Mini Project #4 - Adam Crystal

When trying to decide who I know that I believe should be famous, I realized that there are a lot of different people in my life that came to mind. Eventually, I decided on my best friend Eric. Basically, he's about 5'8'', pale, loud, and somehow everyone listens to him. I don't think that it's really a respect thing or anything like that but I just think it's just that he won't shut up until he gets his way people just give in to him so he'll stop whining. When I told him I thought that he should be famous I didn't include all of the reasons that I mentioned previously, as I didn't think he'd take too kindly to this description of himself. I told him that I though that he should be famous because he is entertaining, funny, can think quicklu on his feet, charasmtatic, and generally people wind up liking him when they first meet him no matter ow poorly or awkward meeting him for the first time may start off. When I told him this, he apparently thought the same thing. His response was, "Yeah, I think so too". I guess I forgot to mention his humility as a reason why he should be famous. He then mentioned that he thought he would be good hosting his own late-night talk show like Letterman. Apparently he's thought about this before and not only about being famous but also what he'd be famous for. He believes that his "antics" (whatever this means) are hilarious and that a mass teelvision audience would find these "antics" equally hilarious.
I just thought it was very interesting that when I mentioned to him that he should be famous that his response was almost as if I was asking him what he was doing this weekend. He responded so naturally like he had been thinking about this only moments before. His response wasn't really all that gracious or surprising or flattered or whatever else someone might expect after telling someone that you think they should be famous. Beginning to think about this more, I believe that there might be and probably are others like Eric who believe that they should be famous. In Eric's defense, he has never tried to pursue fame on any level nor would he ever but if somehow things worked out where someone saw him and wanted to put him on TV I don't think he'd act all that surprised (like Brody in "Mallrats"). It just made me wonder how others would react when confronted with a similar situaiton. I think there would be those like Eric who would embrace it and agree with this assessment of themselves. As I call it the, "Yeah, I think so too," response would be quite popular I believe. Of course there are those others who I believe would be embarrassed and very thankful and flattered that someone would even think that they should be famous. I think that today, much more so than in the past, people have all thought or daydreamed about what it would be like to famous or have thought about being famous themselves. Because of this, I believe, when someone else approaches an individual and tells them that they should be famous that person may not be as surprised or flattered because they themselves have already thought about this. I don't know, I could be completely wrong but just the way my friend reacted to my comment made me think about this topic and I can't really blame him for his response. I believe that there would be many others with a similar reaction. I don't think these people pursue fame or have any fantasies that they are just waiting for their "big break." However, I do believe that it is something that a majority of people have thought of it someone mentioned that this other person should be famous I think the reaction would/could be similar to my humble friend's.