Ellen (1 Viewer)

[GameBreaker]

Ellen Degeneres is having a special show on New Orleans. Had no idea she was from NOLA.

Got two brothers from Opelousas on now playing zydeco and their 9 and 5 years old.

 

[DadsDream]

We've even got some SR.com folks who knew her from her high school days.

 

[Saint by the Bay]

We went to the same high schools but I'm not sure when she was there. (I went to McMain and Gregory too).

 

[GameBreaker]

Wow thats cool...

makes me wonder what other famous people are from here.

 

[CT Saints Fan]

Wow thats cool...

makes me wonder what other famous people are from here.

Richard Simmons

 

[Saint by the Bay]

Richard Simmons

We all work very hard to forget that fact....

 

[GameBreaker]

What!!! No way, I thought San Fran was the gay capital.

 

[BullDawg]

Gerald McCraney, (Major Dad, Jericho) claims both Slidell and Picayune even though he's originally from Collins, MS. My great-grandfather was his Boy Scout troop leader way back when.

 

[CT Saints Fan]

John Larroquette - I went to college with his nephew.

 

[jpcdolphan]

We all work very hard to forget that fact....

Fortunately, Reese Witherspoon more than cancels out the stigma of having Richard Simmons come from here!

 

[DadsDream]

I made fun of Ellen on the EE Board once. Got a quick response from several folks who strongly let me know they didn't appreciate my humor.

All I'll say now is that I loved her as Dory the Blue Fish in "Finding Nemo."

Nobody's going to mention Brittany Spears?

 

[CT Saints Fan]

Britney is from Kentwood, not New Orleans.

 

[DadsDream]

I thought New Orleans included everything as far north as the Louisiana line? Kentwood, yes. McComb, no.

 

[CT Saints Fan]

Let's compile a list by category:

Entertainment:

Sports:

Other:

 

[jpcdolphan]

Any gangsta rapper not from Los Angeles or New York probably comes from New Orleans...I think a lot of them do.

Your decision on whether that falls under the "entertainment" or "other" category.