"Celebrities" that you don't understand their claim to fame.

[Gothic Sponge]

Zha Zha Gabor: Why does she have any fame?

That Howie guy from the Radio Shack commercials. Is/was he some "sports guy?" I don't follow sports so maybe it's just me.

JP Morgan from the Gong Show. What did she do other than gong?

That's all i can think of right now....Do you have any?

[NoPasaran]

1. Zsa Zsa is famous for being famous

That's all there is to it, dahlink!

[LynneSin]

2. She was Jaye P. Morgan, not JP Morgan

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604736/

The latter is a bank, she changed her name to sound like a bank

[Gothic Sponge]

20. My mistake

[Beware the Beast Man]

39. Happy and Peppy and Bursting with Love.

The only other place I've seen her is on the Odd Couple when she planned on singing a song that Oscar wrote.

[OpSomBlood]

3. "Howie" is football hall-of-famer Howie Long.

He used to play for the Raiders, now he's one of the hosts of Fox NFL Sunday.

[rpannier]

4. JP Morgan

wrote music and was a record producer. She made big bucks at it.

[terrya]

5. Adam Sandler. Why, oh why, does this untalented person have a career?

[jpgray]

9. "It was tough growing up as a Jewish kid

I'd run out on the basketball court and the referee would yell 'FOUL!' I'd say 'What? I didn't do anything yet.' 'You killed Jesus.'"

He has some funny moments to him. :D His movies are pretty dopey, though.

[chenGOD]

22. i think he's great.

Sure some of his comedies are pretty dopey, but he was fantastic in "Punch Drunk Love", and he was excellent about 90% of the time on SNL.

[Brewman_Jax]

6. Howie Long played football

He was a all-star defensive end for the Oakland Raiders. He was on the Super Bowl winning team in 1984. He was one of the best defensive line to play with 8 Pro Bowl appearances along with various awards to his credit.

[Ruffhowse]

7. Brittany Spears, Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguillera, etc., etc., etc.

Why in the world are these bimbos famous? They have no talent, are not that good looking, and sing like American Idol rejects. But considering the state of popular music today, maybe they are the best the industry can do. Sad.

[Brewman_Jax]

8. Pauly Shore

'nuff said. :puke:

[LynneSin]

10. hey, Son-in-Law was a funny movie

and I liked Encino man too!

[Brewman_Jax]

21. I liked Encino Man, too

but for Brendan Frazer. He was funny as the caveman. Do you know what happened to him?

[NewHampshireDem]

14. Pauly rode on the coat tails of his mother, Mitzi Shore

who owned the Comedy Store club. He's a no-talent hack who would be working at Fat Burger right now if it weren't for his mother ... oh, wait, he is working at Fat Burger right now! :)

[johnnie]

17. His father used to open shows for Elvis also. n/t

[OpSomBlood]

11. Paris Hilton.

I don't find her even remotely attractive, and she obviously doesn't get by on personality or intelligence.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

12. It's gotta be Paris Hilton!

Most worthless "celebrity" ever!

[Kid_A]

41. Paris is famous for being famous

and the more famous she gets, the more famous she gets.

But I gotta admit, I wouldn't kick her out of bed.

[LynneSin]

13. Brett Somers

Other than being top middle row on "Match Game"

[Gothic Sponge]

18. Good question, i know she was married to Jack Klugman for a while....

[amber dog democrat]

15. Brittainy Spears

she could not sing, just kind of croaked. Never understood the popularity of this pop-tart.

[terrya]

16. Also, Dennis Miller. Even before he changed into a right winger.

I've never understood Dennis Miller's appeal. Even during SNL. A man who thinks he's oh so clever.

[mac56]

19. He had one funny joke back in the day.

Talking about how old movies showed passenger trains with a handle that could be pulled to apply the brakes. "I'm uncomfortable with a means of transportation where the general public controls the braking mechanism...I wouldn't want to go flying off the tracks at 150 miles an hour because Gus thought he saw a hedgehog."

That's about it for Dennis Miller.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

23. That is supposed to be funny?

Seems pretty lame to me.

[mac56]

26. oh well...

Some of us just have lowbrow senses of humor. ;-)

[Bronco69]

24. Sandra Bernhart?

WTF did she ever do?

[philosophie_en_rose]

25. "Dr. Laura"

Why do people participate in a show, just to be judged and condemned by a talentless quack?

[LynneSin]

27. She's not even a doctor, she just has a doctorate degree in

physiology

:shrug:

[philosophie_en_rose]

32. She's not even human. She's a robot built in Stepford.

:P

Seriously, "Dr." Laura has no business providing advice to others. Frau Schadenfreude seems to take some sort of personal pleasure in telling others how to live her life.

Plus she converted from Judaism, because she didn't think "they" supported her enough. Meanwhile, Ms. Family Values exploits her dead mother, whom she continued to attack on Larry King even after she died.

[CBHagman]

28. Freiherr von Misthaufen (i.e., Arnold Schwarzenegger)

If anyone needs proof that a complete lack of talent never stood in the way of fame, wealth and a movie career, Schwarzenegger is Exhibit A.

And don't forget Paris Hilton, poster child for the inheritance tax. She reminds me of why revolutions occasionally take place.

Tom Cruise. Insanely overrrated.

Same for Bruce Willis.

There are so many more...

[Commendatori]

29. Ben Stiller

Talentless, just lucky with casting. Does his father have THAT much pull in Hollywood?

[Commendatori]

30. Oh, Christina Aguilera, too

I've never seen a pretty girl go to so much effort to make herself look unattractive. As talentless as Stiller.

[Commendatori]

31. Don't forget Jennifer Lopez

Not all that good looking, a mediocre actress and an average singer. Why does the world care about her marriage?

[Mike Daniels]

33. Any reality show participant that didn't display noticable talent

I'm not a fan of American Idol manufactured "pop" but at least the winners did display something to justify further media attention.

But anyone from Survivor, Real World or others of those ilk should just disappear once their show is over.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. Anna Kournikova

Yes, she's hot, so what? Hundreds of millions of women are. Second-rate tennis player. :wtf:

[Nile]

35. Whoopie Goldberg

Can not remember her doing much except being the center square on Hollywood Squares.

[Bridget Burke]

36. She was a pretty good standup comic....

& has appeared in a number of movies, although her career hasn't been hot recently.

She did make some crude comments about Bush at the notorious fundraiser. Is that why you dislike her?

[Nile]

38. I never said that I disliked her.

I just do not "understand her claim to fame" which was the question that I was answering. It may well be though that she has been in the news lately for something that she said about Bush that made me think of her.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

37. She's been great in all the movies I've seen

And very entertaining on all the talk shows that I've seen her on as well

[Ernesto]

40. Regis Philbin

The Captain Nobody that just won't give up on his career of trying to be "somebody".

[MissMillie]

42. Carrot top

who the heck is this guy anyway?