Re: Quiz 'Celebrities'
I sometimes ask myself by who's authority are people defined as 'Celebrities', is it the BBC, Newsweek, ITV, or who's. When they first started to compile the best selling records back in the late 40's or early 50's, record retailers filled in sheets on how many records they sold for the week, on this side of the Atlantic the BBC totted the figures up and the artist who sold the most records was the number one celebrity in the music business until he or she was toppled by the next big hit, that seemed a very fair way of doing it, but like all fair systems it didn't last long before greed took over.Re: Quiz 'Celebrities'
I've never even heard of about 85% of these so-called celebrities. What did they do to deserve such an accolade?Re: Quiz 'Celebrities'
People, think about this: Back in the day when we had 'steam radio' and television was in its infancy, there were theatres all over the land and at the end of the year and well into the following February every theatre put on pantomimes with 'celebrity' guests also taking part. As the years have moved on, those self-same theatres closed down, became bingo halls or were pulled down and replaced with supermarkets, blocks of flats, hotels, etc, etc. So today we have lots of 'celebrities' with little or nothing to do at this time of year, so the television companies determine to 'pepper' their quiz shows with these celebrities in order to keep them in some sort of work. It was ever thus, merely not so visible, since pantomimes were 'local' and not televised.Re: Quiz 'Celebrities'
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