And why don't celebrities have to stand in line anyway? And why do they get food paid for them at restaurants, when they can clearly afford it?

Amusingly, when I was in Philly, I went to Geno's for cheesesteaks twice. The first time, I was with Deb's daughter, and we didn't wait in line -- because she asked the guy at the front of the line if she could go in front of him. One display of her toes later (who'd have thought open toes in February had a payoff?) and we had all the cheesesteaks we wanted -- the guys in our party joined the end of the line, and weren't served for more than half an hour. The second time, I was with a celebrity, and wondered to myself if he'd have a slicker time of it than Jo. We went in the back, got the food for free, plus T-shirts. I was kinda irritated, except! Free good food! Geno's, OTOH, got half a chance a celeb will wear their shirt, talk kindly about them, and he signed their guestbook before he left. Worth more than the $15 bucks they didn't get from his wallet.

Yeah, guess that's true. Free promo.

John Stamos probably gets the perks at Disney because his new show will be on ABC, which is owned by Disney. Disney tends to treat their celebrity guests well at the parks.

Kathy: I love your tag.

It was either this one or the one about looking for a weather prediction from a rat. Or the one about being a god--not THE God (I think).

Disney tends to treat their celebrity guests well at the parks.

I remember listening to WGN talk radio one Sunday morning while I was getting ready for work at the bookstore. The show host was complaining because his scheduled guest had bailed at the last minute, as did a backup, so since he had nothing scheduled for the next 20 minutes, he opened the phone lines for potpourri. He got a phone call from Drew Carey, who was listening to the station on the Disneyworld radio network while he was packing after his vacation, and felt so sorry for the host that he decided to call and give the man an interview. After first doubting the caller's identity, the host was very happy to take the call and was willing to go along with the plug that Carey gave Disney during the interview.

I flew back from Australia on the same plane as Phylicia Rashad. At LAX, the customs people whisked her to the front of the line. We waited 45 minutes. What irritated me about that is that right in front of me in line there was a guy on crutches with a cast from his hip down and they made no effort to accommodate him.

What irritated me about that is that right in front of me in line there was a guy on crutches with a cast from his hip down and they made no effort to accommodate him.

There was no special line? When I was on crutches (and much less dramatically injured), I got taken to the front of lines pretty much every time I flew.

The times I've noticed I'm flying with celebs, they've been treated in a pretty standard VIP way -- same as, it seemed, Admiral Class (or airline's equivalent) -- they (except Bradley Cooper, who had none) grabbed their own bags, or had a retinue for it.

Though, I can't lie, there was this one time my father had the High Commission car pull up to the plane and take us to a room where we waited while someone not us got our bags and processed our customs and immigration while we had tea and biscuits. Most of the rest of the time he'd just meet me at the gate and take me to the front of lines.

I think by "jaded" he means "unimpressed with my celebrity."

Yeah, that's just skeevy as hell.

I was thinking about defending the desire to be with someone "non-jaded" but after reading the full context, I think, not.

Yeah, without the quote I could see who it was meant in a non-skeevy way, but after the quote.... ::shiver::

He got a phone call from Drew Carey, who was listening to the station on the Disneyworld radio network while he was packing after his vacation, and felt so sorry for the host that he decided to call and give the man an interview.

This is why I love Drew Carey, even if I don't really like his show any more.

Speaking of express luggage handling and Disney (and flying, which is sort of on-topic, right?), did y'all see that Disneyworld is doing a special program with a few airlines that, if you're staying at one of their resort and you put a special tag on your luggage before leaving your hometown airport, you don't have to wait for it in Orlando--it'll get delivered directly to your room. Same thing on the way back--you check out and hand over your luggage at the front desk, and then you don't have to worry about it until you get back home.

Out of the many good ideas that Disney has had at their parks and hotels over the years? That may be the best. I would so pay money for that service.