Touched By a Celebrity.

Posted 08/09/2005 07:40 AM by cmonks in > fame: i want to live forever.

dixie.jpgI trust many of you are still recovering from yesterday's revealing post, thus I don't want to drop another bombshell on you, but today's news is too exciting to sweep under the blog rug: a celebrity has left a comment on this site. For nearly three long years, I've been waiting for somebody famous to leave a comment on my blog, and now finally it has happened.

The famous somebody is Dixie Whatley, former host of Entertainment Tonight. I know. You're jealous. Whatever. Let's not dwell on that, but instead on how fricking cool it is that a former host of Entertainment Tonight has read my blog. And don't give me a "Well, she ain't no Mary Hart" line. You and I, and that woman who got seizures from hearing her voice, all know that nobody is Mary Hart. She is a rare gem in the large ocean of early evening entertainment show hosts.

Still, Dixie Whatley is famous and she left a comment on my site. How cool is that? She commented on a post from way back in May about how I watched Pat O'Brien's emotional interview with Dr. Phil. I had mentioned her in the entry and it turns out she came upon it after Googling herself. (Celebrities Google themselves too!) Anyway, to save you the trouble of clicking and scrolling to find the comment, here it is in its entirety:

"So every once in a while I Google myself (must be yearning for those deep ET days of shallow publicity) and goshgolly, there I was. So nice to be fondly remembered. As for Pat, I was a news reporter (yes, real news back then!) in LA along with Pat. The common knowledge was if you want to go somewhere you have no business being, just follow Pat. He'll be sure to get in. Yes, he was, shall we say, self assured, but I always liked him. Hope he actually learned his lesson. As for me (I'm SURE you've all been deeply concerned!) check out www.dixiestudio.com. Yes, there is life after television."

I think that's what you'd call a really solid blog comment. Yes, it doesn't talk nearly enough about me and how great and awesome I am, but it's well-written, relevant, and funny. She also uses a term never before used in an Utter Wonder comment: "Goshgolly." Fantastic! Or, I mean, goshgolly that's fantastic! I always thought goshgolly was two words and not one, but whatever; I'm not one to argue with a celebrity. Regardless, it's a great blog comment. I'd like to see Billy Bush or Deborah Norville or some other entertainment show host leave as good as blog comment as that one.

No really, I would. Please? Billy Bush strikes me as somebody who Googles himself all the time. (You really do, Billy.) Not that that's a bad thing. I Google myself all the time. Especially when I'm depressed and have eaten way too many éclairs. Usually this happens late at night, after watching C-Span II for seven hours. Naked. But don't get me wrong, Bushman, Googling yourself is a perfectly normal thing to do. So leave a comment on here for goshgolly sakes!

Anyway, I'd like to thank Dixie Whatley publicly for touching my blog with her fame. Everyone should check out her site. It features much of her artwork. Kind of refreshing to see somebody step out of the limelight and into something new and less celebrity-oriented. I don't understand it, but it's refreshing nonetheless.


This post is dedicated to wool.




Comments.

Edwards. An hour before dawn. A black dessert under a dome of stars. Then we saw it sweeping in from the west, an apparition in the zenon lights at the runway's end. "We have you Columbia," came the voice from Mission Control, "welcome home." Then we heard something we didn't expect. "This is Monks," a voice said, thick with a Boston accent and agitated, as if by the sugar rush of a donut breakfast. "C Monks. There's been a change of plan. I repaired this baby's damaged ceramic tiles, and now I'm bringing her home." An excited murmur swept the crowd. The voice continued: "Also, as I return this damaged craft to Earth, I'd like to announce that I'm now on a diet." The crowd's excitement turned to confusion, but in the next instant the shuttle whooshed by, followed by a wave of cheers and applause. "Did he say 'diet'?" the man next to me asked, trying to shout above the din. I just shrugged my shoulders, and gestured to the sky.

Posted by: Sean Carman at 08/09/2005 09:40 AM

Oh boy ...

Posted by: hockomock at 08/09/2005 09:47 AM

What kind of dessert was it underneath the dome of stars? When I think black dessert I usually think chocolate, but I suppose it could have been blackberries or perhaps licorice, although that would be gross. Anyway, I really don't think it's fair to leave desserts around for Monks to find...he's trying to diet.

Posted by: Laurie at 08/09/2005 12:00 PM

Monks is famous! I'm not supprised I mean the stuck in rehab was, without a doubt, the funniest thing online. I'm kinda miffed that she didn't say how funny it was guess she didnt' want to hurt pats feeling in case he read it. I went to her site. She has a good eye.

fyi you have to click the links at the bottom not the pictures on her site. the pictures have some sort of registration thing tied to them.

Posted by: anangke at 08/09/2005 02:18 PM

Some famous chick once told me that C. Monks had the coolest voice ever.

Posted by: Ian at 08/09/2005 02:43 PM

Next comes the Ferrari and a new hair-doo. You touched by a celebrity bloggers are all the same.

Posted by: Gene at 08/09/2005 02:57 PM

Woah, hold the phone here. You mean to tell me that I have to use an accent mark on eclair? Why wasn't I notified of this? You can't just spring stuff like that on me after all these years. This is just too much.

Posted by: David at 08/09/2005 08:16 PM






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