B, C and D list celebrities

[Maister]

We all recognize an A list celebrity's name when you hear it. After all, that's why they're called A-listers...You'll hear these names in connection with red carpet events. Names like Robert Deniro, Harrison Ford, or Julia Roberts come to mind.

But what about B list celebrities, you know names that may have enjoyed A list status at one time but have fallen off the public radar over the years.

Being a C lister often means having been a one hit wonder but largely forgotten. Or maybe an athletic career that ended a couple decades ago. Maybe worthy of a seat in Hollywood Squares

a D list? Hmm, maybe somebody with a minor but peculiar role in a sitcom that ended 25 years ago or possibly someone who enjoyed brief period of notoriety (e.g. Tonya Harding or Monica Lewinski)

Who would you place in the various categories? Would Leonard Nimoy have qualified for B list? How about Franco Harris? Tim Conway?

 

[AG74683]

B or solid C list celebrities, the two that come to my mind are Bruce Campbell and Lou Diamond Phillips.

Another one, probably closer to the C list, Kyle Maclachlan

 

[Maister]

B or solid C list celebrities, the two that come to my mind are Bruce Campbell and Lou Diamond Phillips.

Another one, probably closer to the C list, Kyle Maclachlan

How about Roy Clark? I'd say a solid C
Or what about Henry Winkler (of Fonzie fame) I saw him recently hawking reverse mortgages on teevee

 

[Whose Yur Planner]

Speaking of hawking mortgages, Pat Boone comes to mind. Fred Thompson seems to bounce between the A and B lists. Most athletes seems to completely fall of the radar pretty quick and become more home town heroes.

 

[AG74683]

How about Roy Clark? I'd say a solid C
Or what about Henry Winkler (of Fonzie fame) I saw him recently hawking reverse mortgages on teevee

I had to look Roy Clark up, I had no idea who he was.

Henry Winkler might be closer to a B list now. His Bob Loblaw character on Arrested Development bumped him up from the C list.

 

[illinoisplanner]

In the rock world:
A list: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Paul McCartney, Bono, Steven Tyler, Jon Bon Jovi, Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Axl Rose, James Hetfield, Sting, Ozzy Osbourne, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Eddie Vedder

B list: Bret Michaels, Joe Perry, Slash, David Coverdale, Joe Elliot, Richie Sambora, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Ann & Nancy Wilson, Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Steve Perry, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, Billy Gibbons, The Edge, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Sammy Hagar, Kid Rock, Billy Corgan, Steve Vai, Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Tony Iommi, Joan Jett, Brian May, Billy Idol, John Paul Jones, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ringo Starr, Steven Van Zandt

C list: Sebastian Bach, Tom Keifer, Dee Snider, Eddie Money, Lita Ford, Jerry Cantrell, Robert Trujillo, Jason Newsted, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Brad Whitford, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, Matt Sorum, Michael Anthony, Alex Van Halen, Alex Lifeson, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Mike Campbell, Zakk Wylde, Jason Bonham, Ross Valory, Arnel Pineda, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward

D list: Hired hands that were never official members of the band or had short stints; members of minor bands that never really broke big

 

[jsk1983]

Where do local celebrities come in?

 

[otterpop]

If a celebrity reaches A level, he or she is lucky to have a seven year run before sliding to B, C and D level. Very few reach A level and retain it. Look at Cuba Gooding Jr., one movie propelled him to A list and he was been sliding lower ever since.

If a celebrity makes A or B level, they should live as modestly as possible and squirrel away their money, because chances are he or she won't be packing 10,000 adoring fans into a stadium venue forever and in ten years they will be playing to half-full rooms in Indian casinos or maybe even the Holiday Inn. Or their movie blockbuster days will evolve into straight-to-video releases of their latest movie.

 

[DVD]

I think sequels help determine your A,B,C status. Hot Tub Time Machine, good, maybe only B list good, but still good. Part 2, bad, can't even get the star who wants to hang onto his B status back. If he did come back it would definitely dump him to a C.