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Is there a Walk of Shame? (Original Post) guillaumeb Aug 2018 OP
At the kennel. So my dog can poop on it. dem4decades Aug 2018 #1
Steven Seagal. MontanaMama Aug 2018 #2
He has no shame. guillaumeb Aug 2018 #3
Trick question! MontanaMama Aug 2018 #4
well, I certainly walked it many times... dhill926 Aug 2018 #5
Very nice response. guillaumeb Aug 2018 #6
But there shouldn't be star-shaped plaques. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #7
Perhaps a dumbell shape? eom guillaumeb Aug 2018 #8
A backwards R Meadowoak Aug 2018 #10
Everyone in Congress with an R after their name, Mitch McConnell, Dana Rohrabacher, Paul Ryan, Mike Meadowoak Aug 2018 #9
We will need to buy stars in bulk. eom guillaumeb Aug 2018 #11
I understand the desire to target Cosby for "removal", but he, at least actually earned his star hlthe2b Aug 2018 #12
Someone should investigate to see if anyone was paid off to approve it. LiberalFighter Aug 2018 #13
to get a star you can simply give money lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #19
He is a celebrity, and notorious, guillaumeb Aug 2018 #14
WT ever lovin' F? ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #18
There should be a DC Annex for their own BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #15
An annex the size of the Pentagon? guillaumeb Aug 2018 #17
On Wall Street in the 1980s... PJMcK Aug 2018 #16

Meadowoak

(5,546 posts)
9. Everyone in Congress with an R after their name, Mitch McConnell, Dana Rohrabacher, Paul Ryan, Mike
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 06:28 PM
Aug 2018

Pence and DT.

hlthe2b

(102,276 posts)
12. I understand the desire to target Cosby for "removal", but he, at least actually earned his star
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 06:32 PM
Aug 2018

How the hell did they EVER give Trump a show for the Apprentice? Really?

How about these famous actors who do NOT have a star:
Robert Deniro (only just got his in June, 2018)
Judi Dench
Carrie Fisher
Diane Keaton
Denzel Washington
Brad Pitt
Julia Roberts
and others...


So you realize TRUMP got his star in 2007-- more than ELEVEN years before DeNiro??????

LiberalFighter

(50,928 posts)
13. Someone should investigate to see if anyone was paid off to approve it.
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 06:35 PM
Aug 2018

Someone on the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce board maybe?

lapfog_1

(29,204 posts)
19. to get a star you can simply give money
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 08:46 PM
Aug 2018

Radio personality, television producer and Chamber member Johnny Grant is generally credited with implementing the changes that resuscitated the Walk and established it as a significant tourist attraction.[21][35] Beginning in 1968, he stimulated publicity and encouraged international press coverage by requiring that each recipient personally attend his or her star's unveiling ceremony.[21] Grant later recalled that "it was tough to get people to come accept a star" until the neighborhood finally began its recovery in the 1980s.[32] In 1980 he instituted a fee of $2,500, payable by the person or entity nominating the recipient, to fund the Walk of Fame's upkeep and minimize further taxpayer burden.[21] The fee has increased incrementally over time; by 2002 it had reached $15,000,[36] and stood at $30,000 in 2012.[4] The current (2017) fee is $40,000.[37]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame#Selection_and_construction

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
14. He is a celebrity, and notorious,
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 06:42 PM
Aug 2018

and a media creation insofar as his actual business history is one of failure.

Your point is well taken.

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
15. There should be a DC Annex for their own
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 06:56 PM
Aug 2018

"Walk of Shame" outside of the Capitol building. There would be many more stars on it than the 2,400 stars the Hollywood one has on their walk.

*Is Harvey Weinstein on the Walk of Fame?

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
16. On Wall Street in the 1980s...
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 07:03 PM
Aug 2018

...the Walk of Shame was when you came into work in the morning wearing the same suit, shirt and tie as you wore yesterday. The implication was that you didn't go home last night... for whatever reason(s)!

For some reason, someone would always notice and say, "Didn't you wear that suit yesterday?"

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