I want my MTV

[caddyman]

I see in today’s Times that Russell Brand went down like a lead balloon at the MTV Awards. It just goes to show that American are far more perceptive than they are sometimes given credit for. I don’t understand why or how he’s managed to become such a ‘celebrity’ here in the UK largely on the basis of his lifestyle.

I don’t like the use of the word ‘celebrity’ to describe some one who is simply famous (or maybe even infamous). Any old oik from Big Brother is regarded as a celebrity these days and they do even less to deserve it than does Brand.

Precisely which bit of these people’s activities deserves to be celebrated as the word suggests? Most of them just need to be fended off with a stick.

Comments

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

Not really most people arent funny, lots of people *think* they are but they really aren't. The odd thing is that often things he will say, though intrinsically funny are made much more so by his delivery and choice of language plus the guy has oodles of charisma. I discovered his radio show purely by accident and not as a fan and I was converted.