Comments on: Los Angeles Magazine announces nominees for “Mr. Los Angeles” & kicks in the WTF!? meter http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ryan http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32769 ryan Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:43:03 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32769 Does he have to be living? If dead people qualify, Don Simpson = Los Angeles. If living, Eisner. Or Harvey Weinstein, pick your poison. I don't make the rules here, I just live here and laugh at the rules. (my personal Mister Los Angeles is Bob Barker replete with his beauties, thank you) Does he have to be living? If dead people qualify, Don Simpson = Los Angeles. If living, Eisner. Or Harvey Weinstein, pick your poison. I don’t make the rules here, I just live here and laugh at the rules. (my personal Mister Los Angeles is Bob Barker replete with his beauties, thank you)

]]> By: Jodi http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32768 Jodi Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:59:21 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32768 I like Huell Howser and think he's very deserving. I'm also kind of partial to Bob Baker, but I'm probably sort of biased. I didn't grow up here and experience his puppet shows as a kid. But now I'm somewhat involved in the local puppetry scene (Dork Alert!) Aside from the joy he's brought to many people over the years, I know several people who can attribute their careers to him. I like Huell Howser and think he’s very deserving. I’m also kind of partial to Bob Baker, but I’m probably sort of biased. I didn’t grow up here and experience his puppet shows as a kid. But now I’m somewhat involved in the local puppetry scene (Dork Alert!) Aside from the joy he’s brought to many people over the years, I know several people who can attribute their careers to him.

]]> By: lucindamichele http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32767 lucindamichele Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:04:04 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32767 Sory lamoll, that wasn't directed at you, it was directed at the commenters who constantly diss the non-local bloggers we have here on the site. I know it's crappy to make your first comment & get slammed--I apologize. Sory lamoll, that wasn’t directed at you, it was directed at the commenters who constantly diss the non-local bloggers we have here on the site. I know it’s crappy to make your first comment & get slammed–I apologize.

]]> By: evan http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32766 evan Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:28:43 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32766 What, no Kogi truck??? Seriously though, it's got to be Magic for me. What, no Kogi truck???

Seriously though, it’s got to be Magic for me.

]]> By: lamoll http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32765 lamoll Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:54:29 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32765 Hey -- I'm not from here either, AND I have an accent, too, AND I love love love love love this place and think Huell does a great job seeking out and promoting every distinctive inch of this wonderful city; however, I have the admittedly subjective perception that he has, shall we say, made a point not to lose his SOUTHERN accent, perhaps to stand out from the pack of his fellow entertainers. My intention in casually noting it was to suggest that it is not a quality to cause one to remark: "Oh -- that guy must be from LA -- maybe he's MR. LA!" An Armenia, Korean, Central/South American accent -- yes: LA all the way! But a Southern accent -- a stretch (in the context of Mr. LA, anyway). BTW, how very nice to make my first comment and get called for bullshit. I feel so welcome. Hey — I’m not from here either, AND I have an accent, too, AND I love love love love love this place and think Huell does a great job seeking out and promoting every distinctive inch of this wonderful city; however, I have the admittedly subjective perception that he has, shall we say, made a point not to lose his SOUTHERN accent, perhaps to stand out from the pack of his fellow entertainers. My intention in casually noting it was to suggest that it is not a quality to cause one to remark: “Oh — that guy must be from LA — maybe he’s MR. LA!” An Armenia, Korean, Central/South American accent — yes: LA all the way! But a Southern accent — a stretch (in the context of Mr. LA, anyway).

BTW, how very nice to make my first comment and get called for bullshit. I feel so welcome.

]]> By: lucindamichele http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32764 lucindamichele Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:32:47 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32764 @lamoll--You're going to disqualify Huell because he has an ACCENT? I'm so tired of people dismissing non-locals. Especially in the comments on this site, I see lots of people who just dismiss anyone out of hand who hasn't lived here their whole life--"Oh, you're not from here, you wouldn't GET it." That's such bullshit! It may be the fact that Huell grew up far away that makes it possible for him to so completely fall in love with the city. LA is a city of people from other places! It's one of the things that makes it great! I can't believe you'd dismiss anyone with such passion, who's spent so much time edifying the public about what makes our city great, simply because he has an ACCENT. Would you dismiss Eddie Sotelo because he has a Mexican accent?! @lamoll–You’re going to disqualify Huell because he has an ACCENT? I’m so tired of people dismissing non-locals. Especially in the comments on this site, I see lots of people who just dismiss anyone out of hand who hasn’t lived here their whole life–”Oh, you’re not from here, you wouldn’t GET it.” That’s such bullshit!

It may be the fact that Huell grew up far away that makes it possible for him to so completely fall in love with the city. LA is a city of people from other places! It’s one of the things that makes it great! I can’t believe you’d dismiss anyone with such passion, who’s spent so much time edifying the public about what makes our city great, simply because he has an ACCENT. Would you dismiss Eddie Sotelo because he has a Mexican accent?!

]]> By: lacitynerd http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32763 lacitynerd Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:20:31 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32763 Don't forget we actually have a statue to Mr. Los Angeles, Attorney Joseph Scott. We at LACN caution LA Magazine not to trample the past to name a new "Mr. L.A." without sharing the past of that title. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Scott_(attorney) http://www.publicartinla.com/CivicCenter/scott1.html Also, someone may want to ask his Scott's namesake grandson, who blogs <a href="http://www.joescott3.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, what he thinks about forgetting the original: Don’t forget we actually have a statue to Mr. Los Angeles, Attorney Joseph Scott. We at LACN caution LA Magazine not to trample the past to name a new “Mr. L.A.” without sharing the past of that title.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Scott_(attorney)

http://www.publicartinla.com/CivicCenter/scott1.html

Also, someone may want to ask his Scott’s namesake grandson, who blogs here, what he thinks about forgetting the original:

]]> By: cleokat http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32762 cleokat Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:43:54 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32762 Allistair Crowley..oh wait, do they have to be alive.. Allistair Crowley..oh wait, do they have to be alive..

]]> By: lamoll http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32761 lamoll Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:36:47 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32761 I'd be a lot more interested if they were searching for the most representative Ms. LA -- or AT LEAST Mr. & Ms LA. The relentless, obtuse sexism gets boring. That said, Huell Howser? A sweetie, but representing LA with his Southern accent? Kevin FTW! I’d be a lot more interested if they were searching for the most representative Ms. LA — or AT LEAST Mr. & Ms LA. The relentless, obtuse sexism gets boring. That said, Huell Howser? A sweetie, but representing LA with his Southern accent? Kevin FTW!

]]> By: missrftc http://blogging.la/2009/04/07/los-angeles-magazine-announces-nominees-for-mr-los-angeles-kicks-in-the-wtf-meter/comment-page-1/#comment-32760 missrftc Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:10:27 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24748#comment-32760 Yeah. Eric Garcetti got robbed, man. Yeah. Eric Garcetti got robbed, man.

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