2006-04-10

Thteed Family Celebrity Crushes

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Can you match the Thteeds to their celebrity crushes?

Answers to follow.

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1. Thmazing to Myrna Loy.
    Given that my standard of beauty is what lurks on Lady Steed's face, it may surprise you that Myrna Loy wins the race as my celebrity crush. The truth is, it's not her looks so much as it is her way of delivering a line that wows me. The only "real" celebrity crush I've ever had was during the summer of 1999 on the singer of Sixpence None the Richer. Did you see that video? Anyway, Myrna: She's funny and mean and nice and caustic and she never takes a prisoner. Go rent a Thin Man movie or either of the ones where she split billing with Cary Grant. You can't go wrong.

2. Lady Steed to Alton Brown.
    I learned about this "sorta crush" on Saturday at my sister's apartment as we watched Food Network. I knew immediately why. It wasn't the food skills. It wasn't the braininess. It wasn't the cool specs. Or, rather, it was all these things, but primarily it was the spiky hair. And I realized that if I want all the wifely affections available, I need to reconsider my goop-free hair policy. If it can work for a balding guy, it ought to work for me. (For more on that policy, copy either of the following links into your browser: http://thmazing.blogspot.com/2005/08/half-moon-bay-ward.html - http://thmazing.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-husbandry-rants-and-apologium.html.)

3. The Big O to Mei of My Neighbor Totoro fame.
    Mei is something of an older woman for the Big O, but not so much older that he can't view her as a peer. And what a peer! She brave and assertive and gets to ride around on enormous furry creatures! What a woman! If you were two, you'ld be crushing on her too. Admit it.
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19 comments:

  1. Celia Marie (W.) B.4/10/2006 9:56 PM

    Who are these celebs?? I'm out of the loop on all.

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  2. Wiglaf4/10/2006 10:02 PM

    Aww, cute widdle chiisa na Mei.

    Oh dear. 'crush'? Someone's got a bad case of rorikon.

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  3. Th.4/10/2006 10:47 PM

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    Um, Logan? O is two years old. I hardly think it counts as rorikon....

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  4. Lady Steed4/10/2006 11:27 PM

    Alton Brown is only a very recent 'crush' and it's not really a crush based on looks it's more a crush of admiration and wishing I could be in his presence to learn some of his great culinary skills....but the spiky hair is pretty hot.

    Silly Marie: Go watch the Food Network. Alton Brown is the host of Good Eats, which is my favorite Food Network show.

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  5. John4/11/2006 12:14 AM

    Wow, that didn't totally give the game away! ;)

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  6. B.G. Christensen4/11/2006 7:12 AM

    What about Meryl Streep?

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  7. Th.4/11/2006 7:55 AM

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    It took me a second to remember what about Meryl Streep. But the last thing I saw her in was the Lemony Snicket movie where she was even less Lady Steedish than usual.

    And don't listen to my wife. Last night we spent an extra hour at my sister's apartment because Good Eats was on.

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  8. Th.4/11/2006 8:01 AM

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    It took me a second to remember what about Meryl Streep. But the last thing I saw her in was the Lemony Snicket movie where she was even less Lady Steedish than usual.

    And don't listen to my wife. Last night we spent an extra hour at my sister's apartment because Good Eats was on.

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  9. Th.4/11/2006 8:02 AM

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    Well, that's one way to get lots of comments....

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  10. emily4/11/2006 9:10 AM

    Lady Steed, you are not alone in your admiration of Alton Brown. I don't watch his show often, but whenever I do it/he makes me very happy.

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  11. Wiglaf4/11/2006 9:32 AM

    culpas mea. I should be more judicious commenting on the blogs of those I am unfamiliar with.

    And for every person showing their children Miyazaki instead of evil disney corporation media, I am less pessimistic about the world.

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  12. Braden4/11/2006 10:20 AM

    Did you start truncating your feed? Sad cry.

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  13. Th.4/11/2006 3:10 PM

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    All is forgiven, Logan, you mystery man you.

    And Bawb--not that I know of. Blame Blogger.

    (word verification is my initials followed by Egad!)

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  14. Celia Marie (W.) B.4/11/2006 5:35 PM

    If only we had the food network...it would be lovely.

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  15. Unknown4/12/2006 11:27 AM

    Ahhh, so that's who Myrna Loy is.

    The Food Network is addicting.

    I still haven't managed to see My Neighbor Totoro, which is really quite sad considering the copious amounts of anime I own. I need to remedy that soon.

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  16. Th.4/12/2006 3:00 PM

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    Indeed.

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  17. Kirk L. Shaw4/15/2006 9:22 AM

    I can name two: John Lennon (I'm an insatiable fan of The Beatles' work, solo and group [minus Ringo's solo stuff], and have seen the exhibit of John Lennon's self-portraiture), and the delightful Waterhouse painting of the Lady of Shallot.

    The salmon Alton Brown is holding is Steve the Salmon, whom you may recognize from such winning roles as "Fish" in Big Fish, "Red Salmon" in The River Runs Through It, and he was the voice for "Silver Koho No. 94" in Little Nemo . . . by far the most famous of the lot.

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  18. Th.4/15/2006 11:14 PM

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    Heh heh heh.

    Nice answers, Iggy m'man.`

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  19. Th.4/15/2006 11:22 PM

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    Heh heh heh.

    Nice answers, Iggy m'man.`

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