How to become a celebrity is not taught at school. The secret has not been understood from the time of Cleopatra to this day. Some celebrities are born, some are made, some are completely impossible to explain, and some are inevitable.
Celebrities that are born to be that way would include Moses – he was famous from the time he floated into Pharaoh’s household – and Prince Charles, and Shirley Temple. It helps to have famous parents, if you can escape being so messed up by said fame that you never surface at all. Royalty is best, although that fame only seems to last until you are thirty, at which time you become invisible.
To get famous, you can marry someone already there, like Prince Charming. Would Cinderella have made the big time if she had gotten back to the scullery with both shoes? You can go on the Bachelor and mess around with other peoples lives, making them celebrities for a time as well. You can kill one or more people and get either brief renown or long lasting infamy. You can be Miss America and be in the bright lights for one year, but one year only.
‘Worst’ can get you in the household name category, too. Charles Manson, worst murder. He was so creepy, with his groupies and weirdly handsome persona, that he is still known after decades in prison. Worst memory – Goldie Hawn on, was it Laugh In?, when she would pop out to say a one liner and blow it every time.
Why is the gecko so popular, for instance? It is easy to see why the Budweiser horses are famous – they are gorgeous and gentle giants – but that other guy is so green. Remember the old lady who was looking for the beef? She was great, but who would have thought that would be the advertisement of the year, if not the decade?
Sometimes it’s calculated, like stars made by the Hollywood publicists. Sometimes it’s talent, like Elvis. Sometimes it’s inexplicable, like pet rocks and Beanie Babies. Sometimes it’s National Enquirer, where true and false seem to be irrelevant.
You can be so bad you are good press, as well. Charles Manson is still a prominent figure although he has been locked up for decades. Henry VIII is another example of bad behavior getting immortalized, as is Bluebeard and Jack the Ripper. No one ever said celebrity was all good.
Michael J. Fox was cast as a supporting actor for Family Ties and stole the lead in the first episode. We’ll never forget Fonzie of Happy Days, Farrah Fawcett in Charlie’s Angels, Secretariat and the Triple Crown, and Harrison Ford as Hans Solo. Who doesn’t love an overnight sensation like these?
Today we all have a big advantage – You Tubes. If you really want to be seen, a home video can do it for you. No waiting for discovery these days. Just blog or Facebook your way to as much recognition as you can get. It may or may not work, but it can be a lot of fun. And, of course, it can turn sour like other sorts of celebrity often does.
Celebrities don’t have to be Hollywood, of course. Local heroes save lives, survive shipwreck, fire, and flood, save kittens, donate millions, and feed the homeless. Catch the biggest fish, shoot the biggest deer, live the longest, eat the most – the possibilities are endless.
After all, how to become a celebrity is as easy as attracting the notice of the public. It can be a very big notice, or a small mention in the local weekly news. No matter – celebrity is its own reward.
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