tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post114771653513105250..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: If My Degree Was Tied Directly Into My Knowledge of Celebrity Authors...fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1147803478451596532006-05-16T14:17:00.000-04:002006-05-16T14:17:00.000-04:00I hardly dare to admit this, but I got 7 out of 9 ...I hardly dare to admit this, but I got 7 out of 9 and the only one I'd even heard of was Sarah Ferguson's "Budgie the Helicopter" ! For the rest, I just randomly picked one letter per question without even reading the list of names because I know very little about celebrity authors !<BR/><BR/>Sorry, but that's just too funny !Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1147758083873733242006-05-16T01:41:00.000-04:002006-05-16T01:41:00.000-04:00Hold on now. This isn't "celebrity" books in the h...Hold on now. This isn't "celebrity" books in the heinous sense. Let's review. Ally Sheedy actually BECAME a celeb because of She Was Nice to Mice. She was 12, long before Breakfast Club, etc. Jimmy Carter is an ex-President of the USA. That's a little different than Ray Romano. Bill Cosby has written oodles of books and that book was a spin-off, I believe, from a TV series. Musicians known for writing literate story songs have a long tradition in kid's books, so I'm not sure about Sting and Mary Chapin Carpenter being the worst kind of celeb author. Also, I don't think she has a huge enough following to be someone hired just for a name (besides her Ivy pedigree). David Byrne is a jack of all trades with very little name recognition, I'd argue.<BR/><BR/>That leaves Jamie Lee Curtis, John Lithgow (who also has children's music albums!) and Sarah Ferguson. OK, Fergie is what I'd consider a celebrity author who got a deal based on name only. <BR/><BR/>But that's just me. I mean there's plenty to be cynical about... and I scored 9 out of 9... but I don't really view these as the worst offenders in the celeb realm.Greg Pincushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1147722205849125062006-05-15T15:43:00.000-04:002006-05-15T15:43:00.000-04:00I'm kind of ashamed of my own score, actually, bec...I'm kind of ashamed of my own score, actually, because I did better than I really think proper. Thanks for the link!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1147719930027367622006-05-15T15:05:00.000-04:002006-05-15T15:05:00.000-04:00I got 6 of 9 on this quiz. When you're distinguis...I got 6 of 9 on this quiz. When you're distinguishing Sting from an analogous musician, it gets pretty difficult!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.com