Everyone looks up to someone and everyone wishes that they could have "so-and-so's" _____ SO in the tradition of the oddly thought provoking "celebrity crushes" thread, I thought I would ask the question: who does everyone consider to be the coolest person to have ever lived?

I, of course, have many but when it comes down to it I have to say that Richard Dawson is the coolest person ever in the DigsyBooks. Here's why:

A-He's British. He's from the coolest country ever

B-The Sideburns. If you see me in person, you'll notice that I'm trying to have his sideburns but only the true Richard can pull it off

C-His clothes. Dear sweet mother of monkeys, this man wore the coolest clothes in the 70s. Watch Match Game and see...he had zip-boots as well.

D-He called himself Dickie Dawson....with PRIDE.

E-He was a total ladies man, very chivalrous and charming. Hopefully I'll treat a woman as well as he did (look at Family Feud!)

Well that's my choice. The runners up were, of course, Zach Galifianakis, Tony Slattery, Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly. Now that my meaningless choice is out of the way, I'm interested in hearing what you people have to say.

okay i tink richard dawson is pretty cool but i like ray coms better i dunon why he just reminds me of my childhood i guess um. but don't laugh because this person really is my hero.

i've though tit rhoug and jaleel white is my hero. yes i guess he can be hated for portraing Urkel on Family Matters but he did the character so well that it spawned a huge marketing frenzy. and he was a versatile actor. he played two characters in many episodes. his female foreign cousin. stefan urquel. the list goes on and on. he even fvoiced sonic the hedgehog. that is cool. it really sucks that jaleel white doesn't get the the credit he deserves. you all know who definied the early 90s: jaleel white.

i dont really have anyone that i appreciate that much yet. i really think that both ryan adams and kate hudson are really cool people though...

Dennis Flemion

Rick Nielsen

i bow down to noel gallagher every morning before i go to class.

He has tiny feet but he is still quite cool. He could be my coolest person ever if only he had started dressing cool earlier than 2000. Noel must have hired a stylist or something...

maybe it was the fact that he doesnt do coke anymore...

He kicked it cold turkey and wrote my fave Oasis song "Gas Panic!'

Noel needs to kick cocaine more often...

I can think of no one cooler than Albert Hammond Jr.

Yes, Albert has nice clothes and plays his guitar very retro-like. And you have to respect his hair.

Dr. Phil McGraw

wow....albert gets my vote as well......

Seth Patrick Timbs.

He posted as Buster Parfait on the old Spongebath board and I wa always amazed at his wit and humor. And his songwriting and piano playing.

yeah, the hammeister is pretty worthy of my vote, but at a close second would be avril lavigne.

Yes, I definitely have to choose a Strokes member. I have such a hard time picking the "coolest" though. I believe it's a toss-up between Nick, Julian, and Albert; each for different reasons.

Character's Ryan Norris.

i think that clint mathis is pretty cool too, but that's just as footballers go.

you just want to have his sexy mohawk!

ian curtis, the greatest frontman of the post punk era, as well as an amazing poet.

Wayne Coyne

He's not near as cool as Ryan North.

No, no, Jamie- the question is who do you think is the coolest person, not who thinks he's the coolest person ; )

i'm adding martha stewart. she is indeed my idol and has been since i was 16. my friend lucas made me a tshirt that said 'martha stewart is punk rock' when i was 18 because she IS punk rock. ambitious to the max, i love her. and i, too, can cook gourmet dinners while being very drunk.

This topic is total wankery. I worship no one.

I dont worship anyone either, but I can still think that someone is really cool, cant I?

Screw that, I worship a union jack and beatle-boot statue with the words "Dickie Dawson" on it every nite by setting five female dolls (or contestants) on my bed in a row. I then call them "luvly" or "doll" and kiss them on the lips. Then I give the sign language gesture for love (like Richard does before going to a commercial break on the Feud) and go to bed.


What...what?

ray davies is my new idol. he's krunked as hell (or so he told big fella).

yes he is crunked as hwelll and that is so cool. he was so arthru fonzarelli

i worship too many people to begin naming.

I never knew I was so popular....I always thought I was the most hated member of the board......

Hey, whenever HeyLuLu calls you cool, you know you're cool.

Apparently, so...

perhaps so...

I'll say definitely maybe.

some might say definitely maybe. i say whatever...

d'ya know what i mean?

i can see a liar...

Put yer money where yer mouth is.

BRING IT ON DOWN!

Hey now....roll with it.

Brian Wilson.
He put a sandbox in his living room. Then he put a piano in the sandbox. Then he took the piano out because the sand wasn't good for it. That just seems to me to be the way to live.

its funny, bc at the topic of the post, i really thought it was going to be about worshipping billy idol.

Then he taped the Features and edited videos for us while administering our message board.

long set of quotes with one-line reply

exactly...

It does look kinda cool, doesn't it???

my point exactly...

All the nested boxes create a 3D effect that makes me dizzy.

the point exactly

it's becoming one of those magic eye pictures....i think i see a unicorn...

I don't see it. Of course I could never see Magic Eyes...I think i'm too sane.

Hey look! It's a schooner!!

"i think i'm gonna hurl, mama..."

Oh...oh that was insane. But let it be known that that is only properly done in the voice of a poor Elvis impersonator....

"I'm crunked as hell"

(Edited by DigsySlattery at 8:27 pm on Sep. 22, 2002)

so very true. the actual magnitude of ray's crunkedness is immeasurable.

The slogan should be stuck on T-shirts and bumper stickers and sold to the world. It means so much to so many. Or so few. But still....

apparently, my crunkedness is my only claim to fame...

apt observation, that

kate hudson???? wtf? did i write this? goh ive changed so much since august. im like a completley different person.

boy do we need a concert to talk about

rachel, there is nothing wrong with kate hudson. she is really HOTT.

my worship award currently goes to the white stripes. goddamn i worship them.

I am also, at this time, going to give a shout out to rod serling.
what a great guy.

kate hudson is hilarious. have you ever seen her on live tv like a talk show? she is completely blasted EVERY TIME. she doesnt even answer questions she just cracks up at everything the interviewer says. but i wasnt the first person to make this observation.

i think she is very entertaining.