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Hobbs · 09-08-2005, 01:25 PM

Purhaps this has already been addressed in this thread, so I'll just reiterate the obvious.

Why didn't Hollywood save NO, or better put why did it take Hollywood so long to save NO? Becuase it took them that long to figure out how to capitalize on this disaster. Any celebrity worth their weight in helping would be better doing it on the sly. When you drag a shit-load of cameras, and production crews with you, your efforts become suspect and smacks of self-promotional material. It happens all the time. Being a celebrity is a desease. They need the spotlight. If they want to truely help, shut the cameras off, push the producers out of the boat and pack it full of food and water. Right now everyone is cashing in on this situation from Richard Simmons, Sean Penn, to President bush and Channey.

Historical story of interest:

One late night a fire broke out on the Paramount back lot. William Shatner was first on the scene. Seeing the fire, he rushed to a phone. Only he wasn't calling the studio fire deparment, but his publicist and a photographer. When they arrived, he then called the studio FD and then lent a hand putting out the fire. Lots of good pub shots of him fighting the fire along side the professionals. The building/set invovled in the fire was a complete loss btw. That's it in a nut shell.

09-08-2005, 01:25 PM	#107
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	Purhaps this has already been addressed in this thread, so I'll just reiterate the obvious. Why didn't Hollywood save NO, or better put why did it take Hollywood so long to save NO? Becuase it took them that long to figure out how to capitalize on this disaster. Any celebrity worth their weight in helping would be better doing it on the sly. When you drag a shit-load of cameras, and production crews with you, your efforts become suspect and smacks of self-promotional material. It happens all the time. Being a celebrity is a desease. They need the spotlight. If they want to truely help, shut the cameras off, push the producers out of the boat and pack it full of food and water. Right now everyone is cashing in on this situation from Richard Simmons, Sean Penn, to President bush and Channey. Historical story of interest: One late night a fire broke out on the Paramount back lot. William Shatner was first on the scene. Seeing the fire, he rushed to a phone. Only he wasn't calling the studio fire deparment, but his publicist and a photographer. When they arrived, he then called the studio FD and then lent a hand putting out the fire. Lots of good pub shots of him fighting the fire along side the professionals. The building/set invovled in the fire was a complete loss btw. That's it in a nut shell. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps! Last edited by Hobbs; 09-08-2005 at 01:27 PM.