Awesome Celebrity Birthday Of The Day: Little Richard
Posted at 10:45 AM Dec 05, 2008
By Kenny HerzogWelcome to one of NCDSUV's favorite daily features, where we acknowledge another turn of the calendar for a member of Hollywood land, even if it's a celebrity who often goes overlooked by the rest of the blogosphere, and regardless of whether we have a huge affinity for their body of work.
Yesterday, we said happy 71st to a proudly entrepreneurial Beverly Hillbilly, and today we emit an effeminate, histrionic howl in honor of a living R & B legend and possible re-animated wax figure.
Today's Awesome Celebrity Birthday Belongs To:
Little Richard
Age: 76
Why He's Sort Of Awesome: Unlike same-era rock 'n' roll icons like Jerry Lee Lewis, Richard was strictly banging the keys on his piano, not the barely bulbous private parts of his 13-year-old cousin. And this, despite having earned a bit of indulgence after battling rampant racism in his youth and the early stages of his career. But mostly, because the cosmetically enhanced dynamo has been gracious enough to send up the ironic cachet of his trademark show-stopping shriek for a GEICO ad, even if it means future generations will think he's the funny guy who looks and sounds like Michael Jackson's elderly stunt double.
Most Likely Celebrity Status 20 Birthdays From Now: Hopefully not driving, because he'd likely wind up needing that GEICO coverage. Can you imagine this guy's response to a vehicular dustup? The other driver wouldn't know if he was hurt or the stick transmission inadvertently grinded against his Big Richard and induced a climax.
All Apologies To: Magaret Cho, Shalom Harlow, Nick Stahl, Johnny Rzeznik (say that 10 times fast)
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