[ladylake1]

Perfect!!! Should we rent the Savannah Center for this gig?

[mac9]

My brother, VanGogh, Fried Pal, and J.C. Leyendecker.

[2BNTV]

Off the top of my head:
1. Abe Lincoln for his innate intelligence and ability to tell a good story.
2. Frank Sinatra to discuss his craft, sing songs and tell ancedotes.
3. FDR - He liked to have a drink before dinner and was a President for a very long time.
4. John Madden to discuss football.
5. Rodney Dangerfield for comedy.
6. Fred Astaire for dancing. IMHO -Never will see one like him again.
7. Dick Cavett for keeping discoursse civil and asking interesting question.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Johnny Depp always welcome -- how about George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Some eye candy always good for the soul.

Yum, Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt! Red, let's take them all on the tour first, then feast on food for thought and Thanksgiving. Oh yes, LJones, Steinbeck must come! Adam Smith as well.

[swrinfla]

I think redwitch's list is wonderful, as are the numerous additions.

What bothers me is, with all these people, how are we, today's guests, going to get a chance to talk to, listen to our wonderful celebrities?

Let's divide them (the celebrities) into parties of 6 or maybe 8, according to some random scheme. Then, having hired the ballroom at Savannah for each event, invite all TOTV-ers (and, maybe a handful of others ) to BYOB and then appoint some individuals to question the celebrity guests.

Do a weekly event and we keep ourselves busy all winter!

SWR

[jblum8156]

Trouble with that, SWR, is that many of them are dead. I suppose we could invite impersonators, but they wouldn't have the ideas and conversation of the originals.

[Mudder]

I'd invite Paula Deen so she could bring a pecan pie, Paul McCartney to sing a tune or two, Billy Graham to say the blessing and Mahatma Ghandi to humble us all.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by swrinfla

...What bothers me is, with all these people, how are we, today's guests, going to get a chance to talk to, listen to our wonderful celebrities?

Let's divide them (the celebrities) into parties of 6 or maybe 8, according to some random scheme. Then, having hired the ballroom at Savannah for each event, invite all TOTV-ers (and, maybe a handful of others ) to BYOB and then appoint some individuals to question the celebrity guests.

Do a weekly event and we keep ourselves busy all winter!

SWR

Good thinking, SWR. We'll defeat the purpose if we don't get to speak to the brains and talent we've invited. We'll feed our distinguished guests for an entire season. We'll divide TOTVers in to groups, too. Each group goes to a different table until we've all had a chance to visit all the tables by season's end.

Originally Posted by jblum8156

Trouble with that, SWR, is that many of them are dead. I suppose we could invite impersonators, but they wouldn't have the ideas and conversation of the originals.

Um Jblum... of course we will not invite impersonators! No way, Jose. Don't you see. None of our guests is dead!! That only happens in real life. This is fantasy!

Or to thoroughly misquote Howard Beale (the movie, Network): "In God's name, THEY are the real people! WE're the illusion!"