Pistonian_revolution Member Username: Pistonian_revolution
Post Number: 72 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 5:31 am: | |
the recent metro times story with kid rock as boob of the year gave me an idea. who is your favorite detroit celebrity? who is your most hated detroit celebrity? it could be a politician, local news caster, athlete, random person, international rap artist, whatever. your fave celeb could even be Lowell Boileau (sp?) |
Tkelly1986 Member Username: Tkelly1986
Post Number: 218 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 7:31 am: | |
favorite: Bob Seger or Tom Seleck hated: Colman Young; enough people knew who that clown was and he thought he was a celebrity. |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 323 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:24 am: | |
favorite: Kwame K. least favorite: Henry Ford |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 453 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:24 am: | |
Hated: Jack White. Favorite: Willie Horton. (Message edited by DetroitSTAR on January 26, 2007) |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 950 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:28 am: | |
quote:Hated: Jack Black Do you mean Jack White? |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 454 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:43 am: | |
Yeah, thats what I meant. lol |
Kenp Member Username: Kenp
Post Number: 177 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:44 am: | |
not another black white issue |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 953 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:54 am: | |
Favorite- don't really have one Least favorite- I never understood the appeal of Bill Bonds. |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 8208 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:56 am: | |
I can't stand the fact that the tart Karen Newman is considered a local celebrity because she sings the national anthem at Wings games. |
Norwalk Member Username: Norwalk
Post Number: 17 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:08 am: | |
Does Joe Henry count! He is my fave as of late! |
Citylover Member Username: Citylover
Post Number: 2065 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:19 am: | |
Henry Ford least fevorite.......I really wonder about some of you.He only created the middle class but to hell with him he doesn't fit the agenda........pathetic. |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 8209 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:21 am: | |
The question was favorite and least favorite. It is someone's opinion. While your opinion may differ it doesn't make others wrong. |
Queensfinest Member Username: Queensfinest
Post Number: 5 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:25 am: | |
Do you consider Iggy Pop to be a Detroit celebrity? That guy is still great. |
Citylover Member Username: Citylover
Post Number: 2066 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:27 am: | |
just woefully uninformed jt1..........and I know you are still singing ..."christmas on woodward avenue"... ala Karen Newman all this time after the Holidays........ |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 8210 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:28 am: | |
Luckily I don't know the song since I change the channel when she comes on. The Rockettes ad is still in my head even though they weren't in Detroit this year. |
Southen Member Username: Southen
Post Number: 84 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:32 am: | |
Favorites: Tom Selleck, Jeff Daniels Least Favorite: Easily 100% Madonna. No pride at all. |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 327 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:39 am: | |
"He only created the middle class but to hell with him he doesn't fit the agenda........pathetic." Maybe he has something against anti-semites? |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 942 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:44 am: | |
Charlottepaul--is Kwame a celebrity or an elected official? Would he act in the interests of the city and its embattled citizens better if he stopped acting like a celebrity and more like an elected official entrusted with the care and growth of the city, funded by the people who work and live there? |
Citylover Member Username: Citylover
Post Number: 2067 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:45 am: | |
The song is bad, really bad.....it takes effort to make a song shitty but it takes real effort to make something like xmas on woodward avenue |
Tiorted Member Username: Tiorted
Post Number: 37 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:52 am: | |
fav: Coleman least fav: L. Brooks |
Kenp Member Username: Kenp
Post Number: 179 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:54 am: | |
fav: Dave Bing, Jerome Bettis, Roger penske least fav: Barry Gordy |
Citylover Member Username: Citylover
Post Number: 2068 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:58 am: | |
so that is what h ford is defined as iheartthed an antisemite? never mind that he created hundred of thousands of jobs.never mind that his vision enabled those same hundreds of thousands including black, jews, and who ever else was able bodied to have a life style unimagined before that. Wa he perfect of coutse not but this childish take on things is disheartening |
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248
Post Number: 401 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 10:01 am: | |
Favorite: Aretha Franklin, Tommy Hearns Least : Definitely, definitely Kid Rock (I also don't think politicians qualify as celebrities.) |
Quozl Member Username: Quozl
Post Number: 120 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 10:39 am: | |
Who is my favorite Detroit celebrity? Lamont Dozier or Smokie Robinson (tie). Who is my least favorite Detroit celebrity? Casey Kasem (Message edited by quozl on January 26, 2007) |
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 940 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 10:58 am: | |
Least favorite: Jack White hands down. Quozl, I'm wondering why Casey Kasem? He has always been a supporter of Detroit and of Wayne State........?!? |
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian
Post Number: 536 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:21 am: | |
Actually Casey Kasem is from Flint. Faves George C Scott, George Pepard (A Team) Least Faves Kid Rock and Eminem. The values they are teaching young people are detestable. |
Quozl Member Username: Quozl
Post Number: 122 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:32 am: | |
Gambling_man: That may be the case as I have been away from everything Detroit since '74 and was not aware of his support of WSU and Detroit. When I think of Casey I associate him with tenny-bopper, crappy Top 40 music. Okay, I am going to change my least favorite to: Michael "Mike" Ilitch Now I know he purports to being a BIG supporter of Detroit and I do love the Tigers and Wings, I just wish he would stop tearing his properties down to make surface parking lots. I chose him because...I hate his pizza, it sux! |
Kenp Member Username: Kenp
Post Number: 183 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:33 am: | |
George C. Scott was an excellent choice, he loved Detroit and showed it openly. He was a huge Tiger fan. |
Quozl Member Username: Quozl
Post Number: 124 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:34 am: | |
I thought Kid Rock was from Romeo. |
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 1065 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:40 am: | |
So what if Henry Ford supported Adolph Hitler? Hey, he made a lot of money. I liked his grandson the Deuce much better. Never complain, never explain. Least fave? Diana Ross/Madonna. |
Beavis1981 Member Username: Beavis1981
Post Number: 116 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:45 am: | |
cl- henry ford was notoriously anti-jewish. Albert Kahn only worked for ford with the understanding that he never had to meet ford face to face. |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 2356 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 12:10 pm: | |
Ford was vehemently anti-Semitic, but around 1920, at least half of the world was. No defending it, though... Ford, even in the earlier days of mass car production, knew that the car was something that would bring the mobility that could free people from cities and give us sprawl, which at that time was a very romantic idea. I think the attitude instilled by this vision of car ownership became lethal in the generation following Ford, i.e. 1940s-60s, as cars were taken for granted and sprawl in its modern sense was born. For this, one can certainly resent Ford. I agree, though, that he did largely create the industrial middle class in Detroit, and for 80-100 years relying on this industry largely built Detroit. We can't blame Ford for the fact that these days are now passing, and we can't blame him for the pollution effect of cars because that's the last thing anyone was thinking about before 1960. For most non-Detroiters, he is associated positively with Detroit, and is probably the most well known historical figure from here. Albert Kahn and Bernhardt Stroh are my favorite Detroiters. |
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw
Post Number: 331 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 12:27 pm: | |
Something similair happened with the DAC, he designed it, but jews weren't allowed in, but he was made an exception, but he denied the invitiation. I don't like Kid Rock. But speaking of Albert Kahn, I like him. |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 3922 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 12:34 pm: | |
Most fave: Dodge Brothers or Henry Ford Least fave: Debbie Schlussel/ICP |
Mtm Member Username: Mtm
Post Number: 169 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 12:59 pm: | |
Favs: Aretha and Mary Wilson Least Fav: Diane Ross who years ago had a "homecoming" concert in NY's Central Park. |
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man
Post Number: 306 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 1:17 pm: | |
Favorite: Jerome Bettis Least favorite: Kid Rock although he's not from the city, just the area. The sound of his voice talking or singing (questionable) gives me the creeps. He's quite ugly too. |
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 525 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 1:32 pm: | |
Cambrian, Casey's from Detroit. Went to Northwestern. http://detroitkidshow.com/Case y_Kasem.htm |
Kristina Member Username: Kristina
Post Number: 18 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 1:50 pm: | |
favorite: helen thomas least favorite: ugh, kid rock. |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 335 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 2:00 pm: | |
Okay, well not only was he an anti-semite but he was also very instrumental in fostering the racial rifts that still exist in metro-Detroit today. I think we can all agree that the racial divide just seems a bit more stark in Detroit than the rest of the country. Well that might possibly be because Mr. Ford used black Americans from the south to bust unions. Oh, but he sure as hell created a lot of jobs! By the way, I never said he was on my most hated list, but a saint he was not... |
Citylover Member Username: Citylover
Post Number: 2070 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 2:17 pm: | |
you are just plain ignorant. |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 336 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 2:27 pm: | |
Because I'm smarter than you? |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 3689 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 2:35 pm: | |
(political) CAY: (love him or hate him) becuase he actively stood up against the government when most political leaders cowered in fear for their comfortable positions... (other) Eminem (love him or hate) simply because he represents Detroit no matter where he goes he makes sure he speaks about it good or bad. More Detroiters (city and suburbanite) should have the civic pride he does... (sports) While not a Detroit native Rasheed Wallace and RIP Hamilton do enormous amounts of things for the city directly such as Sheed's donation that gave Kettering HS a brand new library stocked with brand new books... |
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man
Post Number: 308 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 3:16 pm: | |
Detroit_stylin made me think: How could we forget Steve Yzerman. Not a native either, but certainly he is associated with Detroit wherever he goes. He's 41 (I think) and moved here when he was 18 so I guess he's a Detroiter by default. (Please don't argue that he doesn't live in the city. Neither do most of the people mentioned here.) He is definitely one of my favorites. He exemplified class at his jersey retirement ceremony. |
Carolcb Member Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 25 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 3:24 pm: | |
Willie Horton. |
65memories Member Username: 65memories
Post Number: 335 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 3:27 pm: | |
Favorite: Joe Dumars, Ernie Harwell Least: Ted Nugent, Kid Rock |
Farrer Member Username: Farrer
Post Number: 592 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 3:32 pm: | |
Fave: the Ghettoman Fave Not: Tau Cetis |
Quozl Member Username: Quozl
Post Number: 129 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 3:34 pm: | |
Kristina, I never knew Helen Thomas grew up in Detroit and attended WSU. Thanks for the insight. |
Beavis1981 Member Username: Beavis1981
Post Number: 130 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:15 pm: | |
On a side note why does everybody put henry up on pedestal? He wasn't trying to revolutionize america with 5 dollars a day. It happened, but was not his intention. $5 was actually $3 a day until you worked their for a year. Due to the horrid repetive nature of assembly line work there was a high turnover/call in rate. It was somewhere around 1,400 workers on payroll to have a 1,000 actually there. On top of that you subject to fords "morality police"- thugs that would strongarm unions and conduct random searchs of homes. |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 3924 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:21 pm: | |
Quozl thats my aunty u talkin about lol. |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 456 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:23 pm: | |
Yzerman is one of very few Detroit athletes that actually did live IN the city though. He spent nearly 3 years at Riverfront Towers. |
Quozl Member Username: Quozl
Post Number: 130 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:26 pm: | |
Patrick, I am not disrespecting Helen or Kristina. I was shocked when I looked at her bio and saw she grew up in Detroit. Let me ask you this, is she related to Danny Thomas? |
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 526 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:26 pm: | |
Isaiah Thomas is a jerk. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1069 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:32 pm: | |
like- Jack white, like him or not he did a lot for the city. Yzerman of course is the man, Casey Kasem fellow WSU'er. No likey- Kid rock eminem- losers who live wayyyy outside the city in cushy northern Oakland county. |
Karenk Member Username: Karenk
Post Number: 23 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:32 pm: | |
least fav: Diana Ross for turning her back on Florence Ballard when she needed help. fav but only a celeb to me: Stan VanTeem from 1968,mm, what a guy. |
Beavis1981 Member Username: Beavis1981
Post Number: 131 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:35 pm: | |
last I checked eminem was in clinton township? |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 3694 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:37 pm: | |
Em spent time in the city in fact at least from sources I read, spent a stint in a neighborhood just south of gratiot and the BLVD... |
Beavis1981 Member Username: Beavis1981
Post Number: 132 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:40 pm: | |
"the other side of chalmers" yeah I was talking about where he presently resides though |
Gary Member Username: Gary
Post Number: 201 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:43 pm: | |
Willie Horton, Dave Bing, Gates Brown, Bob Seeger and the late Earl Wilson are all class acts. Ted Nugent and Diana Ross would top my list of least favorites. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1070 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:45 pm: | |
Beavis, Eminem used to live in Clinton Township, in my old subdivision actually. Before he moved in a girl in my grade lived there and threw the best parties. They had an indoor pool, slurpee machine and other cool things (I lived in the less ballin' part of the sub).Once Marshall moved in the sub went on lockdown and those D12 assholes were always around town, along with his trashy wife getting into bar fights and picking their daughter up from the local school. I did see Em playing with his daughter and some other kids in the back yard a lot. He has since moved into the former Kmart CEO's house in Oakland twp |
Quinn Member Username: Quinn
Post Number: 1084 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:47 pm: | |
Favorite: Coleman Young "Aloha MotherF$@%s" Least Favorite: Paula Tutman (too full of herself) Our most noted and famous celeb has to be Madonna...and yes you queens she's from Detroit (even if she doesn't think so). But she's not my favorite simply for the fact that deigns to declare her roots here. Byotch. ;P |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1071 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:49 pm: | |
didn't her and Guy go to bay city a while back to see her "roots"? |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 3497 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 4:55 pm: | |
Favorite: Lily Tomlin (She's always made me laugh!) Least Favorite: Ted Nugent (He's always been a jerk!) |
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81
Post Number: 1275 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 5:02 pm: | |
Best: Steve Yzerman. Worst: Hmmmm....I can't think of anyone I truly hate from Detroit that is a celebrity. I would say murders, but they're not really celebrities. Maybe councilwoman Watson? Oooo, Matt Millen is a good one! Though "celebrity" would be pushing it. |
Tiorted Member Username: Tiorted
Post Number: 40 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 5:04 pm: | |
can't forget Joe Louis |
Professorscott Member Username: Professorscott
Post Number: 126 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 5:06 pm: | |
Favorite: Al Sobotka. In no other city in America does the guy who drives the Zamboni at the hockey arena get to be in the Stanley Cup parade. (That is not, of course, his main job; that's just when you get to see him.) Least Fave: Geoff Fieger. I've seen him in person, interacting with people at the airport; he's a jerk to these underpaid people who are trying to help him out. Who was it that said this, Dave Barry I think: anyone who is not nice to waitresses is not a nice person. Least Fave Non Celebrity: anyone who gets on a blog to tell somebody else their opinion is wrong. Opinions can't be right or wrong; they are just opinions. However, the opinions of this group of people are wrong. |
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100
Post Number: 365 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 6:18 pm: | |
Fav: Steve Yzerman Least Fav: Geoff Figer (Thanks for bringing him up PScott) |
Aaron Member Username: Aaron
Post Number: 120 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:54 pm: | |
Favorite: Gordy from ABC Warehouse Least favorite: Bob Seger |
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown
Post Number: 96 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 9:23 pm: | |
Chitaku, where did you live in Clinton Twp? I recall Eminem living in a house on Hayes, the Sterling Heights side. My friend lived on the other side of Hayes, the Clinton Twp side. Anyway, he does now live in Oakland Twp. I actually drove by his house about 2 months ago, quite by accident. |
Norwalk Member Username: Norwalk
Post Number: 19 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:19 pm: | |
Earl Wilson the baseball player? |
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 468 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:28 pm: | |
Fav:John Lee Hooker, he put The D on the map before it was cool.(i.e. late 40's, early 50's) Least favorite: anyone who was born & raised here and NEVER pays homadege to thier roots... |
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 2276 Registered: 10-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:36 pm: | |
Favorites: Probably Sonny Bono or Charles Lindbergh--no reason other than that nobody else mentioned either of them being born here. Lindbergh's great uncle was a Detroit mayor (Lodge) and his father was a US Congressman, and Bono was also a Congressman. Oops on misspelling the name of the "Nazi" (Message edited by livernoisyard on January 27, 2007) |
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 470 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 11:48 pm: | |
Sonny Bono's Family used to own a party store on Hayes, south of 7 Mile Road until the early 80's. The name was (shockingly) Bono's Party Store. They had great pizza, and were one of the earliest pizzaria's to deliver. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3613 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 12:08 am: | |
Favorite: The little big woman: Rosa Parks Least Favorite: None [Speak no evil of the D, We got enough beating that drum already.] |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 2964 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 3:39 am: | |
Who is this linbergh fellow? Where are the spelling police? I wonder if somebody is referring to Charles Lindbergh, Nazi sympathizer and bigamist? http://www.rotten.com/library/ bio/misc/lindbergh/ |
Crash_nyc Member Username: Crash_nyc
Post Number: 743 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 7:21 am: | |
Elmore "Dutch" Leonard The scope of his career has reached more people on a worldwide basis than probably any other Detroiter in history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E lmore_Leonard |
Jjw Member Username: Jjw
Post Number: 239 Registered: 10-2005
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 10:36 am: | |
favorite--tie between Charles Lindbergh and Aretha Franklin least favorite--Red Gnome |
Nextstopbroadway Member Username: Nextstopbroadway
Post Number: 8 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 10:40 am: | |
Em did live in that house on hayes, but he also lived in a gated community on the other side of clinton twp. off of heydenreich just south of m59 |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1073 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 11:08 am: | |
When he first hit he lived off Hayes then he moved into the bigger house in the Manchester Estates Subdivision in Clinton Township, I lived in Rivergate which was around Manchester the gate Mansions were in the middle. emphasis on mcmansion |
Warriorfan Member Username: Warriorfan
Post Number: 638 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 3:46 pm: | |
Kristen Bell (TV's "Veronica Mars") grew up in Huntington Woods and went to Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak.
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Rrl Member Username: Rrl
Post Number: 723 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 4:35 pm: | |
Favs: Gilda Radner, Joe Louis, Stevie Wonder Least Fav: Father Coughlin, Elizabeth Berkley |
Tripper Member Username: Tripper
Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 6:04 pm: | |
Most fav: Father Cunningham, Gilda Radner, Eminem, Seeger, Horton, Tomlin Least: Kid Rock, Ford, Diana, Nugent |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 459 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 6:33 pm: | |
I have officially changed my favorite to Kristen Bell. |
Steve_wilson_wxyztv Member Username: Steve_wilson_wxyztv
Post Number: 130 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 9:19 pm: | |
Hey Warrior Fan...Do all the students at Shrine Catholic wear those same uniforms? Sorry. It's just the investigative reporter in me. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1077 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 9:29 pm: | |
Steve Wilson, we talked about you in my media class on thursday |
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man
Post Number: 309 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 11:31 pm: | |
Chitaku was the topic tabloid journalism during sweeps months by an out-of-state reporter? |
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister
Post Number: 71 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 5:21 pm: | |
Henry Ford practically sat on Adolf Hitler`s lap until the U.S. got involved in W.W. II, as well as GM (Opel). Saw a documentary here in Germany a while back. Both produced military vehicles for the third reich up to the point of our intervention. Sorry fans. |
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit
Post Number: 947 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:22 pm: | |
Favorite: Peter Karmanos Least favorite: Everyone I see on I-94 driving an import. |
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou
Post Number: 448 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 12:18 am: | |
Favorite: Jerry Bruckheimer, Francis Ford Coppola, Betty Shabazz, Coleman Young, Eminem Least Favorite: Madonna, Ty Cobb, Henry Ford, Ben Wallace, Eminem |
Pythonmaster Member Username: Pythonmaster
Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 12:13 pm: | |
favorites: Dr. Eugene Perrin and Marcus Belgrave |
Beadgrl Member Username: Beadgrl
Post Number: 110 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 12:29 pm: | |
Like: Yzerman, Jeff Daniels, SOUPY! Dislike: Any of the Kilpatricks, Coleman Young, Bill Bonds |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4792 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 1:14 pm: | |
Fav. Funk Brothers, John deLorean, the real Mc Coy, Walter Reuther, Mrs. Louizo, Jimmie Hoffa, Frank Murphy, Hank Greenberg. Least. Hesikowa Toyota, Barry Gordy, Donald Poindexter, Mochizuki Suzuki, Yakasoki Honda, Mercedes Benz, Kazimer Suburu. jjaba, Proudly Westside. |
Pussygirl313 Member Username: Pussygirl313
Post Number: 4 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 7:17 pm: | |
David DiChiera - Founder Michigan Opera Theater / Detroit Opera House |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4797 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 8:24 pm: | |
Her name was Viola Liouzo, she went to Mississippi in the 1960s for Civil Rights and was killed by KKK. jjaba. |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 1449 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 8:30 pm: | |
Viola Liuzzo |
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man
Post Number: 319 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 8:51 pm: | |
Least: Florine Mark & Geoffrey Fieger (Message edited by wash_man on January 29, 2007) |
Sticks Member Username: Sticks
Post Number: 196 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 9:10 pm: | |
Like: Tom Sizemore, Ty Cobb Dislike: all the really shitty drivers, regardless of what they're piloting. PS: us import drivers love you too, East_detroit. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4798 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 12:55 pm: | |
Jimaz, this was a wonderful link in celebration of Viola Liuzzo. jjaba can tell you that she was an important martyr in the civil rights movement. That's why she's a Detroiter on jjaba's list. jjaba apologizes for the misspellings of her name and other inaccuracies. Thanks again. jjaba, Civil Rights veteran. |
Spacemonkey Member Username: Spacemonkey
Post Number: 142 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 1:04 pm: | |
Favorite: Cub Coda Least Fav: Henry Ford |
Saintme Member Username: Saintme
Post Number: 21 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 1:49 pm: | |
Favorite: Helen Thomas! I'm am so excited to hear that she is from here! She is my GIRL! Also Lily Tomlin, Stevie Wonder, & Aaliyah. Least: I 2nd Florine Mark. I worked a book signing with her and she's a little . . . sour. Yes, sour. I used to be a bigger fan of Jack White's until he defected to Nashville and continued to openly bash Detroit with his NEW band. |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 8117 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 2:13 pm: | |
MY favorite adopted-Detroit celebrity after viewing Outfoxed at Twingo's Sunday-night Conspiracy Theory Brew-n-View is none other than STEVE WILSON. If you haven't seen the documentary, you have no idea what he's been through, and I respect him greatly for it. (thanks to you directly, Steve, now that I know you're still hangin' around our little e-mmunity) I also respect Rasheed Wallace. I have the honor of having him as a client, and from learning first-hand how he thinks before he makes ANY public decision I realize that he is one of the Family's and Black community's greatest advocates. Even his NBA contract decisions are made with deep consideration regarding those who will follow after him. To ME, that is the mind of a true man. PLUS, seeing a man in the capacity of father within their own home shows clearly their character. His is beyond reproach in my book. Least favorite? I wouldn't want to spend a millisecond in the company of either L.Brooks or Feiger...but I'm sure there are more. Cheers! |
Christos Member Username: Christos
Post Number: 19 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 2:22 pm: | |
Faves: BIG UPS to Jjaba on naming Hoffa and Reuther! Also Stevie Wonder (I was thinking of his Detroit 300 concert the other day- DAMN that was an amazing show!!!) Others not named: Carl Craig (founder of Planet-E Records and the DEMF), Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac, Wirt C. Roland, Bruce Campbell, James Earl Jones, James Lipton, Jeff Mills, The Electrifying Mojo, Sufjan Stevens, Jeffery Euginides, Ernie Hudson, Francis Ford Copella, and Minoru Yamasaki Least Favroite: Tom Monaghan, Uncle Kracker, Kiss (they aren't, but they pretend to be), GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER (I HATE him, even though he is from Monroe). |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4804 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 7:08 pm: | |
Christos, welcome to Forum. jjaba. |
Peachlaser Member Username: Peachlaser
Post Number: 55 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 8:15 am: | |
Favorite: Dr. George Goodheart who discovered Applied Kinesiology in Detroit back in the 1960's in his office in the Michigan Building - http://www.icakusa.com/akbasic /akbegin.html Most in Detroit don't know about him, but people from all over the world will be in Detroit this summer to honor him. Least Favorite: (blank) |
Citylover Member Username: Citylover
Post Number: 2086 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 9:21 am: | |
This thread reads like a Bob Talbert column (Message edited by citylover on January 31, 2007) |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 8135 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 9:39 am: | |
He's one of my favorite DEAD celebrities, does THAT count? (actually the best theme party I ever helped throw...only costume one that I could immediately think of someone to be, Bob Marley! At least SOME Detroiters consider him an adopted mentor, seer, and yet another great leader of his people who died too early) |
Ptero Member Username: Ptero
Post Number: 68 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 9:42 am: | |
oh yeah. Least favorite: Bob Talbert |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 8140 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 10:31 am: | |
LOL. Glad to be of help. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4807 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 7:14 pm: | |
Bob Marley ain't Detroit, mon. Jamaica me crazy, mon. Ain't Canadian either, eh. jjaba, Westsider. |
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man
Post Number: 324 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 7:28 pm: | |
Another least favorite: Mr Elias from the Hanson's Window ads. (I think his first name is Brian). He's been showing the same winner of his "annual" window give-a-way for at least two years. A real snake. Is he related to the Elias family of Big Boy? |
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 951 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 7:42 pm: | |
Christos, why the General Custer hate? (Coming from a Monroe Ex-Pat) |
Mr_onion Member Username: Mr_onion
Post Number: 184 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 5:44 am: | |
Fav detroit celebs Stevie Yzerman Bob Seger Alice Cooper Van Patrick Least favorite has got to be Anita Baker, for tearing down LITTLE HARRY's Bar. |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 956 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 6:38 am: | |
Mr_onion--Here here! well, at least there's one that agrees with me. |
Christos Member Username: Christos
Post Number: 38 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 02, 2007 - 10:32 am: | |
General Custer was often criticised for not having deserved his rank, and that he got it because of personal connections and because "he looked like a General." And of course there was the fact that he attempted genocide against Native Americans, and failed. I dont know which is worse- the genocide or the failure. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1093 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 02, 2007 - 10:38 am: | |
Wash man- He is not related to the Elias Brothers of big Boy fame. I knew them personally except John, he died before I was born. Snakey bastards themselves! |
Chuckles Member Username: Chuckles
Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 6:51 am: | |
Fav: Bill Bonds for telling it like it was... JP McCarthy for being JP, Bob Talbot for his gossip, Bill Kennedy for his sense of humor... UnFav: Coleman Young for polarizing Detroit... (Message edited by chuckles on February 03, 2007) |
Shave Member Username: Shave
Post Number: 15 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 9:07 am: | |
I guess I'll join in (though I don't really know too much about anyone in Detroit). Favorite: Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and Rick Waggoner, GM CEO(sp?) |
Harpernottingham Member Username: Harpernottingham
Post Number: 103 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 12:57 am: | |
Faves: Ernie Harwell, Willie Horton, Pistol Allen, Least faves: Anyone who's full of himself for no good reason. |