewind]

GORGEOUS view, FUGLY interior. I wouldn't be able to sleep in there, the buttercream walls would have me tossing in my bed.

I like sedate walls. I would, however, maybe go darker on the walls and keep the wainscoating lighter.

[strandinthewind]

GORGEOUS view, FUGLY interior. I wouldn't be able to sleep in there, the buttercream walls would have me tossing in my bed.


LOL - what do you do when you get a hotel room - bring a can of paint :laugh:

[dissention]

I like sedate walls. I would, however, maybe go darker on the walls and keep the wainscoating lighter.

That would be jarring, but it could work. I'd give it a dark venetian plaster treatment to go with the wood floors, ditch the wainscoating, and get even brighter drapes.

[dissention]

LOL - what do you do when you get a hotel room - bring a can of paint :laugh:

I take my glasses off so that I can't see a thing. :p

[ryan8472]

But I'm going to bed. And I have to pee. So goodnight!

- JFK Jr.

[strandinthewind]

That would be jarring, but it could work. I'd give it a dark venetian plaster treatment to go with the wood floors, ditch the wainscoating, and get even brighter drapes.


I was thinking maybe chocolate or a version of obergine (sp.?) I would never ditch the wainscoating as I love that :laugh:

[dissention]

But I'm going to bed. And I have to pee. So goodnight!

- JFK Jr.

Thanks for enlightening me. Goodnight, John Boy.

[strandinthewind]

But I'm going to bed. And I have to pee. So goodnight!

- JFK Jr.


Have a happy urination and then slumber my friend!

[strandinthewind]

I take my glasses off so that I can't see a thing. :p


LOL - poor thing!!!!!!

Also, re the Parisian apt., maybe we could Andrea Putnam it up with some orchids and halogen spots :cool:

[darklinensuit]

Theda was FABULOUS - did you know her real name was Theodosia Goodman and she was born in a suburb of Cincinnati instead of in the shadow of the Pyramids and the daughter of an Italian artist and a French actress - but she made like 40+ films and was hugely popular, sadly only like three of her flim,s remain to be seen!

Also, many thanks to all the kind references to me in this thread, esp. Gershwin :cool:

I once did a lesson the the "Hollywood Jews" - so yes.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Its Gregg Brady as Johnny Bravo! :laugh:

:lol:

- Jake

[strandinthewind]

I once did a lesson the the "Hollywood Jews" - so yes.

- Jake


Did it take all semester :laugh: :rolleyes: :laugh:

[EnchantedSLN]

EnchantedSLN - Ida Lupino

:confused:

http://www.wickedlady.com/films/ladies/LupinoIda/images/heading.jpg

In my dreams! By the way, I adore your signature quote. Harold & Maude is the best movie!

[Johnny Stew]

Johnny Stew -- St. SebastianHmm, I'm not a saint, and I don't want to be a martyr... but that's kind of you. :o
I'm curious as to why you chose St. Sebastian in particular though, David.

Johnny Stew - William WallaceWow... VERY flattering.
I mean, I don't think it fits me... but I'm very flattered that you think so!

Johnny Stew - Cary GrantI only wish I were that debonair (and handsome)!!!

Johnny Stew - Betty WhiteNow THAT one is probably the closest to my personality. A little fiesty, but good-natured. Also, Betty's a big animal advocate... and I'm very close to monkeys (namely Curtis and Jason)!

Thank you for the sweet comparisons, everyone. :xoxo:
(And for not comparing me to JM J. Bullock! :laugh: )

[NaiveMelody23]

Ryan, you know which one im tlaking about

After i saw your Prince picture on myspace, you sort of remind me of him

sorry.

[NaiveMelody23]

I'm just Karen O :laugh: . I'm not complaining, because Karen is the most awesome angsty rock chick that has ever angsted, but that's it.

if you looked like or acted like karen o, i tihnk i would turn striaght.
that sounds weird but shes like one of my idols

[ryan8472]

Ryan, you know which one im tlaking about

After i saw your Prince picture on myspace, you sort of remind me of him

sorry.
Check this out bitch ~

I'm not Prince. :laugh:

[skcin]

Those walls look like those found at the DMV. :laugh:

But I just painted my bathroom orange, so what do I know...


You know what looks good, my friend. ~SWOON~ LOVE orange!

[darklinensuit]

Now THAT one is probably the closest to my personality. A little fiesty, but good-natured. Also, Betty's a big animal advocate... and I'm very close to monkeys (namely Curtis and Jason)!

Thank you for the sweet comparisons, everyone. :xoxo:
(And for not comparing me to JM J. Bullock! :laugh: )

Plus I've always thought Betty could kick Bea Arthur's butt in a grudge match. Did you catch her on The Practice? :lol:

(Jm J. Bullock! :eek: I just saw a Too Close For Comfort DVD at B&N the other night. Not tempting. I forget, how many writing Emmys did it garner? :lol: )

- Jake

[strandinthewind]

. . . and I'm very close to monkeys (namely Curtis and Jason)!


I am the forgotten cimpanzee and Curtis is the hairless chimpanzee


. . . (And for not comparing me to JM J. Bullock! :laugh: )

shoe fits - wear it :] :] :]

[strandinthewind]

Check this out bitch ~

I'm not Prince. :laugh:


Well, post a link to your space on my space or post the pic. You are not allowed to judge anything until you hit 18 :xoxo:

[xdreamsunwindx]

if you looked like or acted like karen o, i tihnk i would turn striaght.
that sounds weird but shes like one of my idols

Hee. I don't know. Ask Greg. He's the one who came up with that comparrison. :P

[cliffdweller]

Johnny Stew - Betty White

Dissention - Don Rickles


Cliffdweller - Mary Hart



Livia - Suzanne Pleshette

:laugh::laugh: These totally cracked me up!! Especially the JohnnyStew as Betty White!! I don't think 'ole Johnny is quite that gulible or homespun, but hey...who am I to bring you down?

And Livia is Annie Potts :D!!

[darklinensuit]

And Livia is Annie Potts :D!!

I can see that!

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

I can see that!

- Jake

Oh and by the way, does my voice give you seizures or something? I'm lookin' for you at the Houston show to try it out :laugh:.

[Livia]

:laugh::laugh: These totally cracked me up!! Especially the JohnnyStew as Betty White!! I don't think 'ole Johnny is quite that gulible or homespun, but hey...who am I to bring you down?

And Livia is Annie Potts :D!!

:lol: :laugh:

Jake is the hairless Robin Williams!

[darklinensuit]

:lol: :laugh:

Jake is the hairless Robin Williams!

Thanks, I have plenty of hair on my head these days.
And I get more Sean Penn & Treat Williams comments than Robin Williams comments as I age. :shrug:

- Jake

[Livia]

Thanks, I have plenty of hair on my head these days.
And I get more Sean Penn & Treat Williams comments than Robin Williams comments as I age. :shrug:

- Jake

I was thinking chest and back hair, hon!

[darklinensuit]

Oh and by the way, does my voice give you seizures or something? I'm lookin' for you at the Houston show to try it out :laugh:.

No, it must be that your legs are insured for a cool million. (What a save :blob1: ;) )

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

I was thinking chest and back hair, hon!

You've seen me at the pool. My back is clear, thank you very much. (And my chest is not that hairy - otherwise it would have clogged the pool before Stevie's wardrobe mistress swam over. :shrug: )

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

Cliffdweller - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"The uncertain old man whose real existence was the simplest of his enigmas"

Well I think that describes me to a T, don't you? :laugh::laugh:.



darklinensuit - Groucho Marx

:laugh::laugh: how much do I love this? Perfect! Except I've always thought of Jake as Jack Tripper.

[cliffdweller]

:lol: :laugh:

Jake is the hairless Robin Williams!

Oh.my.god. You read my mind!! This was my first impression of Jake when I met him. No offense Jake, I think Robin Williams is hilarious! I can see Treat Williams too.

[darklinensuit]

:laugh::laugh: how much do I love this? Perfect! Except I've always thought of Jake as Jack Tripper.

Only if we can call you Lana. :thumbsup:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Oh.my.god. You read my mind!! This was my first impression of Jake when I met him. No offense Jake, I think Robin Williams is hilarious! I can see Treat Williams too.

I used to get Robin Williams comparisons the most in 10 grade, Bono on 11th, and from 12th on, it's been mainly Sean Penn with others such as Treat Williams & Eric Roberts thrown in on occasion.
And these guys don't look anything like one another. :shrug:

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

Only if we can call you Lana. :thumbsup:

- Jake

Oh lord...I'm Chrissy and Livia is Janet silly!

[cliffdweller]

Bono on 11th, and from 12th on, it's been mainly Sean Penn with others such as Treat Williams & Eric Roberts thrown in on occasion. And these guys don't look anything like one another. :shrug:

- Jake

And they're not bad looking either, so there ya go.

[darklinensuit]

Oh lord...I'm Chrissy and Livia is Janet silly!

Only if I head back to Austin.
Of course, Strandinthewind & Dissention are the Ropers. :laugh:

- Jake

[strandinthewind]

. . .Strandinthewind & Dissention are the Ropers. :laugh:

- Jake


Lord Child - I am not sure which is which.

[darklinensuit]

And they're not bad looking either, so there ya go.

Noticeable omission of Robin Williams in what you quoted. :mad: :laugh: :laugh:
Sure you don't want to re-think what you've compared me to?

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Lord Child - I am not sure which is which.

I'll leave it to smarter minds to decide which of you is hornier...and has taken to wearing caftans. :eek: :lol:

[cliffdweller]

Of course, Strandinthewind & Dissention are the Ropers. :laugh:

- Jake

:laugh::laugh:I almost spewed my water onto the screen. Those two would kill each other if they had to spend one DAY together as marrieds!! :laugh:.

[strandinthewind]

I'll leave it to smarter minds to decide which of you is hornier...and has taken to wearing caftans. :eek: :lol:


Well, I do look good in a wild print caftan with HUGE gold hoop earings - and Diss is a balding short man with too many neuroses to count - so . . . . . .

[darklinensuit]

:laugh::laugh:I almost spewed my water onto the screen. Those two would kill each other if they had to spend one DAY together as marrieds!! :laugh:.

Just like the Ropers!

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

Noticeable omission of Robin Williams in what you quoted. :mad: :laugh: :laugh:
Sure you don't want to re-think what you've compared me to?

- Jake

:laugh: I didn't say you looked EXACTLY like Robin Williams, you favor him a bit, but then again I didn't have those others you mentioned to choose from.

[strandinthewind]

:laugh: I didn't say you looked EXACTLY like Robin Williams, you favor him a bit, but then again I didn't have those others you mentioned to choose from.


Jake is soooooooooooo RW esq.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cliffdweller]

Well, I do look good in a wild print caftan with HUGE gold hoop earings - and Diss is a balding short man with too many neuroses to count - so . . . . . .

The mental image of this is kiling me! Poor Diss! :laugh:

[cliffdweller]

Jake is soooooooooooo RW esq.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And here I was trying to soften the blow :rolleyes::laugh:.

[strandinthewind]

. . . Poor Diss! :laugh:


Hey - ya snooze ya lose :laugh:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Jake is soooooooooooo RW esq.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gosh, even RW isn't that much of an ass!

[darklinensuit]

Gosh, even RW isn't that much of an ass!

And we found our Larry. :blob1:

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

And we found our Larry. :blob1:

- Jake

Sorry, I’m short on gold chains and a penchant for chicks.

[darklinensuit]

Sorry, I’m short on gold chains and a penchant for chicks.

I'm sure you can score some of both near DipStix. :)
Rather be Furley?

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

I'm sure you can score some of both near DipStix. :)
Rather be Furley?

- Jake

No thanks, Bono :laugh:

[darklinensuit]

No thanks, Bono :laugh:

:rolleyes:

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

And we found our Larry. :blob1:

- Jake

:laugh::laugh:

Hey Marissa, at least he didn't liken you to Felipe :laugh:.

[GardenStateGirlie]

:rolleyes:

- Jake

Well it's not like it's a BAD thing. I don't see it but it's not bad. So for once, no insult from me. However will you manage :distress:

[GardenStateGirlie]

:laugh::laugh:

Hey Marissa, at least he didn't liken you to Felipe :laugh:.

Oh God. Don't worry...there's time enough still.

[darklinensuit]

Well it's not like it's a BAD thing. I don't see it but it's not bad. So for once, no insult from me. However will you manage :distress:

Your opinion. And if this is what you call nice...

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Your opinion. And if this is what you call nice...

- Jake

Sorry, I just can't see Bono :shrug: Then again, you said you got that comparison when you were younger so if you looked at all different from how you do now, then I'd have no idea. Humor wise, I suppose we can say Robin Williams. I think you look like the guy from the show I watch on the BBC but the only person that will know who i'm talking about are Diss and Lux and they've never met you.

Okay. What if we both say...I don't know...try for A DAY to be nice to one another. Not over-the-top nice (because that's just total sarcasm and thusly, not really all that nice at all) but actually NICE? Are you up for the challenge??

[David]

Hmm, I'm not a saint, and I don't want to be a martyr... but that's kind of you. :o
I'm curious as to why you chose St. Sebastian in particular though, David.St. Sebastian was the target of all the archers & all their methods.

You get arrowed by this person or that person, for this reason or that reason, often unjustly, so I call you St. Sebastian of the Ledge.

[NaiveMelody23]

Check this out bitch ~

I'm not Prince. :laugh:

oh yeah, well you could be...i mean i dont know, i could see you wearing a purple outfit prancing on stage

[NaiveMelody23]

i think, and i am not sure, but my friend said that i look like a younger and more sane Quentin Tarrantino. :shrug:

I dont know lol

[gldstwmn]

<img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0b9" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com"> <img src="http://tinypic.com/5pm0cp" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com">

Yeah. I see it. :nod: :D Except I think my outfit is waaaaay more chic. :laugh:

Sorry. John Cusack. :)

[GardenStateGirlie]

Sorry. John Cusack. :)

He really does. Now he needs to go grab a stereo and reinact some Say Anything :nod:

[dissention]

You know what looks good, my friend. ~SWOON~ LOVE orange!

Orange rawks. ;) It adds spice to any dull space.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Orange rawks. ;) It adds spice to any dull space.


Orange = My Favorite Color. :thumbsup:

[dissention]

Only if I head back to Austin.
Of course, Strandinthewind & Dissention are the Ropers. :laugh:

- Jake

:laugh:

I'd naturally be Helen. :laugh:

[dissention]

Well, I do look good in a wild print caftan with HUGE gold hoop earings - and Diss is a balding short man with too many neuroses to count - so . . . . . .

Bitch plz. My ass knows how to do some killer macrame.

[strandinthewind]

Bitch plz. My ass knows how to do some killer macrame.


Well, then who is playing Jack for whom you experience unsated prurience :eek: Well, him and any device/furniture/piece of soap you can manage to rub up against in or out of said macrame, the wool from which can rub a girl raw anyhow!!!!!!!!!

[dissention]

Well, then who is playing Jack for whom you experience unsated prurience :eek:

I'm Helen, not Lana, you fool. :p

Well, him and any device/furniture/piece of soap you can manage to rub up against in or out of said macrame, the wool from which can rub a girl raw anyhow!!!!!!!!!

Don't I know it...

[strandinthewind]

I'm Helen, not Lana, you fool. :p . . .

Ah pooor Lana - I think the lovelorn Hillary (Gate and Garden) has to be Lana - but Helen was also after Jack for awhile there as she was in on the pseudo gay for pay secret!!!!!!!!

I as Stan, of course, cannot abide you without some sort of lube, thus the friction of our sordid lives.

[ryan8472]

Well, post a link to your space on my space or post the pic. You are not allowed to judge anything until you hit 18 :xoxo:
<img src="http://tinypic.com/5tw22p" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com">

:laugh:

[xdreamsunwindx]

Oh. I just found out today from my friend that I look like a brunette Courtney Love. Woot.

[skcin]

Oh. I just found out today from my friend that I look like a brunette Courtney Love. Woot.


Hey! :thumbsup: Courtney Love is one badass bitch. I adore her. :nod:

[cliffdweller]

Hey! :thumbsup: Courtney Love is one badass bitch.

Well, you got part of that description right :p :wavey:.

[skcin]

Well, you got part of that description right :p :wavey:.


Hardy-har-har. :laugh:

[Serrart]

So who exactly am I? :shrug: :laugh:

Gerard Philippe

Romy

[Serrart]

:confused:

http://www.wickedlady.com/films/ladies/LupinoIda/images/heading.jpg

In my dreams! By the way, I adore your signature quote. Harold & Maude is the best movie!

I see the similarity in the storyteller quality. Besides being a very good actress she was an awesome director. :nod:

About Harold a Maude, that movie is a miracle, IMO.

Romy

[ryan8472]

Gerard Philippe

Romy
http://www.pif-collection.com/personnages/gerard_philippe1.jpg

You really think? :shrug:

[Serrart]

http://www.pif-collection.com/personnages/gerard_philippe1.jpg

You really think? :shrug:

Yeah, he was romantic and sensitive. :)

Romy

[Johnny Stew]

St. Sebastian was the target of all the archers & all their methods.

You get arrowed by this person or that person, for this reason or that reason, often unjustly, so I call you St. Sebastian of the Ledge.I am honestly touched that you compared me to St. Sebastian for those reasons.
Surprised and touched.

Thank you. :)

[darklinensuit]

Sorry, I just can't see Bono :shrug: Then again, you said you got that comparison when you were younger so if you looked at all different from how you do now, then I'd have no idea. Humor wise, I suppose we can say Robin Williams. I think you look like the guy from the show I watch on the BBC but the only person that will know who i'm talking about are Diss and Lux and they've never met you.

Okay. What if we both say...I don't know...try for A DAY to be nice to one another. Not over-the-top nice (because that's just total sarcasm and thusly, not really all that nice at all) but actually NICE? Are you up for the challenge??

Why do YOU get to have the last word? :shrug:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

About Harold a Maude, that movie is a miracle, IMO.

Romy

:nod:

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Why do YOU get to have the last word? :shrug:

- Jake

Who said I had to?? :shrug: Jeeze.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Oh. I just found out today from my friend that I look like a brunette Courtney Love. Woot.

Annnd you've got the angst part down ;)

[Sugar]

Geeze, what a runaway thread this is! :lol:

I've been compared to two famous people that I can remember:

Ingrid Bergman and Janis Joplin.

Hell of a combination, eh?

[darklinensuit]

Geeze, what a runaway thread this is! :lol:

I've been compared to two famous people that I can remember:

Ingrid Bergman and Janis Joplin.

Hell of a combination, eh?

I hope the comparisons were not based on Ingrid's singing voice or Janis's grace in high heels. :)

- Jake

[mylittledemon]

What about me? I was missing from the list. Yes I dare ask.

[skcin]

What about me? I was missing from the list. Yes I dare ask.

I think you look like Giovanni Ribisi (a compliment, btw.)
Not sure who you remind me of as personality....

[DrummerDeanna]

What about me? I was missing from the list. Yes I dare ask.

I was too *sob*

Well I have no time to go through all 309488937 pages of this thread though ;)

I always like to think of myself as Dorothy from the Golden Girls :laugh:

[strandinthewind]

I was too *sob*

Well I have no time to go through all 309488937 pages of this thread though ;)

I always like to think of myself as Dorothy from the Golden Girls :laugh:


or Louella Parsons :cool:


mylittledemon could be Mr. Bingley from Pride and Prejudice :cool:

[cliffdweller]

I was too *sob*

Well I have no time to go through all 309488937 pages of this thread though ;)

I always like to think of myself as Dorothy from the Golden Girls :laugh:

Really? Cuz I always thought of you as Blanche. JUST KIDDING! Yeah, Dorothy, I could see it except you're not caustic enough. You're too nice Deanna!

[DrummerDeanna]

Really? Cuz I always thought of you as Blanche. JUST KIDDING! Yeah, Dorothy, I could see it except you're not caustic enough. You're too nice Deanna!

:laugh: :laugh:

I know, EVERYONE thinks of me as Blanche - either her or Samantha from Sex and the City ;)

Totally kidding.

[skcin]

I was too *sob*

Well I have no time to go through all 309488937 pages of this thread though ;)

I always like to think of myself as Dorothy from the Golden Girls :laugh:


First of all, that's what you get for going on vaca & not checking in here. Punishment. :nod:

Secondly - you're on my list. ;) Of course, I've no clue where in this thread it is, but you're there.

[DrummerDeanna]

First of all, that's what you get for going on vaca & not checking in here. Punishment. :nod:

Secondly - you're on my list. ;) Of course, I've no clue where in this thread it is, but you're there.

Oh thanks lol...um who am I on that list? Perhaps if my mom doesn't get in here soon (I'm on her computer) then I will look through this gargantuan thread.

[skcin]

Oh thanks lol...um who am I on that list? Perhaps if my mom doesn't get in here soon (I'm on her computer) then I will look through this gargantuan thread.


Here ya go! ;) Check out this thread around pages 19/20/21.

:( - Pattie cuz she's upset that Lindsey hasn't announced a tour yet

:) - Tommer cuz he's probably high, therefore a happy guy

:wavey: - Johnny Stew, always charming & helpful to fans new and old

:woohoo: - Deanna cuz she tries to catch everyone's birthdays

;) - Mariel cuz she's a sly fox & does a good evil laugh

[mylittledemon]

Ok I guess I can see Giovanni Ribisi...it could be worse right?

[strandinthewind]

Ok I guess I can see Giovanni Ribisi...it could be worse right?


That very much would work for you. Or, as I mentioned, the guy who played Mr. Bingley in the 95 version of Pride and Predjudice :cool: