On 15/10/06 20:03, in article
, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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ALL are genuinely nice to be with people who
were very aware that the public made them famous, so the public (and
charity) deserved some of their time. I never heard a syllable of 'moan'
from any of them at giving up yet another Saturday/Sunday to sit at yet
another féte. Love 'em or hate 'em, there is some public attraction to
people who are famous, however briefly!

I'm sure there is among some people.

No, among MANY people. People who turned up in their thousands and thus gave
money to the charity we were working for. I'm not commenting on it or
commending it or whatever but there can be no doubt that celebrity has its
uses when used wisely and generously.

Look at the recent brouhaha over Madonna. Whatever one may think of it,
people have been made strongly aware that there are orphans in Malawi,
needing loving families. It works.

I've heard of Madonna but none of those others.

Really? You have never heard of the TV series 'Bergerac', filmed back in
the 70s/80s, or the current and ongoing 'Midsomer Murders", starring
Nettles? Even if you don't watch tv, they do come up in newspapers from
time to time! , And you have never heard of Jack Higgins and e.g. the book
and film, The Eagle has Landed, or Ian Botham, the world-famous cricketer?
That seems quite extraordinary, even in terms of my personal preference for
p&q.

We live under a stone - and like it. But I worked for a photographer when AT
came for some PR shots. I didn't like his attitude and could never
understand why he's supposed to be a sex symbol. To me he's, frankly, ugly.
But so am I :-)

I think that from the PR/charity etc. pov his great gift is to be a good tv
presenter. He talks to the camera as if it were a friend and believe me,
that really IS a gift. Like him or not, it works.

Somebody once gave me one of his 'novels' - Mr McSomebody I think. I
couldn't get more than a few pages, puerile or what! Poor writing to boot.

Lucrative, nonetheless and able to pull in the public to help charities
which, in this case, is what matters. I rather enjoyed his latest book,
BTW, read it on holiday.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/