Favorite Celebrity Scient0l0gist

HEY HEY HEY! (that's my answer, y'all can figure it out)

Notorious BIG said it best: "Either you're slingin' crack rock, or you've got a wicked jump-shot." Nobody wants to work for it anymore. There's no honor in taking that after school job at Mickey D's, honor's in the dollar, kid. So I went the white boy way of slinging crack-rock: I became a stock broker.

If I'm not mistaken Katie has remained catholic.

Eisbaer, Krusty the clown ?

My vote, I went for the long shot as i have interest in any of these people

'no interest' dammit

Chick Corea!

Jenna Elfman is the wackiest. Well, saw an "interview" with her. She was mental. Completely off her rocker. I like how Scientologists defend themselves.

As a boy named Doug growing up in the 80s, there's only one way I can go with this.

No option for "fuck 'em all, weirdos" no credibility.

I like that other guy in My Name is Earl, Ethan Stucklee? I gather he's one too.

jason lee obv.

a skateboarding scientologist is kind of hot

Sunny otm.

Hayes

Elfman. I mean, with a name like that, you got that kookiness factor already built in.

who is the most famouse British scientolebrity?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_Scientologists

Some big names.

Wait I didnt read this thoroughly, Jason Lees is a clam? Blimey.

NOT THE JIVE ACES!?!

whats a clam?

who is the most famouse British scientolebrity?

I reckon it'll be Beckham before long.

Shortly followed by El Ron Atkinson I presume.

4. n. Derog. A Sc1ent0log1st

xxpost to sunny

he's a stinky vagina?

but why?

The term "clam", a pejorative slang term for Scientologists, is derived from a passage in L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology: A History of Man. In this passage, Hubbard asserts humans follow his notion of the "genetic line" of the "genetic entity", which include clams (as well as sloths, volcanoes, and a "sense of being eaten"), and certain human psychological problems descend from difficulties these clams experienced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Clambake

I'm not sure whats behind the clam thing, I just have friends who are anti $ activists, and thats what they say. www.xenu.net etc.

Oh well or what Stan just said, heh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_Scientologists

Some big names.

noooooo not the Jive Aces (*throws away signed CD in disgust*)

i already said that.

scientologist hate really makes me want to defend them.

whenever I hear about a sleb being into this, and i didn't know, it's always a little heartbreaking, even if i was never a 'fan' of them really.

jason lee, laura prepon, leah rimini, noooo

oo..i forgot about donna

for a second when "Elfman" wz mentioned I thought they meant D. I panicked that I had voted the wrong way.

John Travolta?! NOOOOOOOO!

OK srsly if D Elfman was an clam I'd give up.

Had to go with "eat my shorts" girl b/c my wife taught/coached her briefly.

I'm voting for who I was most disappointed to find out was a friend of Xenu, and Erika Christensen would be total wifey material if not for that.

jason lee

haha. big surprise.

can someone lock down the forest whitaker question?

does the phrase "pilot inspektor" have any significance in Sc1ent0l0gy?

"favorite" as in wd most like to approach with a sock o' manure?

this list really creeps me out.

why? pretty much everyone on the list is obviously a weirdo.

i think a more interesting list would be to see who "dabbled" in $cient0l0gy

eddie deezen has my vote, now and forever

I've gone with Beck, for my sins.

i think a more interesting list would be to see who "dabbled" in $cient0l0gy

Leonard Cohen comes to mind. William S. Burroughs.

Nicky Hopkins, musician

;___;

had no idea Haggis was a clam, now I have yet another reason to hate him

guys, quit saying clam already

yeah guys, clam up

so do people become psion-tall-ogists to get film roles?or d othey get converted on set?

they get blackmailed

No Bijou Phillips, no cred

Marisol Nichols, actress ("24")

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as far as dabblers, Seinfeld has gone on record, which was kind of crushing. i mean whatever else you think of him, he seems like The God of Incredulity otherwise.

source?

yeah, it's kind of weird that anyone who makes a living in comedy can take it all seriously. if only Jerry could do an HBO special titled Sein-tology full of "what is UP with body thetans?" type observations. (xpost)

somebody get nabisco on a script for that

why has no one made a terrible band called "friends of xenu" yet?

http://kscakes.com.nyud.net:8080/LolCats/Uploads/Saved/i-am-the-small-cat-2.jpg

Tom Cruise because he goes all the way.

xpost gabbneb:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scientologists
ref. 23 and 24

In the "The Parking Garage" episode of the TV series Seinfeld, the characters of Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Benes, and George Costanza are thrown out of a woman's car after Costanza makes a seemingly critical remark about L. Ron Hubbard.

that episode was pretty early in the show's run, is it possible JS went through his dabbling w/ Scientology phase and started making fun of it before he was even super-famous/rich yet?

Oppenheimer, Jerry (2002). "Chapter 19 The Dianetics Kid", Seinfeld The Making of an American Icon. HarperCollins, 113.

"the dianetics kid"?!

xpost most likely. it's not like i'm faulting anyone for investigating or whatever, hell I filled out the questionnaire back in the day and luckily didn't submit it, but I know i'm a flake and i depend on certain people to have more sense.

TOR: No. You know, I am not a businessman. I'm a holistic healer. It's a calling, it's a gift. You see, it's in the best interest of the medical profession that you remain sick. You see, that insures good business. You're not a patient. You're a customer.

JERRY: And you're not a doctor, but you play one in real life.

ETHAN: is that from the Season One episode w/ the NED RYERSON guy?

Did L.Ron ever write any actual decent science fiction?

no

yr familiar with his pre-scientology sci-fi writers convention speech right...?

BING! except it was Season 2 (xpost)

haha I was taught to dismiss Scientology at a very young age because my dad's a huge sci-fi buff who thought Hubbard was a shitty writer.

For Your Consideration:

Travolta echoes Cruise on Psychiatry:

"I don't disagree with anything Tom says," Travolta says in the July issue of W magazine, on newsstands Friday. "How would I have presented it? Maybe differently than how he did, but it doesn't matter. I still think that if you analyze most of the school shootings, it is not gun control. It is (psychotropic) drugs at the bottom of it."

"I don't want to create controversy; I just have an opinion on things, and there is nothing wrong with stating your opinion if you are asked," he continues. "Everyone wants that right, and because you are famous doesn't mean you have less of a right."

Travolta, who also talks of his habit of going to bed at 6 or 7 in the morning and waking in the early afternoon, says being famous has little impact on how he lives his life.

"I will tell you the things that would be the same, fame or no fame," he says. "Being up all night would be the same. Liking empty restaurants, liking empty movie theaters — unless I am starring in it."

Travolta, 53, portrays Ms. Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray," the adaptation of the stage musical that was spun from the 1988 John Waters film of the same name. The new film opens July 20. The role, in which he dons a fat suit and feminine garb, has added fuel to ongoing speculation about his sexuality.

"I have never been compelled to share with you my bathroom habits or share with you my bedroom habits," says the married father of two. "Everyone has a right to privacy, so I have never felt — even though I am famous — that I had to share that with anybody."

patches of otmness

the school shootings thing is totally wrong

Sonny Bono? How th' fuck old is this list?

I do like how Scientology has carried over, developed and magnified L. Ron's hatred of psychoanalysis, which was itself a backlash against the prevailing fascination with Freud/psychoanalysis among the sci-fi community of the 50s (see any Frederick Pohl or PKD or Ted Sturgeon novel from the 50s). Hubbard just took what was at the time the most popular and novel framework for self-improvement among the cognoscenti, rightly identified it as "the competition", and set himself in opposition to it. 30 years earlier he would've been railing against communists and spiritualists.

Does Bono being dead change his Scientological standing?

His immortal Thetan is not named Sonny Bono anymore.

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20040403/4005516307.jpg

tough decision between Erika Christensen and Catherine Bell

Hayes

-- Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, June 20, 2007 1:18 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Link

go with my girl Erika, I don't want her to lose to Jenna Elfman (xpost)

Danny Masterson, actor

i have a picture of this dude on my cell phone. CELEBRITY ENCOUNTER

it's always confused me that the only cast members of That 70's Show that don't seem like total douchebags are Scientologists.

wait - you don't think Danny Masterson is a total douchebag?!

or fuckin Fez?!?

(erm wait Fez isn't a Scientologist never mind)

isn't Danny M the only one?

xposts

because he's not exactly at the top of my "That '70s Show: Not Douchebags" list

OK I think only Masterson and Laura Prepon are on the list, but c'mon, they're way less annoying than Ashton or Wilmer.

Topher Grace is a bro, though. I'd put him near Paul Rudd on the Rudd-Cusack Continuum.

they're way less annoying than Ashton or Wilmer.

this is true

Topher Grace is a bro, though.

this is also true, also KURTWOOD SMITH

Topher Grace is a bro, though. I'd put him near Paul Rudd on the Rudd-Cusack Continuum.

-- Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:26 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

haaaa

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

In the "The Parking Garage" episode of the TV series Seinfeld, the characters of Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Benes, and George Costanza are thrown out of a woman's car after Costanza makes a seemingly critical remark about L. Ron Hubbard.

haaaa i just watched this episode a few days ago

karen black!

I had no idea before just now that Prepon and Masterson are scientologists! ACK!

I hope they never get their creepy claws on Debra Jo!!! I LUV U KITTY FORMAN!

laura is/was dating the other masterson who is also a scientologist, right?

i have donna's red mary janes from the wizard of oz episode. WILL I TURN INTO A SCIENTOLOGISTQ?Q?Q?OH NO!!@

Was. She converted for him, which makes me wonder if she's back to normal now.

What Ned Trifle said about "My Name Is Earl" dude...that's kind of a bummer :(

I hope Donna is back to normal b/c she is awesome

Laura Prepon is an embarrassingly bad actress, tho. But she's a pretty redhead, so maybe that's what you mean...?

Actress?

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geraldo seems like he would be a thetan
(better thread might be - people who seem like $cient0l0gists but ain't)

masterson is the only douchebag on that 70s show

all others = bros

Actress?

-- kingkongvsgodzilla

I'm old, ok? Old habits die never.

who is the most famouse British scientolebrity?

The Incredible String Band!
The Spiders From Mars!

ISB are the only ones I'm aware of.

Vaguely curious about just how involved Gloria Swanson was w/the Co$.

Another Brit: Van Morrison (for a wee while)

They had a JAG rerun on one of the TVs at the gym this morning-one where they had a few scenes with Catherine Bell wearing next to nothing on an Aussie beach. She gets my vote. In fact, she could make me convert to this nutjob cult.

Bijou Phillips? No fucking way. Must have promised her some coke in exchange of her devotion to Xenu or whatever their god is called.

i thought catherine bell was bahai like vahid

Laura Prepon is an embarrassingly bad actress, tho. But she's a pretty redhead, so maybe that's what you mean...?

-- kenan, Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:18 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

I just like the character. I haven't noticed any bad acting, but then again I don't have my "good acting/bad acting" checklist handy when I watch That '70s Show

Why can't the Cold Case Swiffer be the loopy CBS chick? :(

Also: Wilmer = NOT A BRO

I just like the character.

Yeah, I've never seen anything else w/ Laura Prepon in it, but Donna's my girl.

NSFW argument in Xenu's favor

Laura Prepon and Alicia Witt never get any work. Hollywood, like the Britishes, is biased against gingers.

That could be a pic of Kelly Preston & Catherine Bell 69ing on top of a pile of psychotropic drugs while Xenu plays Halo 3 with the small cat, and that wouldn't convert me for shit.

Alicia Witt RIP ;_;

Also, to back up Milo's claim - LP's on a new ABC drama (October Road) AS A BLONDE.

from Catherine Bell's wiki:

In February 2006, Bell appeared in a Scientology music video called "United". The film includes cameo performances by Isaac Hayes (Soul Legend ), Erika Christensen (Traffic, Upside of Anger), Jenna Elfman (Dharma and Greg, Keeping the Faith) and Lynsey Bartilson (Grounded for Life) and promotes human rights with a rap song.

PLEASE SOMEONE FIND THIS ON YOUTUBE

haha I just noticed Lynsey Bartilson! another sitcom redhead! btw I don't think redheads have trouble getting work in TV/movies, more like Hollywood replaces them with a new token ginger every 2 years or so.

Actually, I think it's time for a sitcom redhead poll. Help me think of them all so that I don't miss any when I start the thread. So far I've got Prepon, Witt, Bartilson, Kathy Griffin, Vicki Lewis, Amy Yasbeck, and Danny Bonaduce.

Ralph Malph in "Happy Days"

does Futurama count as a "sitcom"

I don't think I'll include cartoons. Honestly I was thinking only females but it seemed wrong to exclude Bonaduce.

I'd be down with the Bhai thing.

I haven't noticed any bad acting, but then again I don't have my "good acting/bad acting" checklist handy when I watch That '70s Show

look, I dont demand Meryl Streep's Versatility or something, but haven't you noticed something even beyond the stilted, one-note badness that usually accompanies sitcoms? A kind-of almost FEAR in her eyes when she speaks her lines?

wrong again

whitaker? anyone? what was tad's post about?

Hollywood, like the Britishes, is biased against gingers

pls don't let that - term - cross the pond

gabbneb have you not seen South Park's Cartman-ginger-nazis episode

i grew up a couple miles south of a b'hai temple, we used to bike up there in the summers

http://www.cnscvb.com/jpgs/Wilmette-B

I don't watch TV very much kenan, I'm sorry if I have bad taste :/

http://www.cnscvb.com/jpgs/Wilmette-B'hai-spring.jpg

guys GUYS, can we focus on finding this Scientology music video featuring Isaac Hayes And His Sexy Harem Of Sitcom Actresses?

gabbneb have you not seen South Park's Cartman-ginger-nazis episode

I cahn't imahgine what would give you the impression that I would ever deign to watch South Park

Sorry to keep spamming this thread, I'm gonna post once more to clarify my position and then let this drop because I'm worried kenan's gonna think I like some bad actress for her big boobs or something (which I don't, I don't think she's v. attractive personally): compared to the rest of the T7S cast LP isn't a very good actress, that's true, but the character she plays is low-key enough that it's not a huge deal; I just like Donna compared to, say, the perpetual irritatingness of Jackie & Fez. And as I said on the other thread she's a good foil to Eric's insecurity. I don't like T7S after the first season or two, after that it goes to shit.

ok ok. I think you're fantastic.

The B'hai temple is amazingly beautiful, and you can see it out of my gf's window from 4 miles away. On a sunny day in the spring... wow.

I just like Donna compared to, say, the perpetual irritatingness of Jackie & Fez

:(

jackie is my hero

I can't please anybody around here ;_;

Fez isn't especially annoying. Jackie is v v annoying.

Jackie is annoying the first couple of seasons, but then she becomes a sympathetic character.

that's when she becomes the most annoying though!!! I liked her better as a self-absorbed brat than a self-absorbed brat with feelings

Hopefully Bell will renounce Scientology when she gets the word she swept this poll.

Or she'll take it as a mandate that her Scientology has been endorsed.

hahaha i see this has been done already: http://www.askmen.com/women/votes_300/302_scientology_sensations.html

On Catherine Bell:

"One of the hottest Scientologists this side of L. Ron Hubbard..."

L. Ron Hubbard was hot? This makes no sense.

Fair point, Alex.

Does anything having to do with Scientology make sense?

haha yeah that line was real WTF. shoulda been something like "Hotter than the volcano where Xenu murdered all those Thetans"

Marisol Nichols got a much bigger role in "In Justice"

Bell's pictures on that askmen.com are smokin

when do we get to do a poll on celebrity christians, call them weirdos and say how our lives were ruined when we found out they were god lovers?

Kirk Cameron would win

why bother, we all know Mel Gibson would win

though I basically agree with sunny - there's a level of fear/anger generated by Scientologist celebs that's just bizarre. They're a cult, ok, they believe wacky shit, ok - but why do other people care?

well how could anyone overlook how similar Xtianity and Scientology, what with both being founded by failed sci-fi writers/convicted felons/tax-evaders amirite.

arrrgh "how similar Xtianity and Scientology ARE"

The Church of Latter-Day Saints has such a long and storied past, and no oddball shenanigans in its history.

(also: transubstantiation, snake-handling evangelicals, heaven, hell, demons, spirits, etc. - not, in truth, that much stranger than Xenu)

fwiw personally my views on the Mormon church are well documented on ILX and bear some similarity to my views on Scientology

The Church of Latter-Day Saints has such a long and storied past, and no oddball shenanigans in its history.

You're kidding, right?

I believe that's what the kids call "sarcasm"

"whew"

http://www.scientologytoday.org/article_images/5162_380x298.jpg
Scientology Cat is Scientological

Let's not forget the future coming of the Messiah to Springfield, Mo. I should get a real estate liscence there if the Mormons are right.

They're a cult, ok, they believe wacky shit, ok - but why do other people care?

I suppose it could be the getting celebrities to pay $$$$$$$$$$ to reach their highest levels, and therefore funding all the lower-level crap which sometimes involves abusing their adherents to death, but I could be wrong.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

CHAKA WAS ROBBED!

I said a while ago that Greta Van Susteren was the least loathesome Fox News host. I wish to withdraw this statement.

I just learned the sad truth about Elisabeth Moss (Peggy from Mad Men/Zoe from West Wing.)

yeah i read about that too, i wanted to cry

Jeez, What's up with Scientology & the cast of My Name is Earl? I thought that show dealt in Buddhist doctrines, which I now realize must be code for Thetans. Very very sneaky..

on the upside James Packer (was Australia's richest man) has apparently left