Aaron and Amy were joking a while back about having a "Secret Celebrity Crush." The thing about the SCC is not that the crush is a secret, it's that the celebrity is a secret...someone who, when you hear their name, you think, "that sounds familiar, but I can't quite place it."
One of the better SCC's Aaron, Amy and I were familiar with was (former?) blogger DP's crush on Debbie Matenopoulis (of TV Guide Channel fame). I was dissappointed to realize I didn't have a SCC, but then it dawned on me...I do have one. When I'm at work, I sit listening and occasionally watching Fox News all day long. Most of the time, I try to tune it out, but around 2 pm, I can't help but watch Studio B with Shepard Smith. Oh, Shepard. I'm mesmerized...he seems like he would be such a nice guy. I could tell him a joke and he would beam at me with that news-anchor-smile. He would reply with something terribly witty. I could call him "Shep."
I guess I have strong opinions about news anchors. I hate almost all of them. I especially dislike Brian Williams. I shoot him evil-glares when he dares to appear on my screen. Just look at him: he's a schmuck. He thinks he's so good-looking and funny, like he's such hot stuff. Big deal!
Brian Williams is the type of person who will probably Google his name, just to see how popular he is. Well, Brian, when you read this, you should know: you're no Shep. So you're taking over for Tom Brokaw. Big deal. Even with your tanning-bed tan, you pale in comparison to Shepard Smith.
I have a SCC on David Byrne of The Talking Heads.
Is that like, wrong? I mean, I'm married, so wouldn't it be wrong if I had a crush on a female celebrity anyways?
Posted by: JosiahQ at September 22, 2003 12:42 PMI have an SCC on Gillian Welch. Which I suspect is wrong, because although I am not married, she is. I am a homewrecker waiting to happen.
Posted by: mesh at September 22, 2003 01:35 PMGillian Welch: good choice. I'm not sure about Shep's marital status. Maybe I should check.
Posted by: Christin at September 22, 2003 03:06 PMThat is a smarmy picture of Brian Williams. Ick.
Posted by: Krista at September 22, 2003 09:26 PMSheppo!!! He is the man for news no doubt!!! My SCC is not really a celebrity, it's Jennifer Eccleston. When she was covering the war I said to the tv hoping she might hear, "Jennifer get out...get out now."
Posted by: Tom at September 23, 2003 08:30 AMI always had the irresistible urge to watch Serena Altschul whenever she did the news for MTV. She had a way of making all the important stuff seem blasé.
Posted by: Patrick at September 24, 2003 08:11 AMhey im still around. and i still infatuated with debbie.
Posted by: dp at September 24, 2003 11:49 AMI'm glad to see you're back, dp. I was about to drop you from the blogroll!
Posted by: Christin at September 24, 2003 12:02 PMim also a fan of rudi bakhtiar(?) of headline news.
Posted by: dp at September 24, 2003 01:19 PMI have a crush on ALL female celbrities. I will name them all.
Carrie-Ann Moss
Julia Roberts
Anna Kournikova
Britney Spears
Christina Aguliera
Gillian Anderson
...and so on
And Rudi Bakhtiar.
Posted by: Hubert at October 28, 2003 02:24 PMWho is my SCC, you ask? None other than star of stage and screen, the lovely Mary-Louise Parker... (swoon)
Posted by: andy at February 3, 2004 04:40 PM