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Different Drummer

(7,621 posts) Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:01 PM Apr 2019

Which long-dead celebrity/celebrities do you wish had social media?

Someone posted that question on Twitter. As for me...

Dorothy Parker

Oscar Wilde

And I don't want to forget about...

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You?

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Which long-dead celebrity/celebrities do you wish had social media? (Original Post) Different Drummer Apr 2019 OP

Will Rogers and Mark Twain rurallib Apr 2019 #1

Forgot about Will Rogers. Different Drummer Apr 2019 #12

Molly Ivins Donald Kaul IADEMO2004 Apr 2019 #2

Groucho Marx and all 4 of the Three Stooges. iscooterliberally Apr 2019 #3

I was gonna say Groucho! KatyaR Apr 2019 #14

He would have been my first choice too DFW Apr 2019 #43

God jberryhill Apr 2019 #4

Tolkien shenmue Apr 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author brandnewday2009 Apr 2019 #6

John Lennon Cartoonist Apr 2019 #7

Lovecraft would have been banned within seconds ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #20

He'd be banned now Cartoonist Apr 2019 #23

Another vote for Dorothy Parker, Lindsay Apr 2019 #8

Good choices! n/t Different Drummer Apr 2019 #10

Bette Davis Siwsan Apr 2019 #9

Vlad Dracul jpak Apr 2019 #11

Mae West... targetpractice Apr 2019 #13

Let me add Thomas Jefferson to my group. rurallib Apr 2019 #15

Oh, GAWD! MyOwnPeace Apr 2019 #18

I so wish I could have interacted with him, I compensated by "interviewing" him in my book DFW Apr 2019 #44

Katharine Hepburn vademocrat Apr 2019 #16

Bill Hicks. rownesheck Apr 2019 #17

Sydney J. Harris MyOwnPeace Apr 2019 #19

Bernard Shaw ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #21

W C Fields lpbk2713 Apr 2019 #22

Charlie Chaplin. n/t cynatnite Apr 2019 #24

Pat Paulsen. OK, he may not be a long-dead celebrity, but I say, "Picky, picky, picky". Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #25

Paulsen very much a yes rpannier Apr 2019 #30

Frank Zappa redstateblues Apr 2019 #26

Beat me to him SHRED Apr 2019 #27

Benjamin Franklin. Kablooie Apr 2019 #28

Bette Davis, Johnny Carson and Irish Comedian Dave Allen rpannier Apr 2019 #29

H.L. Mencken, Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #31

Agreed. And Charles Dickens! diva77 Apr 2019 #38

Errol Flynn. Guilded Lilly Apr 2019 #32

Marlon Brando, but I'm sure he would never use it Beringia Apr 2019 #33

Cezar Chavez. We need to hear more from decent people.... RussellCattle Apr 2019 #34

Sitting Bull Bayard Apr 2019 #35

George Carlin nmgaucho Apr 2019 #36

Houdini diva77 Apr 2019 #37

Albert Einstein mucifer Apr 2019 #39

Hi, Mucifer... Harker Apr 2019 #46

Paul Wellstone, the Kennedy brothers, MLK, Mickey Leland MandelaObama Apr 2019 #40

Gilda Radner ChubbyStar Apr 2019 #41

Mary Magdalene Talitha Apr 2019 #42

Groucho, Bozo, and Jim Morrison. Harker Apr 2019 #45

rurallib

(62,423 posts)

1. Will Rogers and Mark Twain

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:05 PM

Apr 2019

Different Drummer

(7,621 posts)

12. Forgot about Will Rogers.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:23 PM

Apr 2019

I would have liked to have seen him on social media, as well.

IADEMO2004

(5,555 posts)

2. Molly Ivins Donald Kaul

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:07 PM

Apr 2019

iscooterliberally

(2,860 posts)

3. Groucho Marx and all 4 of the Three Stooges.

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:07 PM

Apr 2019

Actually there were more than 4, but I'm sure they would all be great!

KatyaR

(3,445 posts)

14. I was gonna say Groucho!

Reply to iscooterliberally (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:33 PM

Apr 2019

That would be a sight to see....

DFW

(54,403 posts)

43. He would have been my first choice too

Reply to KatyaR (Reply #14)

Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:15 AM

Apr 2019

Stan Lee was always a hoot.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

4. God

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:07 PM

Apr 2019

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

5. Tolkien

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:09 PM

Apr 2019

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brandnewday2009 This message was self-deleted by its author.

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)

7. John Lennon

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:10 PM

Apr 2019

Abbie Hoffman
Humphrey Bogart
James Cagney
Abe Lincoln
Mark Twain
Raymond Chandler
Isaac Asimov
H. P. Lovecraft

I can think of lots more.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

20. Lovecraft would have been banned within seconds

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 08:23 PM

Apr 2019

He was such a vile anti-Semite, racist motherfucker.

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)

23. He'd be banned now

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #20)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 09:18 PM

Apr 2019

Not so much in the 30's

Lindsay

(3,276 posts)

8. Another vote for Dorothy Parker,

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:20 PM

Apr 2019

and also Kurt Vonnegut.

Edited to add: George Carlin

Different Drummer

(7,621 posts)

10. Good choices! n/t

Reply to Lindsay (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:22 PM

Apr 2019

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)

9. Bette Davis

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:22 PM

Apr 2019

She was never one to mince words, or suffer fools lightly.

jpak

(41,758 posts)

11. Vlad Dracul

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:23 PM

Apr 2019

No - not really

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)

13. Mae West...

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:28 PM

Apr 2019

...All her quotes are tweet-worthy.

rurallib

(62,423 posts)

15. Let me add Thomas Jefferson to my group.

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:37 PM

Apr 2019

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)

18. Oh, GAWD!

Reply to rurallib (Reply #15)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 07:10 PM

Apr 2019

I can see it now:

IQ45: "I had to teach Jefferson how to tweet. He wishes he had my brains."

DFW

(54,403 posts)

44. I so wish I could have interacted with him, I compensated by "interviewing" him in my book

Reply to rurallib (Reply #15)

Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:18 AM

Apr 2019

I dedicated quite a few pages to conversations between a 36 year old California man in 2010 and a 75 year old retired Thomas Jefferson in 1818.

vademocrat

(1,089 posts)

16. Katharine Hepburn

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 05:44 PM

Apr 2019

Although she probably wouldn't have chosen to be on it!

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)

17. Bill Hicks.

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 07:08 PM

Apr 2019

Although, I'm not sure he would do social media.

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)

19. Sydney J. Harris

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 07:23 PM

Apr 2019

"Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance."

"A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive."

"When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_J._Harris

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

21. Bernard Shaw

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 08:24 PM

Apr 2019

Yep!

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)

22. W C Fields

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 08:28 PM

Apr 2019

He would be crude but he wouldn't be boring.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

24. Charlie Chaplin. n/t

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Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:54 PM

Apr 2019

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

25. Pat Paulsen. OK, he may not be a long-dead celebrity, but I say, "Picky, picky, picky".

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2019, 12:44 AM

Apr 2019

rpannier

(24,329 posts)

30. Paulsen very much a yes

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #25)

Sat Apr 6, 2019, 12:54 AM

Apr 2019

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)

26. Frank Zappa

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2019, 12:45 AM

Apr 2019

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

27. Beat me to him

Reply to redstateblues (Reply #26)

Sat Apr 6, 2019, 12:48 AM

Apr 2019

I miss Frank.

A SoCal phenomenon.

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)

28. Benjamin Franklin.

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2019, 12:53 AM

Apr 2019

rpannier

(24,329 posts)

29. Bette Davis, Johnny Carson and Irish Comedian Dave Allen

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2019, 12:54 AM

Apr 2019

tbh Allen died in 2005, so it's not that long ago
I don't think he ever had a social media presence though

add: Boris Karloff, Groucho Marx, Steve Allen