Betty White - 10 Most Fascinating People 2010

                        Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People

Well, I should start by saying I find Barbara Walters’ fascinating. I am on page 171 of her 598 page memoir and wow. She is open, candid and doesn’t shy away from talking about sex, her personal life and the apparent politics that are ever-present behind the scenes in TV News. I don’t mind someone asking Oprah and anyone else deeply personal questions, if they too share insecurities and human frailties.

Here is the list:

Justin Bieber (Singing sensation who hasn’t finished puberty)
Sandra Bullock (Blind side actress who was blindsided by her cheating husband)
LeBron James (Cavalier/Heat B-ball player who played the owners and media with Hoopla leading up to “The  Decision”
Jennifer Lopez ( From in Living Color to American Idol)
Kate Middleton   (The perfectly groomed soon to be a princess)

Sarah Palin (Former Alaska Governor who is currently a reality star)
David Petraeus (U.S. General)
Betty White (Golden Girl)
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook Founder)
The cast of Jersey Shore (smush-ing 20 something reality stars)

I would re-order and remove people from this list, but this isn’t Havonnah’s world yet so here are the highlights from Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People of 2010.   I love, love, love Sandra Bullock but my favorite on this list by far is

Betty White

 

• Barbara: Does one still have sex at 88?
• Betty: I suppose one does if one gets lucky.

It simply doesn’t get better than that! My mother always says, “Give me my flowers while I can see them.” Simply put, we tend to honor people after they’ve passed away. Betty White, is in the winter of her life, like she said 2010 wasn’t a comeback but people just wised up and can now appreciate her. I’m glad they did, while she can enjoy it. Now from the best on the list to the worst.  Drumroll PLEASE …

Jersey Shore. Really? I MEAN REALLY? Just because a section of the population finds them fascinating are they? I was blown away that these self-professed partiers make $30K an episode! I’m gagging. I appreciate Barbara Walters’ vocabulary lesson on their language, and her overall versatility but I don’t find Snooki or her homies interesting. Why do we so enjoy watching train wrecks? No it’s not rhetorical. Why?

I didn’t find J-Lo fascinating nor did I think her interview was juicy. I was also disappointed the Facebook Mania Zuckerberg didn’t bother to send a quote to at least tell ABC to go to hell. Silence is overrated. Lebron James wasn’t worth another 20 seconds of film; no matter how great he is at his job (sorry). I’ll leave General Petraeus alone and uh will say good luck to Princess Kate! I did think the tutorial on how to snag a royal was rather amusing…

The next jolting revelation from the special was second runner up Sarah Palin. (Who in my opinion was only mildly fascinating last year, yet this is her 3^rd year in a row on this list!) Did she actually say (out loud) she’d run in 2012 if there wasn’t anyone more suitable to do it? WOW! She called the GOP

                               GOP  =   Impotent and weak…

 Whoa there soccer mom. Not that she is interesting but people are fascinated by her. I covered her Going Rouge book signing in Dallas last year and watch the mayhem…

 

So, next year's list should be pretty interesting. Prediction? There will be at least 2 people we have never heard of! See ya next week!