Fans of Farrah Fawcet, and Ed McMahon gotta be pissed. I know all these things happen in 3s. Too bad for Ed that the other 2 were the biggest sex symbol - ever, and (say what you will of his bizarre personal life) the greatest musician - arguably - ever.
That's really too bad for Ed, who of the 3 was probably the one who led the most selfless life. A Marine pilot in WWII, and Korea. That alone deserves undying respect. Add to that his career as the best straight man ever, and the 3 that we lost 2 weeks ago were tops in thier field.
As much as "being a sex symbol" is a field, Farrah was the best. Any super-model/pin-up type after her was compared to her - and that poster! A flip of the hair, and toothy grin with those blue eyes - to say nothing of the full-on nips in the swim suit. Forget it.
And Micheal - forget it. This is like Elvis passing. I never was a Micheal "fan" per se, but became one - like most of us - when Thriller came out. When I read the liner notes on the album, and saw that Eddie Van Halen played the lick, and solo on Beat It, forget it. Micheal fused hard rock, and R&B with Eddies lick, and that back beat.
Here's hoping it doesn't take 20+ years for Micheal's memory to live down the freak show persona, the way it took that long for Elvis' memory to live down the fat, jump suit Las Vegas shell of "The King"
On to Palin - who really cares? Can we please ignore the publicity whore she has become? She's retiring from Gov so the business of the state of Alaska is not otherwise distracted by the "unfair" media coverage of her. B00-fucking-hoo! Really. Maybe she should not have lied about "saying to to that Bridge to Nowhere." Or bitched about how the media payed too much attention to her family - then trotting out those kids on every whistle stop.
So while we're inundated with coverage of Micheal Jackson's passing, and Sarah avoids the unfair media by inviting them to go salmon fishing with her (huh?) - let's remember Ed.
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