Diary of an old cheeser

Hi there! Like other blogs, this is my chance to wax lyrical (some might say talk utter cr*p) about a) what's happening in my life b) all of my pet obsessions in particular music, tv, movies, books and other generally connected things, quite often of the retro, old and "cheesy" variety. Hence the title of my blog. Feel free to leave a comment if the mood takes you. There's nothing like a good chinwag about one's favourite topics and besides I love to meet new people! Cheers, Simon

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Birthday celebrities

And whilst we're still on the subject of my birthday (I promise to shut up about it very soon), did you know that the following people were born on 17th March too?


Actor Rob Lowe. Still looking very handsome and cute at 43 years old! Mmm-mmm. I wouldn't say no to him. If I wasn't married, that is. And he wasn't married and straight. Only small obstacles to surmount, then.

I loved him in all those 80s Brat-pack movies like "St Elmo's Fire" (in which he played a saxophonist with a fabulous mullet hairstyle).



Actor Kurt Russell. Not really my type but if you're into butch, ugly-handsome, action man type guys, then he probaby does it for you. Most of his movies are rather dull and formulaic too. Oh well!







Actor Patrick Duffy. Who can ever forget him as Bobby, the nicer than nice member of the Ewing family in the 70s/80s supersoap "Dallas"?? That's Bobby on the left, just about to save long-running love interest Pam from being run over by the psychotic Katherine Wentworth and getting himself killed in the process...or did he?

NOPE!! For it transpired that dizzy Pam had dreamt her beloved Bobby's death (not to mention an entire season of "Dallas") and woke up to be greeted by her not-so-dead fella in the shower!! (I hope that happens to me when I'm 50 and I wake up to discover I'm really still only 25). Anyway I'm going off on a slight Dallas tangent but Pat Duffy has always seemed a good egg. And anyone remember him as "The Man From Atlantis"?


Rudolf Nureyev. Highly talented - and gay - ballet dancer. Sadly died from AIDS-related illnesses in 1992. Someone once told me a rude story about him. Supposedly he had a huge, erm, member and would only sleep with another guy if theirs was bigger than his. Apparently he was a tough act to follow.






Nat King Cole. Popular singer, songwriter and jazz pianist, again no longer with us. "Unforgettable" was one of his most famous songs. And Natalie Cole (she of the hit "Pink Cadillac") is his daughter.




Mercedes McCambridge. Academy award-winning American actress who passed away just a few years ago. She starred in the offbeat western movie and cult classic "Johnny Guitar" as an evil cowgirl, alongside Hollywood icon and diva, Joan Crawford. Apparently the two actresses hated each other guts. And years later Mercedes (doesn't she have an odd name?) provided the voice of the demonically possessed young girl played by Linda Blair in "The Exorcist". Altogether now - "Your mother sucks cocks in hell!!" She must have had a ball with that one. She was also rumoured to be a dyke.

Which leaves me positively HONOURED to share my birthday with such an esteemed bunch of celebrities! And interesting that so many of them are actors or in a creative profession. But that's Pisces people for you...we're a very artistic and talented bunch!!

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