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What celebrities were thankful for
Kevin Duffy
Issue date: 12/1/08 Section: Focus
It's that time of the year again - the time for everyone to give thanks.
Last Thursday, we all sat down with our families and enjoyed a feast full of pre-made turkey, store-bought gravy, some sort of breaded dish that your mom insisted was stuffing and some weird, white mush that mildly resembled mashed potatoes.
OK, maybe some of you were lucky enough to have a real Thanksgiving meal, but regardless, everyone had something to be thankful for. That's the beauty of Thanksgiving. No matter how depressing your social life is, or how bad you're failing a class that directly pertains to what you want to do when you graduate, or how pathetic your reign as sports editor has been, you still gave thanks.
While some of us had to think long and hard about what we could possibly be thankful for, others probably had no problem reeling off answers. These people, of course, are celebrities.
No, I didn't share a yam and thanksgiving conversation with anyone famous, but I have a good idea of what most celebrities gave thanks for. Here are a few examples:
Britney Spears
Thankful for: College girls.
Somehow, Spears and former Iowa State basketball coach Larry Eustachy are thankful for the same thing. Who would have known? Back in 2002, when Eustachy was coaching the Cyclones and crashing off-campus parties by himself, Spears was captivating the minds of middle-school girls across the country. Now, in 2008, those girls are in college. And for whatever reason, they all still support Spears' music. Her new CD, which features the "hit" single "Womanizer," figures to be one of the best selling albums of the year. I'm not saying "Slave 4 U" was a masterpiece, but "Womanizer" is a disgrace to music (and this is coming from a guy who considers Lil' Wayne to be the 21st century Mozart). Let's just take a look at the chorus:
"Womanizer, woman-womanizer /You're a womanizer / Oh, womanizer, oh / You're a womanizer, baby / You, you you are."
Last Thursday, we all sat down with our families and enjoyed a feast full of pre-made turkey, store-bought gravy, some sort of breaded dish that your mom insisted was stuffing and some weird, white mush that mildly resembled mashed potatoes.
OK, maybe some of you were lucky enough to have a real Thanksgiving meal, but regardless, everyone had something to be thankful for. That's the beauty of Thanksgiving. No matter how depressing your social life is, or how bad you're failing a class that directly pertains to what you want to do when you graduate, or how pathetic your reign as sports editor has been, you still gave thanks.
While some of us had to think long and hard about what we could possibly be thankful for, others probably had no problem reeling off answers. These people, of course, are celebrities.
No, I didn't share a yam and thanksgiving conversation with anyone famous, but I have a good idea of what most celebrities gave thanks for. Here are a few examples:
Britney Spears
Thankful for: College girls.
Somehow, Spears and former Iowa State basketball coach Larry Eustachy are thankful for the same thing. Who would have known? Back in 2002, when Eustachy was coaching the Cyclones and crashing off-campus parties by himself, Spears was captivating the minds of middle-school girls across the country. Now, in 2008, those girls are in college. And for whatever reason, they all still support Spears' music. Her new CD, which features the "hit" single "Womanizer," figures to be one of the best selling albums of the year. I'm not saying "Slave 4 U" was a masterpiece, but "Womanizer" is a disgrace to music (and this is coming from a guy who considers Lil' Wayne to be the 21st century Mozart). Let's just take a look at the chorus:
"Womanizer, woman-womanizer /You're a womanizer / Oh, womanizer, oh / You're a womanizer, baby / You, you you are."
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