Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-77865.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: DCA Celebrity Sighting - Mariska Hargitay and Debra Messing Ride The Little Mermaid</b></a> <p>Last week actresses Mariska Hargitay and Debra Messing took their first rides on The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img height="299" width="240" src="http://laughingplace.com/files/latest/20110613-1.jpg" /><br />{big}</p> <p>The two friends were at the Disneyland Resort with their boys.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img height="299" width="226" src="http://laughingplace.com/files/latest/20110613-2.jpg" /><br />{big}</p> <p> </p>
Originally Posted By TP2000 Yet again there's a report of a "celebrity" at Disneyland and I have absolutely no idea who it is. The name "Mariska Hargitay" is particularly vexing. Who is she, a minor TV actress in Finland or something? Anyone can be branded a "celebrity" now. You don't even have to be famous, or noticeable, or have done anything that the average person would know about. It's really gotten quite silly. Now, looking at the pictures a second time the redhead actually looks familar, she's the girl from Will and Grace that was supposed to be the star before that show turned into a vehicle for Jack and Karen, whom I adore! Grace Adler, of Grace Adler Design where Karen had her desk that she spouted her one-liners from. She's gotten older and less slim since that show went off the air, but now she looks familar upon closer inspection. Too bad Karen and Jack didn't go for a ride on Mermaid, and then over to Avalon Cove for cocktails, that would be really neat! But Mariska Hargitay? Someone help me here, as I don't pay the extra 5 dollars to get the Finnish TV channels from my cable company.
Originally Posted By Mickeysbestfan Yes, Debra Messing is from Will and Grace. She has also been in quite a few movies. Mariska Hargitay has been on Law & Order SVU for 12 years. She was on ER before that as a love interest for Mark Greene. On a side note she is the daughter of Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Okay, thank you. Jayne Mansfield is recognizeable. Law & Order. Is that still on the air? I never watched it, but I seem to remember the 1990's and some very forboding and somber intro music and a gritty, urban murder scene with tense looking detectives squinting in a bleak alley. And then I changed the channel. HA! At least I now know that Grace from Will & Grace had a name; Debra Messing. Gosh I miss Karen and Jack and their hilarious cocktail-fueled antics. Now that was some great Television!
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>The name "Mariska Hargitay" is particularly vexing. Who is she, a minor TV actress in Finland or something?<< Wash your mouth out!!! Mariska Hargitay is awesome.
Originally Posted By Sparrow <<<Too bad Karen and Jack didn't go for a ride on Mermaid, and then over to Avalon Cove for cocktails, that would be really neat!>>> Agreed! I saw two groups of people with VIP escorts (plaids) on Saturday but I didn't recognize anyone famous.
Originally Posted By TP2000 >>"Wash your mouth out!!! Mariska Hargitay is awesome."<< I'm sure she is a very nice woman, and very talented in her chosen field. I just don't speak Finnish, so I wouldn't know. ;-)
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Thanks TP2 for making this fun to read...Is this an example of official Disney Social Media? Pretty much not worth reading if it is! Maybe you should blog too...
Originally Posted By TP2000 Mickeymouseclub, I'm afraid the original post here is a PERFECT example of the stuff they offer up daily on the official Disney Parks Blog. It used to be a fun read a couple years ago, at least from the one young lady who was doing all of the Disneyland/DCA stuff. She even hosted a few "meets" where folks were given chances to ride attractions and see new shows. But that one Anaheim gal left and it went downhill quickly from there. The info on Disney Parks Blog coming out of WDW has always been particularly banal and pathetically corporate, and it hasn't changed. Now the Disney Parks Blog, even the Anaheim news, is just pre-packaged press releases and invitations to buy more junk that no one really needs and breathless notifications of D List celebrities going on rides with their kids. And why would I ever bother with a Blog? I have Laughing Place!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Anyone can be branded a "celebrity" now. You don't even have to be famous, or noticeable, or have done anything that the average person would know about. It's really gotten quite silly. > If you don't watch L&O, it's entirely possible you wouldn't know who she was, just as a non-basketball fan might not know who, say, Kevin Garnett is. But she's been on a highly rated show for a decade, and has won multiple emmys for it. So yes she's famous, and in fact has been more successful than most actresses can even dream of.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Different strokes... On the red carpet for Disney events, I get all exercised at some of the least likely people-- Imagineers, Disney company executives, animators... Meanwhile, all around people are oohing and ahing over TV performers and sports figures I would never recognize. I did keep up with the Disney Channel gang for a while, but it's gotten harder to do, now that the DizKid is 16.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Thank you Doug. The "celebs" people ooh and aah over all just seem to blend into one blob to me. Especially now that many celebrities have attained their status by simply existing on unscripted reality TV shows, rather than performing some talent for a paying audience. I'm sure some of these folks mentioned in this thread have talent that is marketable to a paying customer. I did like that Will & Grace show, after all. But now that many celebrities have no quantifiable talent to perform, it has kind of diluted everyone else who may have some talent. They all just blend together into one vapid botox patient who could have just stepped out of a makeover at Disney 365 for all I know. For those keeping score at home: I did see Tony Baxter browsing the DVD aisle at Best Buy near Villa Park last month! I didn't say anything to him or bug him, but I did pretend to be intensely interested in the second season of Charles In Charge for a bit while I got all Disney-geeky inside. True story! HA!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "And why would I ever bother with a Blog? I have Laughing Place!" I must be a complete nerd because I actually enjoy Disney Parks Blog, mostly for the inside information. Like the Carsland flyover video, for example.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "For those keeping score at home: I did see Tony Baxter browsing the DVD aisle at Best Buy near Villa Park last month!" You should have asked him if Discovery Bay will ever be built.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance TP, you should have ran up, wrapped your arms are around him, and gave him the biggest bear hug he's ever had, and kept on hugging him until 5 armed security guards finally had to pry you off of him. Would have been more memorable.
