I had a birthday Tuesday. Yes, I’m nearly officially old. Next year I really will be officially old, but for now I’m just practicing. Well, “old” to me is actually 80, so I have a few decades left until I’m geriatric old—lots of time to practice!
I like to read an annual horoscope for my birthday, but we don’t get a newspaper Tuesday, so I was forced to google. I didn’t find an annual horoscope, because I got sidetracked discovering that I share the same birthday as Patrick Dempsey, who is currently enjoying a fresh burst of fame as Dr. McDreamy on Grey’s Anatomy, one of my Thursday night must-watch TV shows (the other is ER—yes, I love doctor shows, but ER has requested a DNR order this season, sob). Ooh, how exciting—P.D.’s cute, talented, and he has hair!
So then, of course, I had to google more extensively, and thanks to starpulse.com, I found out I also share birthdays with:
- William Hung (that guy who sang She Bang during American Idol auditions years ago, back when I didn’t watch A.I. but his singing was plastered all over TV-land)
- Orlando Bloom
- Nicole Eggert (was in Baywatch, which I never watched, so I don’t really know who she is, but she sounds like a good egg, heh, heh)
- Penelope Ann Miller (recognize the name, but that’s it)
- Trace Adkins (yes, I knew there was a reason he nearly won Celebrity Apprentice last year!)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (which explains why her Seinfeld-era Elaine dance is strangely similar to my chicken imitations)
- Trevor Rabin (a guitarist with a band named Yes I can’t recall ever listening to, but at least he’s musical)
- Richard Moll (it says he was born in 1943 and is a voice actor, so I don’t think this is the same Richard Moll who was on Night Court, a show I adored)
- Rip Taylor (Oh, my God, why does that fit so well? And why couldn’t I have gotten Red Skelton? I loved Red Skelton as a kid)
- Charles Nelson Reilly (of game show fame, like the old Hollywood Squares, and another, um, unique personality)
- Robert Stack (now deceased, but they listed him anyway).
Well, I don’t know, these folks share some mighty fine company, don’t you think?
What celebrities are born on your birthday? It’s far too easy to find out, I discovered. Just plug “celebrity birthdays DATE” and you’ll get a whole spate of sites.