Bacon strips

Puff Daddy

It reads clever, but it started out as this which is less fun for me.

...and SCENE!

10 years ago I had hookers and blow. Not a lot has changed really.

Stop forwarding me these emails, mom!

Like every Right Wing talking point since 1980, they got it wrong, since we lost Hope and Cash in 2003, when W. was President.

I was hoping we could just get into famous names like...

Andrew Gold (dead, sigh)
Joel Silver (alive)
Neil Diamond (alive)
Tin Tin (fictitious, but making a comeback)

Warren Burger (dead - NOT the DA on Perry Mason)
Richard Cheese (alive)
Charles Fries (alive)
Barney Frank (yes, I went there, but I'll ignore Anthony Weiner because he doesn't even spell it right)

Anne Rice (alive, or maybe undead)
and Orson Bean (still alive, yay!)

Courtney Love ("Lived Through This")
and Enoch Light (died in 1978 - yep, we lost the Light that long ago)

and, of course, that actor who played Giles on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", whose name I will probably get in trouble for mentioning.

Now, can anybody think of others?

What am I, chopped liver?

Well, you are delicious with sauteed onions.

Actually, Huey, you're best with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

But there are several problems with "Puff Daddy" including:

(1) It's a stage name Sean Combs hasn't used in years (he's Diddy now).

(2) If you include the stage names of rappers, then there's nothing standing in the way of Vanilla Ice, and we do NOT want to go there.

(3) "Sean Combs" would be better since who wants to live in a world with no combs? Major hair catastrophe.

(4) Some of us feel uncomfortable about "Daddy", especially those of us whose fathers died recently (and I hadn't called him Daddy since I was 11).

1. When you see Marky Mark in a movie, do you actually call him Wahlberg?

2. Puff Daddy he will always be. Puffy Puff for short (like Schoolly School).

3. I'm not part of a humor-writing team; "That's not funny but this would be" discourages marginally funny people like me from participating.

4. I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to poke at your grief. I was sitting in the living room with my dad when I thought of my answer, and submitted it in a flood of sentiment. We're really close, and though I haven't called him Daddy for a long time, it was an honest answer. I lost my mom what feels like yesterday, and I don't want to lose my dad anytime soon. Maybe being honest and being funny aren't compatible, at least for me.

Richard Cheese is a stage name.

Richard Cheese is a stage name? So is Courtney Love. So was Bob Hope. Marky Mark doesn't have a last name in his stage name any more than Lady Gaga, which leads to another argument against Puff Daddy. It's not a noun as a last name, it's a title. So John Major also would not apply. Honestly, Hugh, I think you have one of the better senses of humor in MeCha. I just thought the concept was well-defined but the fact that nobody else even tried to play along just makes me an asshole.

Do one-name folks count? Madonna.

When you see Marky Mark in a movie, do you actually call him Wahlberg?

No! He's one of the few actors I have glimmers of a crush on, but whenever I see him in a trailer, my response is "Ooh! Marky Mark!"

I just thought the concept was well-defined but the fact that nobody else even tried to play along just makes me an asshole.

I don't think you're an asshole. And people are playing! It's just impossible to control conversations on MeCha...it's a slippery gang. Frankly, I just have trouble coming up with celebrity names that are concrete nouns.

and, of course, that actor who played Giles on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", whose name I will probably get in trouble for mentioning.

One of my brushes with fame was sitting right behind him at an Alanis Morrisette concert at LA's Greek Theater. I was the very essence of restraint; he was never aware of how much I was geeking out back there.

And I am not apologizing for the derail. Just live with it.

"Sean Combs" would be better since who wants to live in a world with no combs? Major hair catastrophe.
No catastrophe for me ;-)

Oh lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.

I was just trying to help, then I was just trying to point out that I tried, then I was defending my attempt, which never goes well (nothing kills humor like an explanation). I honestly felt incredibly shitty for bringing up a sore point, which I realized almost immediately after posting, but by then it was too late to do anything but kick myself hard in the shin.

The truth of it all is, having someone edit me unrequested gets my back up and I tend to lash out a bit, for which I apologize. The same daddy I fear losing is the greatest unrequested editor I've ever known, so you can see, my reaction was truly childish.

I love this kind of thread, and I love it when people actually join in instead of bombing it right out of the box, and I was right with you lamenting its derail. I still stand by Puff Daddy being a good answer, for the reasons I enumerated before, but really I just want a hug, and I want to apologize again for my clumsiness and thank you for coming up with a fun activity for everybody.

puerile:
Andy Dick
Roddy Bottom

Puff Daddy redux:
Gary Oldman

corny:
Doris Day
Ted Knight

materials:
Elijah Wood
Jeremy Irons
Billy Crystal

thirsty:
Alec Guinness

for you police-state types:
Jude Law
Mike Judge

a bit of a stretch:
Elizabeth Shue
Donald Pleasance

Oops, I kinda messed that up; I think the ones I labeled corny are already gone, as is the beery one and the final one, unfortunately. Also, more hugs; you're a pal, foopy, and I regret my earlier tone.

Thank you thank you, Hugh. Again I apologize for acting like you broke my arm when you touched a sore spot. (Extra excuse, today would've been my father's 91st birthday and tomorrow's the 6 month anniversary of his death, so please avoid mentioning anything about parents or children in my presence).

And good list. To show my current persnickety-ness, I had considered Doris Day & Gladys Knight myself, but vetoed it over the wrong spelling of Knight. But if I loosen up, I can also include Peter Noone, who you're probably too young to remember.

Other economic people:
Eddie Money,
Soupy Sales,
Barry Bonds,
Terry Gross,
Edwin Land (inventor of the Polaroid Camera)

And to Alec Guinness, you can add...
Dennis, Henry, Herman and/or Steve Miller...
and maybe George Bus(c)h...
but not Jodie Foster or Glenn Beck because of the "'s" in the brand

Also edible:
blacklisted screenwriter Waldo Salt (KNOW YOUR HOLLYWOOD HISTORY),
Mark Almond of the Pet Shop Boys,
Tim Curry,
John Candy,
baseball's Darryl Strawberry,
and, with loose spelling rules...
Jack Lemmon,
John Oates of Daryl-Hall-and fame,
Eve Plumb of The Brady Bunch,
and Jon Hamm.

And you couldn't go boating without Rod Hull.

And I just got more depressed realizing there's no more Candy...

You forgot about Justice. As in, David Justice. And I like how it fits with the meme in that we do have justice, goshdarnit!