Quantcast

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Which Local "Celebrity" Will Support The Pens?

PSAMP HAS MOVED! CLICK HERE TO GET TO THE BRAND NEW SITE! NOW!


Poll time.

We all know celebrities come out full force to watch sporting events, should their local teams consistently succeed (Jack Nicholson) or fail miserably (Spike Lee).

Celebrity hockey fans are different, primarily because the NHL doesn't pull massive audiences, thus making "appearances" seem unimportant.

However, Snoop Dogg showed love for the eventual Cup-winning Anaheim Ducks last season (pictured above), and other celebrities (pictured below, in order, have been known as die-hards...or at least made special showings. In addition to Snoop and his Ducks, Sandra Bullock and Jesse James (Kings) as well as Hulk Hogan (Lightning) have been linked to the NHL as fans.





This got me thinking. If the Penguins continue to carve through the playoffs, which "celebrity" with local ties will or should make an appearance at Mellon Civic Arena? Here are your choices. Let me know if you have a name for the "Other" category.

Michael Keaton. He's hard on (didn't mean to put those two words together) the Buccos front office, so will Mr. Mom Beetlejuice Batman switch from baseball to hockey?

Donnie Iris. Come on. Its Donnie. I'd be pissed if he DIDN'T show up.

Jeff Goldblum. My mom used to work at a hospital with his dad. Will he come out of whatever hole he's currently hiding in and support the Pens?

George Romero. Yeah, he wasn't born in the city, but consistently using Pittsburgh as the setting for his movies is good enough. Prior to the Crosby regime, Penguins hockey could best be described as a zombie flick. Enough to bring Mr. Romero to the games?

Mr. Rogers' Ghost. He should totally haunt that place.

Dennis Miller. Appearing could only help. Seriously.

Other. Sharon Stone, Wiz Khalifa, Christina Aguilera, Kurt Angle, Arnie Palmer? Totally up to you.


PSAMP HAS MOVED! CLICK HERE TO GET TO THE BRAND NEW SITE! NOW!

3 comments:

Sean said...

The answer must be Dennis Miller, right? The Post-Gazette wrote an article a few months ago about Miller's brother who was directing a movie scene (or something) at the Civic/Mellon Arena. According to the article, Miller's brother has season tickets. I'm sure Dennis will stop by for a game or two.

sshisheng said...

I think you should note that Snoop was a Pens fan way before he was an Ducks fan. Please see: Gin and Juice video from the early 1990s for proof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czyfws7OLCs

tecmo said...

Sean - Him and Donnie Iris are neck and neck. Some people agree with you.

ssh- He's a huge Pittsburgh fan in general. I saw him at Amsterjam 05 with RHCP, 311, Wyclef, Garbage and some other bands. At the end of the show, he came out to perform with RHCP and Bootsie Collins while wearing a leather Steelers jacket and Steelers baseball cap. Unfortunately, he has no real ties to the area, so I couldn't add him to the list. That, and he was the Ducks fan last year.