Celebrity Encounters of the Gas Pump Kind
So I was walking my dog Archie (the best, smartest, handsomest dog in the world) down the street near my home in Sherman Oaks, California the other day (April 25, to be exact). Seeing filming going on in my neighborhood is nothing new; there's a house up the street where the guy must be paying his mortgage with the money earned from renting it out to movie and TV crews.
Anyway, so I'm walking Archie down Ventura Blvd. and what do I happen to come upon but Ellen DeGeneres and a small army of paparazzi, all gathered around some flustered woman in a Mercedes S500 parked at the pump. Ellen does this kind of thing on a fairly regular basis, not at gas stations, but all sorts of places, beauty parlors, supermarkets, etc. If you film a couple hour's worth of stuff, no doubt you can edit together a funny couple of minutes for a segment for the show. She had a little area set up between the pumps with white terrycloth towels to wash the windshield, various kinds of refreshments and even eggs and a hotplate so she - apparently - could make someone an omlette while they waited for their fill-up.
Prince Charming and the Midget
Put the words “Celebrity” and “Cars” together and the first response of 99% of Americans would be “Jay Leno.”
No doubt that he is the most famous car guy in the world, and given that he attends all manner of automotive events, from high-profile appearances at major auto company events to Alfa Romeo Club get-togethers in the park, it’s obvious that this isn’t some Hollywood affectation… Leno really loves his cars. And he has a substantial and eclectic collection that even has its own web site: www.jaylenosgarage.com
View Jay Leno video here:
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/index.shtml?vidID=182992
Dali Lama's Land Rover On E-Bay
Seems odd to think of one of the world’s spiritual leaders as driving around in a car… much less that car winding up for sale on E-Bay. But hey, Ferrari gave a car to the Pope.
And, if you care to think about the nature of the Catholic Church and the Bhuddists… and expand that thinking to the idea of dogs and their owners looking alike… then give it a surrealist twist and substitute cars for dogs, it all seems somehow appropriate that the Pope should drive a Ferrari and the Dali Lama should drive a 1988 “88” Land Rover station wagon. And while the Catholics are selling off under-performing churches to raise cash for their problems, apparently $75,000 (what they’re asking for it on E-Bay) is enough to keep the Bhuddists flush... guess the Dali Lama must fly coach.
