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Concededly Trifling!

After Heath Ledger died (wait. you know he died, right?), Tempe called and expressed a bit of sadness about the state of her celebrity make-out list.
Since that day, we've had several (if Several = 2 or 3) conversations about celebrities who used to be on our lists but have since been bumped. (I'm looking at you, Matthew Perry!)

I took a bit of time out yesterday to revamp my Do Boy list.
I'm quite pleased with the results.
(And, yes. I'm swirling around in the murky tureen of objectification. Today I'm ugly inside and out!)

Top Five Fluid Pudding Do Boys in No Particular Order

1. Keith Olbermann! (Watch the video from about 2:16 on. It will give you the Intelligent Angry Man shivers.)

2. Stephen Colbert! (I've had dreams during which he takes me to the opera. Also, we've danced forehead to forehead at Buffalo Wild Wings. Again, in the land of Nod.)

3. John Krasinski! (He reminds me of Jeff somehow, and the Jim/Pam office romance really takes me back to the Jeff/Me office romance. Ironically, Jeff would not agree with me. He would find more parallels to the Ryan/Kelly relationship.)

4. Ira Glass!  (I've been addicted to the This American Life podcasts for a few months now, and I'm hooked. If you could see me at three in the morning (and that is NOT an invitation to come over), more often than not I'm inserting the ear buds to listen to Ira Glass.) (Does anyone else out there wake up at three in the morning Every Single Morning?)

5. Paul F. Tompkins! (I don't necessarily want to make out with him, but I DO want to grab a big messy plate of pancakes with him. Sweet Potato Pancakes. From Pancake Pantry.)

Bonus: This video features two of my Do Boys PLUS Aimee Mann!

And if you've got some extra time, I'm also really liking this video.

By the way, I'm not getting anything done over here. We're iced in, school was just canceled for the day, I've been tagged with four memes, and I've had to hang a sign on the door to keep the zealots at bay. I'm lazily frazzled.
Feel free to jump in your car (or plane!) and come on over.
I've got the fixings for buffalo turkey burgers. Blue cheese crumbles!
(I won't let you in unless you're toting cream soda. I'm hankering.)

Posted by: fluidpudding on 2/21/2008 12:22:47 PM , 34 comments
Submitted by Rhi at 2/21/2008 11:07:50 AM
    How funny that two of our boys are the same! We can share, don't worry.
    I have Ira Glass, Stephen Colbert, Joel McHale, Owen Wilson, and (DON'T LAUGH) Adam Carolla on my list.

    I'll be over for buffalo turkey burgers in 4 short hours.
Submitted by Kathy at 2/21/2008 11:23:33 AM
    I can't look at Stephen Colbert without thinking of Bob Saget, who, actually, is one of my "secret" celebrity crushes.
Submitted by FP at 2/21/2008 11:36:18 AM
    Rhi--Count me in for Joel McHale, too! In fact, perhaps he should replace Tompkins. I'd eat pancakes AND make out with him!

    Kathy--I recently heard Bob Saget on "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me" and before then, I would not have understood your secret crush. But now I do.
Submitted by Rhi at 2/21/2008 11:59:27 AM
    Wait? Bob Saget was on Wait, Wait? I must go through my podcasts and see what I've missed. Was he on the panel?

    I've asked the man several times if I can have 6 people on my list, to make room for John Krasinski.
Submitted by FP at 2/21/2008 12:03:24 PM
Submitted by Mutha at 2/21/2008 12:08:21 PM
    Freaky timing.

    I just emailed Stephen Colbert. Oh yeah. We're like THIS. I told him about the Nixon Birthday Party show on my blog, thinking he'd be down with that concept.

    Then to sweeten the note, I told him I had a friend who ranked him pretty high on her LIST.

    And here you are.

    So if he emails me back (ok, one of his interns) then I can back up my statement. I wasn't just kissing his ass. I really mean someone in my circle would literally kiss his...

    Eh, it was worth a shot!
Submitted by blackbird at 2/21/2008 12:20:37 PM
    Boy, you are sweet on those news geeks, ain't ya?

    I'm gassing up the plane.
Submitted by lilitgr at 2/21/2008 12:45:24 PM
    Keith Olbermann is number one on my list, just above Bruce Springsteen (mmmmmm Bruce Springsteen)
Submitted by Cheap Like Me at 2/21/2008 12:55:56 PM
    Oh gosh, I thought we were on the same page, but I am not down with your list. Some of them I don't even know who they are, or I don't know if I know who they are, and I tried to look up Olbermann and got a page full of eyeball-searing Bill O'Reilly images.

    I'm going to stick with my "classic" list dating back more than 10 years: Johnny Depp and Matt Dillon.

    And maybe I'll add Obama for a current-events touch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU
Submitted by joaaanna at 2/21/2008 1:05:06 PM
    I must be on Pudding time - because I DO wake up at 3:00 almost every morning.

    AND - my main reason to get an Ipod is so I can listen to This American Life at all times (they've blocked at work, the meanies).

    AND - I went to the neurologist on Tuesday and I'm coming down from the Excedrin/Advil/Aleve high too.

    It's like I'm the KC version of You! But without the wit and funny.
Submitted by Daniela at 2/21/2008 3:17:21 PM
Submitted by FP at 2/21/2008 3:34:38 PM
    joaaanna--If you have a tiny freckle under your left arm, we need to talk!

    Daniela--I had no idea on the Lynda Barry connection. (I own most of her books! Actually, one of my favorite phrases--a burning pleasure station in my drawers--comes directly from her!)
Submitted by Meg T. at 2/21/2008 4:07:30 PM
    mmm. cream soda.
    y'all should just come visit AZ. Today it's all shirtsleeves, all the time!
Submitted by amy at 2/21/2008 4:45:04 PM
    yr funny
    my friend was devasted by her laminated list issues too
Submitted by Nominimom at 2/21/2008 4:51:25 PM
    I need to spend more quality time with you and Tempe. Clearly, someone has steered you both wrong in what makes an attractive man.

    Except with John Krasinski. He is pretty cute.
Submitted by Alex at 2/21/2008 5:07:09 PM
    Oh yes, the Ira Glass crush. I am recovering from about a decade of that. The only thing I really miss now that we have Baby is being able to listen to TAL Sunday nights. Now that is bedtime, and the podcasts? We could listen, but we don't. Sigh.
Submitted by Sara at 2/21/2008 6:59:48 PM
    I'm with you hardcore on all of these except Ira Glass. I like him, but he gives off an asexual vibe to me. Joel McHale I would definitely do, though. God.

    That video was hilarious. You have PFT's album, right? It is THE BEST. "Peanut Brittle" is maybe my favorite 5 minutes of anything, ever.
Submitted by H at 2/21/2008 9:46:43 PM
    yep - 3 or 4 a.m., pretty consistently - thankfully I can usually go right back to sleep

    I blame breastfeeding (the boy woke up to nurse at 3am for a long time).

    Lately I've been skipping the 3a.m. waking and going straight to a 6a.m. full alert status. I don't know what's worse - I'm really not an early bird.

    And Colbert? Oh yeah!
Submitted by Suebob at 2/21/2008 11:01:27 PM
    1. Absolutely.
    2. I will take Jon Stewart so you can have your shot at Colbert.
    3. Mmm yeah. But if we're talking sitcom guys, I could have Jason Bateman instead, I suppose.
    4. Well, who wouldn't?
    5. No idea who that is. But I will put Anthony Bourdain in this spot while we're talking food.

    Aimee Mann, on the other hand, makes me want to take off my ears and stomp on them. Greg LOVED her (especially that f***ing Lost in Space album) but I refused to go to one of her shows here in town so he had to sell the tickets to someone standing in line...I know, I'm cruel, but her voice is like the audio equivalent of Raid Roach Spray to me.
Submitted by Sarahlynn at 2/22/2008 12:37:30 AM
    You like cream soda! I hate it but have several cans left over from Paul's latest experiment with creating ButterBeer for our Harry Potter party. If we weren't similarly iced in several miles south, I'd do a cream soda driveby.
Submitted by Alli at 2/22/2008 9:01:16 AM
    Who else is off your list? So far we know it's Matthew Perry and Zack Braff. Also, do you know who is on Jeff's list? Just curious if it's anyone who looks like you?
Submitted by FP at 2/22/2008 10:50:38 AM
    Sara--I don't have the album! I need to get it. The only comedy CD we have is Mitch Hedberg. And I'm still bummed that he's dead.

    Suebob--I had that reaction to her during the 'Til Tuesday days, but I've grown to like her. To me, she's like cheese!

    Sarahlynn--A cream soda driveby would be a great story for Fox News!

    Alli--Matthew Broderick is off. Paul Rudd? Off. David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers? Off! Off!! Also, I just sent an e-mail to Jeff with a "Name three celebrities for your List" request. I'll keep you updated.
Submitted by FP at 2/22/2008 11:20:49 AM
    Alli--Here is Jeff's reply:

    Christ, I don't know. How about, in no particular order:
    Hope Davis
    Neko Case
    Kirsty MacColl

    (In other words, 1/3 of his list consists of dead people. That sort of creeps me out, but also makes me feel quite safe.)
Submitted by Carroll at 2/22/2008 1:52:51 PM
    Ice storm? So, I shouldn't mention then that we're still basking in Hawaii...where it's heading toward 82 today...and there are whales breaching offshore as I type. And sea turtles lolling on the surface of a glassy ocean...with small perfect breakers rolling in against the beach. I'll keep my mouth shut then :-)

    Aaaaaaaaloha!
Submitted by Alli at 2/22/2008 2:44:17 PM
    Thanks to Jeff for playing along. They are all long-haired red heads or blondes...hmmm. I have a thing for Colin Firth (in Bridget Jones, anyway). It finally snowed in NJ today, now we're both stuck inside. Stay warm.
Submitted by niz at 2/22/2008 5:27:07 PM
    oh man, I would totally do Neko Case! Stephen Colbert does nothing for me but Jon Stewart, omg. Also, Owen Wilson, and Paul McCartney, in 1965, and Josh Lyman from the West Wing. If I can travel through time I can also have ficional characters.

    Second ice storm in two weeks, right? My parents live in Missouri... meanwhile I am spending the year in Costa Rica. I recommend it.

    I myself wake up at 4:17 every morning.
Submitted by mercybuttercup at 2/22/2008 9:21:51 PM
    Greg Behrendt has a bit about Krasinski being on his wife's list that is both insanely hilarious and impossible to reproduce in text. I wonder if it's on YouTube yet.

    My list mostly consists of people who were dead before I was born. I shouldn't have conversations with normal people. But since I am: Someone on your list was a guest at my wedding! I didn't make out with him though.
Submitted by FP at 2/23/2008 8:08:29 AM
    mercybuttercup--You're always filled with good information! (I'm guessing PFT was the guest, and I'm hoping there were pancakes.)
Submitted by Velma at 2/23/2008 8:41:30 AM
    Hmmm, I think I'm more simpatico with SueBob than anyone else. Lately, though, I've been dreaming of Matthew Macfayden, the Mr. Darcy in the more recent "P&P," which my husband thinks I have obviously been watching too much.
Submitted by mercybuttercup at 2/23/2008 11:16:45 AM
    Yes - and tragically, no. There was falafel, though. Oh crap, I was just speaking the truth and accidentally took it to a Bill O'Reilly place. That's not right!
Submitted by Karrie at 2/24/2008 1:35:15 AM
    I have been reading (lurking) you for a few years now and have never had a comment...but.....SERIOUSLY?!?!?! This is your real list?!?! Mine used to have some dead celebs too, but they were hot like like JFK Jr and Kurt Cobain....your list, well, I just have no words!!!! LOL Tragic
Submitted by Susan at 2/26/2008 10:16:17 AM
    I'm all about Krasinski. Oh yeah. The others? Ugh! My list: Steve from the Ghost Hunters (SciFi) definitely. Something about a man with an armful of tats that rocks my boat. That's all I got right now.
Submitted by flatflo at 2/26/2008 1:05:13 PM
    How about Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. A little weathered, but rugged and funny. And willing to do anything!
Submitted by Heisenburg at 2/27/2008 4:17:49 AM
    Keith! I never even knew he existed until 10 min 16 sec ago!!!Thank you Pudding, I will die a happy woman (and I'm sure Foxtel has some of these programs on somewhere. Will have to go root around the news channels a bit...)
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