They're dropping like flies!

[pomtzu]

Celeb worshiping needs to end. Yes death can be sad but this commotion over MJ, FF, and BM is absolutly rediculous.

I'm with Mary - I see no worship going on here with anyone that you mentioned. I was never a MJ fan, but I for one, have probably said more about him in the past few day, than I ever had before. What's wrong with people acknowledging him for the incredibly talented person that he was, rather than slamming him for the negative aspects of his actions in life?
I for one, hope that people that know me, will remember me more for the good, rather than the bad, when my time is up.

[Medusa]

I for one, hope that people that know me, will remember me more for the good, rather than the bad, when my time is up.

What was that again, Ms. Devil? LOL Seriously, though, I think we all can wish for that, huh? Who doesn't have skeletons but if we would just remove the beam from our own eye before we notice the straw in another's, we'd all be better off. You make a good point, El.

[pomtzu]

What was that again, Ms. Devil? LOL Seriously, though,

Just remember - there's a big difference between devilish, and outright bad!
I know that you'll remember the devil in me.

[Grace]

Celeb worshiping needs to end. Yes death can be sad but this commotion over MJ, FF, and BM is absolutly rediculous.

I didn't take blue's comment to mean anyone posting here. I figured he was referring to all the hoop-la around the world.

In Detroit, for example, there has been a never-ending parade of people visiting Hitsville. To listen to them moan and groan and wail, one would think the end of the world was at hand. I truly believe some of them would throw themselves on a funeral pyre.

MJ was an entertainer; a very good one, I guess, but he wasn't the second coming.

[pomtzu]

I didn't take blue's comment to mean anyone posting here. I figured he was referring to all the hoop-la around the world.

Perhaps, but he should have specified MJ, and left FF and BM out of the equation, since there is not much of anything being published or televised about either them.

Sure there's a lot of hoop-la over MJ, but I'll bet most of it is far from celeb worship. I see a lot of people wanting to congregate at a place that had some meaning or ties to MJ, just so they can say "I was there when".....and there are many ways that sentence could be finished.

I don't remember this much criticism of a situation when Elvis passed.

[Grace]

Perhaps, but he should have specified MJ, and left FF and BM out of the equation, since there is not much of anything being published or televised about either them.

Sure there's a lot of hoop-la over MJ, but I'll bet most of it is far from celeb worship. I see a lot of people wanting to congregate at a place that had some meaning or ties to MJ, just so they can say "I was there when".....and there are many ways that sentence could be finished.

I don't remember this much criticism of a situation when Elvis passed.

There was no internet back then.

As for the celeb worship, you haven't seen the scenes from Detroit - it's enough to make one gag. Please, I don't mean to be rude or contrary, but why would someone feel such an overwhelming need to be at a specific spot?

Edit: Of course it is celeb worship. There were two 50 year old local men whose obits were in our local paper the other day. No one is wailing on a street corner - laying wreaths and flowers and toys on their front lawns.

[lvpets2002]

OMG now her.. RIP Gale Storm

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Didn't Bea Arthur from the Golden Girls just die last month or so too?

[lvpets2002]

Yes she did.. That was sad as well..

Didn't Bea Arthur from the Golden Girls just die last month or so too?

[pomtzu]

There was no internet back then.

As for the celeb worship, you haven't seen the scenes from Detroit - it's enough to make one gag. Please, I don't mean to be rude or contrary, but why would someone feel such an overwhelming need to be at a specific spot?

Edit: Of course it is celeb worship. There were two 50 year old local men whose obits were in our local paper the other day. No one is wailing on a street corner - laying wreaths and flowers and toys on their front lawns.

Damn the Internet!!

Hey - you're not being rude - and I'm just stating my opinion. There are too many people in this world with the "know-it-all, been there/done that" attitude and mentality, that makes them feel important about themselves if they can say that they were part of a certain event, be it good or bad, and no matter how far removed from it that they really were. I personally feel that there's a lot of that going on now. And the mob gatherings appear to be localized, don't you think? Unfortunately, Motown is going to take a big hit in that department. If Neverland was still in the picture, I can only imagine the mob scenes there. Remember Graceland?

As far as the wreaths and flowers and toys, I see that everywhere anymore. At a house fire where someone perished (especially a child), at the site of fatal accident along the roadway, where a police officer was gunned down - it's just everywhere - even for the ordinary Joe or Jane like you and me!

[kuhio98]

I didn't take blue's comment to mean anyone posting here. I figured he was referring to all the hoop-la around the world...

MJ was an entertainer; a very good one, I guess, but he wasn't the second coming.

I agree. blue didn't say this thread was ridiculous, he said celebrity workship was ridiculous. I agree 100%

Maybe that's why I don't hero worship any celebrity. I can admire and respect their talents, but I don't know them. They are flawed human beings like me. Doing the best they can -- they aren't God's.

With everything going on in the world right now, this 24-hour a day barage of celebrity "news" is a total waste of the airwaves and internet ~ In my opinion.

I hadn't heard about Gale Storm. I had heard the name before, but I thought Gale Storm was the man who played Mr. Moony in the ole Lucille Ball TV show. Turns out that was Gale Gordon.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Breaking news: HLN just reported that comedian Fred Travelena just died.

[Grace]

Breaking news: HLN just reported that comedian Fred Travelena just died.

Who is he?

[davidpizzica]

I remember Fred Travelena. He was a comedian/ impressionist who guest starred on a lot of game shows and talk shows.

[pomtzu]

I'm with Mary - I see no worship going on here

Just one more comment if I may - just to clarify my use of the word here:

I was not using the word to state a specific place such as PT, but as a period of time - as in "here and now". Guess we Delawarians talk funny compared to the rest of the planet?